Sing-a-Song Storytime: Pots and Pans

 With the pandemic closing the library and all large gatherings, my library took its time deciding how to get back into the storytime groove.  I created this video storytime series along with a coworker, who is a talented musician, to get young children moving around and singing.  It is filled with lots of favorite storytime songs and rhymes, and of course a book!  I really wanted the grown-ups watching along with the kiddos to learn the songs, so I used a split screen technique on the videos to display the words to the songs/rhymes while I am singing and acting them out.  

Opening song - Skinnamarink (https://youtu.be/95JkQfANW9M) 

Action song - Alligator Pie (an action rhyme I found many years ago that I have seen on many websites)

Alligator, alligator, alligator pie, 

(Open and close arms like the jaws of an alligator)
If I don't get some I think I'm gonna cry.

(Rub eyes like you are crying)

You can take away the grass,

(Point to the ground)
You can take away the sky,

(Point to the sky above)
But don't take away my alligator pie!

(Open and close arms like an alligator)

Transition sit down song - Pat-a-Cake (traditional clapping nursery rhyme) 

Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man
Bake me a cake as fast as you can
Pat it 

And roll it 

And mark it with a "B"

Put it in the oven for baby and me 

Book - Pots and Pans by Patricia Hubbell, illustrated by Diane deGroat 

 

Action song - Oats, Peas, Beans, and Barley Grow (traditional nursery rhyme)

Oats, peas, beans, and barley grow,
(touch the ground and pretend to grow up to the sky)
Oats, peas, beans, and barley grow,
(touch the ground and pretend to grow up to the sky)
Can you or I or anyone know
(point away, point to yourself, then shrug shoulders)
How oats, peas, beans, and barley grow?
(touch the ground and pretend to grow up to the sky) 

Action song - A-Tisket, A-Tasket (traditional nursery rhyme sung with a stuffed animal)  

A-tisket, a-tasket,
(swing stuffed animal back and forth)
A green and yellow basket.
I bought a basket for my love,
And on the way I dropped it.
(drop animal on the floor)
I dropped it! I dropped it!
(throw animal up in the air and let it land on the floor)
Yes, on the way I dropped it.
(throw animal up in the air and let it land on the floor)
A little baby picked it up,
(pick up animal)
And gave it to their love.
(hug animal)

 

Closing song - excerpt from the Carpenter's song "Sing a Song" (also a classic Sesame Street song https://youtu.be/-nI7IfwLoBI)

***The video for this storytime will remain up through 12/31/20 on my library's YouTube channel.