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: Maisy Cleans Up by Lucy Cousins
Stand-up activity: This Is the Way We Wash (action song to the
tune of "Here We Go 'Round the Mulberry Bush" that I adapted)
This is the way we wash our hands,
Wash our hands, wash our hands,
This is the way we wash our hands,
When we get all dirty.
This is the way we scrub our face...
This is the way we rub our ears...
This is the way we rinse our hair...
This is the way we sponge our tummies...
Sit-down
activity: The Walrus Washes His Winter
Coat (adapted from one I found at Jbrary)
Oh, the walrus washes his winter coat
Down by the wavy ocean;
He adds some water, and he adds some
soap,
And he waits, and he waits, and he
waits.
Then the laundry in the washing
machine shakes, shakes, shakes,
The laundry shakes and shakes and
shakes,
The laundry shakes, shakes, shakes
until it's nice and clean.
Then the laundry in the washing
machine spins, spins, spins,
The laundry spins and spins and spins,
The laundry spins, spins, spins, until
it's nice and clean.
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: Songs and rhymes at storytime help build
young children’s vocabulary, that is why we point to body parts or move to the
words we say.
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)
Letter of the
day: "C” is for clean
Flannelboard: Five Clean and Dirty Pigs (counting down rhyme I
found at the Storytime Katie blog at https://storytimekatie.com/2011/05/06/flannel-friday-5-clean-and-dirty-pigs/
)
Five pigs so squeaky clean
Cleanest you’ve ever seen
Wanted to go outside and play
Oink! Oink!
One jumped into the mud
Landed with a big THUD
Then there were four squeaky clean pigs.
Closing song with
egg shakers: “I Know a
Chicken” from The Best of the Laurie Berkner Band by Laurie
Berkner
