Category: Story Times

Hello songs

Book 1: Little Miss, Big Sis by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Theme Song:

Note: This song is mostly made up as far as I can remember but you may recognize a big part of it from the old Toys ‘R’ Us commercials!

I’m A Big Kid Now

I’m a big kid now
I can climb the stairs
I’m a big kid now
I can brush my hair
I’m a big kid now
I can pick my clothes
I’m a big kid now
I can touch my toes
I can do so many things I couldn’t do before!
And when I get much bigger I’ll do even more!
Cuz I’m a big kid now
Yes I’m a big kid now

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Book 2: I am Just Right by David McPhail

Favorite songs and goodbye!

 

Hello songs

Book 1: Birds by Kevin Henkes

Theme Song:

My Little Birdie

My little birdie one day old
She can do what she is told!
Sleep little birdie
Sleep, sleep, sleep!
Sleep little birdie
Sleep, sleep, sleep!

My little birdie’s two days old
She can do what she is told!
Tweet little birdie
Tweet, tweet, tweet!
Tweet little birdie
Tweet, tweet, tweet!

My little birdie’s three days old
She can do what she is told
Hop little birdie
Hop, hop, hop!
Hop little birdie
Hop, hop, hop!

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Book 2: Hooray for Birds! by Lucy Cousins

Favorite songs (including 5 little ducks) and goodbye!

Hello songs

Book 1: Run, Elephant, Run: An Indonesian Forest Adventure by Patricia MacCarthy

Theme Song:

Our theme song this week is an adapted/shortened version of a Mr. Rogers song!

You’ve Got To Do It

You’ve got to do it.
Every little bit, you’ve got to do it, do it, do it, do it
And when you’re through, then you’ll know who did it
For you did it, you did it, you did it

If you want to ride a bicycle and ride it straight and tall,
You can’t simply sit and look at it ’cause it won’t move at all.
It’s you who has to try it, and it’s you who has to fall
If you want to ride a bicycle and ride it straight and tall.

You’ve got to do it.
Every little bit, you’ve got to do it, do it, do it, do it
And when you’re through, then you’ll know who did it
For you did it, you did it, you did it

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Book 2: I Am So Brave! by Stephen Krensky

Favorite songs and goodbye!

 

For this story time I tried to use books and songs that I do not traditionally use/sing when talking about body parts. I landed on butts and wings for our books, and a theme song that included body parts we may not often mention.

Hello songs

Book 1: Whose Bum? by Chris Tougas

Theme Song:

I Love My Toes

Everybody knows I love my toes.
Everybody knows I love my toes.
I love my shoulders, my knees, my elbows, and my nose.
But everybody knows I love my toes.

Other verses: chin and shin, hips and lips, thigh and eye, and any other rhyming body parts you can think of if you want to keep going!

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Book 2: Wings by Katrine Crow

Favorite songs and goodbye song

Hello Songs

Book 1: Rosa Loves Dinosaurs by Jessica Spanyol

Theme Song: 

Dinos Out To Play

Sung to: ” 5 Little Ducks”

One dinosaur went out to play
On a bright and sunny day
He had such ENORMOUS fun
That he called another dinosaur to come.
(Call very loud) DI-NO-SAUR!
(Then chant while patting hands on laps) Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!
Then repeat for 2 dinosaurs, 3 dinosaurs, etc.
Instead, they heard their mother say
DINNER TIME
Now stop your play

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Book 2: Oh My Oh My Oh Dinosaurs! by Sandra Boynton

(Side Note: At least at my library this book only comes in very tiny board book format, so though I do use the book I make sure every page is highly interactive so that participants who cannot necessarily see the book are still very much included & enjoy!)

Favorite songs and goodbye!

Hello songs

Book 1: The Watermelon Seed by Greg Pizzoli

Theme Song:

Apples & Bananas

I like to eat eat eat apples and bananas
I like to eat eat eat apples and bananas
I like to oot oot oot ooples and banoonoos
I like to oot oot oot ooples and banoonoos
Upples and banuhnuhs
Aypples and banaynays
Eeples and baneenees
Etc.

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Book 2: The Little Mouse, the Red Rip Strawberry, and The Big Hungry Bear by Don and Audrey Wood

Favorite songs including the Bananas Unite! song and goodbye!

 

Hello songs

Book 1: Polar Bear’s Underwear by Tupera Tupera

Theme Rhyme:

Two Little Black Bears

Two little black bears sitting on a hill
One named Jack and one named Jill
Run away Jack, run away Jill
Come back Jack, come back Jill
Two little black bears digging in the snow
One named Fast and one named Slow…
Two little black bears digging in the ground
One named Quiet and one named Loud..

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Book 2: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle

Finished with some of our favorite songs and goodbye!

Hello songs

Book 1: Some Bugs by Angela DiTerlizzi

Theme Song: The Insect Song

Sung to: “The Wheels on the Bus”

The firefly at night goes blink blink blink
Blink blink blink blink blink blink
The firefly at night goes blink blink blink
All around the town

The bees in the flowers go buzz buzz buzz….
The ants in the grass go march march march…
The crickets in the leaves go chirp chirp chirp…
The caterpillar in the field goes creep creep creep….

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Book 2: Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! by Bob Barner

Favorite songs and goodbye song!

 

 

This story time was specifically about feeling GRUMPY!

Hello songs

Book 1: Hooray for Hat by Brian Won

Theme Song:

How Are You Feeling?
(tune of Hickory Dickory Dock)

How are you feeling today?
Oh how are you feeling today?
I’m happy and glad, happy and glad,
That’s how I’m feeling today.

How are you feeling today?
Oh how are you feeling today?
I’m grumpy and cross, grumpy and cross,
That’s how I’m feeling today.

How are you feeling today?
Oh how are you feeling today?
I’m sleepy and tired, sleepy and tired,
That’s how I’m feeling today.

How are you feeling today?
Oh how are you feeling today?
I’m frightened and scared, frightened and scared
That’s how I’m feeling today.

How are you feeling today?
Oh how are you feeling today?
I’m happy and glad, happy and glad,
That’s how I’m feeling today.

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Book 2: Grumpy Pants by Claire Messer

Favorite songs and goodbye!

Hello songs

Book 1: Brown Rabbit’s Shapes by Alan Baker

Theme Song: This was a combined theme song and activity. As we sang the song I held up felt shapes for the children to identify. We used four standard shapes and one squiggly crazy shape that we made up a name for!

Shape Song (to the tune of Do You Know the Muffin Man?

Do you know what shape this is?
What shape this is, what shape this is
Do you know what shape this is…
I’m holding in my hand???

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Book 2: Shapes at Play by Silvia Borando

Finished with some frequently requested favorite songs and goodbye!