Book read:
Babies can sleep anywhere by Lisa Wheeler
Hands are Clapping (from Reading With Red)
Hands are clapping,
Clap, clap, clap,
Hands are clapping,
Clap, clap, clap,
Hands are clapping,
Clap, clap, clap,
Clap your hands my darling!
Other actions: Feet are stomping, Fingers are tapping, etc.
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
I'm a little cuckoo clock (from KCLS)
Tick tock, tick tock, (rock back and forth)
I'm a little cuckoo clock!
Tick tock, tick tock,
It's one o'clock!
CUCKOO! (jump once)
Tick tock, tick tock,
I'm a little cuckoo clock!
Tick tock, tick tock,
It's two o'clock!
CUCKOO! CUCKOO! (jump twice)
10 Little Bubbles (while popping bubbles, to the tune of "Ten Little Indians")
One little,
Two little,
Three little bubbles,
Four little,
Five little,
Six little bubbles.
Seven little,
Eight little,
Nine little bubbles.
Ten little bubbles in the air.
Acka backa soda cracker (from Northport Library)
Acka backa soda cracker
Acka backa boo! (rock or bounce baby)
Acka backa soda cracker,
I love you! (give baby a hug)
Acka backa soda cracker,
Acka backa boo!
Acka backa soda cracker,
Up goes you! (lift baby)
Wheels on the bus
Row, row, row your boat (with parachute)
The Elevator Song (with parachute, from Jbrary)
Oh the city is great and the city is grand.
There's a whole lot of people on a little piece of land.
And we live way up on the 57th floor.
This is what we do when we go out the door:
We take the elevator up and the elevator down.
We take the elevator up and the elevator down.
And we turn around.
Literacy tip of the week: Songs and books teach your baby about
the world. For instance the elevator song teaches them about the
concepts of "up" and "down".
Thursday, November 30, 2017
Tuesday, November 28, 2017
Noisy November Storytime 11/27/17 and 11/28/17
Books read:
Toot toot beep beep by Emma Garcia
Say Zoop! by Herve Tullet
Other book suggestions:
Dog's Noisy Day by Emma Dodd
Noisy Nora by Rosemary Wells
Hands are Clapping (from Reading With Red)
Hands are clapping,
Clap, clap, clap,
Hands are clapping,
Clap, clap, clap,
Hands are clapping,
Clap, clap, clap,
Clap your hands my darling!
Other actions: Feet are stomping, Fingers are tapping, etc.
I'm a little cuckoo clock (from KCLS)
Tick tock, tick tock, (rock back and forth)
I'm a little cuckoo clock!
Tick tock, tick tock,
It's one o'clock!
CUCKOO! (jump once)
Tick tock, tick tock,
I'm a little cuckoo clock!
Tick tock, tick tock,
It's two o'clock!
CUCKOO! CUCKOO! (jump twice)
Popcorn calling me by Laurie Berkner
My Grandfather Clock by Bob McGrath (with rhythm sticks)
Bread and Butter (modified from http://projectiamaby.blogspot.com/2015/03/baking-theme-toddler-storytime.html)
Bread and butter, toast and jam.
Tap your sticks as fast as you can!
Other verses: slowly as you can, loud as you can, soft as you can.
Shake, Shake, Shake (to the tune of "Do your ears hang low?" from Storytimes and More)
Can you shake your egg up high?
Can you shake your egg down low?
Can you shake it side to side?
Can you shake it by your toe?
Can you shake it really fast?
Can you shake it really slow?
Can you shake your egg?
Everyone can shake (with shakers, modified from Jbrary)
Everyone can shake, shake, shake
Everyone can shake, shake, shake
Everyone can shake, shake, shake
And now it's time to stop.
Additional verses:
Everyone can tap, Everyone can clap, Everyone can wave, etc.
Craft: We decorated paper bags and filled them with beans to create shakers.
Literacy tip of the week: Playing with noises is an important way your child will explore the sounds in language.
Toot toot beep beep by Emma Garcia
Say Zoop! by Herve Tullet
Other book suggestions:
Dog's Noisy Day by Emma Dodd
Noisy Nora by Rosemary Wells
Hands are Clapping (from Reading With Red)
Hands are clapping,
Clap, clap, clap,
Hands are clapping,
Clap, clap, clap,
Hands are clapping,
Clap, clap, clap,
Clap your hands my darling!
Other actions: Feet are stomping, Fingers are tapping, etc.
I'm a little cuckoo clock (from KCLS)
Tick tock, tick tock, (rock back and forth)
I'm a little cuckoo clock!
Tick tock, tick tock,
It's one o'clock!
CUCKOO! (jump once)
Tick tock, tick tock,
I'm a little cuckoo clock!
Tick tock, tick tock,
It's two o'clock!
CUCKOO! CUCKOO! (jump twice)
Popcorn calling me by Laurie Berkner
My Grandfather Clock by Bob McGrath (with rhythm sticks)
Bread and Butter (modified from http://projectiamaby.blogspot.com/2015/03/baking-theme-toddler-storytime.html)
Bread and butter, toast and jam.
Tap your sticks as fast as you can!
Other verses: slowly as you can, loud as you can, soft as you can.
Shake, Shake, Shake (to the tune of "Do your ears hang low?" from Storytimes and More)
Can you shake your egg up high?
Can you shake your egg down low?
Can you shake it side to side?
Can you shake it by your toe?
Can you shake it really fast?
Can you shake it really slow?
Can you shake your egg?
Everyone can shake (with shakers, modified from Jbrary)
Everyone can shake, shake, shake
Everyone can shake, shake, shake
Everyone can shake, shake, shake
And now it's time to stop.
Additional verses:
Everyone can tap, Everyone can clap, Everyone can wave, etc.
Craft: We decorated paper bags and filled them with beans to create shakers.
Literacy tip of the week: Playing with noises is an important way your child will explore the sounds in language.
Tuesday, November 21, 2017
I'm Hungry Storytime 11/20/17 and 11/21/17
Books read:
I won't eat that by Christopher Silas Neal
Who's Hungry? by Dean Hacochen
ASL Sign of the Week: Eat
If you're hungry and you know it
Bananas Unite (from Jbrary)
Bananas unite! (hands connected above head)
Peel bananas, peel bananas! (move hands down)
Chop bananas, chop bananas! (chopping motion)
Mash bananas, mash bananas! (mashing motion)
Go bananas! Go bananas!
Toaster Song (from Literary Commentary)
I'm toast in the toaster and I'm getting really hot, (bounce)
Tick tock, Tick tock, (rock back and forth)
Up I pop! (jump)
Peanut Butter and Jelly (adapted from KCLS)
First you take the peanuts and you smash them,
You smash them,
For your peanut, peanut butter..
And Jelly!
Peanut, peanut butter,
And Jelly!
Then you take the grapes and you stomp them,
You stomp them,
For your peanut, peanut butter..
And Jelly!
Peanut, peanut butter,
And Jelly!
Last you take them both and you spread them,
You spread them,
For your peanut, peanut butter..
And Jelly!
For your peanut, peanut butter,
And Jelly!
Spaghetti Legs by Jim Gill (on CD: "Jim Gill Sings the Sneezing Song")
Patacake Pizza Man (with scarves, modified from Storytime Katie)
Patacake, patacake, Pizza Man,
Bake me a pizza as fast as you can,
Roll it, (wave scarf in a circle)
Toss it (1 , 2 , 3 ) (toss three times)
And put in it in the oven for you and me!
Popcorn Kernels (with scarves, from Jbrary)
Popcorn kernels, popcorn kernels,
In the pot. In the pot.
Shake them, shake them, shake them.
Shake them, shake them, shake them.
Till they pop! Till they pop!
Craft: We glued cut outs of food to paper plates.
Literacy tip of the week: Cooking with your children is a great opportunity to talk about what you are doing and introduce new vocabulary.
I won't eat that by Christopher Silas Neal
Who's Hungry? by Dean Hacochen
ASL Sign of the Week: Eat
If you're hungry and you know it
Bananas Unite (from Jbrary)
Bananas unite! (hands connected above head)
Peel bananas, peel bananas! (move hands down)
Chop bananas, chop bananas! (chopping motion)
Mash bananas, mash bananas! (mashing motion)
Go bananas! Go bananas!
Toaster Song (from Literary Commentary)
I'm toast in the toaster and I'm getting really hot, (bounce)
Tick tock, Tick tock, (rock back and forth)
Up I pop! (jump)
Peanut Butter and Jelly (adapted from KCLS)
First you take the peanuts and you smash them,
You smash them,
For your peanut, peanut butter..
And Jelly!
Peanut, peanut butter,
And Jelly!
Then you take the grapes and you stomp them,
You stomp them,
For your peanut, peanut butter..
And Jelly!
Peanut, peanut butter,
And Jelly!
Last you take them both and you spread them,
You spread them,
For your peanut, peanut butter..
And Jelly!
For your peanut, peanut butter,
And Jelly!
Spaghetti Legs by Jim Gill (on CD: "Jim Gill Sings the Sneezing Song")
Patacake Pizza Man (with scarves, modified from Storytime Katie)
Patacake, patacake, Pizza Man,
Bake me a pizza as fast as you can,
Roll it, (wave scarf in a circle)
Toss it (1 , 2 , 3 ) (toss three times)
And put in it in the oven for you and me!
Popcorn Kernels (with scarves, from Jbrary)
Popcorn kernels, popcorn kernels,
In the pot. In the pot.
Shake them, shake them, shake them.
Shake them, shake them, shake them.
Till they pop! Till they pop!
Craft: We glued cut outs of food to paper plates.
Literacy tip of the week: Cooking with your children is a great opportunity to talk about what you are doing and introduce new vocabulary.
Thursday, October 26, 2017
Baby Storytime 10/26/17
Book read:
Where's Bear? by Emily Gravett
ASL sign of the week: Pumpkin
Hello Everybody (to the tune of from Jbrary)
Well hello everybody can you touch your nose, touch your nose, touch your nose?
Well hello everybody can you touch your nose, touch your nose?
Well hello everybody can you touch your toes, touch your toes, touch your toes?
Well hello everybody can you touch your toes?
(Other actions can include clap your hands, jump up high, stomp your feet, etc)
Fly Baby Fly (modified from Johnson County Library, to the tune of "Skip to My Lou")
Fly, fly, fly baby fly!
Fly, fly, fly baby fly!
Fly, fly, fly baby fly!
Fly around with me!
Where is Pumpkin? (to the tune of "Frere Jacques", from Step by Step Childcare)
Where is pumpkin, where is pumpkin? (crouch low)
Here I am! Here I am! (jump up)
I am round and orange,
See my funny face? (make funny face)
Now you don't. (hide face)
Now you don't.
I'm a little cuckoo clock (from KCLS)
Tick tock, tick tock, (rock back and forth)
I'm a little cuckoo clock!
Tick tock, tick tock,
It's one o'clock!
CUCKOO! (jump once)
Tick tock, tick tock,
I'm a little cuckoo clock!
Tick tock, tick tock,
It's two o'clock!
CUCKOO! CUCKOO! (jump twice)
Wheels on the bus
10 Little Bubbles (while popping bubbles, to the tune of "Ten Little Indians")
One little,
Two little,
Three little bubbles,
Four little,
Five little,
Six little bubbles.
Seven little,
Eight little,
Nine little bubbles.
Ten little bubbles in the air.
Literacy tip of the week: Keep a collection of durable books where your baby can reach them. This will encourage them to explore the books as much as possible.
Where's Bear? by Emily Gravett
ASL sign of the week: Pumpkin
Hello Everybody (to the tune of from Jbrary)
Well hello everybody can you touch your nose, touch your nose, touch your nose?
Well hello everybody can you touch your nose, touch your nose?
Well hello everybody can you touch your toes, touch your toes, touch your toes?
Well hello everybody can you touch your toes?
(Other actions can include clap your hands, jump up high, stomp your feet, etc)
Fly Baby Fly (modified from Johnson County Library, to the tune of "Skip to My Lou")
Fly, fly, fly baby fly!
Fly, fly, fly baby fly!
Fly, fly, fly baby fly!
Fly around with me!
Where is Pumpkin? (to the tune of "Frere Jacques", from Step by Step Childcare)
Where is pumpkin, where is pumpkin? (crouch low)
Here I am! Here I am! (jump up)
I am round and orange,
See my funny face? (make funny face)
Now you don't. (hide face)
Now you don't.
I'm a little cuckoo clock (from KCLS)
Tick tock, tick tock, (rock back and forth)
I'm a little cuckoo clock!
Tick tock, tick tock,
It's one o'clock!
CUCKOO! (jump once)
Tick tock, tick tock,
I'm a little cuckoo clock!
Tick tock, tick tock,
It's two o'clock!
CUCKOO! CUCKOO! (jump twice)
Wheels on the bus
10 Little Bubbles (while popping bubbles, to the tune of "Ten Little Indians")
One little,
Two little,
Three little bubbles,
Four little,
Five little,
Six little bubbles.
Seven little,
Eight little,
Nine little bubbles.
Ten little bubbles in the air.
Literacy tip of the week: Keep a collection of durable books where your baby can reach them. This will encourage them to explore the books as much as possible.
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
Pumpkin Storytime 10/23/17 and 10/24/17
Books read:
The Runaway Pumpkin by Kevin Lewis
Pumpkin Heads by Wendell Minor
Other book suggestions:
It's Pumpkin Time! by Zoe Hall
Pumpkin Jack by Will Hubbell
The Pumpkin Book by Gail Gibbons
ASL sign of the week: Pumpkin
On our way to the pumpkin patch (from Storytimes and More, to the tune of "Here we go round the Mulberry Bush")
Here we go marching down the road, down the road,
Here we go marching down the road, on our way to the pumpkin patch!
Additional verses can include: running, tiptoeing, stomping, flying, etc.
Pumpkin Count Jumping
Pumpkin cut outs are laid on the floor and labeled with 1-5. The children must jump from pumpkin to pumpkin in correct counting sequence.
Where is Pumpkin? (to the tune of "Frere Jacques", from Step by Step Childcare)
Where is pumpkin, where is pumpkin? (crouch low)
Here I am! Here I am! (jump up)
I am round and orange,
See my funny face? (make funny face)
Now you don't. (hide face)
Now you don't.
Bippity Boppity Boo (with scarves, modified from Storytime with Ms. Tara)
Bippity Boppity Boo, a pumpkin is on my shoe!
Bippity Boppity Bed, a pumpkin is on my head!
Bippity Boppity Bee, a pumpkin is on my knee!
Rain on the pumpkins (with scarves, modified from Jbrary)
Colored flannel pumpkins game (modified from The Lion is a Bookworm)
Ring around the pumpkin (from The Lion is a Bookworm)
Ring around the pumpkin,
Orange and round,
Pumpkin seeds, pumpkin seeds,
We all fall down!
Craft: We painted a pumpkin template.
Literacy tip of the week: Rhyming games are a great way for your child to learn about the sounds that make up words.
The Runaway Pumpkin by Kevin Lewis
Pumpkin Heads by Wendell Minor
Other book suggestions:
It's Pumpkin Time! by Zoe Hall
Pumpkin Jack by Will Hubbell
The Pumpkin Book by Gail Gibbons
ASL sign of the week: Pumpkin
On our way to the pumpkin patch (from Storytimes and More, to the tune of "Here we go round the Mulberry Bush")
Here we go marching down the road, down the road,
Here we go marching down the road, on our way to the pumpkin patch!
Additional verses can include: running, tiptoeing, stomping, flying, etc.
Pumpkin Count Jumping
Pumpkin cut outs are laid on the floor and labeled with 1-5. The children must jump from pumpkin to pumpkin in correct counting sequence.
Where is Pumpkin? (to the tune of "Frere Jacques", from Step by Step Childcare)
Where is pumpkin, where is pumpkin? (crouch low)
Here I am! Here I am! (jump up)
I am round and orange,
See my funny face? (make funny face)
Now you don't. (hide face)
Now you don't.
Bippity Boppity Boo (with scarves, modified from Storytime with Ms. Tara)
Bippity Boppity Boo, a pumpkin is on my shoe!
Bippity Boppity Bed, a pumpkin is on my head!
Bippity Boppity Bee, a pumpkin is on my knee!
Rain on the pumpkins (with scarves, modified from Jbrary)
Rain on the pumpkins (wave scarf on ground)
Rain on the tree (wave scarf in air)
Rain on the roof (put scarf above head)
But not on me! (throw scarf)Colored flannel pumpkins game (modified from The Lion is a Bookworm)
Ring around the pumpkin (from The Lion is a Bookworm)
Ring around the pumpkin,
Orange and round,
Pumpkin seeds, pumpkin seeds,
We all fall down!
Craft: We painted a pumpkin template.
Literacy tip of the week: Rhyming games are a great way for your child to learn about the sounds that make up words.
Thursday, October 19, 2017
Baby Storytime 10/19/17
Book read:
Chugga Chugga Choo Choo by Emma Garcia
ASL sign of the week: Train
They're a part of me (to the tune of "Wheels on the Bus", from Miss Meg's Storytime)
I can make my hands go
Clap, clap, clap,
Clap, clap, clap,
Clap, clap, clap.
Because they're a part of me.
Other verses: Feet go stomp, lips go kiss, etc.
Giddyup, Giddyup (from King County Library System)
Giddyup, giddyup ride to town, (bounce baby on your lap)
Giddyup, giddyup, up and down.
Giddyup fast, (bounce quickly)
Giddyup slow, (bounce slowly)
Giddyup, giddyup, WHOA! (dip baby backwards)
Baby Fell Into the Bathtub (modified from Perry Public Library)
Baby fell into the bathtub, (tip baby back as if falling)
Baby fell into the sink (repeat)
Baby fell into the raspberry jam (repeat)
And came out pink! (lift baby up)
Itsy Bitsy Spider
I'm a little cuckoo clock (from KCLS)
Tick tock, tick tock, (rock back and forth)
I'm a little cuckoo clock!
Tick tock, tick tock,
It's one o'clock!
CUCKOO! (jump once)
Tick tock, tick tock,
I'm a little cuckoo clock!
Tick tock, tick tock,
It's two o'clock!
CUCKOO! CUCKOO! (jump twice)
Wheels on the bus
10 Little Bubbles (while popping bubbles, to the tune of "Ten Little Indians")
One little,
Two little,
Three little bubbles,
Four little,
Five little,
Six little bubbles.
Seven little,
Eight little,
Nine little bubbles.
Ten little bubbles in the air.
The chute is on my head (to the tune of "The Farmer in the Dell", from Laughter and Literacy)
The chute is on my head, the chute is on my head!
Hi ho the dairy-o, the chute is on my head!
The chute goes up and down, the chute goes up and down!
Hi ho the dairy-o, the chute goes up and down!
The chute goes fast and slow, the chute goes fast and slow!
Hi ho the dairy-o, the chute goes fast and slow!
The chute is on my head, the chute is on my head!
Hi ho the dairy-o the chute is on my head!
Literacy tip of the week: Read anything and everything to your baby. No matter what you are reading material you choose they will benefit from it.
Chugga Chugga Choo Choo by Emma Garcia
ASL sign of the week: Train
They're a part of me (to the tune of "Wheels on the Bus", from Miss Meg's Storytime)
I can make my hands go
Clap, clap, clap,
Clap, clap, clap,
Clap, clap, clap.
Because they're a part of me.
Other verses: Feet go stomp, lips go kiss, etc.
Giddyup, Giddyup (from King County Library System)
Giddyup, giddyup ride to town, (bounce baby on your lap)
Giddyup, giddyup, up and down.
Giddyup fast, (bounce quickly)
Giddyup slow, (bounce slowly)
Giddyup, giddyup, WHOA! (dip baby backwards)
Baby Fell Into the Bathtub (modified from Perry Public Library)
Baby fell into the bathtub, (tip baby back as if falling)
Baby fell into the sink (repeat)
Baby fell into the raspberry jam (repeat)
And came out pink! (lift baby up)
Itsy Bitsy Spider
I'm a little cuckoo clock (from KCLS)
Tick tock, tick tock, (rock back and forth)
I'm a little cuckoo clock!
Tick tock, tick tock,
It's one o'clock!
CUCKOO! (jump once)
Tick tock, tick tock,
I'm a little cuckoo clock!
Tick tock, tick tock,
It's two o'clock!
CUCKOO! CUCKOO! (jump twice)
Wheels on the bus
10 Little Bubbles (while popping bubbles, to the tune of "Ten Little Indians")
One little,
Two little,
Three little bubbles,
Four little,
Five little,
Six little bubbles.
Seven little,
Eight little,
Nine little bubbles.
Ten little bubbles in the air.
The chute is on my head (to the tune of "The Farmer in the Dell", from Laughter and Literacy)
The chute is on my head, the chute is on my head!
Hi ho the dairy-o, the chute is on my head!
The chute goes up and down, the chute goes up and down!
Hi ho the dairy-o, the chute goes up and down!
The chute goes fast and slow, the chute goes fast and slow!
Hi ho the dairy-o, the chute goes fast and slow!
The chute is on my head, the chute is on my head!
Hi ho the dairy-o the chute is on my head!
Literacy tip of the week: Read anything and everything to your baby. No matter what you are reading material you choose they will benefit from it.
Tuesday, October 17, 2017
Cat Storytime 10/16/17 and 10/17/17
Books read:
Cat Secrets by Jef Czekaj
I love cats by Sue Stainton
ASL sign of the week: Cat
If you're a cat and you know it (to the tune of "If you're happy and you know it")
If you're a cat and you know it say meow, (meow)
If you're a cat and you know it say meow.
If you're a cat and you know it and you really want to show it,
If you're a cat and you know it saw meow.
If you're a cat and you know it lick your paws, (pretend to lick hands)
If you're a cat and you know it lick your paws,
If you're a cat and you know it and you really want to show it,
If you're a cat and you know it lick your paws.
If you're a cat and you know it pounce like this, (pretend to pounce on hands and knees)
If you're a cat and you know it pounce like this,
If you're a cat and you know it and you really want to show it,
If you're a cat and you know it pounce like this.
Five Kittens
Five little kittens standing in a row
They nod their heads to the children so. (nod)
They run to the left, they run to the right (run to the left and then to the right)
They stand and stretch in the bright sunlight. (stretch tall)
Along comes a dog that's in for some fun.
MEOW! See those kittens run! (run)
My Little Kitty (to the tune of Shortin' Bread)
My little kitty loves running, running,
My little kitty loves running fast.
My little kitty loves jumping, jumping,
My little kitty loves jumping high.
Other actions can include: Spinning around, Shaking quick, etc.
I'm a little kitty cat (from Jbrary)
I'm a little kitty cat,
Nice and sweet.
Here are my whiskers, (make whiskers by face)
Here are my feet. (touch feet)
When I go out hunting, mice beware.
Or you might just have a scare!
Five little lions (from Jen in the Library)
One little lion, roaring at the zoo.
Called for another: ROAR!
Then there were two.
Two little lions, underneath a tree.
Called for another: ROAR! ROAR!
Then there were three.
Three little lions who heard a distant roar.
Called for another: ROAR! ROAR! ROAR!
Then there were four.
Four little lions, happy and alive.
Called for antoher: ROAR! ROAR! ROAR! ROAR!
Then there were five.
Five little lions.
ROAR! ROAR! ROAR! ROAR! ROAR!
Ran off to play
and then there were no more.
I've got a cat on my knee (with scarves, from Storytime Kids, to the tune of "Skip to my Loo")
I've got a cat on my knee,
I've got a cat on my knee,
I've got a cat on my knee,
Meow, meow, meow, meow!
Move to other body parts for additional verses.
Who has the ball?
One child sits facing the opposite way while a ball of yarn is hidden behind another child. They must guess who has it.
Craft: We decorated a cat template with torn pieces of yarn.
Literacy tip of the week: Connecting ideas in stories to things in your child's life will help them learn to make connections as they begin to read on their own.
Cat Secrets by Jef Czekaj
I love cats by Sue Stainton
ASL sign of the week: Cat
If you're a cat and you know it (to the tune of "If you're happy and you know it")
If you're a cat and you know it say meow, (meow)
If you're a cat and you know it say meow.
If you're a cat and you know it and you really want to show it,
If you're a cat and you know it saw meow.
If you're a cat and you know it lick your paws, (pretend to lick hands)
If you're a cat and you know it lick your paws,
If you're a cat and you know it and you really want to show it,
If you're a cat and you know it lick your paws.
If you're a cat and you know it pounce like this, (pretend to pounce on hands and knees)
If you're a cat and you know it pounce like this,
If you're a cat and you know it and you really want to show it,
If you're a cat and you know it pounce like this.
Five Kittens
Five little kittens standing in a row
They nod their heads to the children so. (nod)
They run to the left, they run to the right (run to the left and then to the right)
They stand and stretch in the bright sunlight. (stretch tall)
Along comes a dog that's in for some fun.
MEOW! See those kittens run! (run)
My Little Kitty (to the tune of Shortin' Bread)
My little kitty loves running, running,
My little kitty loves running fast.
My little kitty loves jumping, jumping,
My little kitty loves jumping high.
Other actions can include: Spinning around, Shaking quick, etc.
I'm a little kitty cat (from Jbrary)
I'm a little kitty cat,
Nice and sweet.
Here are my whiskers, (make whiskers by face)
Here are my feet. (touch feet)
When I go out hunting, mice beware.
Or you might just have a scare!
Five little lions (from Jen in the Library)
One little lion, roaring at the zoo.
Called for another: ROAR!
Then there were two.
Two little lions, underneath a tree.
Called for another: ROAR! ROAR!
Then there were three.
Three little lions who heard a distant roar.
Called for another: ROAR! ROAR! ROAR!
Then there were four.
Four little lions, happy and alive.
Called for antoher: ROAR! ROAR! ROAR! ROAR!
Then there were five.
Five little lions.
ROAR! ROAR! ROAR! ROAR! ROAR!
Ran off to play
and then there were no more.
I've got a cat on my knee (with scarves, from Storytime Kids, to the tune of "Skip to my Loo")
I've got a cat on my knee,
I've got a cat on my knee,
I've got a cat on my knee,
Meow, meow, meow, meow!
Move to other body parts for additional verses.
Who has the ball?
One child sits facing the opposite way while a ball of yarn is hidden behind another child. They must guess who has it.
Craft: We decorated a cat template with torn pieces of yarn.
Literacy tip of the week: Connecting ideas in stories to things in your child's life will help them learn to make connections as they begin to read on their own.
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