Dancing Feet Storytime

Storytime for 1 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum

 

 

• Book #1 – Down by the Cool of the Pool by Tony Mitton, illustrated by Guy Parker-Rees

• Stand-up Activity – "Jumping and Counting" from Jim Gill's Irrational Anthem and More Salutes to Nonsense 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 Dancers (counting down rhyme I found at the Jen In the Library blog)

• Letter of the Day - "j" is for jumping

• Book #2 – Dancing Feet by Lindsey Craig, illustrated by Marc Brown

• Activity – I Can Dance My Hands (action song to the tune of "The Farmer In the Dell" written by Carol Hopkins)

I can dance my hands, I can dance my hands, 

Dance them high, dance them low,

I can dance my hands.

I can wiggle my hands, I can wiggle my hands,

Wiggle them out, wiggle them in,

I can wiggle my hands.

(continue with more action words like clap, roll, etc.)

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

 

• Art Experience – Finger-paint with shaving cream on tables