Bath Storytime

Books

How Do You Take a Bath?

by Kate McMullan; illustrated by Sydney Hanson

Grumpy Pants

by Claire Messer

Bird Bath

by Steve Antony

Movement and Songs

Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes 

(wash all your body parts, but don't get soap in your eyes, ears, mouth and nose!)

My Hands

Run, Baby, Run

Hop, Hop, Stop!

Flannel Board

Five Little Pigs Rolled in the Mud

Activity

Water Play outside with ducks

This Storytime is Brought to You by the Number 3

Books

Owl Babies

by Martin Waddell; illustrated by Patrick Benson

Max on His Tricycle

by Guido Van Genechten

Mama Cat has Three Kittens

by Denise Fleming

Movement and Songs

My Hands Say Hello

Crazy Traffic Light

flannel

This Old Man (1-3)

with rhythm sticks

For some reason I really didn't like this storytime...I only did it at one of my libraries.

Giraffe Storytime

I never thought I'd find enough books I loved to do a whole giraffe theme!

Books

Abigail

by Catherine Rayner

The Starry Giraffe

by Andy Bermann

The Jelly Bean Tree

by Toni Yuly

Movement and Songs

Hello, Hello

Roll, Roll Sugar Baby

Hop, Hop, Stop!

If You're Happy and You Know It

I'm Very, Very Tall

Let's Play!

Magnet Board

Counting Giraffes

Bring out one giraffe and ask the kids: “What color spots does this giraffe have?” 
After the children answer sing this song: 

Tune: “Mary Wore Her Red Dress”

 
This giraffe has red spots, 
red spots, red spots. 
This giraffe has red spots. 
Count them with me now. 

Count the spots on the giraffe, then bring out another giraffe and repeat. 

When you finish, bring out a blank giraffe and sing: 
This giraffe has no spots, 
no spots, no spots. 
This giraffe has no spots. 
No more spots to count. 

Beach

Books

Penguin on Vacation

Salina Yoon

Sea, Sand, Me!

by Patricia Hubbell; illustrated by Lisa Campbell Ernst

Music and Movement

I've Changed My Mind

Jim Gill

I Can Walk on Two Feet

(going to the beach)

I Clap My Hands

I clap my hands, I touch my feet

I jump up from the ground.

I clap my hands, I touch my feet

I turn myself around.

I clap my hands, I touch my feet

I jump up from the ground.

I clap my hands, I touch my feet

I sit myself right down.

Magnet Board

Where's the crab?

Play and Learn

Sand

Alternate Books

Bad Kitty Goes to the Beach

by Nick Bruel

Just One Wave

by Travis Jonker

Singing and Song Storytime

Books

Kat Writes a Song

by Greg Foley

A Soup Opera

by Jim Gill

Music and Movement

Hello, Hello

The Wheels on the Bus

I Can...

Peas in a Pot

The Itsy Bitsy Spider (5 ways)

Let's Play!

Flannel Board

Five Little Monkeys Swinging in a Tree

Play

Pompoms and tongs

Lucy Cousins Storytime

Books

Let's Play Monsters!

Hooray for Birds!

Splish, Splash Ducky

(didn't read either day...)

Songs and Movement

Monster Boogie 

Laurie Berkner

Are You Sleeping? (Bird Edition)

Flannel

Hooray for Fish

Play and Learn

Playdough

Toddler

Splish, Splash Ducky!

Hooray for Birds!

Five Little Ducks

Are You Sleeping?

Eric Carle--Baby Storytime

Books (one per week)

From Head to Toe

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

1, 2, 3 To the Zoo

The Very Busy Spider

Does a Kangaroo have a Mother, Too?

Songs, Rhymes, and Bounces

You Ought to See My Baby

Good Morning to You

I Have a Little Cow

Where is Big Toe?

Five Little Riders

Pop a Little Pancake

I'm a Little Teapot

Pat-A-Cake

The Elevator Song

Flannel

Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?