Mud Storytime

Books

For older crowd

Five Little Monkeys With Nothing To Do

by Eileen Christelow

For younger crowd

Little Blue Truck

by Alice Schertle; illustrated by Jill McElmurry

Both 

Bears in the Bath

by Shirley Parenteau; illustrated by David Walker

Day 1

Roy Digs Dirt

by David Shannon

Day 2

Mud

by Annie Bailey; illustrated by Jen Corace

Flannel Board

Five Little Pigs Rolled in the Mud

Song

I Changed My Mind

Jim Gill

Buttons

Books

The Button Book

by Sally Nicholls and Bethan Woollvin

Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons

by Eric Litwin; illustrated by James Dean

Belly Button Book

by Sandra Boynton

Songs

Waiting for the Elevator

Laurie Berkner

Ice Cream and Dinos

Books

Ice Cream Face

Heidi Woodward Sheffield

Groovy Joe: Ice Cream and Dinosaurs

by Eric Litwin; illustrated by Tom Lichenheld

We Love Dinosaurs

by Lucy Volpin

Flannel

Ice Cream

First we need a cone, nice and crunchy

Then we need some ice cream, sweet and yummy

Scoop 'em on; stack 'em on; up to the sky.

We love ice cream, my, oh, my!

First comes vanilla, cold and sweet.

The comes chocolate a delicious treat.

Here's some strawberry; chocolate chip too

A super-duper scooper cone just for you!

One scoop, two scoop, three scoops, four

We love ice cream! Let's have some more!

Five Little Dinosaurs

Songs

Hello, Hello or ABC Welcome

If You're Happy and You Know It

Hop, Hop, Stop!

We are the Dinosaurs

Laurie Berkner

My Hands

My Hands Say Goodbye

Big and Small

Hello, Hello

Magnet Board

Four Hungry Ants

Four hungry ants marching in a line

They came upon a picnic where they could dine.

One marked into the salad

Then he marched into the cake.

He marched into the pepper

But that was a mistake!

Aaaachoooo!

Continue counting down to zero

Books

I'm Not Small

by Nina Crews

Little Mouse and the Big Cupcake

by Thomas Taylor; illustrated by Jill Barton

Ernest, the Moose Who Doesn't Fit

by Catherine Rayner

Songs

Opposites Song

My Hands

Silly Dance Contest

Jim Gill

My Hands Say Goodbye

Magnet Board Game

What food is the ant hiding behind?

Alternative Book

The Lion and the Mouse

by Jenny Broom; illustrated by Nahta Noj

Tigers

ABC Welcome

Flannel

T-I-G-E-R

(tune: Old MacDonald had a Farm)

There is a cat with lots of stripes

T-I-G-E-R

It is big and orange and black

T-I-G-E-R

With very big paws

And sharp, sharp claws

Great big teeth, scratchy tongue, and his legs can really run!

There is a cat with lots of stripes

T-I-G-E-R

Book

The Tiptoeing Tiger

by Philippa Leathers

Movement

I Can Walk on Two Feet OR Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes

My Hands

Book

Cats are Cats

by Valeri Gorbachev

Song

I've Changed My Mind

Jim Gill

with scarves

Parent Tip

Reading nonfiction to preschoolers

Book

Tigers

by Kate Riggs

Magnet Board

Five Little Tigers

Five little tigers out for a stroll

One tripped on a rock and started to roll!

She bounced down the hill and landed with a flop!

How many tigers are left walking through the swamp?

Book

Don't Wake Up the Tiger

by Britta Teckentrup

My Hands Say Goodbye

Alternate Books

One Happy Tiger

by Catherine Rayner

Oh, No!

by Candace Fleming; illustrated by Eric Rohmann

I am a Cat

by Galia Bernstein

Let's Go Swimming

Books

1st Day

No Swimming for Nelly

by Valeri Gorbachev

Puppy Pool Party

by Seth Casteel

The Crocodile Who Didn't Like Water

by Gemma Merino

2nd Day

Holly's Day at the Pool

by Benson Shum

Puppy Pool Party

Swim, Swim, Sink

by Jenn Harney

Songs and Rhymes

Hello, Hello

Introduced Storytime ABCs on Friday

The Goldfish (Let's Go Swimming)

by Laurie Berkner

My Hands Say Goodbye

Magnet Board

I Had a Little Turtle

Flannel Board

One Little Fish

One red fish was swimming in the water,

Swimming in the water, swimming in the water

One red fish was swimming in the water

Bubble, bubble, bubble, bubble, POP!

Additional fish in different colors

Six Little Fish--Who is missing?

Optional Books

Bubbles Up!

by Jacqueline Davies, illustrated by Sonia Sanchez

Brownie and Pearl Take a Dip

by Cynthia Rylant; illustrated by Brian Biggs

Nature Storytime: Spiders

Hello, Hello

Basic Facts about Spiders

Spiders 

by Gail Gibbons 

(pages 5-7, 30-31)

Book

Aaaarrgghh! Spider! 

by Lydia Monks

There's a Spider on the Floor

There's a spider on the floor, on the floor

There's a spider on the floor, on the floor

Who could ask for any more than a spider on the floor

There's a spider on the floor, on the floor,

Additional verses:

How could it be so? There's a spider on my toe!

Oh, how could it be? There's a spider on my knee!

Oh it really isn't funny! There's a spider on my tummy!

Oh, it doesn't mean any harm, this spider on my arm!

Oh, what a big disgrace! There's a spider on my face!

Oh, I wish I was in bed! There's a spider on my head!

Who could ask for any more, than a spider on the floor!

Parent Tip

Rhyming words in the song

Facts about Webs

Gibbon's book Spiders, pages 16-21

Book

Walter's Wonderful Web

by Tim Hopgood

Fingerplay: The Spider Spins a Web  

Tune: The Farmer in the Dell 

 

The spider spins a web. The spider spins a web. 

(make a spider w/ your hand & wiggle fingers like spider legs) 
Round, round, up and down, the spider spins a web. 

(roll hands around each other then put hands up and down) 

 

Additional Verses: 

She spins it back and forth… (move hands from side to side) 

She spins it good and strong… (show off arm muscles) 

Facts about Spider Body Parts

Gibbon's book Spiders, pages 10-11

Book

Frank the Seven Legged Spider

by Michaele Razi

Action Song

The Itsy Bitsy Spider

Plus additional verses:

         Big fat hairy spider

         Quick speedy spider

         Really slow spider