Facebook Live Storytime 10/29/20

Book read: Pumpkin Eye by Denise Fleming

Pumpkin Chant

Pumpkin, pumpkin, (pretend to slice bread)

Pumpkin bread!

Pumpkin, pumpkin,

Pumpkin head! (touch head)

Pumpkin, pumpkin

Pumpkin pie! (make circle with arms)

Pumpkin, pumpkin,

Pumpkin eye! (circles around eyes)

Pumpkin, pumpkin,

Pumpkin cake! (stir cake)

Pumpkin, pumpkin,

Pumpkin shake! (shake body)    

 

Pumpkin Search Game

Oh, where oh where has my pumpkin gone?

Oh, where oh where can it be?
I'm searching and singing my pumpkin song.
Won't you please help me?

 
Ten Little Ghosts

Five little ghosts all dressed in white (Hold up 10 fingers)
Went out a-haunting on Halloween night. (Wiggle fingers)
They all looked around for someone to scare. (Cup hands around eyes, look around)
They floated here and floated there. (Wiggle fingers to the right then to the left)
Then the ten little ghosts took a look at you (Point to child)
And they all ran away when you said "Boo!"(Put hands behind your back)

Literacy tip of the week: Knowledge of shapes (like those cut into pumpkins) is an important step to recognizing letters.

Facebook Live Storytime 10/8/20

Book read: Just say boo! by Susan Hood

This is the way (Halloween version)
This is the way the monsters stomp, the monsters stomp, the monsters stomp.
This is the way the monsters stomp, on Halloween night!
Other verses: the bat flies, the pumpkin smiles, the werewolf howls, etc.

Pumpkin, pumpkin
Pumpkin, pumpkin siting on a wall,
Pumpkin, pumpkin tip and fall,
Pumpkin, pumpkin, rolling down the street,
Pumpkin, pumpkin, trick or treat! 

Monsters Galore (modified from Storytime Katie)
Monsters galore, can you roar? (roar)
Monsters galore, can you soar? (fly)
Monsters galore, can you snore? (pretend to sleep)
Monsters galore, fall on the floor! (fall down)

Horns, fangs, knees and claws (version of "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes")
Horns and fangs, knees and claws, (touch each corresponding body part)
Knees and claws.
Horns and fangs, knees and claws,
Knees and claws.
Eyes and ears and tail and claws!
Horns and fangs, knees and claws,
Knees and claws.   

Literacy tip of the week: Pretending (like we do on Halloween) is a great way to develop your child's imagination and storytelling skills.

Facebook Live Storytime 10/1/20

Book read: Fall Leaves Fall by Zoe Hall

 

Autumn leaves are falling down (adapted from Jbrary)
Autumn leaves are falling down, falling down, falling down, (flutter hands towards ground)
Autumn leaves are falling down, all around town.

The wind will blow them round and round, round and round, (spin)
The wind will blow them round and round, all around town.

Autumn leaves are dancing round, dancing round, dancing round (dance)
Autumn leaves are dancing round, all around town.

 

Let's All Do a Little Clapping 
(Tune:"We Wish You a Merry Christmas")
Let's all do a little clapping,
Let's all do a little clapping,
Let's all do a little clapping,
and spread some fall cheer!
Other actions can include stomping, jumping, twirling, etc.  

 

Autumn Animals (to the tune of Frere Jacques, from KCLS)
Bears are sleeping, bears are sleeping. (pretend to sleep)
Birds fly south, birds fly south. (pretend to fly)
Squirrels are storing acorns, squirrels are storing acorns,
In their mouths, in their mouths. (pretend to eat)  

 

Way up high in the apple tree

Way up high in the apple tree (stretch arms up high)

Five red apples smiled at me. (hold up five fingers)
I shook that tree as hard as I could. (shake)
Down came an apple, and boy was it good!

Way up high in the apple tree (stretch arms up high)
Four red apples smiled at me (hold up four fingers)
I shook that tree as hard as I could. (shake)
Down came an apple, and boy was it good!

 

Literacy tip of the week: Talk with your child about what you see all around you each season.

Facebook Live Storytime 9/17/20

Book read: Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin

Bread and Butter
Bread and butter, toast and jam.
Let's all roar as fast as you can!
Other verses: slowly as you can, loud as you can, soft as you can.

We are dragons
We are dragons,
We have wings
We can fly and do dragon things.
We can breathe fire and swish our tails,
And travel for miles without leaving trails!

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!

Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

Craft: Taco Coloring Page 

Literacy tip of the week: Talking about the author and illustrators of books might help inspire your child to draw or write.

Facebook Live Storytime 8-6-20

Book read: Summer Song by Kevin Henkes

If You're a Bug and You Know It (modified "If you're happy and you know it)
If you're a bee and you know it buzz like this "buzz, buzz".
If you’re a bee and you know it buzz like this “buzz, buzz”.
If you’re a bee and you know it and you really want to show it,
If you’re a bee and you know it buzz like this “buzz, buzz”

Additional verses:
If you’re a grasshopper…hop like this…
If you’re a caterpillar… eat a leaf “chomp, chomp”…
If you’re a butterfly … flap your wings

Beach Balls (from Perry Public Library)
A little beach ball (make small circle with hands)
A bigger beach ball (make a bigger circle)
A great big beach ball (make even bigger circle)
Now let's count them.
Are you ready?
One, two three (make three circles again)
Throw the balls!

One little fish (from Jbrary)
One little fish,
Swimming in the water,
Swimming in the water,
Swimming in the water,
Bubble, bubble, bubble,
Pop, pop, pop!

We're Marching to the Beat (modified from Storytime Out Loud)
We're marching to the beat!
We're marching to the beat!
Hi-ho the derry-o,
We're marching to the beat!
Other actions can include shaking, jumping, clapping, etc.

Itsy Bitsy Spider

Literacy tip of the week: Repetition is key to literacy development. It helps reinforce brain connections!

Facebook Live Storytime 7/30/20

Book read: Everybody says Meow! by Constance Lombardo

Old MacDonald Had a Farm

I've got a cat on my knee (modified from Storytime Kids)
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!

Where should he go now?

Move to other body parts for additional verses.

See the Little Bunnies Sleeping (adapted from Jbrary)
See the bunnies sleeping til it's nearly noon.
Come and let us gently wake them with a merry tune!
(repeat with the kids pretending to be other animals)

We're Marching to the Beat (modified from Storytime Out Loud, done with shakers)
We're marching to the beat!
We're marching to the beat!
Hi-ho the derry-o,
We're marching to the beat!
Other actions can include shaking, jumping, clapping, etc.

Wheels on the bus

Literacy tip of the week: Practicing animal sounds is a great way to play with the sounds of language.

Facebook Live Storytime 7/23/20

Dancing Animals (from Librarian Lisa's Storytimes)
This is the way the bunnies hop,
The bunnies hop,
This is the way the bunnies hop,
So early in the morning!

(Other actions can include any other animal and accompanying movement)

If you're a frog and you know it
If you're a frog and you know it hop like this (hop)
If you're a frog and you know it hop like this (hop)
If you're a frog and you know it and you really want to show it,
If you're a frog and you know it hop like this!
Other verses include: Say "ribbit" and catch a fly (bring hands together in front of you)

Clap, Clap, Clap (to the tune of Row, Row, Row Your Boat, from Perry Public Library)
Clap, clap, clap your hands, clap them now with me,
Clap your hands, let me see,
Clap them now with me!
(other verses: tap your knees, shake your feet, touch your shoulders)

Rhyme Game: Say pairs of words. If they rhyme the group jumps, if they don't the group claps.

Literacy tip of the week: Awareness of rhyme is an important skill when children are learning to read. Rhyming games are a great way to practice this skill.