Cool Frogs - Family Storytime

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

Opening #1: “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” from Songs for Wiggleworms by Old Town School of Folk Music

Opening #2: Roly Poly Oh So Fast (hand rolling body part chant adapted by Carol Hopkins)

Roly poly, roly poly, oh so fast!
Roly poly, roly poly, oh so slowly.
Roly poly, roly poly, up.
Roly poly, roly poly, down.
Roly poly, roly poly, hands on your head.
Roly poly, roly poly, hand on your feet.

(Repeat with other body parts)

Roly poly, roly poly, hands in your lap.

 

 

Literacy activity flannelboard: Did You Ever See a Frog?  (flannelboard pattern and shape song to the tune of “Did You Ever See a Lassie?” created by Carol Hopkins)

Did you ever see a frog, a frog, a frog?
Did you ever see a frog, with {_spots_} on its back?

(continue with other shapes and patterns on the back of the frog: Stripes, stars, arrows, etc.)

  

Book #1: The Wide-Mouthed Frog: A Pop-Up Book by Keith Faulkner, illustrated by Jonathan Lambert (pop-up)  

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

Sit-down 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

 

***Parent literacy tip:  Singing to your child is very important.  It helps to trigger speech development and children love being sung to by their parents/caregivers.                

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: Hop Jump by Ellen Stoll Walsh

Book #3: Down By the Cool of the Pool by Tony Mitton, illustrated by Guy Parker-Rees

Closing music with stretchy-band: “Walk Along the River” from Rocketship Run by Laurie Berkner Band

Art activity: Cut and color a frog headband  

Optional other books:
Toad On the Road: A Cautionary Tale by Stephen Shaskan
Not a Monster by Claudia Guadalupe Martínez, illustrated by Laura González