Storytime - Let's Read a Story

Toddler

Books: Chu’s Day by Neil Gaiman and I Can Do It Too by Karen Baicker.

Songs / Rhymes: “Good Morning”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Open, Shut Them”, “Roll, Roll Sugar Babies”, “Five Little Monkeys Swinging from the Tree” on the felt board, “Come Under My Umbrella” with the parachute, “Row Boat, Row Boat” with the parachute, “Ring Around the Rosie” with the parachute, and “The More We Get Together”.

Special Activity: Instead of a craft, the toddlers played with the parachute.

Preschool

Books: Chu’s Day by Neil Gaiman and Do Pigs Have Stripes? by Melanie Walsh.

Songs / Rhymes: “Welcome to the Library”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Hi There, So Glad You Came”, “Open, Shut Them”, “The Hokey Pokey”, “Five Little Monkeys Swinging from the Tree” on the felt board, “I Wiggle My Fingers”, and “The More We Get Together”.

Craft: Water Color Pictures. Materials: water color paints, paint brushes, white paper, and water. The preschoolers used the water colors to paint some beautiful pictures!

Songs

Roll Roll Sugarbabies

Roll, roll sugarbabies (arms roll)
Roll, roll sugarbabies.
Push, pull,
Clap, clap, clap!

--Rain Makes Applesauce

Five Little Monkeys Swinging From a Tree

Five little monkeys swinging from a tree

Teasing Mr. Alligator, “You can’t catch me!”

When along comes Mr. Alligator annnnd SNAP!

Continue until there are no monkeys left.

--Traditional

Come Under My Umbrella (parachute)

Come under my umbrella,

Umbrella, umbrella.

Gently wave the parachute up and down.

Come under my umbrella,

It’s starting to storm.

Move parachute faster.

There’s thunder and lightning

And wind and rain.

Come under my umbrella,

It’s starting to storm.

--MCLS Kids

Row Boat, Row Boat

Row boat, row boat go so slow.

(wave the chute slowly)

Row boat, row boat go so fast.

(shake the chute fast)

Row boat, row boat the waves are getting worse.

(shake fast again)

Row boat, row boat put it in reverse.

(stop the chute by pulling towards you)

--Read, Sing, Play

Ring Around the Rosie

Ring around the rosie,

A pocket full of posie,

Ashes, ashes, we all fall down!

--Traditional

Walk around in a circle with the parachute.