Wee Read - Bunnies!

Early Literacy Tip of the Week:

Keep a weekly journal of the ways your baby communicates. This is a great way to see the progress your baby has made, even before he says his first word!

Good Morning

Hello, How are You?

Funny Bunny Hop

Funny, little bunny goes hop, hop, hop!
Funny little bunny, please stop,stop,stop!
Wiggle your ears and crinkle your nose.
Then wiggle, wiggle, wiggle right down to your toes.

--PreschoolEducation

Open Shut Them

Book One

Little White Rabbit by Kevin Henkes

Here’s a Little Bunny

--Lapsit Services for the Very Young II by Linda L. Ernst. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc, 2001.

Baby Bunny

Bunny Baby bunny bounces high (jump high)
Baby bunny bounces low; (jump low)
Baby bunny blinks his eyes; (blink eyes)
Baby bunny waves good-bye. (wave good-bye)

--Perpetual Preschool

Tired Bunnies

--I’m a Little Teapot!: Presenting Preschool Storytime by Jane Cobb. Point Roberts, WA: Black Sheep Press, 1996.

I Wiggle My Fingers

Book Two

Hop! by Phyllis Root

All the Baby Bunnies

All the baby bunnies love

Bouncing, bouncing.

All the baby bunnies just

love to bounce.

All the baby bunnies love

Bouncing, bouncing.

Bounce to the left,

Bounce to the right,

Bounce all day and

all through the night.

--Miss Mollie (inspired by Katie at Sharing Soda)

Did you Ever see a Bunny?

Sung to: "Did You Ever See a Lassie?"

Did you ever see a bunny, a bunny, a bunny,
Did you ever see a bunny, that hops -- so slow?
He hops this way and that way,

And this way, and that way.

Did you ever see a bunny, that hops so slow?

--PreschoolEducation

Read Together

Pat the Bunny by Dorothy Kunhardt

The More We Get Together

Storytime - The Bunny Hop

Toddler

Books: 

Oh So Tiny Bunny by David Kirk 

Dinnertime! by Sue Williams

Songs / Rhymes: “Good Morning”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Funny Bunny Hop”, “Open, Shut Them”, “Here’s a Little Bunny” with bunny finger puppet, “Did You Ever See a Bunny?”, “I Wiggle My Fingers”, “Come Under My Umbrella” with parachute, “Row Boat, Row Boat” with parachute, “London Bridge” with parachute, and “The More We Get Together”.

Games: Miss Mollie hid animals behind eggs on the felt board. The toddlers helped her find the bunny by guessing the color of egg he was behind.

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

Preschool

Books: 

A Boy and His Bunny by Sean Bryan 

Little Bunny Foo Foo: The Real Story by Cori Doerrfeld

Songs / Rhymes: “Welcome to the Library”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Hi There, So Glad You Came”, “Open, Shut Them”, “Funny Bunny Hop”, “Did You Ever See a Bunny?”, “I Wiggle My Fingers”, “Come Under My Umbrella” with the parachute, “London Bridge” with the parachute, “Ring Around the Rosie” with the parachute, and “The More We Get Together”. 

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

Songs

Funny Bunny Hop

Funny, little bunny goes hop, hop, hop!
Funny little bunny, please stop,stop,stop!
Wiggle your ears and crinkle your nose.
Then wiggle, wiggle, wiggle right down to your toes.

--PreschoolEducation

Here’s a Little Bunny (with bunny finger puppet)

--Lapsit Services for the Very Young II by Linda L. Ernst. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc, 2001.

Did you Ever see a Bunny?

Sung to: "Did You Ever See a Lassie?"

Did you ever see a bunny, a bunny, a bunny,
Did you ever see a bunny, that hops -- so slow?
He hops this way and that way,

And this way, and that way.

Did you ever see a bunny, that hops so slow?

--PreschoolEducation

Come Under My Umbrella

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).

--Kendra at Read, Sing, Play

London Bridge

London Bridge is falling down.

Falling down, falling down.

London Bridge is falling down,

My fair lady.

--Traditional

Storytime - Eggsellent

Books

Minerva Louise and the Colorful Eggs by Janet Morgan Stoeke

Toddler

Roly-Poly Egg by Kali Stileman

Toddler

The Easter Bunny's Assistant by Jan Thomas

Preschool

I was worried about those children who don't celebrate Easter, so I changed some words around. No one noticed, and everyone was laughing along with the story. 

Songs/Rhymes

Cluck Cluck, Red Hen (with puppet)
Use a chicken puppet and two plastic eggs
Sung to: "Baa Baa, Black Sheep”
Cluck, cluck, red hen, have you any eggs?
Yes, sir, yes, sir, as many as my legs: 1,2

--Storytime Source Page 






Shake Your Eggs

Use shaker eggs
Shake your eggs and shake them high.
Shake your eggs and shake them low.
Shake your eggs and shake them high.
Shake your eggs around you go.

--Librarian Lisa’s Storytimes

Shake Your Shakers

-- Mother Goose on the Loose by Betsy Diamant-Cohen. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., 2006.

Put Your Egg on Your Head

Sung to: “There’s a Spider on the Floor”
Put your egg on your head, on your head.
Put your egg on your head, on your head.
Put your egg on your head
Put your egg on your head.
Put your egg on your head, on your head.
continue with toes, tummy, etc.

--Librarian Lisa’s Storytimes 

Craft

I ordered these Easter Egg Magnet Kits from Oriental Trading. Everything came prepackaged and was self-adhesive, so all I had to do was hand them out. They gave me a nice break from preparing crafts.

Egg Shakers

I've wanted to make myself a set of egg shakers for quite some time, but never got around to it. But today I found the perfect set of plastic eggs for $3.50. They even come with their own case!

Right away I found some popcorn kernels, warmed up the glue gun, and got to work! I figured out real quick that I'm not coordinated enough to put the glue around the edge of the egg and quickly put the top on, so I had to resort to snapping the egg closed then gluing the seam shut. I double checked the quality of the hold by trying with all my might to open one back up, and the glue did not fail me!

The seams might look a little rough, but I don't think the babies and toddlers will know the difference.

I can't wait to try them out at my Eggcellent storytime next week!

Storytime - Rabbits

April 22nd was Bunny Day at the library in honor of Easter and Spring!

Books

Flora’s Blanket by Debi Gliori

Toddler

Scrubba Dub by Vancy Van Laan

Toddler

My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann

Preschool

 

A Boy and His Bunny by Sean Bryan

Preschool

 

Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! by Candace Fleming

Preschool

Special Songs/Rhymes

Funny Bunny Hop

Funny, little bunny goes hop, hop, hop!
Funny little bunny, please stop,stop,stop!
Wiggle your ears and crinkle your nose.
Then wiggle, wiggle, wiggle right down to your toes.

-- PreschoolEducation.com 

Here’s a Little Bunny

Here’s a little bunny with ears so funny,

(make fist with two fingers up)

And here’s his hole in the ground.

          (put hand on waist, elbow out)

When a noise he hears,

          (cup hand to ear)

He picks up his ears,

And jumps in his hole in the ground!

          (hop rabbit into hole)

-- from Lapsit Services for the Very Young by Linda L. Ernst. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc, 2001.

Did you Ever see a Bunny?

Sung to: "Did You Ever See a Lassie?"

Did you ever see a bunny, a bunny, a bunny,
Did you ever see a bunny, that hops -- like this?
He hops, and hops, and hops, and hops,
Did you ever see a bunny, that hops like this?

Change to hops slow, fast, backwards, etc.

-- PreschoolEducation.com 

Felt Boards

Tired Bunnies

“Come my bunnies, it’s time for bed.”

That’s what the mother bunny said.

“But first I’ll count you just to see,

If you have all come back to me.

Bunny 1, Bunny 2, Bunny 3, oh dear,

Bunny 4, Bunny 5, yes, you’re all here.

You’re the sweetest things alive,

My bunnies 1,2,3,4,5.”

-- I’m a Little Teapot!: Presenting Preschool Storytime by Jane Cobb. Point Roberts, WA: Black Sheep Press, 1996.

"B-U-N-N-Y"

Sung to: "Bingo"
I know a rabbit with big long ears
and BUNNY is its name -o
B U N N Y, B U N N Y, B U N N Y
and BUNNY is its name-o

-- PreschoolEducation

  

 

Craft

Bunny Headbands

Such an easy craft to make and the kids look absolutely adorable wearing it. I wanted to sing "The Bunny Pokey" after class (you put your ears in, tail in, etc.), but there wasn't enough time.