Bears and Counting

OPENING RHYMES
Humpty Dumpty
Hey diddle diddle

Too tight, Benito! By Janeen Brian and Judith Rossell

There was one in the bed,
And the little one said,
Roll over. Roll over.
So they all rolled over,
And one fell out!
Try doing this at home with stuffed animals.

Word of the day: BEAR

PARTICIPATION STORY: Going on a Bear Hunt
This is a great activity for doing in the car or as a family game. Today at storytime children thought of ways to get over the mud and the grass. Encouraging your child to create new versions of stories builds their narrative skills, and it can be hilarious!

Ten red apples By Virginia Miller

RHYME:
Way up high in the apple tree, two little apples did I see.
So I shook that tree as hard as I could.
And down came the apples,
Mmm they were good.

Let's make applesauce together!
Apples, apples, applesauce
Apples, apples, applesauce.

Make a rhythm tapping your thighs twice, clapping twice, then rolling your hands. Repeat this chorus as you describe each step to make applesauce.

MOTHER GOOSE RHYMES
Hickory, dickory dock.
The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck one,
The mouse ran down.
Hickory dickory dock.

Keep singing this song counting higher and higher, making up new rhymes, like "Two - boo" and "Three - Whee!" Remember that it's great to use nonsense, or Dr. Seuss words, too.

1,2,3,4,5. Once I caught a fish alive.
6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Then I let it go again.
Why did you let it go?
Because it bit my finger so.
Which finger did it bite?
This little finger on the right.

Sally and the some-thing By George O’Connor

GOODBYE SONGS

See you later, alligator.

After awhile, crocodile.

See you soon, little baboon.

Bye, bye butterfly.

I'm out the door, dinosaur.

Make new friends, and keep the old.

One is silver, and the other is gold.

A circle is round. It has no end.

That's how long I want to be your friend.

Cars and Machines

OPENING RHYMES
Hey diddle diddle.
The cat and the fiddle.
The cow jumped over the moon.
The little dog laughed,
To see such sport;
And the dish ran away with the spoon.

Little leaves are falling down.
Red and yellow, orange and brown.
Whirling, twirling, round and round,
Falling softly to the ground.

Mr. Gumpy's Motor Car By John Burningham

SONG
I’m a little pile of tin, nobody knows what shape I’m in.
I’ve got four wheels and a running board.
I’m not a Chevy; I’m not a Ford.
Honk honk, rattle rattle, crash, beep beep.
Honk honk, rattle rattle, crash, beep beep.

Word of the day: CAR

MOVEMENT
There are lots of cars driving down the street
Tell me what color car do you see?
I see a “Red” car.
Big cars, little cars, beep beep beep.

Dinosaurs in Cars a story song by Nancy Stewart
http://www.nancymusic.com/Dinocarsplay.htm


Zoom! By Diane Adams

Little red caboose,
Chug, chug, chug-
Little red caboose,
Chug, chug, chug-
Little red caboose
Behind the train, train, train, train.
Smokestack on its back, back, back, back-
Coming around the track, track, track, track-
Little red caboose, chug chug chug
Behind the train, Whoo! Whoo!

Little red caboose,
Chug, chug, chug-
Little red caboose,
Chug, chug, chug-
Little red caboose
Behind the train, train, train, train
Hanging on the end, end, end
Coming around the bend, bend, bendLittle red caboose
Behind the train, Whoo! Whoo!

Machines Go To Work By William Low

GOODBYE SONGS
See you later, alligator. After awhile crocodile.
See you soon, little baboon. Bye, bye butterfly.
I'm out the door, dinosaur.

Make new friends, and keep the old.
One is silver, and the other gold.
A circle is round, it has no end.
That's how long I want to be your friend.

Welcome Fall

OPENING STRETCH
Hello toes. Goodbye toes.
Hello toes. Goodbye toes.
My toes are feeling shy today.
And now they're feeling better

Repeat with elbows and hands.

OPENING RHYMES
Hey diddle diddle. The cat and the fiddle.
The cow jumped over the moon.
The little dog laughed to see such sport.
And the dish ran away with the spoon.

Itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout
Down came the rain and washed the spider out.
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain.
And the itsy bitsy spider went up the spout again.

Open them, shut them. Open them, shut them.
Give a little clap, clap, clap.
Open them, shut them. Open them, shut them.
Lay them in your lap, lap, lap.

The best gift of all By Jonathan Emmett

Word of the day: RAIN

Rain is falling down, SPLASH!
Rain is falling down, SPLASH!
Pitter patter, pitter patter,
Rain is falling down, SPLASH!

Rain on the green grass. Rain on the trees.
Rain on the rooftops. And not on me!

Song with Felt Animals
A-hunting we will go, a-hunting we will go.
We'll catch a mouse and put her in a house.
And then we'll let her go.

Continue with other verses:
Cat - - hat
Goat - - boat
Bear - - chair
Frog - - log
Fox - - box

Willaby wallaby wee. An elephant sat on me.
Willaby wallaby woo. An elephant sat on you.
Willaby wallaby wouse. An elephant sat on mouse.
Continue with the other animals from "A-hunting we will go"

Move over Rover By Karen Beaumont

MOVEMENT RHYME
If it's raining and you know it splash around
If it's raining and you know it splash around.
If it's raining and you know it,
Then your face will surely show it.
If it's raining and you know it splash around.
Continue with other weather verses:
If it's windy and you know it spin around
If it's cold and you know it shiver and shake
If it's sunny and you know it shout hooray!

Little leaves are falling down.
Red and yellow, orange and brown.
Whirling, twirling, round and round,
Falling softly to the ground.

1 leaf, 2 leaves, 3 leaves today.
4 leaves, 5 leaves.
Woosh.
Blow them all away.

Leaf man By Lois Ehlert

GOODBYE SONGS
See you later, alligator. After awhile, crocodile.
See you soon, little baboon. Bye, bye, butterfly.
I'm out the door, dinosaur. ROAR!

Make new friends, and keep the old.
One is silver, and the other's gold.
A circle is round; it has no end.
That's how long I want to be your friend.

Eat it up, Yum!

OPENING STRETCH
Hello toes. Goodbye toes.
My toes are feeling shy today.
And now they're feeling better!

Repeat with elbows and hands. This is a fun rhyme for getting up on the right side of the bed. Try saying hello to your tongue or your eyebrows.

OPENING RHYMES
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall
Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle.
Open them, shut them.

Who ate all the cookie dough? By Karen Beaumont

Patty cake, patty cake baker's man.
Bake me a cake as fast as you can.
Roll it. Pat it. Mark it with a "B".
And put it in the oven for baby and me.

LITERACY TIP: This is a fun rhyme to practice letter knowledge. Use the first letter in your child's name or people in your family. In storytime today, we made a cake for rabbit and marked it with an "R". What is rabbit's favorite kind of cake? Carrot cake, of course!

Letter of the Day: B-I-G

The world is full of big and small.
The world is full of up and down.
The world is full of dark and light.
The world, it keeps a-going round.

The frog with the big mouth By Teresa Bateman
Literacy Tip: Read books with a variety of words and animals. Children need to know what words mean before they are able to read them.

SONG
Mmm, mmm went the little green frog one day.
See Week 1 for the rest of the lyrics.

STORYTELLING Enormous Potato
Based on a book like "The Enormous Potato" By Aubrey Davis or "The Gigantic Turnip" by Aleksei Tolstoy. Retelling favorite stories helps build your child's narrative skills. It's also a lot of fun!

MOVEMENT RHYMES
See week one for lyrics.
Hickory Dickory Dock
I have a little pony, her name is Dappley Grey.
The grand old Duke of York

QUIETING RHYMES
Tall as a tree. Wide as a house.
This as a pin. And small as a mouse.

Hands up high. Hands down low.
Hide your hands. Where did they go?
Out comes one. Out comes two.
Clap them. Fold them.
Now we're through.

Up, down, and around By Katherine Ayres

GOODBYE SONGS
See you later, alligator. After awhile, crocodile.
See you soon, little baboon.
Bye, bye butterfly. I'm out the door, dinosaur.

Make new friends, and keep the old.
One is silver, and the other's gold.
A circle is round. It has no end.
That's how long I want to be your friend.