Diggers Storytime

Storytime for 1 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum

• Book #1 – Digger Man by Andrea Zimmerman and David Clemesha

• Stand-up Activity – I'm a Little Dump Truck (action song written by Carol Hopkins to the tune of "I'm a Little Teapot")

I'm a little dump truck, watch me go
Here is my hopper
Here is my cab
When I get all filled up, to the work site I go
Just tip me over and dump the rocks out

• 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 Around the Construction Site (to the tune of "Pop Goes the Weasel" adapted by Carol Hopkins)

All around the construction site
I see lots of busy trucks
Here's one coming down the street
Hey, it's a dump truck!
(repeat with other construction trucks)

• Book #2 – Maisy's Digger by Lucy Cousin (board book) 

• Activity – Jump Jump Went the Little Green Frog (action chant)

Jump, jump went the little green frog.
Jump, jump went the little green frog.
Jump, jump went the little green frog...
And his eyes went blink, blink.

Blink, blink went the little green frog.
Blink, blink went the little green frog.
Blink, blink went the little green frog...
And his tongue went glup, glup.

Glup, glup went the little green frog.
Glup, glup went the little green frog.
Glup, glup went the little green frog...
And his legs went jump, jump.

Jump, jump went the little green frog.
Jump, jump went the little green frog.
Jump, jump went the little green frog...
And then he swam away.

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

 

 

  

• Art Experience – Coloring a trace the line page with construction trucks