Into the Woods

 Book: Fox at Night

 Action: Walk in the Woods (Use shaker egg)

One day I went for a walk in the woods.

It was very quiet.

All of the sudden I heard footsteps behind me

Tap...tap...tap...tap...tap (Shake egg slowly)

After a while the footsteps got a little faster, like this-

Tip-tap...tip-tap...tip-tap (Shake egg faster)

Then the footsteps got even faster!

Tap, tap, tap, tap, tap! (Shake egg very fast)

I really wanted to know what it was, so I stopped!

I turned my head and saw a fox!

I ran home as fast as I could!

Credit: https://storytimehooligans.wordpress.com/2014/04/03/writing-and-drawing-storytime/

Book: The Cave

Action: Foxy, Foxy

Foxy, foxy, turn around.

Foxy, foxy, touch the ground.

Foxy, foxy, dance on your toes.

Foxy, foxy, touch your nose.

Foxy, foxy, jump up now.

Foxy, foxy, take a bow.

Foxy, foxy, turn around

Foxy, foxy, sit right down.

Book: A Ticket for Cricket

Extra Books:

Let's draw!

 Book: The Case of the Missing Chalk Drawings

 Song: I Wake Up My Hand

I wake up my hand with a swish, swish, swish.

A swish, swish, swish.

A swish, swish, swish.

I wake up my hand with a swish, swish, swish.

And now I'm ready to...loop!

(Repeat: tap, clap, jump)

Credit: Storytime in the Stacks

Book: Red A Crayon's Story

Action Song: If You're a Drawing and You Know It

If you're a drawing and you know it, then scribble!

If you're a drawing and you know it, then scribble!

If you're a drawing and you know it, all your scribbling will show it.

If you're a drawing and you know it, then scribble!

Repeat: Paintbrush....swish around, Pen..pop your lid

*I like to do this with scarves, to make it a lot of fun!

Credit: Storytime Hooligans

Book: Chalk Giraffe

Let's Pick Some Strawberries!

 Book: Share, Big Bear, Share!

Scarf Fingerplay: 5 Berries

Five ripe berries sitting in a bowl.

One fell out and started to roll.

It bumped the table and hit my toe. (Clap once and touch toes.)

How many berries left in the bowl?

Credit: Five Big Lemons! at Recipes for Reading & Sunflower Storytime

Action Song: Pop Goes the Berry

(Tune: Pop Goes the Weasel)

All around the strawberry fields,

We picked some juicy berries.

We brought them home and washed them off.

Pop! Go the berries!

(Throw scarf in the air or have kids crouch down and jump up on POP!)

Credit: Jbrary and sStorytime Katie

Book: Bumpety, Dunkety, Thumpety-Thump!

Fingerplay: Scarf Dancing

*For this we did popcorn kernels and a few other dancing songs.

Book: Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes

Pet for Pete

 Book: Will You Help Doug Find His Dog?

Fingerplay/Flannel: Doggy Hiding Game

Doggy, doggy, where's your bone?

*For this I hide a doggy bone behind different colored doghouses, then ask the kids to tell me a color to look behind.

Book: Moby Shinobi at the Pet Shop

Fingerplay: Animal Sounds Matching Game

*For this I have three or four animals and also have the sounds they make typed out.  I will purposefully match the sounds to the wrong animal so that the kids can correct me and tell me which place they belong.

Book: This Book Just Stole My Cat!

Birds of All Kinds

Book: Why Should I Walk? I Can Fly!

Flannel: Birdhouse Matching Game

Book: Not Your Nest!

Action Cards: Insect Movement Cards

Book: Shh! We Have a Plan!

Gardens!

 Book: That's Not Bunny!

Scarf Dancing: Jello on the Plate

Jello on the plate, jello on the plate.

Wibble, wobble, wibble, wobble.

Jello on the plate.

Cookies in the tin, cookies in the tin.

Shake them up, shake them up.

Cookies in the tin.

Candles on the cake, candles on the cake.

Blow them out, blow them out.

Candles on the cake.

Credit:  http://www.adventuresinstorytime.com/2016/12/food.html

Book: What's in the Garden?

Action: Insect Movement Cards

Book: Pickin' Peas

Mother's Day!

 Book: What Not to Give our Mom on Mother's Day

 Fingerplay: Early in the Morning

This is the way we wave hello, wave hello, wave hello.

This is the way we wave hello so early in the morning.

Repeat with: clap our hands, stomp our feet, jump around.

Book: When I'm Bigger, Mama Bear

Action: Five Kisses

I have five kisses to give away, who should I kiss on Mother's day?

*For this I read the fingerplay below and placed the kisses on puppets.

Fingerplay: Mothers and Babies

This baby makes a mooing sound,

When his mother is not around.

Calf is the name of this baby.

What is his mother called?  Cow!

Other verses:

Barking, puppy, dog

Meowing, kitten, cat

Quacking, duckling, duck

Oinking, piglet, pig

Credit: Jen in the Library

Book: I Don't Want to Be Quiet!

 

May 2021 New Books

 

Blast Off!

 Opening: If You Want to Hear a Story

If you want to hear a story, clap your hands.

If you want to hear a story, clap your hands.

If you want to hear a story, if you want to hear a story.

If you want to hear a story, clap your hands.

Book: Snakes in Space

Fingerplay: If You're Going to the Moon

If you're going to the moon, wear your boots.

If you're going to the moon, wear your boots.

If you're going to the moon, this is what you do.

If you're going to the moon, wear your boots.

Repeat: Wear your gloves, wear  your helmet.

Credit: http://melissa.depperfamily.net/blog/flannel-friday-spacesuit/

Book: Sadie Sprocket Builds a Rocket

Action: Scarf Dancing

*For this I changed the word "blackbirds" to star.

Credit: http://www.futurelibrariansuperhero.com/2013/04/storytime-scarf-love.html

Book: There's an Alien in Your Book!