Bicycle Storytime

Bicycle

Opening:  These are My Glasses

Story:  Duck on a Bike

My Bicycle (King County Library)
One wheel, two wheels on the ground
(revolve ach hand in forward circle to form each wheel)
My feet make the pedals go round and round;
(move feet in pedaling motion)
Handle bars help me steer so straight
(pretend to steer bicycle)
Down the sidewalk through the gate

Clap Up High

Story:  The Best Bike Ride Ever by Proimos

Bicycle:
I have a little bicycle (hold hands together for little)
I ride it to and fro (roll hands)
And when I see that big green light
I know it’s time to go! (pedal in air fast)
I have a little bicycle (hold hands together for little)
I took it to the shop (roll hands)
And when I see that big red light
I know it’s time to STOP! (freeze)

10 fat peas

Story:  Everyone can learn to ride a bicycle by Raschka

Two Black Birds

Story:  on my bike by winters

More fingerplays:

10 Bicycles
1 little, 2 little, 3 little bicycles
4 little, 5, little, 6 little bicycles
7 little, 8 little, 9 little bicycles
10 little bicycles all in a row
Bike Ride:
(Sung to Row, Row, Row Your Boat)
Pedal, pedal, pedal your bike
Carefully down the street
Round and round and round it goes
Pedal with your feet.

 

Alternate stories
Froggy rides a bike
Off we go – a bear and mole story
New Red bike by James Ransome
A big boy now by Eileen Spinelli
Everyone can learn to ride a bicycle by Raschka
red racer by Wood

Along a long road by viva

Flashlight Storytime

Opening:  Shh! Be quiet please sit down

Story 1:  Kitten and the Night Watchman by Sullivan

CREEPING
Creeping, creeping, creeping,
Comes the little cat
But a bunny with his long ears
Hops like that! 

Two Little Fireflies

Two little fireflies land on my hand (open and close fists of both hands)
One named Sally  (open and close right hand)
One named Sam (open and close left hand)
Lights on Sally  (spread right hand open)
Lights on Sam (spread left hand open)
Lights off Sally (close right hand fist)
Lights off Sam (close left hand fist)

Story 2: Night Animals by marino

Wide-eyed Owl

The wide-eyed owl
Has a long pointed nose
And two pointed ears,
And claws for his toes
He sits in the tree and looks at you
He flaps his wings and says,
“Whoo, Whoo!”

“Five Little Firecrackers”
5 little firecrackers getting ready to zoom (hold up 5 fingers)
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, sizzle (wiggle fingers upward, building anticipation)
BOOM (clap hands above head)

4…. 3…. 2… 1…

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Story 3: Are You There Bear by Maris

Two little blackbirds

Story 4: Good Night Gorilla by Rathmann

Close:  See You Later Alligator

 Alternate stories:
Flashlight by Boyd
I Want My light On
Bunny’s book club by Silvestro
Corduroy by Freeman
The Dark by lemony snicket
Windows by Denos
What the Sun Sees, What the Moon sees
You are Light by Becker
House House in the Night by Swanson
Night Light by Blechman
Loved to Bits by Heapy
Where is Bear by Bentley
The house in the night by swanson
Nightlight by blechman

TWO LITTLE HOUSES
Two little houses
Closed up tight (close fists)
Let’s open the windows
And let in some light

TWO LITTLE HOUSES (unknown)
Two little houses closed up tight (close fists over thumbs)
Open up the windows and let in the light (open fists, hold fingers up, palms to the front)
Ten little finger people standing tall and straight (nod fingers and then straighten)
Ready for school at half past eight (move hands and arms jerkily forward)

Bend and Stretch
Bend and stretch,
reach for the stars.
There goes Jupiter, her comes Mars.
Bend and stretch, reach for the sky.
Stand on tip-e-toe, oh so high!
Bend and stretch, reach for the moon,
Spin a circle and hum this tune.
Bend and stretch, feel its soft light,
Hugs and kisses and say goodnight!

TRAFFIC LIGHT
Red says stop
Green says go
Yellow says wait
You’d better go slow!

Chair Storytime

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Opening:  Sh! Be Quiet Please Sit Down

Story 1: The Three Bears by Barton

Everybody Take a Seat
(tune: “Shortening Bread” – JBrary)
Everybody take a seat, take a seat, take a seat,
Everybody take a seat on your chair. (make seat with hands)
Everybody take a seat, take a seat, take a seat,
Everybody take a seat on your chair

Not on the ceiling, not on the stairs! (climbing motion)
Everybody take a seat on your chair.
Not on the ceiling, not on the stairs!
Everybody take a seat on your chair.

I’ll Touch My Chin

I’ll touch my chin, my cheek, my chair.
I’ll touch my head, me heels, my hair.
I’ll touch my knees, my neck, my nose.
Then I’ll dip down and touch my toes.

Story 2: I am Not a Chair by Burach

Incy Wincy Spider
Incy Wincy spider climbed up the water spout,
Down came the rain and washed poor Incy out,
Out came the sunshine, and dried up all the rain, so
Incy Wincy spider climbed up the spout again!

Incy Wincy spider climbed up on my chair
He climbed up my arm, and then hid in my hair,
He tickled my leg, and tickled my toes,
Then Incy Wincy spider sat on my nose!

Kitten Under a Chair
A kitten is hiding under a chair,
(hide one thumb in other hand)
I looked and looked for her everywhere. (peer about with hand on forehead)
Under the table and under the bed,
(pretend to look)
I looked in the corner and then I said,
“Come, Kitty, come, Kitty, I have milk for you.” (cup hand to make a dish and extend)
Kitty came running and calling, “Mew, mew, mew.” (run fingers up arm)

~Submitted by Cheryl’s Sweethearts ChildCare

Story 3:  There’s a Bear on my Chair by Collins

Two Little Blackbirds

Story 4: That’s (not)  Mine by Kang 

Close:  Reach for the Ceiling

Alternate stories:
I am the Boss of this Chair by Crimi
Baby Bear’s Chairs by Yolen
Peter’s Chair by Keats

What will fat cat sit on by Thomas

He Came with the Couch

Little Miss Muffet

 

Toddler Library Tour

Toddler Class Visit

Tour of the library

• Self check machines
• New books
• DVDs
• Computers
• Magazines
• CDs
• Picture Books

IF YOU’RE READY FOR SOME FUN  
If you’re ready for some fun clap your hands
If you’re ready for some fun clap your hands
If you’re ready for some fun You are not the only one
If you’re ready for some fun clap your hands

If you’re ready for a book stomp your feet
If you’re ready for a book stomp your feet
If you’re ready for a book Then come and take a look
If you’re ready for a book stomp your feet  

If you’re ready for some fun shout HOORAY
If you’re ready for some fun shout HOORAY
If you’re ready for some fun You are not the only one
If you’re ready for some fun shout HOORAY
Stomp your feet! Clap your hands!
Thanks for giving this book a nice warm welcome!

Story: Do You know which ones will grow by Shea

Action Rhyme: Jack in the Box

Fingerplay: MY BOOK

This is my book; it will open wide
To show the pictures that are inside.
This is my ball, so big and round,
To toss in the air
Or roll on the ground
Here’s my umbrella to keep me dry
When the raindrops fall
From cloudy sky
This is my kitty; just hear her purr
When I am gently stroking her
Soft, warm fur.

Story: Lola at the Library

Action Rhyme: Popcorn

Fingerplay: Quiet Mouse

Story: Bark George

Fingerplay – two little blackbirds

Story: Book by George

Closing: It is time to say goodbye to all our friends

Soup Storytime

Kudos to Adventures in Storytime for the idea!

Welcome: Quiet Song

Story: Gazpacho for Nacho by Tracey Kyle

Fingerplay/Action Rhyme:

ALLIGATOR PIE – LOVE THIS VERSION’S ACTIONS
Alligator pie, alligator pie.
If I don’t get some, I think I’m gonna cry!
You can give away the green grass.
You can take away the sky.
But don’t give away my alligator pie!

Alligator stew, alligator stew.
If I don’t get some, I don’t know what I’ll do.
You can give away my furry hat.
You can take away my shoe.
But don’t give away my alligator stew.

Alligator soup, alligator soup
If I don’t get some, I think I’m gonna droop.
You can give away my basketball.
You take away my hoop.
But don’t give away my alligator soup!

(other verses – cake, i’m gonna shake, give away the river, take away the lake)

Fingerplay/Action Rhyme:

THE SOUP IS BOILING UP (from JBrary tune: The Farmer in the Dell)
The soup is boiling up,
The soup is boiling up,
Stir slow around we go,
The soup is boiling up.

(have kids say ingredients – first we add the, then we add…, end with …..we’ll eat the soup up,

We’ll eat the soup up,
We’ll eat the soup up
Fresh from the pot,
It’s nice and hot,
We’ll eat the soup up.

Story: Duck Soup by Jackie Urbanovic

Fingerplay/Action: I Feel Crazy So I Jump in My Soup – Laurie Berkner on her Victor Vito Album

Fingerplay/Action Rhyme:
TWO LITTLE MOUTHS
I wish I had two little mouths
(hold up two fingers and touch mouth)
Like my two little hands and feet
(show hands and feet)
A little mouth to talk with
(use left hand to make a talking mouth)
And one that just could eat
(use right hand to make an eating mouth)
Because it seems to me
(hold arms out in confusion)
Mouths have so many things to do.
All the time they want to talk
(use left hand to make talking mouth)
They are suppose to chew
(use right hand to make eating mouth)

Story: Mean Soup by Betsy Everitt

Two Little Blackbirds

Story: Is that Wise Pig by Jan Thomas

Closing – It Is Time to Say Goodbye to All Our Friends

Fingerplay/Action Rhyme: (clap)
Peas porridge hot,
Peas porridge cold,
Peas porridge in the pot,
Nine days old.

Some like it hot,
Some like it cold,
Some like it in the pot,
Nine days old.

Alternate Stories:
Wolf’s Chicken Stew by Keiko Kasza
Wombat Stew by Marcia Vaughn
Growing Vegetable Soup by Louis Ehlert
Every Color Soup by Jorey Hurley
Carrot Soup by John Segal
Stone Soup by Ann McGovern
Rainbow Ste by Cathryn Falwell

 

Sweet Storytime 2

Opening:  These are My Glasses

Story:  Sweet Dream Pie

Song/Flannel:  If all of the Raindrops

Action Rhyme:  Popcorn

Story:  Little Pea by Rosenthal

Song/Flannel:  Pickle Song

Fingerplay:  Bate Bate Chocolate

Story: Read to Tiger by S. J. Fore

Fingerplay:  Sticky Bubble Gum

Bubble Gum Chants
Bubble gum, bubble gum, chew and blow,
Bubble gum, bubble gum, scrape your toe,
Bubble gum, bubble gum, tastes so sweet,
Get that bubble gum off your feet!

Bubblegum, bubblegum, in a dish.
How many pieces do you wish?
Bubblegum, bubblegum, tastes so sweet.
How many pieces can you eat? (1, 2, 3…)
Source:  Storytime Source Page

Bubble Gum

Bubble gum, bubble gum,
(Roll hands around each other.)
Chewy, chewy, chewy, chewy, chewy
(Pretend to pull hands apart.)
Bubble gum. (Roll hands around.)
Bubble gum, bubble gum,
Chewy, chewy, chewy, chewy, chewy
(Pull hands apart.)
Bubble gum. I love it! I love it!
(Throw arms up in air.)
Chewy, chewy, chewy, chewy, chewy
Bubble gum.
I love it! I love it!
Chewy, chewy, chewy, chewy, chewy
Bubble gum.

Faster . . .

Super fast . .

Source:  Dr. Jean

Story:

Ooey Gooey Bubble Gum—puppet story (hold up five fingers. pig puppet “sang” song and chomped one finger for each piece of gum; children pretended they had a puppet and used it to chomp.”

5 globs of ooey gooey bubble gum, ooey gooey bubble gum, ooey gooey bubble gum, 5 globs of ooey gooey bubble gum and i’m gonna eat one now. Chomp.

4 globs of ooey gooey bubble gum, ooey gooey bubble gum, ooey gooey bubble gum, 4 globs of ooey gooey bubble gum and i’m gonna eat one now. Chomp.

3 globs of ooey gooey bubble gum, ooey gooey bubble gum, ooey gooey bubble gum, 3 globs of ooey gooey bubble gum and i’m gonna eat one now. Chomp.

2 globs of ooey gooey bubble gum, ooey gooey bubble gum, ooey gooey bubble gum, 2 globs of ooey gooey bubble gum and i’m gonna eat one now. Chomp.

1glob of ooey gooey bubble gum, ooey gooey bubble gum, ooey gooey bubble gum, 1 glob of ooey gooey bubble gum and I think I’ll eat one now. Chomp.

No globs of ooey, gooey bubble gum, ooey, gooey bubble gum, ooey, gooey bubble gum, o globs of ooey, gooey bubble gum, and now I feel so sick! Blah!
Source:  Miss J’s Story Time

Two Black Birds

Story: Feeding Friendsies by Suzanne Bloom

Reach for the Ceiling

Ice Cream Storytime

Welcome:  These are my glasses

Story:  Picky Mrs. Pickle by Christine M. Schneider

Song:  If All of the Raindrops

Poem:  I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream

Story: It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles Shaw (Flannel)

Flannel Rhyme:
Five Big Ice Creams
Five big ice creams
With sprinkles on top
Five big ice creams
With sprinkles on top

If doggy takes one
And gobbles it all up
There will be how many ice creams
Left in the Shop?

Pancake
Mix a pancake,
Stir a pancake,
And pour it in a pan
Fry a pancake,
Flip a pancake,
And catch it if you can!

Story: Should I Share My Ice Cream by Mo Willems

Freeze Dance

Little Miss Muffet
Little Miss Muffet
Sat on her tuffet
Eating some chocolate ice cream
Along came a spider
Who sat down beside her
And said, “Give me some or I will scream!.”S
source:  Perry Public Library

Story:  Dog and Bear Two’s Company by Laura Vaccaro Seeger (just the Ice Cream story)

Two Little Black Birds

Story:  Dogs, Dogs, Dogs by Leslea Newman

Closing:  Reach for the Ceiling

Hat Storytime Take 2

Welcome:  Quiet Song

Story: Huck Runs Amuck by Sean Taylor – Will Huck be a hero?

Silly Hat Song
(TUNE: THIS OLD MAN – from Jbrary)
On my head, I wear my hat.
It is such a silly hat
That it makes my head wiggle waggle to and fro
Where else can my silly hat go?

Well, right here on my…elbow, hands, knees – last verse hands to transfer

On my hands, I wear my hat.
It is such a quiet hat
That my hands don’t wiggle they just go clap.
Then I fold them in my lap.

Fingerplay: “Grandma’s Glasses”
These are Grandma’s glasses
This is Grandma’s hat
This is the way she folds her hands
And lays them in her lap
Here are Grandpa’s glasses
And here is Grandpa’s hat
And here’s the way he folds his arms
And takes a little nap
Credit: Childhood

Story: Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina 

Three Cornered Hat
My hat it has three corners
Three corners has my hat.
A hat without three corners.
Could never be my hat.

Hat Chant
Tall hat, (arms high overhead)
Small hat (hands medium overhead)
Big hat (arms outspread)
Cap (hands on head)
Let me take them off again
(repeat motions in reverse)
And put them in my lap.
(fold hands in lap)
Source:  King County Library

Story: The Magic Rabbit by Richard Jesse Watson – friends from a hat

Two Little Blackbirds

Story: This is not My Hat by Jon Klassen

Closing: It Is Time to Say Good-bye To All Our Friends (Dr. Jean)

Alternate stories:
The Red Hat by David Teague (another story about saving the day by saving a hat)
Who Took the Farmer’s Hat by Joan L. Nodset (a hat becomes a nest)
A Hat for Minerva Louise by Janet Stoeke
Baby Penguins Everywhere by Melissa Guion – (more friends from a hat)
Harold Loves His Wooly Hat by Vern Kousky (a story of helping with a hat)
Old Hat by Emily Gravett (a story of uniqueness)
Virginnie’s Hat by Dori Chaconas (hats and danger)
Henri’s Hats by Mike Wu (hats of adventure)

 

Blanket Storytime

Opening: “Quiet Song”

Story: Frankie the Blankie by Jennifer Sattler

Fuzzy Blanket
I have a fuzzy blanket
To snuggle in at night
I wrap it all around me
And pull it warm and tight
from Sunflower Storytime

Feltboard: I Once had a blanket
I once had a blanket
It was fluffy and new
I once had a blanket
And its color was _____ (blue).

I once had a blanket
The prettiest I’ve seen
I once had a blanket
And its color was _____ (green).

I once had a blanket
Soft as a pillow
I once had a blanket
And its color was _____ (yellow).

I once had a blanket
At the foot of my bed
I once had a blanket
And its color was _____ (red).

From Anne’s Library Life

Story: Small Bunny’s Blue Blanket by Tatyana Feeney

Under the Dark (storytime rhyme with sign language from Jbrary)
Under the dark, there are stars.
Under the stars, there is a tree.
Under the tree, there is a blanket.
And under the blanket, there is me.

THIS LITTLE FELLOW
This little fellow is going to bed (raise pointer finger)
Down on the pillow he lays his head (lay finger on palm of other hand)
Wraps himself in the blankets tight (closer fingers over pointer finger)
And this is the way he sleeps all night (rock hands)

Morning comes, and he opens his eyes.
Back with a toss the covert flies (open hand)
Soon he is up and dressed and away (raise pointer finger up)
Ready for the library that day

Story: Flora’s Blanket by Debi Gliori

Two Little Blackbirds

Story: Pigs and a Blanket by James Burks

Alternate Stories:
Tuck Me in by Dean Hacohen
No More Blanket for Lambkin by Bernette Ford (a dirty blankie gets cleaned and then repurposed)
Kiki’s Blankie by Janie Bynum – a blanket can be many things and sometimes it needs to be washed
You’re Just What I need by Ruth Krauss  – just what is that lump under the blanket?
Pillowland by Laurie Berkner
Fly Blanky Fly by Anne Margaret Lewis

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