Rainy Day Fun - Baby Toddler Storytime

A Wednesday 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: Ada's Rainy Day by Daishu Ma

Themed activity #1:  Itsy Bitsy Spider (traditional action rhyme) 

The itsy-bitsy spider climbed up the water spout.
Down came the rain and washed the spider out.
Out came the sun, and dried up all the rain;
And the itsy-bitsy spider climbed up the spout again.

The great big hairy spider climbed up the water spout.
Down came the rain and washed the spider out.
Out came the sun, and dried up all the rain;
And the great big hairy spider climbed up the spout again. 

 

Themed activity #2: Little Winds (action chant adapted by Carol Hopkins, good to use with scarves or streamers)

Little winds blow high in the treetops.
Little winds blow low on the ground.
They start off as tiny breezes...
(puff, puff, puff)
Then they grow and grow and grow!

Round and round they go,
Swaying every tree branch,
Sweeping across the grass,
Then, just like that, the wind stops!

  

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: Toast In the Toaster (adaptation of a lap bounce rhyme I found in many places)

I'm toast in the otaster.
I'm getty very hot.
Pish-posh, pish-posh,
Up I pop!

  

Lap rhyme #4: 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: Language used in storybooks is different from what we use when we are speaking, so children hear different words when we read to them.  This builds vocabulary!  

 

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: “R” is for rain

 

 

Flannelboard: What a Windy Day (rhyme to the tune of "The Wheels On the Bus" that I found in Mailbox Preschool magazine, April/May 2008, page 33)

The kites in the air are blowing in the wind,
Blowing in the wind, blowing in the wind.
The kites in the air are blowing in the wind,
What a windy day!

Other verses:
The leaves on the trees…
The clouds in the sky…
The flag on the lawn…
The hair on my head…

 

Closing song with scarves: “Around and Around” from Welcome from Miss Carole by Carole Peterson