Once Upon a Pea (SRP)

Opening: Big Books

Book: Carrot & Pea

Fingerplay/Flannel: Hippity-Hop, Hippity-Hay

Hippity-Hop, hippity-hay,

Five little bunnies went out to play.

Hippity-Hop, hippity-hay,

One little bunny hopped away.

*Continue counting down to zero.

Credit: Preschool Express

Book: What Was It Before It Was Cut?

Fingerplay/Flannel: Hiding Game

Book: That's Not Bunny!

Extra Books:

Stone Soup (SRP)

Opening: Big Books

Book: There's a Fly Guy in My Soup!

Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Carrots in the Bowl (Use scarf)

Five little carrots in my soup bowl.

One fell off my spoon and started to...ROLL!

It bounced down the table and rolled down the hall.

How many carrots are left in my bowl?

Credit: https://www.cantonpl.org/content/share-story-soup-storytime

Book: There's a Giraffe in my Soup! 

(Use prop soup bowl and puppets)

Fingerplay: Stir, Stir, Stir the Coup

(Use flannel and add to soup, use scarf to wave around during fingerplay.)

Stir, stir, stir the soup,

Stir it all day long.

Add some {corn}, take a taste (SLURP!)

Soup will make us strong.

Credit:

Book: Is That Wise, Pig?

Extra Books:

Goldilocks and the Three Libearians (SRP)

Opening: Big Books

Book: Underwear!

Fingerplay/Flannel: Book Hiding Game

Piggie, piggie, where do you hide?

Are you behind the {red} book?  Let's peek inside!

Credit: http://www.literaryhoots.com/2014/10/storytime-friends.html

Book: I Will Race You Through This Book!

Action: Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, Turn Around

Book: Don't Call Me Bear!

Three Little Dinos and the Big Bad Rex (SRP)

Opening: Big Books

Book: Crunch the Shy Dinosaur

Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Little Dinos Jumping on the Bed

Book: Dino

Fingerplay/Flannel: Dinosaur Hiding Game

Book: Dino Duckling

Extra Books:

Boogie Knights (SRP)

Opening: Big Books

Book: The Knight Who Said "No!"

Fingerplay: Dragon, Dragon (Use scarves)

Dragon, dragon, turn around.

Dragon, dragon, touch the ground.

Dragon, dragon, fly up high.

Dragon, dragon, touch the sky.

Dragon, dragon, swing your tail.

Dragon, dragon, shake your scales.

Dragon, dragon, give a ROAR!

Dragon, dragon, sit on the floor.

Credit: Sunflower Storytime

Book: Pete the Cat Sir Pete the Brave

Fingerplay: Dancing Dragons (Use scarves)

Dragons are dancing!  Dragons all around.

The dragons dance to the left, dance to the right.

Flapping wings so hard, they might take flight!

They nod their heads, their tails they sway.

I think they could dance all day!

They stomp their feet and turn around.

And last o fall, they sit right down.

Credit: Book-1,000 Fingerplays & Action Rhymes

Book: Do Not Bring Your Dragon to the Library

Our craft is a castle that opens up to reveal a prince and princess inside!

Runaway Cookie (SRP)

Opening: Big Books

Book: The Cookie Fiasco

Action: Cupcakes (Use scarves)

The cupcakes are here, the cupcakes are there.

The cupcakes, the cupcakes are everywhere!

The cupcakes are up, the cupcakes are down.

The cupcakes, the cupcakes are all around.

The cupcakes are in, the cupcakes are out.

The cupcakes the cupcakes are all about.

Credit: One Little Librarian

Book: Angry Cookie

Fingerplay: Scarf Dancing

Book: Duckling Gets a Cookie

Our craft is Cookie Monster!!! I don't have a pic but we just made the head of cookie monster.

Imagine You're a Zookeeper (SRP Storytime)

Opening: Big Books

Book: Who is in the Egg?

Fingerplay/Flannel: Animal Sounds Mix-Up

Book: The Chalk Giraffe

Fingerplay/Flannel: Animal Homes Mix-Up

Book: Funderpants

Extra Books:

The craft for this storytime is a roaring cute lion hand puppet.  Credit: https://www.teatimemonkeys.com/paper-lion-hand-puppet-craft/

New Books July 2020