Hopping Frogs Toddler Storytime

Storytime for 1 to 3 year olds:

·         Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum

 

 

  

·         Book #1 – Leap Back Home to Me by Lauren Thompson, illustrated by Matthew Cordell 

·         Stand-up Activity – Frog Jump Over the Great Big Stick (action rhyme written by Carol Hopkins)

Frog be nimble, frog be quick,

Frog jump over the great big stick

Frog be nimble, frog be slick

Frog swim under the great big stick

Frog be nimble, frog go click

Frog run around the great big stick

Frog be nimble, frog be fine

Frog sit down for 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 Green and Speckled Frogs (traditional counting backwards song)

·         Letter of the Day - "G" is for green frogs

·         Transition - Tommy & Tammy Thumb (fingerplay)

Tommy Thumb up,

Tommy Thumb down,

Tommy Thumb dancing all around town.

Tammy Thumb out,

Tammy Thumb in,

Tammy Thumb dancing all in a spin.

Dancing, dancing, dancing,

Dance them on your knees,

Dance them on your head,

Dance them on your shoulders,

Then tuck them into bed.

·         Book #2 –  In the Small, Small Pond by Denise Fleming

·         Closing -  Scarves to the song "Water, Wind and World" from The Second Line: Scarf Activity Songs by Johnette Downing

 

 

  

·         Art Experience – Bingo paint dabbers on frog cut-outs