Fun & Games Storytime

Storytime for 1 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum
• Book #1 – Tumble Bumble by Felicia Bond
• Activity –Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes (action rhyme)
• Flannelboard/Math Activity - Five Little Monkeys Swinging from the Tree (counting backward rhyme)

Five little monkeys swinging from the tree.
Teasing Mr. Alligator, "Can't catch me. Can't catch me."
Along comes Mr. Alligator quietly as can be.
And SNAP! that monkey right out of the tree.
(count down)

• Book #2 - Peekaboo Blueberry! by Barney Saltzberg (lift-flap)
• Activity – Where Is Thumbkin? (fingerplay from Wee Sing: Children's Songs and Fingerplays by Pamela Conn Beall and Susan Hogen Nipp)
• Closing - Did You Ever See A Lassie? (tambourines using Playtime: 49 Favorite Action and Sing-Along Songs from CEMA Special Markets)
• Craft – Glue a pattern block mosaic (using fraction blocks)

Getting Wet Storytime

Storytime for 1 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum
• Book #1 – Down By the Cool of the Pool by Tony Mitton, pictures by Guy Parker-Rees
• Activity – Jump, Jump Went the Little Green Frog (action rhyme)

Jump, jump went the little green frog.
Jump, jump went the little green frog.
Jump, jump went the little green frog...
And his eyes went blink, blink.
Blink, blink went the little green frog.
Blink, blink went the little green frog.
Blink, blink went the little green frog...
And his tongue went glup, glup.
Glup, glup went the little green frog.
Glup, glup went the little green frog.
Glup, glup went the little green frog...
And his legs went jump, jump.
Jump, jump went the little green frog.
Jump, jump went the little green frog.
Jump, jump went the little green frog...
And then he swam away.

• Flannelboard/Math Activity - 5 Green and Speckled Frogs (counting song)
• Book #2 - Kipper's Rainy Day inspired by Mick Inkpen (lift-flap)
• Activity – Itsy Bitsy Spider (fingerplay)
• Closing - Did You Ever See A Lassie? (tambourines using Playtime: 49 Favorite Action and Sing-Along Songs from CEMA Special Markets)
• Craft – Watercolor sheet

Firetruck Storytime

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

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum
• Book #1 – Fire Fighter Piggywiggy by Christyan and Diane Fox
• Activity – Drive the Firetruck (action song done twice, from Songs for Wiggleworms)
• Flannelboard/Math Activity - Five Firefighters (counting rhyme I found in Mailbox Preschool, Oct./Nov. 2007 page 40)
• Book #2 - Maisy's Fire Engine by Lucy Cousins (board book)
• Activity – Firetruck Tune (action song I adapted from one I found in Mailbox Preschool, Oct./Nov. 2006 page 34, to the tune of "Wheels on the Bus")

The wheels on the firetruck go round and round, round and round, round and round.
The wheels on the firetruck go round and round, all around the town.

The lights on the firetruck go blink, blink, blink...
The siren on the firetruck goes woo, woo, woo...
The firefighters on board go up and down...
The ladder on the truck goes up, up, up...
The water from the hose goes whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...

• Closing - Did You Ever See A Lassie? (tambourines using Playtime: 49 Favorite Action and Sing-Along Songs from CEMA Special Markets)
• Craft – Color firefighter hat cut-outs with color marker pens

Halloween Storytime

Storytime for 1 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum
• Book #1 – Snappy Little Halloween by Derek Matthews (pop-up)
• Activity - Jack-O-Lantern, Jack-O-Lantern (action rhyme based on Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear)

Jack-O-Lantern, Jack-O-Lantern turn around.
Jack-O-Lantern, Jack-O-Lantern touch the ground.
Jack-O-Lantern, Jack-O-Lantern dance on your toes.
Jack-O-Lantern, Jack-O-Lantern touch your nose.
Jack-O-Lantern, Jack-O-Lantern reach up high.
Jack-O-Lantern, Jack-O-Lantern jump to the sky.
Jack-O-Lantern, Jack-O-Lantern find your feet.
Jack-O-Lantern, Jack-O-Lantern have a seat.

• Flannelboard/Math Activity - Three Little Pumpkins (not sure where I found this one)

Three little pumpkins, sitting very still
In a pumpkin patch on a great big hill
The first one said, "I'm very green,"
(show green side)
"But I'll be orange on Halloween."
(show orange side)
The second one said, "Oh me, oh my,"
(show orange pumpkin side)
"Today I'll be a pumpkin pie."
(show pumpkin pie side)
The third one said, "I'm on my way,"
(show pumpkin side)
To be a Jack-O-Lantern today."
(show face side)

• Book #2 - Five Little Pumpkins pictures by Dan Yaccarino (board book)
• Activity -This Little Pumpkin (action rhyme I found in Mailbox Magazine)
• Closing - Did You Ever See A Lassie? (tambourines using Playtime: 49 Favorite Action and Sing-Along Songs from CEMA Special Markets)
• Craft - Chalk drawing on pumpkin cut-outs

Apple Storytime

Storytime for 1 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum
• Book #1 – Apple Pie Tree by Zoe Hall, illustrated by Shari Halpern
• Activity - I'm A Little Teapot (action song)
• Flannelboard/Math Activity - Four Little Apples by Gail Benton and Trisha Waichulaitis
• Book #2 - Apples! Apples! by Salina Yoon (lift-flap)
• Activity - Appleseed (action song to the tune of "Itsy Bitsy Spider")

The tiny little apple seed
Was planted in the ground
Down came the rain
Falling all around
Out came the sun
As bright as bright can be
And the tiny little apple seed
Became an apple tree

• Closing - Did You Ever See A Lassie? (tambourines using Playtime: 49 Favorite Action and Sing-Along Songs from CEMA Special Markets)
• Craft - Bingo paint dabbers on apple drawings

Sensational Sea Serpents

Library program for children ages 4 to 12 years old.

This program starts off with a viewing of the animated movie Mysterious Tadpole produced by Weston Woods, based on the book by Steven Kellogg.

The movie was followed by 3 stations:

1. Make your own sea serpent segmented puppet - Materials were provided. Stencils for the face piece were pre-cut but the children were on their own to create their own body and tail pieces. (Note: This project took a lot of time, so have plenty of table space.)

2. Sea monster cages - Using the Connector Straw sets the children could make a variety of monster cages. (These were not for take home.)

3. Sea monster races - Some miniature dinosaurs were frozen in ice cube trays. The children place the cube of their choice at the top of a slanted board and then release their monsters to see which one slides to the bottom first.

Silly Storytime

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

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum
• Book #1 – Silly Sally by Audrey Wood (big book)
• Activity - Shake My Sillies Out (action song from More Singable Songs by Raffi)
• Flannelboard/Math Activity - A-hunting We Will Go (song)
• Book #2 - Piggies by Audrey Wood and Don Wood
• Activity - Ten Fingers (fingerplay)

I have ten little fingers
And they all belong to me
I can make them do things
Would you like to see?
I can shut them up tight
Or open them wide
I can put them together
Or make them all hide
I can make them jump high
I can make them jump low
I can fold them quietly
And hold them just so

• Closing - Did You Ever See A Lassie (tambourines using Playtime: 49 Favorite Action and Sing-Along Songs from CEMA Special Markets)
• Craft - Coloring sheet