Big Kids Storytime: Winter Wonderland

Hello Friends

Hello friends, hello friends

Hello friends- it’s time to say hello

Alphabet Soup

We’re making alphabet soup, we’re making alphabet soup

We stir the pot until it’s hot- we’re making alphabet soup

ABCs

The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats

Snow is Falling

Snow is falling, what should I do?

Snow is falling, what should I do?

Snow is falling, what should I do?

What should I do my darling?

Put my mittens on, that’s what I’ll do

Put my mittens on, that’s what I’ll do

Put my mittens on, that’s what I’ll do

That’s what I’ll do my darling

Snowmen at Night by Caralyn Buehner

5 Melting Snowmen + Felt Board

Penguin in Love by Salina Yoon

Penguin Company

Have you ever seen a penguin company?

If you look at me, a penguin you will see

Penguins, attention!

Penguins begin- right arm (begin flapping right arm)

Have you ever seen a penguin company?

If you look at me, a penguin you will see

Penguins, attention!

Penguins begin- right arm, left arm (flap both arms)

(Repeat with right leg and left leg- end with…)

Penguins attack!

Goodbye Friends

Goodbye friends, goodbye friends

Goodbye friends- it’s time to say goodbye

Big Kids Storytime: Building & Engineering

Hello Friends

Hello friends, hello friends

Hello friends- it’s time to say hello

Alphabet Soup

We’re making alphabet soup, we’re making alphabet soup

We stir the pot until it’s hot- we’re making alphabet soup

ABCs

Rosie Revere, Engineer by Anrea Beaty

Five Little Nails + Rhythm Sticks

Five little nails standing straight and steady

Here I come with my hammer ready

Bam! Bam! Bam! That nail goes down

Now there’s just four nails to pound

(Repeat until no nails are left)

Monkey With a Tool Belt by Chris Monroe

Zoom Zoom Zoom

Zoom zoom zoom we’re going to the moon

Zoom zoom zoom we’re going to the moon

If you want to take a trip, climb aboard my rocket ship

Zoom zoom zoom we’re going to the moon

In 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 BLASTOFF!

Elevator Song

Oh the city is great, oh the city is grand

There’s a whole lot of people on a little piece of land

And we live way up on the 57th floor

So here’s what we do when we go out the door

We take the elevator up, take the elevator down

We take the elevator up, take the elevator down

We take the elevator up, take the elevator down

And we turn around

Goodbye Friends

Goodbye friends, goodbye friends

Goodbye friends- it’s time to say goodbye!

Big Kids Storytime: Being Thankful

Hello Friends

Hello friends, hello friends

Hello friends- it’s time to say hello

Alphabet Soup

We’re making alphabet soup, we’re making alphabet soup

We stir the pot until it’s hot- we’re making alphabet soup

ABCs

Little Elliot Big Family by Mike Curato

Five Nervous Turkey + Felt Board

Bears Says Thanks by Karma Wilson

Turkey to the Left

(to the tune of “Do Your Ears Hang Low”)

Oh you turkey to the left, you turkey to the right

You heel and toe, heel and toe and scratch with all your might

Then you flap your turkey wings while your head goes wobble wobble

You turn around then you say gobble, gobble, gobble

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie by Allison Jackson

Have You Ever Seen a Turkey  + Felt Board

Have you ever seen a turkey, a turkey, a turkey

Have you ever seen a turkey with feathers like this?

With pink ones, and green ones, and purple ones, and brown ones

Have you ever seen a turkey with feathers like this?

Have you ever seen a turkey, a turkey, a turkey

Have you ever seen a turkey with feathers like this?

Like an elephant, like a tiger, like a zebra, like a parrot

Have you ever seen a turkey with feathers like this?

Have you ever seen a turkey, a turkey, a turkey

Have you ever seen a turkey with feathers like this?

With fireworks, and cow prints, and sunflowers, and tie-dye

Have you ever seen a turkey with feathers like this?

Goodbye Friends

Goodbye friends, goodbye friends

Goodbye friends- it’s time to say goodbye!

Big Kids Storytime: Amazing Animals

Hello Friends

Hello friends, hello friends

Hello friends- it’s time to say hello

Alphabet Soup

We’re making alphabet soup, we’re making alphabet soup

We stir the pot until it’s hot- we’re making alphabet soup

ABCs

Shark Detective by Jessica Olien

5 Little Fishes + Finger Puppets

5 little fishes swimming in the sea

Teasing Mr. Shark you can’t catch me!

Along comes Mr. Shark as quiet as can be

And SNAPS! that fishy right out of the sea

(Repeat until no fish are left)

Chu’s Day by Neil Gaiman

Put Your Hands Up High

(to the tune of “Do Your Ears Hang Low”)

Put your hands up high, put your hands down low

Put your hands in the middle and wave them just so

Put your elbows in the front, put your elbows in the back

Put your elbows to the sides and quack, quack, quack!

Monkey Face + Felt Board

Grr Grr Went the Big Brown Bear

Grr grr went the big brown bear one day

Grr grr went the big brown bear

Grr grr went the big brown bear one day

And the bear went grr grr grr

But- we know bears go huggy huggy hug

Huggy huggy hug, huggy huggy hug

We know bears go huggy huggy hug

They don’t go grr grr grr

(Repeat with bloop bloop went the little blue fish)

Goodbye Friends

Goodbye friends, goodbye friends

Goodbye friends- it’s time to say goodbye!

Big Kids Storytime: Silly Stuff

Hello Friends

Hello friends, hello friends

Hello friends- it’s time to say hello

Alphabet Soup

We’re making alphabet soup, we’re making alphabet soup

We stir the pot until it’s hot- we’re making alphabet soup

ABCs

(backwards today!)

Mr. Tiger Goes Wild by Peter Brown

Pizza Pie + Felt Board

(to the tune of “Wheels on the Bus”)

A big pizza pie needs lots of sauce, lots of sauce, lots of sauce

A big pizza pie needs lots of sauce to make the perfect pizza

(We repeated with cheese and pepperoni, then I started adding pieces from other felt board sets like bubbles, flowers, and penguins)

Book O’ Beards by Lemke & Lentz

Silly Dance Contest

The Book With No Pictures by B.J. Novak

Parachute Time

Goodbye Friends

Goodbye friends, goodbye friends

Goodbye friends- it’s time to say goodbye!

Big Kids Storytime: Snap! Snap! (Crocodiles and Alligators)

Hello Friends

Hello friends, hello friends

Hello friends- it’s time to say hello

Alphabet Soup

We’re making alphabet soup, we’re making alphabet soup

We stir the pot until it’s hot- we’re making alphabet soup

ABCs

Alan’s Big Scary Teeth by Jarvis

Jungle Animals Rhyme + Felt Board

Down in the jungle where nobody goes

There’s a big fat elephant washing his toes

With a rub-a-dub-dub here and a rub-a-dub-dub there

That’s the way he washes his toes

Down in the jungle where there’s nobody there

There’s a great big lion washing his hair

With a rub-a-dub-dub here and a rub-a-dub-dub there

That’s the way he washes his hair

Down in the jungle if you look in the trees

There’s a silly monkey washing his knees

With a rub-a-dub-dub here and a rub-a-dub-dub there

That’s the way he washes his knees

Down in the jungle if you care to check

There’s a very tall giraffe washing his neck

With a rub-a-dub-dub here and a rub-a-dub-dub there

That’s the way he washes his neck

Down in the jungle if you look underneath

There’s a great big crocodile brushing his teeth

With a rub-a-dub-dub here and a rub-a-dub-dub there

That’s the way she brushes her teeth

Down in the jungle if you care to take a peek

There’s a colorful bird cleaning her beak

With a rub-a-dub-dub here and a rub-a-dub-dub there

That’s the way she cleans her beak

The Crocodile Who Didn’t Like Water by Gemma Merino

Elephants Have Wrinkles

A Girl and Her Gator by Sean Bryan

Five Little Monkeys + Finger Puppets

Goodbye Friends

Goodbye friends, goodbye friends

Goodbye friends- it’s time to say goodbye!

Big Kids Storytime: Monsters

Hello Friends

Hello friends, hello friends

Hello friends- it’s time to say hello

Alphabet Soup

We’re making alphabet soup, we’re making alphabet soup

We stir the pot until it’s hot- we’re making alphabet soup

ABCs

Leonardo the Terrible Monster by Mo Willems

Horns, Fangs, Nails, and Claws

(to the tune of “head, shoulders, knees, and toes”)

Horns, fangs, nails, and claws- nails and claws

Horns, fangs, nails, and claws- nails and claws

Eyes and ears and tails and paws

Horns, fangs, nails, and claws- nails and claws!

Big Bad Bubble by Adam Rubin

One Red Monster + Finger Puppets

One red monster running from the bubble

Running from the bubble, running from the bubble

One red monster running from the bubble

Bubble, bubble, bubble, bubble POP!

In the Dark, Dark Woods

(flip book inspired by this video from Karen Bowling)

Monster Mash

(danced to the original song using a “monsterously loud” assortment of instruments)

Goodbye Friends

Goodbye friends, goodbye friends

Goodbye friends- it’s time to say goodbye!

Big Kids Storytime: Nighttime

Hello Friends

Hello friends, hello friends

Hello friends- it’s time to say hello

Alphabet Soup

We’re making alphabet soup, we’re making alphabet soup

We stir the pot until it’s hot- we’re making alphabet soup

ABCs

Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney

Five in the Bed + Felt Board

There were 5 in the bed and the little one said

Roll over, roll over

So they all rolled over and one fell out

There were 4 in the bed and the little one said

Roll over, roll over

So they all rolled over and one fell out

There were 3 in the bed and the little one said

Roll over, roll over

So they all rolled over and one fell out

There were 2 in the bed and the little one said

Roll over, roll over

So they all rolled over and one fell out

There was 1 in the bed and the little one said

Finally! Now I have lots of room

Five Little Monkeys Eileen Christelow

Five Hooting Owls + Felt Board

Five hooting owls sitting in a tree

One flew away- how many do you see?

(Repeat until no owls left)

Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late by Mo Willems

Tick Tock

Tick tock, tick tock

I’m a little cuckoo clock

Tick tock, tick tock

Now I’m striking 1 o’clock- cuckoo!

Tick tock, tick tock

I’m a little cuckoo clock

Tick tock, tick tock

Now I’m striking 2 o’clock- cuckoo! cuckoo!

Tick tock, tick tock

I’m a little cuckoo clock

Tick tock, tick tock

Now I’m striking 3 o’clock- cuckoo! cuckoo! cuckoo!

(Repeat until too tired to continue)

Goodbye Friends

Goodbye friends, goodbye friends

Goodbye friends- it’s time to say goodbye!