Another summer of storytimes at a local summer camp for 5- and 6-year-olds! It is a short storytime with a simple art project. The children and counselors really enjoy these visits.
Books:
Gaston by Kelly Dipucchio, illustrated by Christian Robinson
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A white paper dog cut out glued inside fringe paper scissor cut worksheet that looks like grass.
A Wednesday 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.
Opening #3: Fee Fi Fo Fum
Fee fi fo fum,
(clap for each syllable)
See my fingers,
(wiggle fingers)
See my thumbs.
(wiggle thumbs)
Fee fi fo fum,
(clap for each syllable)
Good bye fingers,
(hide one hand behind back)
Good bye thumbs.
(hide the other hand behind back)
(Repeat several times moving and saying the words faster and faster)
Literacy activity
flannelboard:
Book #1: Color Dance by Ann Jonas
Theme activity #1: "The Grand Old Duke of York" action song from Where Is Thumbkin?: Action Songs for Every Month by Kimbo
Theme activity #2: Colored Shoes (action chant written by Carol Hopkins)
Walking in my red shoes, red shoes, red shoes
Walking in my red shoes, here at storytime.
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: Talk about putting toys in ordinal number order (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.) to expand your child's vocabulary and knowledge about numbers. This can be done in any lnaguage!
Book #2: One Red Sock by Jennifer Sattler
Book #3: Press Here by Hervé Tullet
Closing music with scarves: “Silly Dance Contest” from Jim Gill Sings the Sneezing Song & Other Contagious Tunes by Jim Gill
Art activity: Cut, color, and glue traffic lights
Optional other books:
Cat's Colors by Jane Cabrera
Pete the Cat, I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin, illustrated by James Dean
A Wednesday 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.
Opening #3: Fee Fi Fo Fum
Fee fi fo fum,
(clap for each syllable)
See my fingers,
(wiggle fingers)
See my thumbs.
(wiggle thumbs)
Fee fi fo fum,
(clap for each syllable)
Good bye fingers,
(hide one hand behind back)
Good bye thumbs.
(hide the other hand behind back)
(Repeat several
times moving and saying the words faster and faster)
Literacy activity
flannelboard:
If you’re a {tabby} and you know it,
Come on up.
If you’re a {tabby} and you know it,
Come on up.
If you’re a {tabby} and you know it,
Then meow to really show it.
If you’re a {tabby} and you know it,
Come on up.
(repeat while substituting other cat pattern names such
as calico, solid color, colorpoint, and tortoise shell, etc.)
Book #1: The Man Who Didn't Like Animals by Deborah Underwood, illustrated by LeUyen Pham
Theme activity #1:
Theme activity #2: Hickory Dickory Dock (traditional fingerplay)
Hickory dickory dock
(clapping)
A mouse ran up the clock
(one hand run up the other arm)
The clock struck 1
(clap once)
The mouse ran down
(one hand run down the other arm)
Hickory dickory dock
(clapping)
Hickory dickory dock
A mouse ran up the clock
The clock struck 2
(clap twice)
The mouse said "BOO!"
(try to tickle child)
Hickory dickory dock
Hickory dickory dock
A mouse ran up the clock
The clock struck 3
(clap three times)
The mouse said "Wheee!"
(one hand slide down the other arm and the down to the floor as if on a slide)
Hickory dickory dock
Hickory dickory dock
A mouse ran up the clock
The clock struck 4
(clap 4 times)
There is no more
(shake head, show empty hands)
Hickory dickory dock.
Transition: Dance Your Fingers (fingerplay adaption from a video I saw from New York
Public Library)
Dance your fingers up;
(put fingers high in the air)
Dance your fingers down;
(touch the ground)
Dance your fingers from side to side;
(move hands from left to right side of body and back again, several times)
And dance them all around.
(hands move in a large wiggly circle in the air in front of your body)
Dance them on your shoulders;
(fingers wiggle on your shoulders)
Dance them on your head;
(fingers wiggle on top of your head)
Dance them on your tummy;
(fingers wiggle on top of your tummy)
And put them all to bed.
(fold hands in lap or tuck under armpits)
Book #2: Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell (lift-flap)
Book #3: Stack the Cats by Susie Gahremani
Book #4: Dog by Matthew Van Fleet, photography by Brain Stanton (lift-flap and movie parts)
Closing music with egg shakers: “I Know a Chicken” from Whaddaya Think of That? by Laurie Berkner
Art activity: Colorful chalk drawing on large dog silhouette on black construction paper
Optional other books:
Short Dog, Long Dog: A Book of Opposites by Ann Hrachovec (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: Dog’s Colorful Day (a flannelboard
adaptation of the picture book by Emma Dodd)
Book #1: One Word from Sophia by Jim Averbeck
and Yasemeen Ismail
Stand-up activity: “The Goldfish” an action song from Victor Vito by Laurie
Berkner
Sit-down activity: Can You? (action chant adapted by Carol Hopkins
from one I found at Roving
Fiddlehead KidLit)
Can you stretch
your neck like a giraffe?
Can you hop like
a frog?
Can you bark
like a dog?
Can you slither
like a snake?
Can you fly like
a parrot?
Can you wiggle
your nose like a rabbit?
Can you swim
like a fish?
Can you stretch
like a cat?
Can you sit like
a kid at storytime?
***Parent literacy tip: Reading
books about animals is a great way to build vocabulary around texture, shape,
color, and sound.
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: Dear Zoo: A Lift-the-Flap Book by Rod Campbell
(lift-flap)
Book #3: Cookie’s Week by Cindy Ward, illustrated by
Tomie dePaola
Book #4: Cat by Matthew Van Fleet, photography by
Brian Stanton (moveable pieces, pop-up)
Closing music with stretchy-band: “Walk Along the River” from Rocketship Run by Laurie Berkner Band
Art activity: Use die cut ovals to make stuffed
animal tags. Color them with metallic
pens, add stickers. Use a hole punch on
one end, then thread a pipe cleaner through hole. The pipe cleaner can be wrapped around the
neck of a stuffed animal.
Optional other books:
How Do Dinosaurs Choose Their Pets? by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Mark Teague
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: Dog by Matthew Van Fleet,
photography by Brian Stanton (lift-flap, moveable pieces)
Stand-up activity: On My Toes There Is a Flea (action
rhyme/fingerplay I found at https://kcls.org/content/on-my-toe-there-is-a-flea/)
On my toe
there is a flea,
Now he’s climbing up on me,
Past my stomach, past my nose,
On my head where my hair grows.
On my head there is a flea
Now he’s climbing down on me,
Past my stomach, past my knee,
On my toe,
Take THAT, you flea!
Sit-down activity: Five Kittens (fingerplay I
picked up somewhere and adapted)
Five
little kittens standing in a row
They nod their heads to the children so
They run to the left
They run to the right
They stand up and stretch in the bright sunlight
Now those kitties have the giggles
Those kitties have the wiggles
Those kitties go tickle, tickle, tickle on your little tum!
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: Choo Choo (fingerplay that
crosses the midline that I found at https://youtu.be/gr4gtVYSAEg?si=ceNiLrI-2BuUbGMC)
Choo,
choo, choo, choo, choo, choo, choo, choo,
Up the railroad track.
Choo, choo, choo, chook, choo, choo, choo, choo,
Then we come right back.
First,
we go to grandma’s house,
Up the railroad track.
Then, we go to monkey’s house,
Then we come right back.
Choo,
choo, choo, choo, choo, choo, choo, choo,
Up the railroad track.
Choo, choo, choo, chook, choo, choo, choo, choo,
Then we come right back.
Lap rhyme #4: 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: 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.
Letter of the day: "D” is for Dog
Flannelboard: Five Little Puppy Dogs (flannelboard I found in
my library system’s collection)
Five little puppy dogs barking at the
door.
This one chased a cat,
And that left four.
Four
little puppy dogs racing around a tree.
This one chased a squirrel,
And that left three.
Three
little puppy dogs chewing on a shoe.
This one left to chase a ball,
And that left two.
Two
little puppy dogs chewing on a bone.
This one left to find some lunch,
And that left one.
One
little puppy dog tired from all the fun.
She went to take a nap,
And that left none.
***Literacy tip: Reading books about animals is a
great way to build vocabulary around texture, shape, color, and sound.
Closing song with scarves: “Milkshake” from Songs for Wiggleworms
