Animals Move Toddler Storytime

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 #1 – Squirrels Leap, Squirrels Sleep by April Pulley Sayre, illustrated by Steve Jenkins

Stand-up activity – “Jumping and Counting” action song from Jim Gill's Irrational Anthem by Jim Gill

Transition #1 - 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 

 

 

Flannelboard – Five Little Monkeys Jumping On the Bed (traditional counting down chant)

Five little monkeys jumping on the bed,
One fell down and bumped his head, 
Mama called the doctor and the doctor said,
"No more monkeys jumping on the bed!"

Four little monkeys jumping on the bed,
One fell down and bumped his head,
Mama called the doctor and the doctor said,
"No more monkeys jumping on the bed!"

(Continue counting down)

One little monkey jumping on the bed,
She fell down and bumped her head,
Mama called the doctor and the doctor said,
"Put those monkeys back to bed!"

Letter of the day - "M” is for monkey and move

Transition #2 – 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 – We All Play by Julie Flett

Closing – Scarves to the song “Flitter Flutter” from The Second Line: Scarf Activity Songs by Johnette Downing

 

 

 

Lapsit - Monkeys

Storytime for 0 to 24 months old:

• Opening: "Baby Hop" from Diaper Gym by Priscilla Hegner and Rose Grasselli
• Body rhyme: The Flea (from Pierce County Library System)
• Lap bounce: Did You Ever See A Baby?

(have your child sitting on your lap)
Did you ever see a baby, a baby, a baby,
Did you ever see a baby
Go this way and that?
(rock from side to side)
Go this way and that way,
And that way and this way,
Did you ever see a baby,
Go this way and that?

• Book: Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb by Al Perkins, illustrated by Eric Gurney (board book version)
• Theme rhyme: Monkey See, Monkey Do (I don't remember which book I got this rhyme from)
• Tickle: Round And Round the Garden

Round and round the garden
(with index finger, make a circle on baby's tummy)
Like a teddy bear
One step, two step
(walk fingers up chest)
Tickle under there!
(tickle under chin)
Round and round the garden
(with index finger, make a circle on baby's tummy)
Goes the little mouse
Up, up, up he creeps
(walk fingers up arm)
Up into his house
(tickle baby under arm)

• Clap rhyme: Miss, Miss

(clap)
Miss Miss, little Miss Miss,
When she misses,
She misses like this!
(hug baby)

• Lap bounce: Pop Goes the Weasel

All around the cobbler's bench,
The monkey chased the weasel,
The monkey thought t'was all in fun,
POP! Goes the weasel.
(raise baby into the air)
A penny for a spool of thread,
A penny for a needle,
That's the way the money goes,
POP! Goes the weasel.
(raise baby into the air)

• Doll song: When (animal) Gets Up In the Morning...

When cows get up in the morning, they always say "Good day."
When cows get up in the morning, they always say "Good day."
"Moo! Moo!" this is what they say.
"Moo! Moo! Moo! Moo!" this is what they say.
(substitute other animals and animal sounds)

• Book: Eight Silly Monkeys illustrated by Steve Haskamp
• Lap bounce: Tick Tock

(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)

Now it is two o'clock... Cuckoo! Cuckoo!

Now it is three o'clock... Cuckoo! Cuckoo! Cuckoo!

• Body rhyme: Baby's Fingers

These are baby's fingers,
These are baby's toes,
This is baby's bellybutton,
Round and round it goes.
These are baby's ears,
This is baby's nose,
This is baby's bellybutton,
Round and round it goes.

• Closing: "If You're Happy And You Know It" from Songs for Wiggleworms

Extra book: Busy Monkeys by John Schindel and Luiz Claudio Marigo (board book)

Monkey Storytime

Storytime for 1-1/2 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum
• Book #1 – Little Gorilla by Ruth Bornstein
• Activity – Can You Growl Like A Tiger? (action rhyme, unknown origin)

Can you growl like a tiger?
Can you hop like a frog?
Can you climb like a monkey?
Can you bark like a dog?
Can you slither like a snake?
Can you fly like a bat?
Can you howl like a wolf?
Can you stre-ttt-ccchh like a cat?
Can you sit like a kid at storytime?

• Flannelboard – One Banana written by Cheryl Hadley (from King County Library System's Books To Grow On)
• Book #2 – Eight Silly Monkeys illustrated by Steve Haskamp
• Activity – Monkey See, Monkey Do (action rhyme, I don't remember which book I got this rhyme from)
• Closing - Eggshakers using "I Know A Chicken" from Whaddaya Think of That by Laurie Berkner
• Craft - Curious George coloring sheet