Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Birds

Books
Hooray for Birds!
by Lucy Cousins

Bird Builds a Nest
by Martin Jenkins; illustrated by Richard Jones

Every Day Birds
by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater; cut paper illustrations by Dylan Metrano
Songs

Are You Sleeping?
Are you sleeping, are you sleeping?
Little bird, little bird?
{snore}
Wake up little bird!
Wake up little bird!
Flap, flap, flap
Flap, flap, flap

Different kinds of birds
Owl--whoo!
Duck--quack
Flamingo--stand on one leg
Penguin--waddle
Ostrich--run

Flannel

Where’s Little Bird?

Little bird, little bird fly away!

What color nest are you in today?

Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Trains

Books
Train!
by Judi Abbot

Trains: Steaming! Pulling! Huffing!
by Patricia Hubbell; illustrated by Megan Halsey and Sean Addy

Graph
Where do you think this train is going?
The circus, The zoo, A birthday party, the train station

Songs

This Little Train
(tune:  This Old Man)

This little engine, it is black
It goes chugging down the track

Refrain after each verse:
With a chug, chug, choo, choo
Here the whistle blow
This little train goes chugging home.

This little car, it is blue
It goes chugging right by you

This little car, it is pink
It goes chugging quick as a wink

This little care, it is yello
It goes chugging, whitsleing hello

This little car, it is green
It goes chugging and sounds quite mean

This littl care, it is purple
It goes chuggin carrying people

This little car, it is white
It goes chugging out of sight.

This caboose, it is red
It goes chugging off to bed.

The Wheels on the Train

The wheels on the train go clickety-clack
Clickety-clack, clickety-clack
The wheel on the train go clickety-clack
All down the track

The engine on the train goes chug, chug, chug
The conductor on the train say, "Ticket, please!"
The people on the train go bounce, bounce, bounce
The bell on the train goes ding, ding, ding
The whistle on the train goes toot, toot, toot!

Friday, April 19, 2019

Friends Outreach Storytime

Reusing some of my recent storytime books with a new theme:  Friends

The Very Grumpy Day
by Stella J. Jones; illustrated by Alison Edgson

Bear Feels Sick
by Karma Wilson; illustrated by Jane Chapman

And just for fun...
The Greedy Goat
by Petr Horacek

Songs

If You're Happy and You Know It

My Hands

My hand upon my head I'll place
Upon my shoulders, on my face
At my waist and by my side
And then behind me they will hide.
Then I will raise them way up high
An let my fingers fly, fly, fly
Then clap, clap, clap
And 1, 2, 3
Let's sit down, quietly.

Thursday, April 18, 2019

Rainy Weather

Preschool

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
Songs

R-A-I-N-Y
tune: Bingo

There is a day when I get wet
And rainy is the weather
R-A-I-N-Y
R-A-I-N-Y
R-A-I-N-Y
And rainy is the weather!

The Ants Go Marching

Plip, Plip, Plop
tune: Jingle Bells

Plip, plip, plop
Plip, plip, plop
Rainy, rainy days
Springtime showers
Water flowers
So they'll bloom in May
Plip, plip, plop
Plip, plip, plop
Rainy, rainy days
Springtime showers
Water flowers
So they'll bloom in May!

Play and Learn

Musical Instruments


Toddler Books

Splish, Splash, Ducky!
by Lucy Cousins

What Makes a Rainbow?
by Betty Schwartz; illustrated by Dona Turner

Thursday, April 4, 2019

Feeling Sick!

Books

Bear Feels Sick
by Karma Wilson; illustrated by Jane Chapman

The Greedy Goat
by Petr Horacek

Thursday, March 28, 2019

Spring! Preschool Storytime


Books
Wake Up, It's Spring!
by Lisa Campbell Ernst

Move Over, Rover!
by Karen Beaumont; illustrated by Jane Dyer

Songs

Hello Springtime!
tune: Goodnight Ladies

Hello springtime!
Hello springtime!
Hello springtime!
We're glad you're here today!

Green grass
Blue sky
Flowers
Bunnies
Bluebirds
Butterflies
Rain
Sun
Rainbow

A Spring Poem to try

Good-bye, Hello!
Good-bye snow
Good-bye sled
Good-by winter
Spring's ahead!

Hello sun
Hello spring
Good-by winter
Hello Spring!

Friday, March 22, 2019

Simple Flannels for Babies

​I have been on the lookout for simple flannel board rhymes to do with babies.  I posted about my first successful one in October 2017.  I make very simple, one-cut felt pieces, so I don’t have to worry about small pieces falling off and creating a choking hazard.  Here are a few more I’ve found that I have loved doing with the little ones.
Colors
(You can sing this to the tune of 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.


Over in the Meadow
Over in the meadow in the sand in the sun
Lived an old mother turtle and her little one
“Dig”, said the mother. “I dig”, said the one
So they dug all day in the sand in the sun.
Over in the meadow where the stream runs blue
Lived an old mother fish and her little fishies two
“Swim”, said the mother. “We swim”, said the two
So they swam all day where the stream runs blue
Over in the mead in an old hollow tree
Lived an old mother bird and her little birdies three
“Sing”, said the mother.  “We sing”, said the three
So they sang all day in the old hollow tree.



Five Little Babies
Adapted from Yakaberry.com
Five little babies were playing one day
One saw a ball, and he crawled away
Four little babies were playing one day
One saw a rattle, and she crawled away
Three little babies were playing one day
One saw a blanket, and he crawled away
Two little babies were playing one day
One saw a teddy, and she crawled away
One little baby was playing one day
He saw his friends, and he crawled away.


One Two Three
One little two little three little puppies
One little two little three little puppies
One little two little three little puppies
Bark like this all day.  Ruff! Ruff!


Can substitute kitties or just about any other animal!