Preschool Storytime - Halloween

Opening
Sit Down, Stand Up Song by Rick Goldin
Everybody stand up
Everybody sit down
Now stand up again
And turn around
Keep standing up
But not for long
Cause this is the sit down stand up sit down stand up sit down song

Books
Plumply, Dumply Pumpkin by Mary Serfozo.
Spider on the Floor words and music by Raffi
Don't Push the Button! by Bill Cotter

Songs
Put Your Fingers In the Air by Carole Peterson from Baloney
Dance Freeze Melt by Mr. Eric and Mr. Micheal from Rockin' Red
The Apple Tree by Carole Peterson from H.U.M
Goin' To Kentucky by Carole Peterson from Baloney
Five Little Pumpkins by Raffi from Singable Songs for the Very Young

Felt Board 
Go Away Big Green Monster by Emberley 

Felt Monster

Bean Bags
“Silly Hat Song” (Tune: This Old Man) Credit: SurLaLune Storytime , same as the song below it is intended for use with something other than a beanbag but it works great regardless.

On my head, I wear my hat. It is such a silly hat
That my head will wiggle waggle to and fro
Where else can my silly hat go?
[Repeat using foot, elbow and knee.]

Puppet On Your Heart
From JBrary, you can watch the full video of the song. I changed the lyrics to beanbags and it went very well.

Put your puppet on your heart, On your heart.
Put your puppet on your heart,On your heart.
Put your puppet on your heart,What a lovely way to start!
Put your puppet on your heart,On your heart.
Put your puppet on your knee…
You’ll both be filled with glee…
Put your puppet on your toes…
Now move it to your nose…

Closing
We Clap Our Hands Like This - tune farmer in the dell
Borrowed from Opening/Closing Songs onStorytime Katie who borrowed it from Rhymes for Toddlers on Sunflower Storytime.

We clap our hands like this
We clap our hands like this
We clap our hands with all of our friends
We clap our hands like this.

We blow a kiss like this
We blow a kiss like this
We blow a kiss with all of our friends
We blow a kiss like this.

We wave goodbye like this.
We wave goodbye like this.
We wave goodbye with all our friends.
We wave goodbye like this

Craft
We made monster Monster Masks using the template from from Sunflower Storytime. 

Monster Masks 

Laura

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Quick Pic - Read With the Trees

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Once a month I do a storytime with National Trail Park And Recreation District Of Clark County called Read With the Trees. Here are two pics of me at the park.

September Storytime

October Storytime

Laura

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Preschool Storytime - Fall/Autumn

Opening
Sit Down, Stand Up Song by Rick Goldin

Everybody stand up
Everybody sit down
Now stand up again
And turn around
Keep standing up
But not for long
Cause this is the sit down stand up sit down stand up sit down song

Books
Acorns Everywhere by Kevin Sherry 
Busy Little Squirrel by Nancy Tafuri

Songs

Put Your Fingers In the Air by Carole Peterson from Baloney
Dance Freeze Melt by Mr. Eric and Mr. Micheal from Rockin' Red

Tree Fell Down by Hap Palmer from Easy Does It

The Apple Tree by Carole Peterson from H.U.M

Windy Day by Carole Peterson for HUM by Highly Usable Music

There was a man in our town
Went for a walk one day
The wind, it blew so very hard
It turned him the other way!

Felt Board

Farmer Brown had five green apples
Hanging on his tree.
Farmer Brown had five green apples
Hanging on his tree.
And he plucked one apple (remove apple from tree)
And ate it hungrily.
Leaving four green apples
Hanging on his tree.


Rhymes
Grey squirrel, Grey squirrel! (bounce up and down on the words)
Shake your bushy tail! (shake it)
Grey squirrel, Grey squirrel!
Shake your bushy tail!
Wrinkle up your little nose! (poke your nose)
Put an nut between your toes (touch your toes)
Grey squirrel, Grey squirrel!
Shake your bushy tail!

Apple Craft

Scarves
Leaves are Twirling - From Fall Leaves by  Sunflower Storytime (Tune: Frere Jacques)

Leaves are twirling, leaves are twirling
All around, all around
They are falling softly, very, very softly
To the ground, to the ground.

Wind, Oh Wind - King County Library System
wind oh wind oh wind oh wind I say
what are you blowing away today?
Scarves scarves scarves I say
I’m blowing the scarves away today

Closing
We Clap Our Hands Like This - tune farmer in the dell
Borrowed from Opening/Closing Songs onStorytime Katie who borrowed it from Rhymes for Toddlers on Sunflower Storytime.

We clap our hands like this

Mailbox Magazine

We clap our hands like this
We clap our hands with all of our friends
We clap our hands like this.

We blow a kiss like this
We blow a kiss like this
We blow a kiss with all of our friends
We blow a kiss like this.

We wave goodbye like this.
We wave goodbye like this.
We wave goodbye with all our friends.
We wave goodbye like this

Craft
Mailbox Education Center - Apple Pictures an idea for along and short A.


Laura

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Preschool Storytime - Bedtime

Opening
Sit Down, Stand Up Song by Rick Goldin
Everybody stand up
Everybody sit down
Now stand up again
And turn around
Keep standing up
But not for long
Cause this is the sit down stand up sit down stand up sit down song

Books
Tuck Me In by Dean Hacohen
Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late by Mo Willems
Touch the Brightest Star by Christie Matheson

Songs
Put Your Fingers In the Air by Carole Peterson from Baloney
Dance Freeze Melt by Mr. Eric and Mr. Micheal from Rockin' Red
Goin' To Kentucky by Carole Peterson from Baloney


Coffee Can Drums
Sing along song with the kids trying the rhythm on their knees or with drums. We use plastic one pound coffee cans as drums. First we did rain sounds, soft pitter pats finger tips, louder hard rain with the whole length of the fingers and then loud thunder booms with the palm of the hand. Next we sang the alphabet song and hit the drums once for each letter. Since that all went really well we sang this song about a Giraffe. 

I know a giraffe
he plays the drums
he wakes me up 
whenever bedtime comes
with a rat-a-tat, rat-a-tat, rat-a-tat, rat-a-tat

(repeat with the kids suggestions for types of animals or us all farm animals or all zoo animals depending on your theme) 

Bean Bags
“Silly Hat Song” (Tune: This Old Man) Credit: SurLaLune Storytime , same as the song below it is intended for use with something other than a beanbag but it works great regardless.

On my head, I wear my hat. It is such a silly hat
That my head will wiggle waggle to and fro
Where else can my silly hat go?
[Repeat using foot, elbow and knee.]


Puppet On Your Heart
From JBrary, you can watch the full video of the song. I changed the lyrics to beanbags and it went very well.

Put your puppet on your heart, On your heart.
Put your puppet on your heart,On your heart.
Put your puppet on your heart,What a lovely way to start!
Put your puppet on your heart,On your heart.
Put your puppet on your knee…
You’ll both be filled with glee…
Put your puppet on your toes…
Now move it to your nose…

FeltArk Precut Set

Felt
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

Closing
We Clap Our Hands Like This - tune farmer in the dell

Borrowed from Opening/Closing Songs on Storytime Katie who borrowed it from Rhymes for Toddlers on Sunflower Storytime. 


We clap our hands like this
We clap our hands like this
We clap our hands with all of our friends
We clap our hands like this.

We blow a kiss like this
We blow a kiss like this
We blow a kiss with all of our friends
We blow a kiss like this.

We wave goodbye like this.
We wave goodbye like this.
We wave goodbye with all our friends.
We wave goodbye like this


Filmstrip
A Kiss for Little Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik

Laura

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Preschool Storytime - Clothes and Getting Dressed

Opening
Sit Down, Stand Up Song by Rick Goldin
Everybody stand up
Everybody sit down
Now stand up again
And turn around
Keep standing up
But not for long

Cause this is the sit down stand up sit down stand up sit down song


Using the song from 10 Preschool Songs About Colors by Teaching Mama we stood up for our shirts, pants and shoes. 

Books
Pete the cat : I love my white shoes by Eric Litwin
Thumpity Thump gets dressed by Cyndy Szekeres
Which shoes would you choose? by Betsy R Rosenthal

Songs
Put Your Fingers In the Air by Carole Peterson from Baloney
Dance Freeze Melt by Mr. Eric and Mr. Micheal from Rockin' Red
Shake Your Scarves by by Johnette Downing from The Second Line - Scarf Activity Songs


Felt Board

Mitten Matching

Mitten Matching
I used to work with a wonderful named Marilyn who made amazing felt sets.  One idea that I loved was a mitten matching game to teach shapes and patterns among other things.  A coworker helped me make 16 pairs of felt mittens.  I gave each child a mitten and put the matching mittens in a bag. I drew out a mitten one at a time and had the child come forward to make a pair on the velcro board.  

Song

Ravioli (Tune: Alouette) - From Storytime Hooligans Clothing Storytime which references the King County Library System. 

Ravioli, ravioli,
Ravioli, that’s the stuff for me.

Do you have it on your sleeve?
Yes, I have it on my sleeve.

On your sleeve?
On my sleeve.

Ra-vi-o-li…

(repeat with other body parts or articles of clothing, e.g. Do you have it on your chin? Do you have it in your shoes? etc.)

Wishy Washy Washer Woman - From Macaroni Soup by Carol Peterson.

Waaay down in the valley where nobody goes
There's a wishy washy washerwoman washing her clothes
She goes wishy washy up, she goes wishy washy down
She goes wishy washy up, she goes wishy washy down
That's how the wishy washy washerwoman washes her clothes!

drying her clothes, she goes whoo-eee!
folding her clothes, she goes side, side
eating Oreos, she goes dunk, ummm

Scarves

Borrowed from Scarf Songs and Rhymes for Storytime on Jbrary.
One Bright Scarf - (adapted from 10 Little Fingers at Storytime Rocks)

One bright scarf waiting for the wind to blow (hold in hand)
Wiggle it high (wiggle scarf above head)
Wiggle it low (wiggle scarf by knees)
Shake it fast (wiggle scarf quickly)
Shake it slow (wiggle scarf slowly)
Put it behind your back
Where did it go? (bring out empty hands)


Wind, Oh Wind - King County Library System

wind oh wind oh wind oh wind I say
what are you blowing away today?
Scarves scarves scarves I say
I’m blowing the scarves away today

Closing
We Clap Our Hands Like This - tune farmer in the dell
Borrowed from Opening/Closing Songs on Storytime Katie who borrowed it from Rhymes for Toddlers on Sunflower Storytime.

We clap our hands like this
We clap our hands like this
We clap our hands with all of our friends
We clap our hands like this.

We blow a kiss like this
We blow a kiss like this
We blow a kiss with all of our friends
We blow a kiss like this.

We wave goodbye like this.
We wave goodbye like this.
We wave goodbye with all our friends.
We wave goodbye like this

Craft 

We have two paper doll die cuts from Ellison that make people and clothing for a firefighter, police officer and paramedic.  I used many colors of paper and let the kids make what or whomever they liked, dressed in any manner they saw fit.  You'll see my example to the right. The kids wanted to know why I had an alligator.

Laura

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Quick Pic - Teen Ghost Stories Display

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This is the teen fiction display for ghost stories.  I made silhouettes of a haunted house, a graveyard and a dead tree with a cat sitting in it.  Suspended on clear stretch jewelry cord are some tissue paper ghosts made with the Ellison die cut.

Laura

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Rhythm Sticks - Windshield Wipers

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I wanted to incorporate more music to my storytimes beyond singing and dancing. I can't play a musical instrument and I can't read music. I was super grateful to find this article  
7 Super Ways to Use Rhythm Sticks in Your Programs on Storytime Stuff.  I don't have rhythm sticks, so we used tongue depressors.  First we practiced simple directions like tapping the sticks, then tapping them over our heads and then tapping them on the floor.  Then we did this awesome Windshield Wiper Rhyme.  


It’s a rainy day and down the street we go.
It’s only raining a little bit, so the wipers are going slow.

It’s starting to rain more now, but it’s not a disaster.
We know what we need to do: make the wipers go faster!

Oh no, it’s really pouring now, we hope that it won’t last.
Let’s turn those windshield wipers up, and they’ll go fast fast fast!

The rain is slacking off again, we’re not sad to see it go.
We’ll turn those windshield wipers down, and they’ll go back to slow.

Oh, look, is that the sun I see? And here comes one last drop.
The rain has stopped now, yessiree, and we turn our wipers OFF!

Laura

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Preschool Storytime - Transportation

Opening
Sit Down, Stand Up Song by Rick Goldin
Everybody stand up
Everybody sit down
Now stand up again
And turn around
Keep standing up
But not for long

Cause this is the sit down stand up sit down stand up sit down song

Books
My Truck is Stuck by Kevin Lewis 
Trucks Go by Steve Light
Trucks Go Pop by Bob Staake
Stanley's Garage by William Bee