Hello and /Welcome Songs

Wave Hello!

(tune: Are you sleeping?)

Hello _______

Hello ________

Hello_________

Hello _________

It’s so nice to see you, it’s so nice to see you

Wave hello, wave hello.

Let's Give a Cheer!
(tune: The Farmer in the Dell)

__________'s here today
__________'s  here today
__________'s here, let's give a cheer
__________'s here today
Hooray!!

Hello, Hello

(from  Nancy Kopman's album: I Know I'll Grow)

Marching In
(tune: When the Saints go marching in)

Hello, hello! We’re marching in

Hello, hello! We’re marching in

It is time to start our storytime

Hello, hello! We’re marching in.

Goodbye, Goodbye

(tune: When the Saints go marching in)

Goodbye, goodbye! It’s time to go

Goodbye, goodbye! It’s time to go

We look forward to next time

Goodbye, goodbye it’s time to go!

Storytime Now!
(tune: Short'nin' Bread)

We're so glad we're here at storytime, storytime
We're so glad we're here at storytime now.
We'll have lots of fun at stortime, storytime
We'll have lots of fun at storytime now!

Let's Give a Cheer!
We're glad you're here today
We're glad you're here today
Let's give a CHEER 'cause ___________ 's here
We're glad you're here today!

New (to me) Fingerplays

Two Mother Pigs

Two mother pigs lived in a pen (show thumbs)

Each had 4 babies and that made 10 (show fingers and thumbs)

These 4 babies were black as night (hold up 1 hand, thumb in)

These 4 babies were black and white (hold up other hand, thumb in)

But all 8 babies loved to play (wiggle 8 fingers, thumbs in)

And they rolled and rolled in the mud all day (roll hand over each other)

At night with their mother, they curled in a heap (make fist, palm up)

And squealed and squealed ‘til they went to sleep.

Five Fat Peas

Five fat peas in a pod pressed (hold hand in fist)

One grew, two grew, and so did all the rest (put thumb and finger up one by one)

They grew and grew and did not stop (slowly raise hands into the air)

Until one day the pod went POP! (clap hands together)

Here is the Beehive

Here is the beehive, where are the bees? (make fist)

Hidden away where nobody sees

Watch and you’ll see them come out of their hive.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (slowly show finger and thumb)

Buzz, buzz, buzz!

This Little Finger

This little finger went to school in a car.
This little finger rode the bus.
This tall finger rode his bike.
And this one chose to walk.
This thumb lived s-o-o-o far away
It had to go up the hill and down
Up the hill and down
Up the hill and down
Up the hill and around (end between ring finger and little finger; as you say "around" quickly trace up and down the little finger then across the palm back to the child's thumb)
To get all the way inside the school.

Baby Storytime Rhymes to Try

All I Want are Hugs

All I want are hugs from you,

So hug me, hug me, hug me.

Give me lots of hugs today,

Hugs to chase the blues away.

Hugs to last the whole day through,

Just hug me, hug me, hug me!

Today Is Baby’s Birthday 

(tune: For He’s A Jolly Good Fellow, adapted by: MaryLee Sunseri © 2003)

Today is baby’s birthday

Today is baby’s birthday

Today is baby’s birthday!

Happy birthday, baby!

On Your Face
On your face you have a nose
and way down here you have ten toes
Two eyes that blink
And a head to think.

You have a chin and very near,
You have two ears to help you hear.
Arms go low and arms go high
[arms go high and arms go low]
A great big hug to say good-bye [to say hello]