The Letter P

Books

The Nuts: Sing and Dance in Your Polka-Dot Pants

by Eric Litwin; illustrated by Scott Magoon

Puppy Pool Party

 by Seth Casteel

Please, Mr. Panda

by Steve Antony

Songs/Movement

Hello, Hello

Polka-Dot Pants Dance

Didn't really like doing it with my huge group...

My Hands

Silly Dance Contest

Jim Gill

Popcorn

tune: Frere Jacques

with scarves

Popcorn kernels, popcorn kernels (wave scarf overhead)

In the pot, in the pot (make scarf 'disappear' by bunching it up into your fist)

Shake them, shake them, shake them

Shake them, shake them, shake them

Til they POP! (toss scarves up into the air, then catch)

Til they POP! (toss up again)

One Bright Scarf

Flannel Board

Five Little Pigs Rolled in the Mud

Open Ended Art

Polka-Dots!

Round colored stickers, construction paper, hole punches, scissors, glue sticks

Optional Books

Pete the Cat and the Perfect Pizza Party

by Kimberly and James Dean

The Pigeon Wants a Puppy!

by Mo Willems

Cats

Books 

Cat Nap

by Toni Yuly

Cats are Cats

by Valeri Gorbachev

Mister Kitty is Lost!

by Greg Pizzoli

Songs/Movement

Are You Sleeping Little Kitty?

A Very Simple Dance

Sesame Street

I'm a Little Kitty Cat

Flannel Board

Rainbow Kittens

Five Little Tigers

Parachute

Just for fun at my 2nd (smaller) group instead of Five Little Tigers Flannel

Jim Gill's Alabama Mississippi

Open Ended Art

Yarn!

Construction paper, scissors, glue, crayons

Scarf Activity

(I found later...need to try next time)

Kitty Cat POUNCE!

(roll up the scarf slowly while you say the words, then toss it high in the air on “Pounce!”)

Kitty cat, kitty cat sneaks out of the house.
Kitty cat, kitty cat creeps up to a mouse,
And… POUNCE!

Kitty cat, kitty cat, creeps up to a bird.
Kitty cat, kitty cat, is not even heard,
And… POUNCE!

But the mouse ran, and the bird flew away,
So kitty cat found a ball of yarn to play
And… POUNCE!

(Source: http://www.literaryhoots.com/2015/10/cats-storytime.html)

Alternative Books:  Cat Knit, Mama Cat has Three Kittens, Lola Gets a Cat

Beach and Ocean Storytime

Books

How Will We Get to the Beach? A Guessing-Game Story

by Brigette Luciani and Eve Tharlet

Sea, Sand, Me!

by Patricia Hubbell; illustrated by Lisa Campbell Ernst

I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean

by Kevin Sherry

Songs/Movement

Hello, Hello

We're Going to the Beach

Tune: The Farmer in the Dell

We're going to the beach

We're going to the beach

I bet we'll see a/some _________ there

We're going to the beach.

I Can Walk on Two Feet

Hop, Hop, Stop!

Slippery Fish (The Octopus)

Nancy Stewart

My Hands

My Hand Say Goodbye

Magnet Board

Little Crab, Little Crab come out and play

Where are you hiding at the beach today?

Outside Play!

Sand, water, shells and magnifying glasses, beach balls, seal ring toss, tunnel

Bugs

Family Storytime, Outreach Storytime, and Preschool Storytime

Books

A Good Place

by Lucy Cousins

Walter's Wonderful Web

by Tim Hopgood

Sleepyhead Bear

by Lisa Westberg Peters; Ian Schoenherr

Songs and Movement

Hello, Hello

Here is the Beehive

Here is the beehive, but where are the bees?

Hidden inside where nobody sees.

Watch as they come flying out of their hive.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5!

Buzz up high, buzz down low

Buzzing fast, buzzing slow.

Buzz to the left, buzz to the right.

Buzz all day, but sleep at night.

I've Changed My Mind

Jim Gill

With scarves

Itsy Bitsy Spider

Five ways!

Big, hairy; very slow; really fast; humming

My Hands Say Goodbye

Flannel Board

Four Hungry Ants

Baby Storytime--Animals

Books 

(one or two each week)

Animals Move

by Jane Whittingham

Peek-a-Boo Zoo!

by Jane Cabrera

Mommy, Where are You?

by Leonid Gore

Goodnight Bear

by Jane Cabrera

If You're Happy and You Know It!

by Jane Cabrera

Sometimes Babies...

by Nosy Crow; illustrated by Charlotte Trounce

Everyone is Yawning

by Anita Bijsterbosch

Songs, Rhymes, and Bounces

You Ought to See My Baby

Baby-o

Good Morning to You

I Have a Little Cow

Hands are Clapping

London Bridges

Hands are clapping

Clap, clap, clap. 

Clap, clap, clap

Clap, clap, clap

Hands are clapping

Clap, clap, clap

Hands are clapping.

Toes are tapping

Fingers wiggle

Eyes are hiding...peekaboo!

Bouncing Mouse

Hey Diddle Diddle

The Itsy Bitsy Spider

Toast

One Bright Scarf

Flannel Board

Over in the Meadow

Parachute

Alabama, Mississippi

Jim Gill

Here's What I Got Storytime

Last minute outreach storytime for an all-ages group

Books

Look and Listen

by Dianne White; illustrated by Amy Schimler-Safford

Animals Move

by Jane Whittingham

Kind Crocodile

by Leo Timmers

Songs/Movement

Here is the Beehive

I Can Walk on Two Feet

Jan Thomas Storytime

Our first storytime in our new building!  I wanted light-hearted and fast-paced today.

Books

Is Everyone Ready for Fun?

Let's Sing a Lullaby with the Brave Cowboy

Rhyming Dust Bunnies

Songs and Movement

Hello, Hello

If You're Happy and You Know It

Silly Dance Contest

Jim Gill

Run, Baby, Run!

Casper Babypants

My Hands Say Goodbye

Magnet Board

Iggy Iguana

Iggy Iguana come out and play!

What color house are you in today?