Sheep Go Jumping - Family Storytime

 A Saturday morning storytime for ages 0-6 years old.  

Opening: “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” from Songs forWiggleworms by Old Town School of Folk Music

Book #1: Where Is the Green Sheep by Mem Fox, illustrated by Judy Horacek (big book)

Stand-up activity: “Jumping and Counting” action song from Jim Gill’s Irrational Anthem by Jim Gill

Sit-down activity: Ten Sheep (fingerplay adapted by Carol Hopkins)

(Show and count 10 fingers)
10 little sheep munching on grass,
Happy little sheep to follow the lass.
They wander to the right.
They wander to the left.
They come to a stop in a new field of green.
10 little sheep soft and well fed,
Curl up to sleep in the grass for a bed.

 

Extra lap rhymes #1: 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!

 

Extra lap rhyme #2: 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 

 

Transition: Come 'A' Look And 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 #2: Baa Baa Black Sheep by Jane Cabrera

Book #3: Barnyard Dance by Sandra Boynton

Closing music with scarves: “Popcorn Calling Me” action song from Buzz Buzz by Laurie Berkner

Art activity: Glue cotton balls onto sheep finger puppets