Sing-a-Song Storytime: Monsters Love Colors

 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 - Bumpin' Up and Down in my Little Red Wagon (bouncing song)

Bumping up and down in my little red wagon
Bumping up and down in my little red wagon
Bumping up and down in my little red wagon
Won't you be my darling

One wheel's off and the axle's broken
One wheel's off and the axle's broken
One wheel's off and the axle's broken
Won't you be my darling

Johnny's gonna fix it with his hammer
Johnny's gonna fix it with his hammer
Johnny's gonna fix it with his hammer
Won't you be my darling

Bumping up and down in my little red wagon
Bumping up and down in my little red wagon
Bumping up and down in my little red wagon
Won't you be my darling

Transition sit down song - Come A' Look A' See (fingerplay song I first picked up at a workshop conducted by Jane Cobb but can also be found on the music CD The Baby Record by Bob McGrath)

Come a'look a'see,
Here's my mama, (point to thumb)
Come a'look a'see,
Here's my papa, (point to index finger)
Come a'look a'see,
My brother tall, (point to tall finger)
Sister, baby, (point to ring, then baby finger) 
I love them all. (kiss the fingertips of your finger family) 

 

Book - Monsters Love Colors by Mike Austin (read with permission by HarperCollins Children's Books)  

 

Action song - I'm a Little Monster (action song to the tune of "I'm a Little Teapot")

I'm a little monster hear me growl

Here are my big ears

Here are my claws

When I get all sneaky, I tip toe up

I jump in the air and give a big ROAR!

Action song - Twinkle, Twinkle Colored Star (scarf song to the tune of "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star")

Twinkle, twinkle yellow star

How I wonder where you are?

Let's go looking here and there,

Let's go looking everywhere.

Twinkle, twinkle yellow star

How I wonder where you are?

Twinkle, twinkle blue star

How I wonder where you are?

Let's go looking here and there,

Let's go looking everywhere.

Twinkle, twinkle blue star

How I wonder where you are?

Twinkle, twinkle red star

How I wonder where you are?

Let's go looking here and there,

Let's go looking everywhere.

Twinkle, twinkle red star

How I wonder where you are?

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.