Eric Carle Baby Storytime

Books   

The Very Busy Spider

by Eric Carle

From Head to Toe

by Eric Carle

1, 2, 3 To the Zoo

by Eric Carle

Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother Too?

by Eric Carle

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

by Eric Carle

Songs/Rhymes/Bounces

You Ought to See My Baby

We're Glad You're Here Today!

When Cows Get Up in the Morning

Baby Hokey Pokey

You put your arms up, you put your arms down

You put your arms up and you wave them all around

You tickle, tickle, tickle and wiggle, wiggle, wiggle

That's what it's all about!

Additional verses: Feet, Baby

Tiny Little Babies Love Bouncin'

Humpty Dumpty

Roly-Poly

The Wheels on the Bus

Flannel

Brown Bear, Brown Bear What did you see?

Parachute

Jim Gill's Alabama, Mississippi

Dinosaurs

Books

Dino Duckling

by Alison Murray

One-osaurus, Two-osaurus

Kim Norman, illustrated Pierre Collet-Derby

Groovy Joe Ice Cream and Dinosaurs

Eric Litwin, illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld

Dinosaurs Galore! A Roaring Pop-up

by Paul and Henrietti Strickland

Songs and Movement

Hello, Hello

We are the Dinosaurs

Laurie Berkner

Giant Moves

Take a giant stretch

Give a giant wave

Pretend you're in a giant cave

Take one giant step forward

Take one giant step back

Now everyone give a giant clap!

Stomp a giant stomp

Roar a giant roar

Now all giant dinosaurs sit down on the floor!

Dinosaur, Dinosaur Turn Around

One Little Dinosaur 

My Hands say, "Let's Play!"

Flannel Board

1 friendly dinosaur wanted to play peek-a-boo,
She found another and then there were two.
2 friendly dinosaurs looked behind a tree,
They found another and then there were three.
3 friendly dinosaurs went to find some more
They found another and then there were four.
4 friendly dinosaurs watched for more to arrive
They found another and then there five
5 friendly dinosaurs played in the sun
They all ran to hide…and then there were none!

Play and Learn

Dinosaurs and playdough (make footprints/impressions)

Dinosaur Pattern Blocks

Spring Take Two

Books

Wake Up, It's Spring!

by Lisa Campbell Ernst

Egg

by Kevin Henkes

Splish, Splash, Ducky!

by Lucy Cousins

Songs and Movement

Hello, Hello

Are You Sleeping?  Baby Animal Edition

I Know a Chicken

Laurie Berkner (with shaker eggs)

Hands Up High

Put your hands up high

Put your hands down low

Put your hands in the middle

And wiggle them so.

Put your elbows in front

Put your elbows in back

Put your elbows in the middle

And quack, quack, quack

My Hands Say, "Let's Play!"

Flannel Board

Over in the Meadow

Turtle, Fish, Bird

Open-Ended Art

Egg Printing

If I'd had older kids...

I really wanted to share Bear's new book, but it was just too long for my group.  But I want to remember it so I can do it in the future.

Bear Finds Eggs

by Karma Wilson; illustrated by Jane Chapman

Tails!

Books

Tails are Not For Pulling

by Elizabeth Verdick; illustrated by Marieka Heinlen

(skipped a few pages for length)

Heads and Tails

by John Canty

Snip, Snap! What's That?

by Mara Bergman; illustrated by Nick Maland

Songs/Movement

Hello, Hello

I'm a Little Kitty Cat

Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes

Hop, Hop, Stop!

If I was a Bird

Colors in Motion

Old MacDonald had a Farm

My Hands Say "Let's Play"

Play and Learn

set-up ahead of time in the West room--worked wonderfully well!!

Wooden ramps and balls, parachute and beach balls, gears, flannel pieces, seal ring toss

Alternate Books

Being a Cat: A Tail of Curiosity

by Maria Gianferrari; illustrated by Pete Oswald

Who Has This Tail?

by Laura Hulbert; illustrated by Erik Brooks

One Fox: A Counting Book Thriller

by Kate Read

Cupcake Liner Passive Craft

A few hours later...

Spring Springs Tomorrow! Storytime

Books

(two newly published books!)

What's New, Daniel?

by Micha Archer

This Little Kitty in the Garden

by Karen Obuhanych

Whose Chick are You?

by Nancy Tarfuri

Songs and Movement

Hello, Hello

Run Baby Run

Caspar Babypants

My Hands

I'm a Little Kitty Cae

If You're Happy and You Know It

Magnet Board

Where is the chick hiding on the farm?

Bears Storytime

Books

If You were a Panda Bear

by Wendell and Florence Minor

Where's My Teddy?

by Jez Alborough

(big book edition)

Mama's Little Bears

by Nancy Tafuri

Songs/Movement

Hello, Hello

Two Little Brown Bears

Two little brown bears sitting on a hill

One named Jack, one named Jill

Run away Jack! Run away Jill!

Come back Jack, come back Jill.

Play in the snow

Fast and Slow

Looking at a cloud

Quiet and Loud

Panda Bear, Panda Bear

Panda bear, panda bear turn around

Panda bear, panda bear touch the ground

Dance on your toes, touch your nose

Reach up high, touch the sky

Bend down low, touch your toe

Jump up now, take a bow

Stomp your feet, take a sea.

Beanbag Song

Hap Palmer

My Hands Say Goodbye

Magnet Board

Five Fuzzy Pandas

5 fuzzy pandas eating bamboo

They chomp, chomp, chomp!

And they chew, chew, chew!

One playful panda bear tumbles away

While all the other pandas just eat all day.

continue counting down

2 fuzzy pandas eating bamboo

They chomp, chomp, chomp!

And they chew, chew, chew!

One playful panda bear tumbles away

While the last little panda just eats all day

1 fuzzy panda eating bamboo

He chomps, chomps, chomps!

And he chews, chews, chews!

He tumbles off with his friends to play

Now all the panda bears have gone away.

Play and Learn

Alternate Books

Where is Bear?

by Jonathan Bentley

There's a Bear on my Chair

by Ross Collins

Welcome Home Bear

by Il Sung Na