Happy Birthday Henrietta!

Outreach Storytime for May to Welcome School and Kindercare

To celebrate everyone's birthday we did a special birthday storytime!  My raccoon puppet, Henrietta, was the "birthday girl" today!

Books

Don't Wake Up Mama! (Republished as Five Little Monkeys Bake a Cake) by Eileen Christelow

Birthday at the Panda Palace by Stephanie Calmenson; illustrated by Doug Cushman

Guinea Pig Party by Holly Surplice

Fingerplays and Songs

A Delicious Cake

Mix the batter, stir the batter (make stirring motion)

Shake some flour in (make shaking motion)

Mix the batter, stir the batter (make stirring motion)

Place it in a tin (make pouring motion)

Sprinkle little raisins on (sprinkle motion)

Pop it in to bake (make motion)

Open wide the oven door, (make motion)

And out comes a cake! (open palms)

MAKE A WISH

Big chocolate cake   (Make round circle with arms)

Ice cream in a dish   (Cup hands together)

Here are the candles   (Hold up fingers)

Now make a wish!   (Pretend to blow out “candles” by making a fist)

Henrietta’s Birthday Party    (words by Tammy Henry)

(sung to Old McDonald had a Farm)

Henrietta’s birthday party

Hip, hip, hip, hooray!

And at her party she had some games

Hip, hip, hip, hooray!

With a run-run here and a run-run there

Here a run, there a run

Everywhere a run-run

Henrietta’s birthday party

Hip, hip, hip, hooray!

And at her party she had some balloons

Hip, hip, hip, hooray!

With a pop-pop here and pop-pop  there

Here a pop, there a pop

Everywhere a pop-pop!

Henrietta’s birthday party

Hip, hip, hip, hooray!

And at her party she had some presents

Hip, hip, hip, hooray!

With a rip, rip here and a rip-rip there

Here a rip, there a rip

Everywhere a rip-rip

Henrietta’s birthday party

Hip, hip, hip, hooray!

And at her party she had some candles

Hip, hip, hip, hooray!

With a blow-blow here and a blow-blow there

Here a blow, there a blow

Everywhere a blow-blow

Henrietta’s birthday party

Hip, hip, hip, hooray!

And at her party she had some cake

Hip, hip, hip, hooray!

With a yum, yum here and a yum-yum there

Here a yum, there a yum

Everywhere a yum-yum

Henrietta’s birthday party

Hip, hip, hip, hooray!