Category: Toddler Storytime

Little Jack Horner and Snowmen

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Nursery Rhyme of the Week:
Little Jack Horner
Little Jack Horner sat in the corner,
Eating a Christmas pie:
He put in his thumb, and pulled out a plum,
And said, “What a good boy am I!”

Books Shared:
Frosty the Snowman by Steve Nelson
All You Need for a Snowman by Alice Schertle
Snowballs by Lois Ehlert
Dream Snow by Eric Carle

Rhymes (Can be found on Toddler Tales Rhymes sheet. Extra copies available at the Library.):
Apples
Ten Little Fingers
If You’re Wearing Red Today

Flannel Rhymes:
Five little snowmen sitting on a hill

Cute Little Snowman
A cute little snowman,
Had a carrot nose.
Along came a rabbit,
And what do you suppose?
That hungry little rabbit,
Looking for its lunch.
Ate that snowman’s carrot nose,
Nibble, nibble, crunch!!

Music:
Christmas with the Chipmunks
Hap Palmer’s Holiday Magic (Jingle Bells)

Pat-a-Cake…and some Cookies, too!

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Nursery Rhyme of the Week:
Pat-a-Cake
Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker’s man.
Bake me a cake as fast as you can.
Pat it and roll it and mark it with “B”
And put it in the oven for Baby and me.

Books Shared:
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff
The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins
Maisy Bakes Gingerbread by Lucy Cousins
The Gingerbread Man

Rhymes (Can be found on Toddler Tales Rhymes sheet. Extra copies available at the Library.):
If You’re Happy and You Know It
Ten Little Fingers
The Quiet Mouse
Animals on the Bus
Fun With Hands

Other:
Who Took the cookies from the Cookie Jar?

Music:
The Nutcracker excerpts
Hap Palmer’s Holiday Magic (Jingle Bells)

Hey Diddle Diddle!…Move that body!

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Nursery Rhyme of the Week:
Hey Diddle Diddle
Hey diddle diddle,
The cat sat on the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon
The little dog laughed to see such a fun
And the dish ran away with spoon.

Books Shared:
Wiggle by Doreen Cronin
Cha Cha Chimps by Julie Durango
Head to Toe by Eric Carle

Rhymes (Can be found on Toddler Tales Rhymes sheet. Extra copies available at the Library.):
Itsy Bitsy Spider
Tommy Thumb
Tony Chestnut
Ten in a Bed

Music:
Greg and Steve’s Kids in Motion (Animal Action)
Hap Palmer’s Holiday Magic (Jingle Bells)

Runaway Engine…Things that Go!

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Nursery Rhyme of the Week:
Runaway Engine
Runaway engine,
Ricketty rack,
Running around the
railway track.
All the way there and
all the way back,
Runaway engine
Ricketty rack.

Books Shared:
Choo Choo Clickety-Clack! by Margaret Mayo
Row Your Boat by Anthony Lishak (pop-up)
Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems
Mr. Gumpy’s Outing by John Burningham

Rhymes (Can be found on Toddler Tales Rhymes sheet. Extra copies available at the Library.):
Itsy Bitsy Spider
Peanut Song
Ten Little Fingers
Fun with Hands
Animals on the Bus
If You’re Happy and You Know It
Autumn Leaves

Music:
Barney’s Favorites Volume 1 (Hurry, Hurry Drive the Firetruck)

Pease Porridge Hot! for Thanksgiving

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Nursery Rhyme of the Week:
Pease Porridge Hot
Pease porridge hot,
Pease porridge cold,
Pease porridge in the pot,
Nine days old;
Some like it hot,
Some like it cold,
Some like it in the pot,
Nine days old.

Books Shared:
The Turkey Ball by Davis Steinberg
Cows in the Kitchen by June Crebbin
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Slop Goes the Soup by Pamela D. Edwards

Rhymes (Can be found on Toddler Tales Rhymes sheet. Extra copies available at the Library.):
If You’re Happy and You Know It
Apples
Autumn Leaves

Music:
Laurie Berkner: Victor Vito (I Feel Crazy So I Jump in the Soup)

Hello Mr. Turkey song (to the tune of If You’re Happy and Yo Know It):
Hello, Mr. Turkey
Hello Mr. Turkey, how are you?
Hello Mr. Turkey, how are you?
With a gobble, gobble, gobble
and a wobble, wobble, wobble
Hello Mr. Turkey how are you?

Stone Soup poem:
Can be found at this website

Mary Had a Little Lamb…Sheep

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Nursery Rhyme of the Week:
Mary Had a Little Lamb
Mary had a little lamb,
Its fleece was white as snow;
And everywhere that Mary went,
The lamb was sure to go.

Books Shared:
Sheep on a Jeep by Nancy Shaw
The Seals on the Bus by Lenny Hort
Baby Can’t Sleep by Lisa Schroeder
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin and Eric Carle

Rhymes (Can be found on Toddler Tales Rhymes sheet. Extra copies available at the Library.):
If You’re Wearing Red Today
Tommy Thumb
Ten in the Bed
Autumn Leaves

Music:
Disney Mother Goose Songs and Rhymes
Jim Gill Sings the Sneezing Song and Other Contagious Tunes (Silly Dance Contest)

Hickory Dickory Dock…Mice

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Nursery Rhyme of the Week:
Hickory Dickory Dock
Hickory Dickory Dock,
The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck one,
The mouse ran down!
Hickory Dickory Dock.

Books Shared:
Mouse Mess by Linnea Riley
Who Sank the Boat? by Pamela Allen
Hickory Dickory Dock by Keith Baker

Rhymes (Can be found on Toddler Tales Rhymes sheet. Extra copies available at the Library.):
The Quiet Mouse
The Peanut Song
The Animals on the Bus
Ten Little Fingers
If You’re Happy and You Know It

Flannel:
Little Mouse, Little Mouse, Are you in the [insert color] house?

Music:
Sandra Boynton’s Rhinoceros Tap
Jim Gill Sings the Sneezing Song and Other Contagious Tunes (Hands Are For Clapping)

Jack Be Nimble…and Happy Halloween!

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Happy Halloween, everyone! We had a blast today at storytime. Once again, I was able to do a guest visit over at the Buena Vista Library. I had a super time! I also had fun seeing lots of my friends at the Fall Fun Fest.

Nursery Rhyme of the Week:
Jack Be Nimble
Jack, be nimble,
Jack, be quick,
Jack, jump over the candlestick.

Books Shared:
Five Little Pumpkins by Iris Van Rynbach
Ten Red Apples by Pat Hutchins
Pumpkin Pumpkin by Jeanne Titherington
Plumply, Dumply Pumpkin by Serfozo

Rhymes (Can be found on Toddler Tales Rhymes sheet. Extra copies available at the Library.):
Apples
Autumn Leaves
Roll Your Hands
Tommy Thumb
Tony Chestnut

Flannel Story:
The Enormous Turnip

Music:
Wee Sing for Halloween
Raffi in Concert with the Rise and Shine Band (Shake My Sillies Out)

Pumpkin Pie Rhyme:
Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate.
A witch flew by…
“Ahhahahahaha, I’m going to make you into pumpkin pie!”
Four little pumpkins… (and so on)

Little Miss Muffet…Monsters

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After missing last week because of a vacation to Florida, Miss Jennifer is back! She even got to do some guest visits over at the Buena Vista Library on Wednesday.

Nursery Rhyme of the Week:
Little Miss Muffet
Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet,
Eating her curds and whey.
There came a big spider,
He sat down beside her.
And frightened Miss Muffet away!

Books Shared:
Maisy’s Halloween by Lucy Cousins
Five Ugly Monsters by Tedd Arnold
Go Away, Big Green Monster by Ed Emberley

Rhymes (Can be found on Toddler Tales Rhymes sheet. Extra copies available at the Library.):
Itsy Bitsy Spider
Tommy Thumb
Ten Little Fingers
Ten in a Bed
Tony Chestnut

Music:
Jim Gill Sings the Sneezing Song and Other Contagious Tunes (Silly Dance Contest)

Pumpkin Rhyme
Pumpkin, pumkin, round and fat
Turned into a jack-o-lantern just like that!

Storytime has begun!!! Baa, Baa Black Sheep

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Today, we started Toddler Tales at the Central Library. Every week, we will will experience new nursery rhymes, stories, songs and fingerplays. We will always start storytime with the rhymes The More We Get Together and end storytime with We Wave Goodbye Like This. (Young children find routines comforting.) We also end our day by gathering together to color special nursery rhyme sheets and to chat. Some weeks (about once a month or so), we do a special craft.

This blog is a great way to remember what happened at storytime and to track down stories and activities that were especially enjoyed by your children. I also hope to suggest additional related books and activities as well as share some early literacy tips in the future (once this blog gets rolling). Thanks for stopping by!

Nursery Rhyme of the Week:
Baa, Baa Black Sheep
Baa, baa, black sheep,
Have you any wool?
Yes, sir, yes, sir,
Three bags full;
One for the master,
One for the dame,
And one for the little boy
Who lives down the lane.

Books Shared:
Maisy’s Rainbow by Lucy Cousins
Lunch by Denise Fleming

Rhymes (Can be found on Toddler Tales Rhymes sheet. Extra copies available at the Library.):
If You’re Wearing Red Today
Apple Tree
The Quiet Mouse
Fun With Hands

Music:
Raffi in Concert with the Rise and Shine Band
Me and My Bean Bag (Take that Bean Bag)