Frog and Toad Storytime

Storytime for 1 to 3 year olds: 

• Opening - Skinnamarink (from Car Songs: Songs to Sing Anywhere by Dennis Buck at Kimbo), Sticky Sticky Bubblegum
• Book #1 – Splash by Ann Jonas
• Stand-up Activity - "The Little Green Frogs" (action song from It's Toddler Time by Carol Hammet and Elaine Bueffel)

• Bridge - 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 Green and Speckled Frogs (traditional song)

• Book #2 - Toad by Ruth Brown
• Activity – Frog Jump Over the Great Big Stick (action rhyme written by Carol Hopkins)

Frog be nimble, frog be quick,

Frog jump over the great big stick

Frog be nimble, frog be slick

Frog swim under the great big stick

Frog be nimble, frog go click

Frog run around the great big stick

• Closing - Use scarves to the song "Milkshake" from Songs for Wiggleworms by Old Town School of Folk Music
• Craft – Coloring pens on a frog headband

Frogs & Toads Storytime

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

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum
• Book #1 – Toad by Ruth Brown
• Activity – Can You Growl Like a Tiger? (action rhyme found in Family Storytime: Twenty-four Creative Programs for All Ages by Rob Reid)
• Flannelboard - 5 Green and Speckled Frogs (song)
• Book #2 - *** Hop Jump by Ellen Stoll Walsh
• Closing - Tamborines using "Kookaburra" from Where Is Thumbkin?: Action Songs for Every Month by Kimbo
• Craft – Use round bingo style paint dabbers on a frog drawing to create speckled frogs

*** Parent enhancement - You can run your finger under the words of the title as you say it. This helps kids understand that you are reading the text, not the pictures. Do this only with the title or a repeated phrase so it does not get in the way of sharing the story.