Sporting Fun Storytime

Storytime for 1 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum

• Book #1 – Maisy's Field Day by Lucy Cousins

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

• 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 Fun Sport Balls (chant written by Carol Hopkins)

(need: football, basketball, tennis ball, baseball, soccer ball)

Five fun sport balls trying hard to score.
One makes a touchdown, and now the crowd cheers!

Four fun sport balls trying hard to score.

One gets dunked into the net, and now the crowd cheers!

Three fun sport balls trying hard to score.

One gets smashed out of the court, and now the crowd cheers!

Two fun sport balls trying hard to score.

One makes a home-run, and now the crowd cheers!

One fun sport ball trying hard to score.

It gets kicked into the goal, and now the crowd cheers!

• Letter of the Day - "B" is for ball

• Book #2 – Dino-Soccer by Lisa Wheeler, illustrated by Barry Gott

• Activity – Balls Are for Bouncing and Kicking (action chant to the tune of "Hands are for Clapping" that I adapted from a rhyme I found at Storytime Source Page)

Balls are for kicking,

Kicking to this song!

Balls are for kicking,

Let's kick all day long.

Balls are for bouncing, 

Bouncing to this song!

Balls are for bouncing,

Let's bounce all day long.

Balls are for throwing...

Balls are for catching...

Balls are for rolling...

• Closing - Rhythm sticks using "Goin' On a Bear Hunt" song from Kids In Action by Greg and Steve 

   

 

• Art Experience – Coloring with marker pens on a soccer ball coloring sheet

Friendly Fish Storytime

Storytime for 1 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum

• Book #1 – Fish, Fish, Fish by Georgie Adams, illustrated by Brigitte Willgoss

• Stand-up Activity – "The Goldfish" from Victor Vito by Laurie Berkner

• 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 Fishies Swimming In the Sea (counting down rhyme I found on the blog Ms. Kelly at the Library) 

• Letter of the Day - "F" is for fish

• Book #2 – Hooray for Fish! by Lucy Cousins

• Activity – Here Is the Sea (fingerplay, not sure where I found this one) 

Here is the sea, the wavy sea,

(indicate small waves with hands)

Here is the boat and here is me,

(cup hands for boat; point to self)

All the little fishes down below

(point downwards)

Wriggle their tails, and away they go. 

(wiggle fingers behind you)

• Closing - Rhythm sticks using "Goin' On a Bear Hunt" song from Kids In Action by Greg and Steve 

  

 

• Art Experience – Glue tissue paper square "scales" onto craft foam fish shapes

Baby Brain Builders Storytime Summer 2016

A special storytime experience for babies 6 months to 18 months old.  

“Row, Row, Row Your Boat” from Songs for Wiggleworms by Old Town School Folk Music

"Hello chant"

Hello ______________,

How are you?

We're so glad you're here,

We're going to clap for you!

"When Animals Get Up In the Morning" (A few years ago, I found a small cloth barn to use with this song. I put little stuffed animals into it and then pull out the animals one by one to sing this song.)

When cows get up in the morning, they always say “Good day.”
When cows get up in the morning, they always say “Good day.”
“Moo! Moo!” this is what they say.
“Moo! Moo! Moo! Moo!” this is what they say.

(substitute other animals and animal sounds)

Book #1 – Where Is Baby's Belly Button? by Karen Katz (lift-the-flap board book)

"Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes" (traditional song)

Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes;

Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes;

Eyes and ears and mouth and nose;

Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes.

"Round and Round the Garden" (tickle rhyme)

Round and round the garden
(with index finger, make a circle on baby’s tummy)Like a teddy bear
One step, two step
(walk fingers up chest)Tickle under there!
(tickle under chin)

Round and round the garden
(with index finger, make a circle on baby’s tummy)Goes the little mouse
One step, two step
(walk fingers up arm)Up into his house
(tickle baby under arm)

"Mother and Father and Uncle John" (lap bounce)

(bounce baby on legs)

Mother and Father and Uncle John

Went to the market, one by one.

Mother fell off!

Father fell off!

But Uncle John went on, and on,

And on, and on, and on!

"Tick Tock" (lap bounce)

(bounce baby from leg to leg)

Tick tock, tick tock, I’m a little cuckoo clock.
Tick, tock, tick tock, now it is one o’clock… Cuckoo!
(raise baby up for each cuckoo)

(repeat for other times of day)
Now it is two o’clock… Cuckoo! Cuckoo!

Now it is three o’clock… Cuckoo! Cuckoo! Cuckoo!

Book #2 – Charlie Chick by Nick Denchfield and Ant Parker (pop-up book)

"If You're Happy and You Know It" from Where is Thumbkin? by Kimbo

"Little Bo-Peep" (scarf rhyme) 

Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep and doesn’t know where to find them;
Leave them alone, and they’ll come home,
Wagging their tails behind them.

"Two Little Chickens" (traditional fingerplay done with scarves)

Two little chickens sitting on a fence,

One named Jack, the other named Jill.

Fly away Jack, fly away Jill.

Come back Jack, come back Jill.

Two little chickens sitting on a fence.

Bubbles:

“Bubbles” from Peekaboo, I Love You! By Kindermusik

“Ten Little Bubbles” from Toddler by Sara Hickman

“Bubble Ride” from Bubble Ride by Vanessa Trien and the Jumping Monkeys

Playtime:

Soft blocks

Stacking cups

Shape sorter

Mega Bloks

Back-up books:

Barnyard Dance by Sandra Boynton (board book)

Peekaboo, Blueberry by Barney Saltzberg (lift-the-flap board book)

Colors Storytime

Storytime for 1 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum

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

• Stand-up Activity – Colored Shoes (action chant written by Carol Hopkins)

Walking in my red shoes, red shoes, red shoes

Walking in my red shoes, here at storytime.

Running in my blue shoes, blue shoes, blue shoes,

Running in my blue shoes, here at storytime.

Sliding in my green shoes, green shoes, green shoes,

Sliding in my green shoes, here at storytime.

Twirling in my pink shoes, pink shoes, pink shoes,

Twirling in my pink shoes, here at storytime.

Sitting in my white shoes, white shoes, white shoes,

Sitting in my white shoes, here at storytime.

• 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 (a rhyme about colors and ordinal numbers that I found in The Mailbox Preschool magazine, August/September 2003, page 6)

• Book #2 – Maisy's Rainbow Dream by Lucy Cousins

• Activity – I Look and Look (action rhyme written by Carol Hopkins)

I look and look and what do I see?

A bright red apple hanging in the tree.

I look and look and what do I see?

A yellow sun shining right on me.

I look and look and what do I see?

A great orange fruit, shiny and round.

I look and look and what do I see?

Some green grass growing on the ground.

I look and look and what do I see?

The blue waves on the ocean and sea.

I look and look and what do I see?

All of the colors around you and me!

• Closing - Rhythm sticks using "Goin' On a Bear Hunt" song from Kids In Action by Greg and Steve 

 

 

• Art Experience – Water color sheets