Panda Storytime

Storytime for 1 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum

• Book #1 – Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr., illustrated by Eric Carle

• Stand-up Activity – Panda Bear, Panda Bear (action rhyme adapted by Carol Hopkins from the traditional "Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear Turn Around" rhyme)

Panda bear, panda bear turn around

Panda bear, panda bear touch the ground

Panda bear, panda bear dance on your toes

Panda bear, panda bear touch your nose

Panda bear, panda bear reach up high

Panda bear, panda bear jump to the sky

Panda bear, panda bear find your feet

Panda bear, panda bear find your seat

• 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 - "All Types of Bears" rhyme found in Artsy Toddler Storytimes by Carol Garnett Hopkins (I made this one using clipart and magnets)

• Book #2 – Doctor Maisy by Lucy Cousins

• Activity – "If You're Happy and You Know It" from Songs for Wiggleworms by Old Town School of Folk Music

• Closing - Scarves using the song "Flitter Flutter" from The Second Line by Johnette Downing 

  

• Art Experience – Color panda finger puppet with crayons