Riding Buses Storytime

Storytime for 1 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum

• Book #1 – The Seals on the Bus by Lenny Hort, illustrated by G. Brian Karas

• Stand-up Activity – "Wheels On the Bus" action song from Six Little Ducks by Kimbo

• Bridge - Open, Shut Them (fingerplay)

Open, shut them
(open and close hands)
Open, shut them
Give a little clap (clap)
Open, shut them

Open, shut them
Put them in your lap
(put hands in lap)

Creep them, creep them
Under your chin
(creep fingers up chest)
Open your mouth, but don't put them in
(do as words say)

Open, shut them
Open, shut them
Give a little clap
Open shut them
Open shut them
Put them in your lap 

• Flannelboard - Five Yellow Buses (counting down rhyme I found at AnnesLibraryLife blog)

• Book #2 – Maisy Drives the Bus by Lucy Cousins

• Activity – The Nice Friendly Bus Driver (not sure where I picked up this song sung to the tune of "The Noble Duke of York")

The nice, friendly bus driver,
He had a green bus
He drove it up a hill
And then he drove it down.
So, when you're up you're up!
And, when you're down you're down!
But when you're only halfway up,

You're neither up nor down.

(Repeat going faster)

• Closing - Tambourines using the song "Clap Your Hands Clap Your Hearts" from Tickles and Tunes by Kathy Reid-Naiman

  

 

  

• Art Experience – Bingo paint dabbers on bus drawings

Colors Storytime

Storytime for 1 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum

• Book #1 – Pete the Cate: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin, art by James Dean

• Stand-up Activity – "Color Game" action song from Jim Gill Sings Do Re Mi On His Toe Leg Knee by Jim Gill

• Bridge - Open, Shut Them (fingerplay)

Open, shut them
(open and close hands)
Open, shut them
Give a little clap (clap)
Open, shut them

Open, shut them
Put them in your lap
(put hands in lap)

Creep them, creep them
Under your chin
(creep fingers up chest)
Open your mouth, but don't put them in
(do as words say)

Open, shut them
Open, shut them
Give a little clap
Open shut them
Open shut them
Put them in your lap 

• Flannelboard - Five Little Crayons (color rhyme I found in a Mailbox Preschool magazine, Aug/Sept. 2003, page 6)

• Book #2 – Freight Train by Donald Crews

• Activity – "Little Red Wagon" action song from Wiggleworms Love You by Old Town School of Folk Music

• Closing - Tambourines using the song "Clap Your Hands Clap Your Hearts" from Tickles and Tunes by Kathy Reid-Naiman

   

 

 

  

• Art Experience – Water color painting (I had a bunch leftover from past summer reading purchases)