Owls - Baby Toddler Storytime

A Tuesday morning storytime for ages 0-2 years old.  

Opening #1: Skinnamarink (action song from Car Songs: Songs to Sing Anywhere by Dennis Buck from Kimbo)

Opening #2: Sticky, Sticky Bubblegum (fingerplay)

Sticky, sticky bubblegum, bubblegum, bubblegum; 
Sticky, sticky bubblegum;
Stuck to your __________.
1, 2, 3, PULL!

(Repeat with more body parts)

 

Book: Night Owl by Toni Yuly

Literacy tip: Learning about and playing with sounds is a fun way for children to learn about language. 

Stand-up activity: Just Like an Owl (action song to the tune of “London Bridges” that I found at the Upper Hudson Library System webpage)

Flap your wings and fly around, fly around, fly around.
Flap your wings and fly around, just like an owl. 

Open your eyes big and wide, big and wide, big and wide.
Open your eyes big and wide, just like an owl. 

Land on the ground and hop along, hop along, hop along.
Land on the ground and hop along, just like an owl. 

Turn your head and say, “Who! Who!”  Say, “Who! Who!” Say, “Who! Who!”
Turn your head and say, “Who! Who!,” just like an owl.

Find your nest and sit right down, sit right down, sit right down.
Find your nest and sit right down, just like an owl. 

 

Sit-down activity / Bridge: Two Little Barn Owls (adaptation of “Two Little Blackbirds” fingerplay rhyme by Carol Hopkins)

Two little barn owls sitting on a roof.
One named Jack.  The other named Jill.
Fly back Jack.  Fly back Jill.
Two little barn owls sitting on a roof.

Two little barn owls sitting on a roof.
One named Jack. The other named Jill.
Fly high Jack.  Fly low Jill.
Two little barn owls sitting on a roof.

 

Lap rhyme #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!

 

Lap rhyme #2: Roly Poly (rolling fists action rhyme)

Roly poly, roly poly, up, up, up.
Roly poly, roly poly, down, down, down.
Roly poly, roly poly, out, out, out.
Roly poly, roly poly, in, in, in.
Roly poly, roly poly, slap, slap, slap.
Roly poly, roly poly, tap, tap, tap.
Roly poly, roly poly, go so fast!
Roly poly, roly poly, go so slow-ly.
Roly poly, roly poly, I love you!

 

Lap rhyme #3: 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 

 

Letter of the day: "O” is for owl

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) 

 

Flannelboard: Night Owls (counting song to the tune of "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain" that I found on the Jen In the Library blog)

There was one night owl in the tree:
Hoo!  Hoo!
There was one night owl in the tree:
Hoo!  Hoo!
Oh, he called up to the sky to an owl flying by,
And the owl came and joined him happily:
Hoo!  Hoo!

Repeat with two night owls, three, and four.

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