Winter--Zoom Storytime

Thankfully I had this storytime put together for January, because I had to sub in at the last minute.  We didn't have a huge turn out, so I may use parts of this storytime again in January.

Song

Spread Winter Cheer!

tune: We Wish You a Merry Christmas

Let's all do a little clapping

Let's all do a little clapping

Let's all do a little clapping

And spread winter cheer!

Stretching

Rolling (hands)

Book

William's Winter Nap

by Linda Ashman; illustrated by Chuck Groenink

Song/Flannel

Snowflakes

tune: Row, row, row your boat

Snowflakes falling down

Falling on the ground

Great, big, white flakes

That do not make a sound.

Book

Winter with Lily and Milo

by Pauline Oud

Movement Song

Dress for Winter

tune: Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes

Hat, mittens

Scarf and boots

Scarf and boots

Hat, mittens

Scarf and boots

Scarf and boots

Warm and cozy in the snow!

Hat, mittens

Scarf and boots

Scarf and boots!

Flannel

My Little Snowman

I have a little snowman who has no clothes to wear,

So I'll give him a black hat, because he has no hair.

I have a little snowman who has not clothes to wear,

So, I'll give him a bright red scarf, since I have one to share.

I have a little snowman who has no clothes to wear

So I'll give him blue boots, a nice, warm, wooly pair

Now my little snowman has lots of clothes to wear

And I hope that my snowman knows how much I care!

Book

One Mitten

by Kristine O'Connell George, illustrated by Maggie Smith

Flannel Game

Find the yellow mitten under the different colored shapes

Goodbye Song

Goodbye, Friends

with sign language

Bedtime Zoom Storytime

Hello

(with sign language)

Hello, friends

Hello, friends

Hello, friends

It's time to say, "Hello!"

Book

The Animals Would Not Sleep!

by Sara Levine; illustrated by Marta Alvarez Miguens

Flannel Board

Sorting Teddy Bears

Fingerplay

Dancing Fingers

Dance your fingers up

Dance your fingers down

Dance your fingers side to side

Then dance them all around

Dance them on your shoulders

Dance them on your head

Dance them on your knees

Then put them all to bed!

Book

Pillow Places

by Joseph Kuefler

Song

Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

Nursery Rhyme Flannel

Five in the Bed

OR

Little Boy Blue

Book

One, Two, Grandma Loves You

by Shelly Becker; illustrated by Dan Yaccarino

Goodbye

(with sign language)

Goodbye friends

Goodbye friends

Goodbye friends

It's time to say "Goodbye"

Seasons

ABC Welcome

Welcome, welcome everyone

We're together let's have some fun

Stories, songs, and puppets too

Storytime is a place for you!

Do you know your ABCs?

Come along and sing with me!

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXY and Z

Now I've sung my ABCs

Next time won't you sing with me?!

Magnet Board

Winter, spring, summer, fall

There are seasons, four in all.

Weather changes, sun and rain and snow

Leaves fall down and flowers grow.

Winter, spring, summer, fall

There are seasons, four in all

Look outside and you will see

Just what season it will be!

Book

One Leaf, Two Leaves, Count with Me!

by John Nicklos, illustrated by Clive McFarland

Read with permission from the publisher, Nancy Paulsen Books

Imagination and Movement Song

Jumping Song

(adapted from Jim Gill)

Spoken: It's winter! Let's jump into the snow!

Jump, jump, jump, jump

Jumping me and you

But we'll stop jumping as we count to 2.

1, 2

Spoken:  It's spring!  Let's jump in the rain puddles!

Jump, jump, jump, jump

Jumping high with me

But we'll stop jumping as we count to 3

1, 2, 3

Spoken: Now it's summer!  We might jump into a swimming pool or jump on a trampoline!

Jump, jump, jump, jump

Jumping more and more

But we'll stop jumping as we count to 4

1, 2, 3, 4

Spoken:  After summer it's fall!  Let's jump in the pile of leaves!

Jump, jump, jump, jump

Jump 'cause you're alive

But we'll stop jumping as we count to 5

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Spoken: Raise your hands high above your head and as we count backwards, slowly lower yourself to the floor

5, 4, 3, 2, 1

Magnet Board Poem

Seasons of the Year

Wintertime the snow does fall

Mittens, hats, make snowballs!

Skate, then make a snowman tall (or small)

Because it is winter!

In the springtime, days grow warm

On the plants, the new buds form

Bees and bugs come out to swarm

Because it is spring!

In summertime, the days are hot

Ice cold treats I eat a lot!

At the beach, I've got a spot

Because it is summer!

The air is cool, fall is here

Pumpkins, leaves, let's give a cheer

The holidays are very near

Because it is autumn.

Movement Song

One Bright Scarf

It seems that in every season we can have wind!

One bright scarf, waiting for the wind to blow

Wiggle it high, wiggle it low

Shake it fast, shake it slow

Hide it behind your back

Where'd it go?

Animal Goodbyes

Make a Wish Storytime

Welcome Song

Imagination

Making a wish blowing out the candles on a birthday cake.

Making a wish blowing a dandelion

Book

Make a Wish Bear

by Greg Foley

Read with permission from the publisher, Viking Books for Young Readers

Rhyme

Star light, star bright

The first star I see tonight

I wish I may, I wish I might

Have the wish I wish tonight.

Magnet Board

(tune: If you're happy and you know it)

Oh, I wish I were a floating butterfly (x2)

I'd go flutter, flutter, fly

In the bright blue morning sky

Oh, I wish I were a floating butterfly!

Oh, I wish I were a shiny little fish (x2)

I'd go swimmy, swimmy, glide

In the Big blue ocean tide.

Oh, I wish I were a shiny little fish!

Oh, I wish I were a silver airplane (x2)

I'd go soar, soar, soar

As my engines loudly roar

Oh, I wish I were a silver airplane!

Oh, I wish I were a tall, tall leafy tree (x2)

I'd be the place to rest

For the birdies in their nest.

Oh, I wish I were a tall, tall leafy tree!

Oh, I wish I were a green and speckled frog (x2)

I'd go croaky, croaky, croak

As I jumped into the brook

Oh, I wish were a green and speckled frog!

Oh, I wish I were a bright and shining star (x2)

I'd go twinkle, twinkle, spark

In the nighty nighttime dark.

Oh, I wish I were a bright and shining star!

Song

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

Animal Goodbyes

See ya later, Alligator

Blow a kiss, Goldfish

Give a hug, Ladybug

Toodle-oo, Kangaroo

bye-bye, Butterfly

Out the door, Dinosaur!

This Storytime is Brought to You by the Number 3

 (we are starting to add more "no book" storytimes to our YouTube Channel so we can keep them when we "get back to normal")

Hello, Friends

(sign language for goodbye, friend, time, say)

Rhyme

1, 2, 3

A small bear

A big bear

The biggest bear I see

Now help me count them...

One, two, three!

Magnet Board Story

The Three Bears

Movement Song

This Old Man

1--thumb

2--shoe

3--knee

Fingerplay Story

The Three Little Pigs

Three little piggies were sitting in the house,

When along came a wolf as quiet as a mouse.

He said, "Little pigs, little pigs, let me come in!"

"Not by the hair of our chinny chin, chin!"

Then that old wolf huffed and that old wolf blew

And away one piggy flew!

Repeat for 2nd little pig

One little piggy was sitting in the house

When along came a wolf as quiet as a mouse.

He said, "Little pig, little pig, let me come in!"

"Not by the hair of my chinny chin, chin."

Then that old wolf huffed and that old wolf blew

And away the last little piggy flew!

No little piggies were sitting in the house

When along came a wolf as quiet as a mouse.

He said, "Little pigs, little pigs, let me come in!"

But there was no one home to answer him. 

So that old wolf turned and went on his way,

Saying "I'll be back again another day."

Later that night, back the piggies did creep.

They crawled into bed and fell fast asleep.

Nursery Rhyme

Hickory, Dickory, Dock

One--mouse ran down

Two--mouse cried "Boo!"

Three--mouse said, "Whee!"

Goodbye Friends

(sign language for goodbye, friend, time, say)

Away We Go! Zoom Storytime

Welcome Song

Hello Friends

with sign language

Book

Two Dogs on a Trike

by Gabi Snyder, illustrated by Robin Rosenthal

Song

Drive My Car

by Laurie Berkner

Book

Animals Go Vroom!

by Abi Cushman

Song

Driving in My Car

Ralph's World

Book

Listen Up! Train Song

by Victoria Allenby

Ending Song

Goodbye Friends

with sign language

Alternate

I planned on doing My Bus flannel, but it was very awkward to try to hold the flannel board and manipulate the pieces, so at the last minute I changed it to Driving in My Car.  For Day Two of Zoom I was going to read My Bus (instead of Animals Go Vroom!) then do a flannel guessing game with the dog hiding behind one of the vehicles.  We didn't have anyone come to Friday morning's Zoom.

My Bus

by Byron Barton

Fall Zoom Storytime

Flannel

Fall Riddles

Beneath your feet you hear them crunch
Then they get raked up into a bunch.
What are they?  LEAVES
 
This drops off trees and there it lies
Til someone baked it into pies
What is it? APPLE
 
This stands in the field and scares a bird,
But it doesn’t say a single word.
What is it? SCARECROW
 
It’s cold in autumn, if it blows
It swirl the leaves to make a show.
What is it? WIND
 
Of all the flowers this one’s queen
When yellow petals and seeds between.
What is it? SUNFLOWER
 
It’s big and orange and quite a catch
When you pick it from the patch
What is it? PUMPKIN
 
Book

Fall Friends

by Mike Curato

Flannel Board Game

Find the Mouse (behind the fall items)  

Little Mouse Little Mouse playing hide and seek.  

Are you behind the ____________? 

Let’s take a peek!

Book

How to Help a Pumpkin Grow

by Ashley Wolff

Book

Watch a Pumpkin Grow 

(non-fiction)

by Kirsten Chang

Rhyme

Five Little Pumpkins

Five little pumpkins, sitting on a gate.
The first one said, "Oh my, it's getting late!"
The second one said, "There’s a chill in the air."
The third one said, "But we don't care!"
The fourth one said, "Let's run and run and run!"
The fifth one said, "I'm ready to have some fun!"
 
Then WHOOOOSH went the wind,
And OUT went the light.
And five little pumpkins rolled out of sight!
 
Book

Full of Fall 

(time permitting)

by April Pulley Sayre

City -- Zoom Storytime

Book

Tiny Kitty, Big City

by Tim Miller

Song / Flannel

Waiting for the Elevator

by Laurie Berkner

Book

The Button Book

by Sally Nicholls and Bethan Woolvin

Movement

The Elevator Song

with stuffed animals

Oh, the city is great and the city is grand

There are lots of tall building on a little piece of land

We live way up on the 57th floor

And this is what we do when we go out the door...

Take the elevator up

Take the elevator down

Take the elevator up

Tak the elevator down

Take the elevator up 

Take the elevator down

Then we spin around!

Book

Daniel's Good Day

by Micha Archer

Letter B -- Virtual Storytime

Song

The Wheels on the Bus

Wheels

Driver

Wipers

Horn

Wheels

Book

Beautiful Bananas

by Elizabeth Laird; illustrated by Liz Pichon

Nursery Rhyme/Flannel

Little Boy Blue

Fingerplay

Here is the Beehive

Here is the beehive (hold out one fist)

But where are the bees?

Hiding inside where nobody sees (point to fist)

Watch as the bees come out of their hive

1...2...3...4...5! (count on fingers)

Buzzzzz!

Letter M Virtual Storytime

Flannel

Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

Book

If You Give a Moose a Muffin

by Laura Numeroff; illustrated by Felicia Bond

Movement

Boing! Boing! Squeak!

Boing! Boing! Squeak!
Boing! Boing! Squeak!
A bouncing mouse is in my house
He’s been here for a week.
He bounces in the kitchen, (lean to one side)
He bounces in the den, (lean to other side)
He bounces in the living room,
Look! There he goes again!
Boing! Boing! Squeak!
Boing! Boing! Squeak!
A bouncing mouse is in my house,
He’s been here for a week.

Parent Tip

Rhymes and poems are a great way to fill you child’s life with the rhythm and rhyme of language in a fun engaging, and silly way.  This rhyme lends itself nicely to bouncing along with the rhythm of the words.  Playing with words, rhythm and rhyme will help your child develop skills that will benefit them as they are learning to read.

Let’s do the rhyme one more time!  Feel free to bounce along with the mouse and the words!

Action Rhyme

Zoom Zoom Zoom

Zoom, zoom, zoom, we’re going to the moon!
Zoom, zoom, zoom, we’ll be there very soon!
So, if you’d like to take a trip
Just climb aboard my rocket ship
Zoom, zoom, zoom, we’re going to the moon!
In 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Blastoff!

Elephants--Virtual Storytime

Flannel

Elephants in the Bathtub

One elephant in the bathtub
Going for a swim
Knock, knock (clap twice)
Splash, splash (slap knees 2x)
Come on in!

(count up from 1-5)

Five elephants in the bathtub

Going for a swim

Knick, knock

Splash, splash
They all fell in! (knock the felt pieces down)

Rhyme

The Elephant

An elephant has a great big trunk
That goes swinging to & fro
And he has tiny, tiny eyes,
That show him where to go.
His great big ears go flopping,
Flopping all around
While his great big feet go stomping,
STOMPING on the ground!

Book

A Parade of Elephants

by Kevin Henkes

Parent Tip

Storybooks are not the only option of reading material for young children.  You can pair a picture book with information books written for specially for preschoolers.  Reading informational books, such as Ella the Elephant can enlarge your child’s background knowledge.  Background knowledge is an important early literacy skill that is a foundation for future learning.

Fingerplay

Five Little Elephants

One little elephant went out to play
On a bright and sunny day
He had such E-NOR-MOUS fun
He called another elephant to come
EL-E-PHANT!

Continue adding elephants to five and end with:
They played and played til the day was done!

Beach Day! Zoom Storytime

Books

Sea, Sand, Me!

by Patricia Hubbell; illustrated by Lisa Campbell Enrst

Monkey Ono

by J.C. Phillipps

Songs/Rhymes/Flannel

At the Beach

(tune: Are You Sleeping?)

with props

Put your hat on, put your hat on
Sunscreen too, sunscreen too
Run down to the water, run down to the water
It’s cool and blue, cool and blue.
 
Get your buckets, get your shovels
Come let’s dig, come let’s dig
We will build a castle, we will build a castle
Tall and big, tall and big.
 
Throw a beach ball, catch a beach ball
With a friend, with a friend
Be careful as the wind blows, you never know where it will go
Down the beach, down the beach.

I Went to the Beach

I went to the beach and what did I see?  (make binoculars with hands)
A bird on the sand looking at me. (make beak—pointer finger and thumb)

I went to the beach and what did I see?  (make binoculars with hands)
A fish in the water splashing at me. (make fish with ONE hand)

I went to the beach and what did I see?  (make binoculars with hands)
A shell in the sand sparkling at me. (2 cupped hands, hinge open)

I went to the beach and what did I see?  (make binoculars with hands)
A crab in its shell waving at me (make hand into C shape and pinch)

All the Fish are Swimming
Flannel board

One blue fish is swimming in the water
Swimming in the water, swimming in the water
One blue fish is swimming in the water
Bubble, bubble, bubble, bubble, SPLASH!
Two red fish are swimming in the water
Swimming in the water, swimming in the water
Two red fish are swimming in the water
Bubble, bubble, bubble, bubble, SPLASH!
Three yellow fish are swimming in the water
Swimming in the water, swimming in the water
Three yellow fish are swimming in the water
Bubble, bubble, bubble, bubble, SPLASH!
All the fish are swimming in the water
Swimming in the water, swimming in the water
All the fish are swimming in the water
Bubble, bubble, bubble, bubble, SPLASH!  

Turtles--Virtual Storytime

I brought my two Webkins turtles, Slowpoke and Oopsy-Daisy, to help me with the fingerplay 

Magnet Board

T-U-R-T-L-E

T-U-R-T-L-E

Turtle, turtle

T-U-R-T-L-E

Turtle's what that spells

Turtles lie in the sun

Turtles swim for fun

T-U-R-T-L-E

Turtle's what that spells

Parent Tip

Young children begin to understand that individual letters have a certain shape, and that letter has a name, and it makes a certain sound.  Understanding that these letters can be put together to form words that others can read is one of the first steps in the process of learning to read.  Take time to point out and name letters to your child.

Book

Truman

by Jean Reidy; illustrated by Lucy Ruth Cummins

Published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers; read with permission

Fingerplay

Two Little Turtles

Two little turtles sitting on a hill

One named Jack, the other named Jill

Crawl away Jack

Crawl away Jill

Come back Jack

Come back Jill

Additional verses:

Two little turtles watching day turn into night

One named Left, the other named Right

Two little turtles gazing at the clouds

One named Quiet, the other named Loud

Two little turtles watching the green grass grow

One named Fast, the other named Slow

Magnet Board

Tiny Tim

I had a little turtle

His name was Tiny Tim

I put him in the bathtub

To see if he could swim

He drank up all the water

He gobbled up the soap

And when he tried to talk 

He had a bubble in his throat!

I'm Hungry! Virtual Storytime

It's time to eat!!

Flannel 

Four Hungry Ants

Four hungry ants marching in a line

They came upon a picnic where they could dine

One marched into the pepper

Then he marched into the cake

He marched into the pepper, but that was a mistake...

Aaaa...choo!

Book

Bear Wants More

by Karma Wilson; illustrated by Jane Chapman

Published by Margaret K. McElderry Books, read with permission

Song and Movement

Pease Porridge Hot

Parent Tip

Nursery rhymes are a great way to introduce your child to the rhythm of language! And rhymes that incorporate hand movements also develops physical skills, coordination, and cognitive skills--it takes a lot of concentration to remember the the movements and keep the beat!  Practicing these skills will help your child to be ready to enter kindergarten.

Flannel

Five Little Gingerbread Men

Five little gingerbread men in a row

Not going to eat one, no, no, no!

But they look so sweet from heat to toe.

Crunch, munch...oh, no!

No little gingerbread men in a row

I wasn't going to eat one, no, no, no!

But they looked so sweet that it's sad to tell

Crunch, munch...oh, well!

Zoo Day!--Virtual Storytime

We're going to the zoo!

Flannel

Guess Who?

They are big and they are gray,

And their trunks swing and sway.

What are they?  ELEPHANT

Bananas are their favorite things,

And they lilike to chatter and like to swing.

What are they?  MONKEYS

They have necks that are long, long, long

If you guess a turtle, you'd be wrong, wrong, wrong.

What are they:? GIRAFFE

They are a kind of cat

But they have a mane and (roar) like that.

What are they? LION

These birds can't fly and they eat fish so yummy

They're black all over except for a white tummy.

What are they?  PENGUIN

Book

Zoo Day

by Anne Rockwell; illustrated by Lizzy Rockwell

Published by Aladdin, read with permission

Parent Tip

Exploring simple maps with your child, like the one in Zoo Day, will help develop spatial thinking--which is, in part, understanding where one's body is in relation to other things or places.  Increased spatial thinking is linked to later success in math and science.  Children also enhance their language skills as they explore and communicate about spatial relationships depicted on maps.  When you visit a place such as a zoo or amusement park look at the map with your child.  You can also help your child make their own map of their bedroom, the house, or the neighborhood. 

Song

Playful Zoo Animals

(tune: The Farmer in the Dell)

We're going to the zoo, we're going to the zoo

We'll play like all the animals, we're going to the zoo.

___________ like a ____________

___________ like a ____________

We'll p lay like all the animals, we're going to the zoo!

Hop like a kangaroo

Swing like the monkeys do

Fly like a cockatoo

Stomp like the elephants do

Roar like the lions do

Book/Flannel

Dear Zoo

by Rod Campbell

Kizclub

Rain and Rainbows--Zoom Storytime

 Today we started a 2nd Zoom storytime for the summer.  We will repeat Thursday evening storytimes on Friday mornings.

Hello, Hello!

Book

Raindrops to Rainbows

by John Micklos Jr.; illustrated by Charlene Chua

Published by Penguin Workshop

Fingerplay

Rain is falling all around

On the housetop, on the ground

Rain is falling on my nose

On my head and hands and toes!

Song

The Ants Go Marching

Book

Move Over, Rover!

by Karen Beaumont; illustrated by Jane Dyer

Published by Harcourt, Inc.

Fingerplay

The rain is falling down. Splash!

The rain is falling down. Splash!

Pitter-patter, pitter, patter

The rain is falling down. Splash!

Flannel

Rainbow Kittens

Six little kittens found a box of paint

They jumped right in...their mother will faint!

The 1st kitten came out all red.

"I'll be orange", the 2nd kitten said.

The 3rd little kitten turned bright yellow.

"I'll be green", said the 4th little fellow.

The 5th kitten said, "My favorite color is blue."

"Purple for me", said the 6th with a mew.

Dancing home the kittens go

To show their mother a kitten rainbow!

Book

Wake Up, Color Pup

by Taia Morley

Published by Random House

Goodbye

My hands say goodbye with a clap, clap, clap

My toes say goodbye with a tap, tap, tap

Clap, clap, clap

Tap, tap, tap

We roll our arms and say...

Goodbye!

Time for Bed!

ABC Welcome

Flannel

Five in the Bed

There were 5 in the bed and the Red Ted said,

"I'm crowded! Roll over!"

So they all rolled over and _______ (color) fell out.

Counting until

There was 1 in the bed and the Red Ted said,

"I'm lonely"

There were 5 in the bed and the Red Ted said,

"Good Night!"

Book

Who Said Coo?

by Deborah Ruddell, illustrated by Robin Luebs

Published by Beach Lane Book, read with permission

Parent Tip

This book is full on rhyming words--coo, whoo, moo, Lulu, two and you. Reading books with rhyming words is a great way to develop phonological awareness--the ability to hear the smaller parts of words.  Research has shown that child who can rhyme have an easier time learning how to read.

Nursery Rhyme

(magnet board using clipart purchased from Etsy)

Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town

Upstairs and downstairs in his nightgown

Rapping at the windows, crying at the locks

Are your children all in bed for now it's eight o'clock!

Song

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

Animal Goodbyes