Black and White Storytime

Books

Pandas

Kate Riggs

Black Cat, White Cat

by Silvia Borando

Move Over, Rover!

by Karen Beaumont; illustrated by Jane Dyer

Little Penguins Gets the Hiccups

by Tadgh Bentley

Songs and Movement

Hello, Hello

Panda, Panda Turn Around

A Very Simple Dance

Sesame Street

Silly Dance Contest

Jim Gill

My Hands Say Goodbye

Magnet Board

Hey Diddle Diddle

we replaced the animals and the dish with black and white animals

Hey diddle, diddle

The penguin and the fiddle

The skunk jumped over the moon

The little zebra laughed to see such sport

And the panda ran away with the spoon!

Open Ended Art

Black paper with white crayons and white chalk

Numbers and Counting

Family Storytime

Books

Two Dogs on a Trike

by Gabi Snyder; illustrated by Robin Rosenthal

How Many Squirrels are in the World

by Ben Gundersheimer; illustrated by Marcos Almada Rivero 

(illustrations were a little small for my big group)

Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons

by Erin Litwin; illustrated by James Dean

Songs/Movement

Hello, Hello

Bread and Butter, Marmalade and Jam

Say Hello, clap your hands, count to five (slow, then fast)

(with flannel pieces)

Jumping and Counting

Jim Gill

Two Little Friends

My Hands

Two Little Octopi

(with flannel pieces)

Two little octopi swimming in the sea

One named Dawn and one named Dee

Swim away Dawn, swim away Dee

Come back Dawn, come back Dee.

Two little geese flying in the sky--Low and High

Two little mice running near a pole--Fast and Slow

Two little leaves sitting on a car--Near and Far

Two little children looking at a cloud--Quiet and Loud

Preschool Storytime 

Books

How to Count to 1 

(and don't even think about bigger numbers!)

by Caspar Salmon; illustrated by Matt Hunt

Let's Count Goats

by Mem Fox; illustrated by Jan Thomas

10 Cats

by Emily Gravett

(same songs and movement)

Baby Storytime--Summer!

Books
1-2 per week

The Very Hungry Caterpillar's First Summer

World of Eric Carle

Peekaboo Morning

Rachel Isadora

Leo Can Swim

by Anna McQuinn; illustration by Ruth Hearson

Beach Baby

by Laurie Elmquist; illustrated by Elly MacKay

Sunny Days: A Celebration of the Sesame Street Theme Song

Splash!

by Leslie Patricelli

Sunny Days

by Deborah Kerbel and Miki Sato

Applesauce is Fun to Wear

by Nancy Raines Day; illustrated by Jane Massey

Baby Loves Summer!

by Karen Katz

Ten Little Fingers, Two Small Hands

by Kristy Dempsey; illustrated by Jane Massey

Leo at the Park

by Anna McQuinn; illustrated by Ruth Hearson

Songs/Rhymes/Bounces

You Ought to See My Baby

Baby-O

Good Morning

tune: Happy Birthday

Good Morning to __________

Good morning to __________

Good morning dear (friends) __________

It's nice to see you!

Little Bear

A Cow Lives on the Farm

tune: The Farmer in the Dell

A cow lives on the farm

A cow lives on the farm

"Moo, moo!" is what it says

A cow lives on the farm.

Baby Hokey Pokey

You put your arms up, you put your arms down

You put your arms up and you wave them all around

You tickle, tickle, tickle and wiggle, wiggle, wiggle

That's what it's all about! (Clap, clap!)

Additional verses:  

Feet 

Baby

Tiny  Little Babies Love Bouncin'

Humpty Dumpty

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

Pat-a-Cake

The Elevator Song

Baby-O

One Bright Scarf

Flannel Board

Colors for You

Tune: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

Orange and yellow, green and blue

These are colors just for you

Orange as a flower

Green as a tree

Yellow as the sun

And blue as the sea.

Orange and yellow, green and blue

These are colors just for you.

The Letter P

Books

The Nuts: Sing and Dance in Your Polka-Dot Pants

by Eric Litwin; illustrated by Scott Magoon

Puppy Pool Party

 by Seth Casteel

Please, Mr. Panda

by Steve Antony

Songs/Movement

Hello, Hello

Polka-Dot Pants Dance

Didn't really like doing it with my huge group...

My Hands

Silly Dance Contest

Jim Gill

Popcorn

tune: Frere Jacques

with scarves

Popcorn kernels, popcorn kernels (wave scarf overhead)

In the pot, in the pot (make scarf 'disappear' by bunching it up into your fist)

Shake them, shake them, shake them

Shake them, shake them, shake them

Til they POP! (toss scarves up into the air, then catch)

Til they POP! (toss up again)

One Bright Scarf

Flannel Board

Five Little Pigs Rolled in the Mud

Open Ended Art

Polka-Dots!

Round colored stickers, construction paper, hole punches, scissors, glue sticks

Optional Books

Pete the Cat and the Perfect Pizza Party

by Kimberly and James Dean

The Pigeon Wants a Puppy!

by Mo Willems

Cats

Books 

Cat Nap

by Toni Yuly

Cats are Cats

by Valeri Gorbachev

Mister Kitty is Lost!

by Greg Pizzoli

Songs/Movement

Are You Sleeping Little Kitty?

A Very Simple Dance

Sesame Street

I'm a Little Kitty Cat

Flannel Board

Rainbow Kittens

Five Little Tigers

Parachute

Just for fun at my 2nd (smaller) group instead of Five Little Tigers Flannel

Jim Gill's Alabama Mississippi

Open Ended Art

Yarn!

Construction paper, scissors, glue, crayons

Scarf Activity

(I found later...need to try next time)

Kitty Cat POUNCE!

(roll up the scarf slowly while you say the words, then toss it high in the air on “Pounce!”)

Kitty cat, kitty cat sneaks out of the house.
Kitty cat, kitty cat creeps up to a mouse,
And… POUNCE!

Kitty cat, kitty cat, creeps up to a bird.
Kitty cat, kitty cat, is not even heard,
And… POUNCE!

But the mouse ran, and the bird flew away,
So kitty cat found a ball of yarn to play
And… POUNCE!

(Source: http://www.literaryhoots.com/2015/10/cats-storytime.html)

Alternative Books:  Cat Knit, Mama Cat has Three Kittens, Lola Gets a Cat

Beach and Ocean Storytime

Books

How Will We Get to the Beach? A Guessing-Game Story

by Brigette Luciani and Eve Tharlet

Sea, Sand, Me!

by Patricia Hubbell; illustrated by Lisa Campbell Ernst

I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean

by Kevin Sherry

Songs/Movement

Hello, Hello

We're Going to the Beach

Tune: The Farmer in the Dell

We're going to the beach

We're going to the beach

I bet we'll see a/some _________ there

We're going to the beach.

I Can Walk on Two Feet

Hop, Hop, Stop!

Slippery Fish (The Octopus)

Nancy Stewart

My Hands

My Hand Say Goodbye

Magnet Board

Little Crab, Little Crab come out and play

Where are you hiding at the beach today?

Outside Play!

Sand, water, shells and magnifying glasses, beach balls, seal ring toss, tunnel