Grumpy Storytime

Books

Hooray for Hat!

Brian Won

The Roar

by Eoin McLaughlin, illustrated by Polly Dunbar

Grumpy Pants

by Claire Messer

Songs/Movement

Hello, Hello

If You're Happy and You Know It

Hop, Hop, Stop!

Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes

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 middles

And "quack, quack, quack, quack!"

My Hands Say Goodbye

Flannel Board

Five Little Pigs Rolled in the Mud

Six Little Penguins

Karen Katz Baby Storytimes

An author focus for a few weeks at Baby Storytime--Karen Katz

Books

(one per week)

Ten Tiny Tickles

The Babies on the Bus

Ten Tiny Babies

Counting Kisses

Instead of doing "shared reading" I also did a Karen Katz board book each week.

Baby Loves Spring!

Roar, Roar, Baby!

Zoom, Zoom, Baby!

Where is Baby's Home?

Songs/Rhymes/Bounces

You Ought to See My Baby

Baby-O

Good Morning to You

When Cows Get Up in the Morning

Roly-Poly

My Chair

Humpty Dumpty

Pat-a-Cake

Popcorn Kernels

Grand Old Duke of York

Baby-O

Little Bear

One Bright Scarf

Flannel Board

Three Flowers

A pink flower, a purple flower, a white flower I see

Now help me count them...1, 2, 3!

Zoo Storytime

Books

Still a Gorilla

by Kim Norman, illustrated by Chad Geran

What Do They Do With All That Poo?

by Jean Kurtz, illustrated by Allison Black 

Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?

by Bill Martin Jr., illustrated by Eric Carle

Songs and Movement

Hello, Hello

If I was a Bird

Driving in my Car

Magnet Board

Guess Who? Animal Riddles

They are big and they are gray,

And their trunks swing and sway.

What are they?  Elephants

Bananas are their favorite things,

And they like to chatter and they 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?  Giraffes

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? Penguins

Open Ended Art

Stencils, colored pencils, scissors, glue sticks, and lots of colorful paper

Additional Ideas

Animal Opposites: A Pop-up Book

by Petr Horacek

Magnet Board Game

Ladybug at the Zoo

Where's the ladybug? (behind different zoo animals)

Worms

Every once in a while a storytime just doesn't go over very well.  Well, Tuesday was that day! My Family Storytime was lacking many of my "regulars", several new families with younger children and unengaged parents, and technology issues.  A "perfect storm".

Books

Worm Weather

by Jean Taft; illustrated by Matt Hunt

e-book from Overdrive, shown on the screen

I couldn't get it to show on my Surface and on the TV, so I trying to read it from the screen on the side.  This is NOT advisable!

Good Night Veggies

by Diana Murray and Zachariah O'Hora

Worms

by Laura K. Murray

Movement

Run, Baby, Run

Casper Baby Pants

Wiggle Worms

Here are some worms who are, oh, so sad.

They've lost all the wiggles that they once had.

they wonder if you, just for today

Would lend them your wiggles so they can play.

Wiggle them up and wiggle them down

Wiggle the worms around and around

Wiggle them fast and wiggle them slow

Wiggle them high and wiggle them low.

Wiggle them over your shoes and your socks

Them wiggle them back into their box.

Magnet Board

Colorful Worms

One _________ wiggly worm lying under the sky so blue,

Along comes a __________ worm and that makes two.

Two colorful wiggle worms squirming near a tree,

Along comes a _________ worm and that makes three.

Three colorful wiggly worms searching for one more

Along comes a __________ worm and that makes four.

Four colorful wiggly worms into a puddle dive

Along comes a _________ worm and that makes five.

Five colorful wiggly worms squirming across some sticks

Along come a __________ worm and that makes six.

1-2-3-4-5-6!

Little Worm

Little worm, little worm come out and play

What kind of food are you eating today?

Open Ended Activity

Playdough

Thankfully I got to try again on Friday with Preschool Storytime. Just a few minor changes, and a new group of engaged kids and parents and the storytime was very fun and successful!

Books

Just a Worm

by Marie Boyd

Worm Weather

I typed out the words so I didn't have to try to read them off the screen

That worked much better!

Worms

Movement

Silly Dance Contest (replaced the worm rhyme)

Jim Gill

Run, Baby, Run

Casper Baby Pants

Magnet Board

Same as above