My weekly storytime at a local summer camp for 5- and 6-year-olds. It is a short storytime with a simple art project, but sometimes when it is hot outside that is about all the children need.
Books:
More Bears by Kenn Nesbitt, illustrated by Troy Cummings
Not that Pet! by Smriti Prasadam-Halls, illustrated by Rosalind Beardshaw
The children decorated and assembled a "Bear Went Over the Mountain" cut & color sheet.
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: Band on the
Bus (musical instrument flannelboard I found at https://pasadena-library.net/kids/2017/music-toddler-storytime/ to
the tune of “Wheels On the Bus”)
The guitar on the bus goes strum,
strum, strum
Strum, strum, strum
Strum, strum, strum
The guitar on the bus goes strum, strum, strum
All through the town!
Other verses:
The trumpet on the bus goes toot,
toot, toot…
The drum on the bus goes bang, bang, bang…
The bell on the bus goes ring, ring, ring…
Book #1: Parade by Donald Crews
Stand-up
activity: “The Goldfish” action song from
Victor Vito by Laurie Berkner
Activity: 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.
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)
***Parent
literacy tip: Teachers like to say rhymers are readers,
because rhymers have an easier time hearing word patterns. Read lots of rhyming books with your
child.
Book #2: Everything a Drum by Sarah Warren,
illustrated by Camila Carrossine
Book #3: Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons by
Eric Litwin, illustrated by James Dean
Closing music
with bells: “The Tempo
Marches On” from Jim
Gill Sings Do Re Mi on His Toe Leg Knee by Jim Gill
Art activity: Create jingle sticks! Color a
large craft stick. Then string three jingle
bells onto a pipe cleaner. Wrap the pipe
cleaner around the decorated craft stick.
Optional other books:
Pearl Love to Sing! By Olivier Dunrea
Plinka Plinka Shake Shake by Emma Garcia
My weekly storytime at a local summer camp for 5- and 6-year-olds. It is a short storytime with a simple art project, but sometimes when it is hot outside that is about all the children need.
Books:
Octopus Stew by Eric Velasquez
How to Talk Like a Chicken by Charlie Grandy, illustrated by Alex G. Griffiths
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The children made paper bag octopuses. Color the paper bags, cut the tentacles, add sticker eyes. Simple yet the kiddos enjoyed it.
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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: Dem Bones (dinosaur name song found at Nancy Stewart Song of the
Month site https://nancymusic.com/SOM/2017/dem-bones.htm)
Print out
an assortment of dinosaurs with their names written next to the
dinosaurs. Hand out these dinosaur papers to the
children. Sing the song, naming a different dinosaur each
time. When a dinosaur is named in the song, the children bring that
dinosaur up to the board where we tape them onto the board. When the
song is done, we count the number of dinosaurs on the board.
Dem bones,
dem bones, dem dinosaur bones
Dem bones, dem bones, dem dinosaur bones
Dem bones, dem bones, dem dinosaur bones
Put’em all together and this is what you get.
Book #1: How Do Dinosaurs Say I’m Mad? by
Jane Yolen, illustrated by Mark Teague
Stand-up
activity: “We
Are the Dinosaurs” action song from The Best of the Laurie Berkner Band by Laurie Berkner
Activity: Dinosaurs Lived a Long Time Ago
(action rhyme I found at https://kcls.org/content/dinosaurs-lived-a-long-time-ago/)
Dinosaurs
lived a long time ago
Some walked (stomp)
Some swam (swim motions)
Some flew, you know! (flying motions)
Some were big (hands above head)
Some were small (squat down low)
Some were gigantic (stretch arms to side)
And very, very, tall (stretch arms up high, on tip toes)
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
***Parent
literacy tip: Practice fine motor skills by taking apart
and putting together puzzles with your child.
Book #2: Bones, Bones, Dinosaur Bones by
Byron Barton
Book #3: Dinosaur Stomp!: A Monster Pop-up by
Paul Stickland (pop-up)
Closing
music with scarves: “Flitter
Flutter” from The Second Line by Johnette Downing
Art activity: Dinosaur water color sheets
Optional other
books:
Here We go Digging for Dinosaur Bones by Susan Lendroth, illustrated by Bob
Kolar
Dinosaur Roar! by Paul and Henrietta Stickland
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 places to stick the gum)
Book: Duck & Goose Find a Pumpkin by Tad
Hills (board book)
Themed activity
#1: The Pumpkins Are Here (action rhyme
to the tune of "The Farmer in the Dell" adapted from one I found in a
Mailbox Magazine)
The pumpkins are here; the pumpkins
are there.
The pumpkins, the pumpkins are everywhere.
The pumpkins are up; the pumpkins are down.
The pumpkins, the pumpkins are all around.
The pumpkins are right; the pumpkins are left.
The pumpkins, the pumpkins are jumping up.
The pumpkins roll, they roll up high, they roll down low.
The pumpkins, the pumpkins all say, "Hello!"
Themed activity
#2: Roly Poly Pumpkin (action song
to the tune of “Itsy Bitsy Spider” that I found at https://www.adventuresofabookworm.com/2018/10/17/storytime-pumpkins/)
Oh, the roly-poly pumpkin went rolling
down the hill
(roll arms)
Once it started rolling,
It couldn’t keep still.
It rolled and it rolled until it bumped into a rock.
Then the roly-poly pumpkin rolled to a stop.
(clap or sign language for stop)
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 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: Repetition and rhyming help children
learn the sounds of words.
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: "H” is for Halloween
Flannelboard: Three Little Pumpkins (Not sure where I
picked up this rhyme a long time ago. I love using it.)
Three little pumpkins, sitting very
still
In a pumpkin patch on a great big hill
The first one said, "I'm very green,"
(show green side)
"But I'll be orange on Halloween."
(show orange side)
The second one said, "Oh me, oh my,"
(show orange pumpkin side)
"Today I'll be a pumpkin pie."
(show pumpkin pie side)
The third one said, "I'm on my way,"
(show pumpkin side)
To be a Jack-O-Lantern today."
(show face side)
Closing song with
scarves: “Alabama,
Mississippi” from Jim Gill Sings the Sneezing Song & Other
Contagious Songs by Jim Gill
Optional book:
Biscuit Visits the Pumpkin Patch by Alyssa Satin Capucilli, illustrated by Pat
Schories (board book)
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: Spiders Go Marching on Halloween (number recognition flannelboard
song to the tune of “The Ants Go Marching”)
The spiders
go marching one by one,
hurrah, hurrah!
The spiders go marching one by one,
hurrah, hurrah!
The spiders go marching one by one,
The little one stops to suck its thumb,
And they all go marching up,
To the tree,
On Hallowee-een.
The spiders
go marching two by two...
The little one stops to tie its shoe...
The spiders
go marching three by three...
The little one stops to hug a tree...
The spiders
go marching four by four...
The little one stops to close the door...
Book #1: I Got the Spooky Spirit by
Connie Schofield-Morrison, illustrated by Frank Morrison
Stand-up
activity: Jack-O-Lantern,
Jack-O-Lantern (action rhyme adapted by Carol Hopkins, similar to "Teddy
Bear, Teddy Bear Turn Around")
Jack-O-Lantern,
Jack-O-Lantern turn around.
Jack-O-Lantern, Jack-O-Lantern roll on the ground.
Jack-O-Lantern, Jack-O-Lantern dance on your toes.
Jack-O-Lantern, Jack-O-Lantern light up your nose.
Jack-O-Lantern, Jack-O-Lantern reach up high.
Jack-O-Lantern, Jack-O-Lantern jump to the sky.
Jack-O-Lantern, Jack-O-Lantern smile with heat.
Jack-O-Lantern, Jack-O-Lantern find your seat.
Activity: Pumpkins Over There (action
rhyme written by Carol Hopkins)
Pumpkins
small
(make small pumpkin with hands)
Pumpkins tall
(hands up high)
Pumpkins, pumpkins everywhere
(spin around)
Pumpkins fat
(hands make fat pumpkin)
And pumpkins thin
(hands together almost touching)
Pumpkins, pumpkins over there!
(point across the room)
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
***Parent
literacy tip: Repetition and rhyming help children
learn the sounds of words.
Book #2: Sweets and Treats by Toni Trent
Parker, photographs by Earl Anderson
Book #3: Maisy’s Halloween by Lucy Cousins
(board book)
Closing
music with scarves: “Flitter
Flutter” from The Second Line by Johnette Downing
Art
activity: Pen
coloring and stickers on white masks
Optional other
books:
Sheep Trick or Treat by Nancy Shaw, illustrated by Margot Apple
It’s Pumpkin Time by Zoe Hall, illustrated by Shari Halpern
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: Dinosaur Parade by Shari Halpern
Themed activity
#1: All Around the Swamp (action song to
the tune of “Wheels on the Bus” that I found at Storytime Sprout https://www.storytimesprout.com/post/dinosaur-storytime)
Pteradactyl’s wings went flap, flap,
flap
Flap, flap, flap, (x2)
Pteradactyl’s wings went flap, flap, flap
All around the swamp.
Triceratops’s horns went poke, poke,
poke…
Stegosaurus’s feet went stomp, stomp,
stomp…
Their dinosaur mouths went munch,
munch, munch…
Themed activity
#2: Dinosaur Pretend (action rhyme I
found at https://www.handleyregional.org/blog/we-are-dinosaurs-storytime)
Spread your arms, way out wide,
Fly like a Pteranodon, soar and glide.
Touch the floor, head down low,
Move like Stegosaurus, long ago.
Reach up tall, try to be
As tall as Apatosaurus eating on a tree.
Using your claws, grumble and growl
Just like Tyrannosaurus on the prowl.
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: Practice fine motor skills by taking apart
and putting together puzzles with your child.
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: "D” is for dinosaurs
Flannelboard: Five Enormous Dinosaurs (similar to one
seen at https://www.literacious.com/2016/02/05/flannel-friday-dinosaurs/)
Five enormous dinosaurs letting out a
roar.
One went away and then there were four!
Four enormous dinosaurs munching on a tree.
One went away and then there were three!
Three enormous dinosaurs didn’t know what to do.
One went away and then there were two!
Two enormous dinosaurs having lots of fun.
One went away and then there was one!
One enormous dinosaur afraid to be a hero.
It went away and then there was ZERO!
Closing song with
scarves: “Alabama,
Mississippi” from Jim Gill Sings the Sneezing Song & Other
Contagious Songs by Jim Gill
