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