Storytime - Read with Me

Toddler

Books: Baby Penguins Everywhere! by Melissa Guion and Stick! by Andy Pritchett

Songs / Rhymes: “Good Morning”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Open, Shut Them”, “The Elevator Song”, “Head and Shoulders”, “I Wiggle My Fingers”, “Come Under My Umbrella” with parachute, “If You’re Happy and You Know It” with parachute, “Ring Around the Rosie” with parachute, “Row Boat, Row Boat” with parachute, and “The More We Get Together”.

Craft: There was no craft today. The toddlers played with the parachute instead.

Preschool

Books: Dinosaur Kisses by David Ezra Stein and The Watermelon Seed by Greg Pizzoli

Songs / Rhymes: “Welcome to the Library”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Open, Shut Them”, “The Elevator Song”, “The ABC Stop Song”, “Come Under My Umbrella” with parachute, “If You’re Happy and You Know It” with parachute, “Row Boat, Row Boat” with parachute, and “The More We Get Together”.

Craft: There was no craft today. The preschoolers played with the parachute instead.

Songs/Rhymes

The Elevator Song

Sung to: "Do Your Ears Hang Low?"

Oh the city is great and the city is grand

There's a whole lot of people

on a little piece of land

And we live way up on the 57th floor

and this is what we do when we go out the door.

We take the elevator up and the elevator down,

take the elevator up, take the elevator down

Take the elevator up and the elevator down

and we turn around.

--Jbrary

*This is my new favorite song!

Head and Shoulders

Head and shoulders, knees and toes,

Knees and toes

Head and shoulders, knees and toes,

Knees and toes

Eyes and ears and mouth and nose

Head and shoulders, knees and toes

Knees and toes!

--Traditional

Come Under My Umbrella

with 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

If You're Happy and You Know It

with parachute

If you're happy and you know it,

Shake it slow.

If you're happy and you know it,

Shake it slow.

If you're happy and you know it,

And you really want to show it,

If you're happy and you know it,

Shake it slow.

*raise it high, shake it fast.

--Kendra at Read, Sing, Play

Ring Around the Rosie

Ring around the rosie

A pocket full of posie

Ashes, ashes, we all fall down!

--Traditional

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).

--Kendra at Read, Sing, Play

The ABC Stop Song

A B C D E F G

STOP! (holding palms facing out in front of you)

H I J K L M N O P

STOP! (holding palms facing out in front of you)

Q R S T U V

STOP! (holding palms facing out in front of you)

W X Y and Z

STOP! (holding palms facing out in front of you)

Now I know my ABCs, next time won’t you sing with me?

STOP! (Extra loud, flail your arms like a maniac)

--via The Magpie Librarian