Bugs Storyime

I planned this storytime, then realized it is almost identical to the other bug storytimes I have done.  Well, I guess if it works why change it?!

Books

I Love Bugs

by Emma Dodd

The Very Lazy Ladybug

{Pop-up Edition}

by Isobel Finn and Jack Tickle

Graph
Which bug do you like best?
Ant (5), Bee (2), Ladybug (9), Butterfly (6)

Flannel

Four Little Ants
4 little ants marching in a line
Came upon a picnic where they could dine.
One marched into the sald
He marched into the cake
He marched into the pepper,
But that was a mistake!
Ahh!  Ahh choo!

Songs

Bugs in the Yard 
(tune: Wheels on the Bus)
The cricket in the leaves goes
Jump, jump, jump; Jump, jump, jump; Jump, jump, jump
The cricket in the leaves goes Jump, jump, jump
In my backyard!
Bee in the flower goes buzz, buzz, buzz
Butterfly in the air goes flutter, flutter, flutter
Ants in the grass go march, march, march

Play and Learn

Bug Worksheets--tracing
Pattern Blocks
Straws and Connectors
Feed the Animal Games
Play Food

Farm Storytime

Ready to go down to the farm at all my storytimes!

Preschool

Books

The Cow Loves Cookies

by Karma Wilson; illustrated by Marcellus Hall

The Grumpy Morning

by Pamela Duncan Edwards; illustrated by Darcie La Brosse

Graph
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O
And on that farm he had a ...
Cow (1), Horse (2), Sheep (3), Pig (10)

Songs

Old MacDonald had a Farm
After counting each animal from the graph we sang the verse

Bluegrass Jamboree
by Hap Palmer

Clap, clap, clap, clap,
Clap your hands with the bluegrass band
Stamp, stamp, stamp, stamp,
Stamp your feet with the bluegrass beat

Jump and spin with the violin
Hop and grin with the mandolin
Step and swing as the banjos ring
Run in place when you hear the bass
Now as you hear the guitar sound
Everybody all fall down!

Repeat Entire Song

Flannel

Five Little Pigs

5 little pigs rolled in the mud
"Oh, my goodness! They need s scrub!"
The farmer took one piggie out
"Oink, oink, oink!" the pig did shout.

How many are still dirty?  How many are clean?  How many pigs all together?
Continue taking one away.  Pause to ask "how many" after each verse.

1 little pig rolled in the mud
"Oh, my goodness! He needs a scrub!"
The farmer took that piggie out
"Oink, oin, oink!" that pig did shout.

The farmer turned his back...and then...
5 little pigs rolled in the mud again!

Play and Learn

Farm Animal Puppets and Vet Set

Farm Magnets

Animal Magnet Puzzles

Blocks

Toddler
Week 1

Books

The Very Busy Spider

by Eric Carle

Clip-Clop

by Nicola Smee

Songs

Old MacDonald had a Farm (with finger puppets)

If You're Happy and You Know It (instead of hurray--we were roosters "Cock-a-doodle-doo!")

Flannel

Little Boy Blue

Three Little Pigs

Week 2


Family Storytime

Books

Snappy Little Farm

Clip-Clop

Who Says Woof?

by John Butler

Songs and Flannels

Old MacDonald

Five Little Pigs

Over in the Barnyard

Over in the barnyard in the pen in the sun

Lived an old mother pig and her little piglet one

Oink said the mother, we oink said the one

So they oinked all day in the pen in the sun.

Over in the barnyard where the green grass grew

Lived an old mother horse and her little colts two.

Neigh said the mother, we neigh said the two

So they neighed all day where the green grass grew.

Over in the barnyard beneath the old oak tree

Lived an old mother sheep and her little lambs three

Baa said the mother, we baa said the three

So they baaed all day beneath the old oak tree.

Baby Storytime--Things that Go

Books

Freight Train

by Donald Crews

My Bus

by Byron Barton

Row, Row, Row Your Boat

by Jane Cabrera

Babies on the Bus

by Karen Katz

Chugga-Chugga Choo-Choo

by Kevin Lewis; illustrated by Daniel Kirk

Songs/Rhymes/Bounces

Take Your Little Hands

The Hello Train

Oh, the hello train is coming just for you

Toot! Toot!

Oh, the hello train is coming just for you

Toot, toot!

Oh, the hello train is coming, the hello train is coming, the hello train is coming just for you!

Toot, Toot!

Oh, we’ll say hello to __________ How are you?

Toot! Toot!

Oh, we’ll say hello to __________ How are you?

We’ll say hello to ______________, we’ll say hello to ____________

We’ll say hello to _____________ how are you?

Toot! Toot!

Little Bear

When Cows Get Up in the Morning

with puppets

Wheels on the Bus

Wheels-round and round

Doors-open and shut

Horn--beep, beep, beep (baby's nose)

Babies--bumpity bump

Wheels

I Have a Little Bicycle

Baby-O!

Zoom, Zoom, Zoom

Zoom, zoom, zoom

We're going to the moon

Zoom, zoom, zoom

We'll get there very soon

5-4-3-2-1-Blast off!

Bumpity Bumpity Goes the Dump Truck

tune: One little, two little

Bumpity bumpity goes the dump truck

Bumpity bumpity goes the dump truck

Bumpity bumpity goes the dump truck

Dumping out its load!

Shared Reading

Parents and children shared a variety of board books about things that go such as:

Jane Foster's Things That Go

Things that Go = Cosas que se mueven

Play and Learn

Sharks...and other Sea Creatures

A trip under the sea!

Books

Misunderstood Shark

by Amy Dyckman; illustrated by Scott Magoon

I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean

by Kevin Sherry

Songs

S-H-A-R-K
There is an animal in the sea
With big sharp teeth that likes to scare me!
S-H-A-R-K

And shark is it's name-o

Slippery Fish
Slippery fish, slippery fish, sliding through the water
Slippery fish, slippery fish, glup, glup, glup!
Oh, no! It's been eaten by an...

Octopus, octopus squiggling in the water
Octopus, octopus, gulp, glup, glup!
Oh, no!  It's been eaten by a...

Tuna fish, tuna fish flashing in the water
Tuna fish, tuna fish, glup, glup, glup!
Oh, no! It's been eaten by a...

Great white shark, great white shark, lurking in the water
Great white shark, great white shark, glup, glup, glup!
Oh, no!  It's been eaten by a...

Humongous whale, humongous whale, spouting in the water
Huongous whale, humunguos whale,
Glup!...Glup!...Glup!...BURP!
Pardon me!

Play and Learn

Puppets

Create underwater adventure with sea creature stamps!  

Books With Holes!

Preschool

Peck, Peck, Peck

by Lucy Cousins

Animalphabet

by Julia Donaldson and Sharon King-Chai

Toddler

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

by Eric Carle

Nighty Night, Little Green Monster

by Ed Emberley

Others to Consider

A New House for Mouse

by Petr Horacek

Color Zoo

by Lois Ehlert

Lemons are Not Red

by Laura Vaccaro Seeger

Peek-a-Boo Zoo!

by Jane Cabera

Play and Learn

Hole punch fun

Hula Hoops

Ring Toss

Pom-pom drop

Block sorter

Peg puzzle

Things That Go! Toddler

Week 1

Chugga-Chugga Choo-Choo

by Kevin Lewis; illustrated by Daniel Kirk

Rid Light, Green Light

by Anastasia Suen; illustrated by Ken Wilson-Max

Peek-a-Choo-Choo!

by Marie Torres Cimarusti;  illustrated by Stephanie Peterson

The Wheels on the Bus

Zoom, Zoom, Zoom
Zoom, zoom, zoom
We're going to the moon
Zoom, zoom, zoom
We'll get there very soon.
5-4-3-2-1- BLAST OFF!

Week 2

My Bus

by Byron Barton

Freight Train

by Donald Crews

Truck Jam

A Paul Strickland Pop-up!

Where is Dump Truck?

Where is dump truck? Where is dump truck?
Here I am. Here I am.
How are you today, sir? Very well, I thank you.
Drive away. Drive away.
(school bus, sailboat, airplane)

Week 3

A Plane Goes Ka-Zoom

by Jonathan London

I Love Truck!

by Philemon Sturges

Giant Vehicle Pop Out

Run, Baby, Run
Casper Babypants

Birds

Books

Hooray for Birds!

by Lucy Cousins

Bird Builds a Nest

by Martin Jenkins; illustrated by Richard Jones

Every Day Birds

by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater; cut paper illustrations by Dylan Metrano

Songs

Are You Sleeping?
Are you sleeping, are you sleeping?
Little bird, little bird?
{snore}
Wake up little bird!
Wake up little bird!
Flap, flap, flap
Flap, flap, flap

Different kinds of birds
Owl--whoo!
Duck--quack
Flamingo--stand on one leg
Penguin--waddle
Ostrich--run

Flannel

Where’s Little Bird?

Little bird, little bird fly away!

What color nest are you in today?