Bugs In a Rug - 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: Becoming a Butterfly (National Geographic Kids, Little Kids First Board Book series) by Ruth A. Musgrave

Stand-up activity: Butterfly Lands (fingerplay I adapted from a ladybug rhyme I found many years ago)

Butterfly, butterfly fly out of the farm and land on my little arm.   
Butterfly, butterfly fly out of the tree and land right on my little knee. 
Butterfly, butterfly fly out of the rose and land right on my little nose. 
Butterfly, butterfly fly out of the chair and land right on my own sweet hair. 
Butterfly, butterfly fly out of sight at story time!

 

Sit-down activity: “Itsy Bitsy Spider” traditional fingerplay

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: Counting Bubbles (counting rhyme I learned during a BrainDance workshop)

One bubble, two bubbles, three bubbles, top.
(pat legs with hands for each number chanted, then place hands on top of head)

Three bubbles, four bubbles, five bubbles, drop.
(pat legs with hands for each number chanted, then drop hands to lap)

Six bubbles, seven bubbles, nine bubbles, pop.
(pat legs with hands for each number chanted, then clap hands loudly in front of body)

Ten little bubbles floating down!
(twinkle hands down to floor)

Now let’s blow _____ bubbles.
(This is a breath exercise.  Pick a number and pretend to blow that number of bubbles through hand.  Don’t forget to pop the bubbles with a loud clap after blowing it up.  I count the bubble while I do the clap.) 

 

Lap rhyme #3: Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes (traditional body parts action song)

Head, shoulders, knees, and toes,
Knees and toes.
Head, shoulders, knees and toes,
Knees and toes.
And eyes and, ears and, mouth and nose.
Head, shoulders, knees and toes,
Knees and toes.

   

***Literacy tip: Singing develops listening skills and helps children remember things for a longer time. 

Transition: Open-Shut Them (fingerplay) 

Open, shut them
(open and close hands)
Open, shut them
Give a little clap (clap)
Open, shut them

Open, shut them
Put them in your lap
(put hands in lap)

Creep them, creep them
Under your chin
(creep fingers up chest)
Open your mouth, but don't put them in
(do as words say)

Open, shut them
Open, shut them
Give a little clap
Open shut them
Open shut them
Put them in your lap 

 

Letter of the day: "B” is for Bugs or Butterfly

 

 

Flannelboard: Bugs In a Rug (an ordinal order rhyme I adapted from a rhyme I found in Mailbox Preschool magazine, August/September 2007, page 6)

A bunch of little bugs sitting on a rug
First is the bee.  Buzz, buzz, buzz!
Second is the firefly.  Blink, blink, blink! 
Third is the ant.  Work, work, work!
Fourth is the grasshopper.  Hop, hop, hop!
Fifth is the butterfly.  Flap, flap, flap!
Now we have
(count the bugs)
Five bugs sitting all snug,
All rolled up in a rug!  

      

Closing song with scarves: “Alabama, Mississippi” from Jim Gill Sings the Sneezing Song & Other Contagious Songs by Jim Gill  

Optional book:
Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! By Bob Barner