Jobs

Hello, Hello

Book

Clothesline Clues to the Jobs People Do

by Kathryn Heling and Deborah Hembrook; illustrated by Andy Robert Davies

Songs

Zoom, Zoom, Zoom

I Can Work with One Hammer

Book

My Mama is a Mechanic

by Doug Cenko

Song

Driving in my Car

Book

I Can Be Anything

by Jerry Spinelli; illustrated by Jimmy Liao

Magnet Board

What job does Puppy want?  

Puppy hiding behind different vehicles, such as fire truck, police car, airplane

My Hands Say Goodbye

Additional/Optional Books

Trashy Town

Super Rawr

Fire Engine Man

Imagination

Hello, Hello

Use Your Imagination

Painting

Book

Let's Play Monsters

by Lucy Cousins

Song

The Monster Boogie

Laurie Berkner

Book

The Bus is for Us

by Michael Rosen; illustrated by Gillian Tyler

Song

The Wheels on the Bus

Book

The Mixed up Chameleon

by Eric Carle

Magnet Board

(tune: If You're Happy and You Know It)

Oh, I wish I was a floating butterfly

Oh, I wish I was a floating butterfly

I'd go flutter, flutter, fly in the bright blue sunny sky

Oh, I wish I was a floating butterfly.

Additional verses:

Shiny little fish

I'd go swimmy, swimmy, glide in the big blue ocean tide

Silver airplane

I'd go soar, soar, sour as my engines loudly roart

Tall, tall leafy tree

I'd be the place to rest for the birdies in their nest

Green and speckled frog

I'd go croaky, croaky, croak as I jump into the brook

Bright and shining star

I'd go twinkle, twinkle, spark in the nighty nighttime dark.

My Hand Say Goodbye

Alternative books

Hi, Pizza Man!

Meeow and the Pots and Pans 

Boxes

Hello, Hello

Nesting Boxes

Here is a box, let's open it wide

And we'll find out, what's inside...

Last box

Here is a box where something is hid

I wonder whatever is under the lid?

Let's listen for a shout

And see who come out!

Inside last box are a few plastic animals

Book

Grace and Box

by Kim Howard; illustrated by Megan Lotter

Song

Silly Dance Contest

Jim Gill

Book

Thank You Bear

by Greg Foley

Movement

Jack in the box

Jack in the box

Siting quiet and still

Won't you come out?

Yes I will!

I look to the lfet

I look to the right

I look straight ahead

Then I plop out of sight!

Book

Sitting in My Box

by Dee Lillegard; pictures of Jon Agee

Magnet Board

Little Fox, Little Fox come out and play

What color box are you in today?

My Hands Say Goodbye

Alternate books

My Book Box by Will Hillenbrand

Not a Box by Antoinette Portis

Big Box, Little Box by Caryl Hart; illustrated by Edward Underwood

Birds

 Four Bird Storytimes over 2 weeks

Hooray for Birds!

by Lucy Cousins

2nd week

Birds

by Kevin Henkes

Bird Builds a Nest

by Martin Jenkins, illustrated by Richard Jones

Younger group

The Jelly Bean Tree

by Toni Yuly

Up and Down

by Britta Teckentrup

Chicken, Chicken, Duck

by Nadia Krilanovich

For an older group

Mel Fell

by Corey R. Tabor

Songs and Rhymes

Two Little Blackbirds

Two little blackbirds sitting on a hill
One named Jack and one named Jill
 
Two little blackbirds flying in the sky.
One named Low and one named High...
 
Two little blackbirds sitting on a pole.
One named Fast and one named Slow...
 
Two little blackbirds sitting on a cloud
One named quiet and one named LOUD

Are You Sleeping?  Bird Edition

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!

Additional verses

Duck--quack

Flamingo--stand on one leg

Owl--hoot

Penguin--waddle

Ostrich--run

If I was a Bird

Flannel

One Little Penguin

One little penguin in the snow

Waddles fast and waddles slow

Flaps his wings and calls, "Come on!

Join me for some winter fun!"

Magnet Board Game

Little bird, little bird come out and play.

What color nest are you in today?

Gardens

When Spring Comes

Kevin Henkes

What Does Bunny See? A Book of Colors and Flowers

Linda Sue Park; illustrated by Maggie Smith

Butterfly, Butterfly

Petr Horacek

A Good Place

Lucy Cousins

A few for the younger group

The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear

Don and Audrey Wood

Peek-a-Bloom!

Marie Torres Cimarusti

Song and Rhymes

A Little Seed

A little seed for me to sow

A little soil to make it grow

A little sun, a little shower

A little wait...and then a flower!

I'm Hopping Like a Bunny

Nancy Stewart

A Very Simple Dance to Do

Sesame Street

Here is a Beehive

Here is a beehive

But...where are the bees?

Hidden inside where nobody see.

Watch and we'll see them come out of their hive

One, two, three, four, five!

Buzzz!!

There's Something in My Garden

There’s something in my garden,
Now what can it be?
There’s something in my garden
That I can't really see.
Hear its funny sound….
Ribbit-Ribbit-Ribbit
A frog is what I found!
Ribbit-Ribbit-Ribbit

Mouse (squeak-squeak-squeak)

Bird (tweet-tweet-tweet)

Bumblebee (buzz-buzz-buzz)

Rabbit (thump-thump-thump)

Clothes and Getting Dressed

How to Dress a Dragon

by Thelma Lynne Godin; illustrated by Eric Barclay

Whose Shoes?

by Anna Grossnickle Hines; illustrated by LeUyen Pham

Meeow and the Blue Table

by Sebastien Braun

"Hi, Pizza Man!"

by Virginia Walter; illustrated by Ponder Goembel

Optional Books

Maggie and Michael Get Dressed 

by Denise Fleming

Goodnight, Veggie

by Diana Murray and Zachariah OHora

(worm wears a cap, one sock, and one shoe!)

Songs and Rhymes

Teddy Wore His Red Shirt

Teddy wore his red shirt, red shirt, red shirt

Teddy wore his red shirt all day long!

Blue pants, yellow socks, white shoes, green hat

Colors Song

Blue, blue is the color I see

If you're wearing blue then show it to me.

Stand up! Turn Around!

Show me your blue then sit down.

A Mouse

You know the old woman who lived in a shoe?

And had so many children she didn't know what to do?

I think that if she lived in a little shoe-house

That old woman was surely a ... mouse!

Little Mouse

Little mouse, little mouse

Come out and play!

What color house are you in today?

Cats and Dogs

Hello Song

Hello, Hello

Fingerplay

I'm a little kitty cat, soft and sweet

Here are my whiskers, here are my feet

When I go out hunting, mice beware!

Or you might just get a ... SCARE!

Book

Where to Sleep

by Kandy Radzinski

Song

If You're Happy and You Know It!

Book

My Bus

by Byron Barton

Song

The Wheels on the Bus

Book

Giant Pop-out Pets

Song

Silly Dance Contest (Jim Gill)

Book

Is Everyone Ready for Fun?

by Jan Thomas

Goodbye Song

My Hands Say Goodbye