Pandas Picnic

Opening: If You Want to Hear a Story

If you want to hear a story, clap your hands (repeat)

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: I'll Wait, Mr. Panda

Action: Three Little Pandas

*I had three pandas that my co-workers and I held up while we did this fingerplay.

Three little pandas eating bamboo,

They chomp, chomp, chomp and chewed, chewed, chewed.

One little panda rolled away, but two furry pandas decided to stay!

-Repeat until zero pandas left.

Credit: http://pasadena-library.net/kids/2018/pandas-toddler-storytime/

Book: Bear Counts

Action Fingerplay:

Five ripe berries sitting in a bowl. (hold up five fingers)

The (strawberry, etc.) fell out and started to roll. (Hold up finger, and roll hands)

It bumped the table and hit my toe (clap once, and touch toes )

How many berries are in the bowl? 1-2-3-4 (Count berries)

Repeat rhyme until there are no more berries left in the bowl!

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

Book: Hi, Pizza Man!

Closing: We Wave Goodbye Like This (Tune: The Farmer in the Dell)

We wave goodbye like this,

We wave goodbye like this.

We clap our hands for all our friends!

We wave goodbye like this.

We wave goodbye really fast,

We wave goodbye really slow.

We turn around and take a bow,

And then it’s time to go!

Credit: adapted from Storytime Katie

June 2021 New Books

 

Zoo on the Loose

 Opening: If You Want to Hear a Story, Clap Your Hands
If you want to hear a story, clap your hands! (repeat twice)
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: When a Tiger Comes to Dinner

Flannel: Animal Homes Mix-Up

*For this I will have different animal homes up on the flannelboard. Then I will show the kids an animal and ask them where that animal lives.

Fingerplay: Monkey See, Monkey Do 
Monkey see, monkey do, little monkey at the zoo.
Monkey, monkey in the tree, can you jump up and down like me?
*Reach up high, touch your toes, turn around, sit back down
Credit: https://kids.cmclibrary.org/blog

Book: What to Do When an Elephant Stands On Your Foot

Flannel: Lion Hiding Game

Book: Naughty Ninja Takes a Bath

Closing: We Wave Goodbye Like This (Tune: The Farmer in the Dell)

We wave goodbye like this,

We wave goodbye like this.

We clap our hands for all our friends!

We wave goodbye like this.

We wave goodbye really fast,

We wave goodbye really slow.

We turn around and take a bow,

And then it’s time to go!

Credit: adapted from Storytime Katie

Extra Books:

Welcome to the Jungle!

 Opening: If You Want to Hear a Story, Clap Your Hands
If you want to hear a story, clap your hands! (repeat twice)
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: Tiny Little Fly

Movement: Jungle Animal Action Cards

Book: Neon Leon

Fingerplay: Five Ferocious Lions 
Deep in the jungle, what did I hear?
Three ferocious lions, roaring loud and clear.
“ROAR” said the lion.
“SCAT” said I.
And one ferocious lion said GOODBYE!

(Remove lion and repeat until zero.)

Book: If You're Happy and You Know It

Closing: We Wave Goodbye Like This

(Tune: The Farmer in the Dell)

We wave goodbye like this,

We wave goodbye like this.

We clap our hands for all our friends!

We wave goodbye like this.

We wave really fast,

We wave really slow.

We turn around and take a bow,

And then it’s time to go!

Credit: adapted from Storytime Katie

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