Hats!

Books

Hooray for Hat!

by Brian Won

Finders Keepers

by Keiko Kasza

Hat Tricks

by Satoshi Kitamura

Music and Movement

Hello, Hello

If You're Happy and You Know It

Run, Baby, Run

Caspar Babypants

Put Your Hand Up High

My Hands

Let's Play!

Magnet Board

Curious George 

Curious George is playing hide and seek

Is he behind the ________ (color) hat?

Let's take a peek!

Play and Learn

Decorate a party hat!

Foam stickers, colored dot stickers, crepe paper

Alternative Book

Old Hat

by Emily Gravett

Stormy Weather

 A few weeks ago we were having rainy, stormy weather.  Of course by the time I got this storytime ready is warm and sunny!  I had a mixed bag of kids todays--preschool to young toddlers--so it wasn't a super successful storytime.  I should have stopped after two books.  Or not have done the longer "May I Come In?".

Books

May I Come In?

by Marsha Diane Arnold; illustrated by Jennie Poh

A Good Day for Ducks

by Jane Whittingham; illustrated by Noel Tuazon

Move Over, Rover!

Karen Beaumont; illustrated by Jane Dyer

Songs and Movement

Hello, Hello

Itsy Bitsy Spider--5 ways

We're Stomping in the Rain

(tune: The Farmer in the Dell)

We're stomping in the rain

We're stomping in the rain

We can't go yet, we must get wet

We're stomping in the rain.

Additional verses:

Clapping, jumping, turning

I've Changed My Mind

Jim Gill (w/scarves)

Popcorn Kernels

My Hands Say, "Let's Play!"

Process Art

Water Color Paints

Optional Book

The Big Storm: A Very Soggy Counting Book

by Nancy Tafuri

Goats Storytime

I didn't start out planning to create a Goat Storytime, so I was actually surprised I found enough good books for a whole storytime!

Books

Greedy Goat

by Petr Horacek

Through with the Zoo

by Jacob Grant

Goats

by Kate Riggs

Songs and Movement

Bread and Butter, Marmalade and Jam

The Goats Came Marching One by One

The goats came marching one by one, hurrah! Hurrah!
The goats came marching one by one, hurrah! Hurrah!
The goats came marching one by one,
The little one stopped…to bask in the sun.

The goats came marching two by two, hurrah! Hurrah!
The goats came marching three by three, hurrah! Hurrah!
Then they all came marching, over the rickety bridge.
The goats came marching two by two, hurrah! Hurrah!
The goats came marching two by two,
The little one stopped…to look at the view.

Then they all came marching, over the rickety bridge.
The goats came marching three by three, hurrah! Hurrah!
The goats came marching three by three,
The little one stopped…to sit by a tree.
Then they all came marching, over the rickety bridge…
Rickety bridge!

Bean Bag Song

Hap Palmer

Open Ended Art

Sewing on Styrofoam plates

Alternate Book

Let's Count Goats

by Mem Fox; illustrated by Jan Thomas