Valentine's Day

Opening Song: Hello, Friends

Book 1: Foxy in Love by Emma Dodd

Fingerplay: “Heart”
I put my hands together,
This is how I start
I curve my fingers right around,
And I can make a heart!
Credit: Everything Preschool

Rhyme: Open, Shut Them

Book 2: Froggy's First Kiss by Jonathan London

Rhyme: Little Heart
I have a little heart, (place hand over heart)
And it goes thump, thump, thump (pat chest 3 times)
It keeps on right on beating,
When I jump, jump, jump (jump 3 times)
I get a special feeling when I look at you. (point to group)
It makes me want to give you a hug or two. (hug yourself)
Credit: Library Goddess

Rhyme: I Wiggle My Fingers
I wiggle my fingers,
I wiggle my toes.
I wiggle my arms,
I wiggle my nose.
I think that the wiggles 
Are all out of me
Now I can sit down
And hear a story.
Credit: Miss Meg's Storytime

Book 3: Love, Splat by Rob Scotton

Song: If You're Happy And You Know It

Book 4: If You'll Be My Valentine by Cynthia Rylant

Closing Song: The More We Get Together

Craft: Valentine Card Buddies
This is one of the easiest projects that I've ever assembled. You'll need a deck of cards, heart shapes, hole puncher, glitter glue (optional), pipe cleaners, pencils or lollipops.

Soup Month!

Intro Songs: Hello, Friends and Open, Shut Them

Book #1: Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert

Feltboard Song: Vegetable Soup
(sung to the tune of "Farmer in the Dell")
The soup is boiling up,
The soup is boiling up.
Stir slow, around we go,
The soup is boiling up.
First we cook the broth,
First we cook the broth.
Stir slow, around we go,
First we cook the broth.
Now we add some carrots,
Now we add some carrots.
Stir slow, around we go,
Now we add some carrots.
Continue with additional verses about other vegetables your children would like to add to the soup. Finish with the following verse.

The soup is ready now,
The soup is ready now.
Stir slow, around we go,
The soup is ready now.

(from: https://librerin.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/soup-er-storytime/)

Book #2: Stone Soup by Jon J. Muth

Song: "I Feel Crazy So I Jump in the Soup" from Laurie Berkner's Victor Vito

Book #3: Duck Soup by Jackie Urbanovic

Rhyme: The Soup Is Boiling Up
The soup is boiling up (bubble hands)
The soup is boiling up (bubble hands)
Stir it slow, around we go (stir)
The soup is boiling up (throw hands and feet UP or pop up)

I added some veggies to our soup as we sang the rhyme the few times.
(from: http://storytimewithmisstara.blogspot.com/2013/12/soup-pre-k-and-family-storytime.html

Book #4: Soup for One by Ethan Long

Teeth

Opening Songs: Hello, Friends and Open, Shut Them

Book 1: Bear's Loose Tooth by Karma Wilson

Book 2: Maisy, Charley, and the Wobbly Tooth by Lucy Cousins

Fingerplay: "Five Little Teeth"
There were five little teeth in my teeny tiny mouth
I pulled and I twisted and one popped out.
Now there are...one, two, three, four.
(count down)
Credit: What Happens In Storytime (http://storytimewithmissmollie.blogspot.com/2011/04/flannel-friday-teeth.html

Book 3: Pony Brushes His Teeth by Michael Dahl

Song: "This Is The Way"
This is the way we brush our teeth,
Brush our teeth, brush our teeth
This is the way we brush our teeth
So early in the morning
(floss our teeth, rinse our teeth)
from: http://storytimekatie.com/2013/08/19/teeth/

Book 4: Snip Snap!: What's That? by Mara Bergman

Flannel Board: Tooth Fairy
Look and see, look and see, can you find the tooth for me?
Is it under the (color) pillow?
(repeat with different colors, ending on the pillow with the tooth under it)
from: ://slcbookboy.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/teeth-storytime/

Book 5: Olivia Helps the Tooth Fairy by Cordelia Evans

Song: Brush Your Teeth by Raffi

The kids had a blast coming up and brushing the monster's teeth during the "chi chi chi chi" part of the song.

Craft: Cotton Ball Tooth

http://sunflowerstorytime.com/2014/04/03/teeth/
or

Snowy Days

Opening Song: Hello, Friends and Open, Shut Them

Book 1: Here Comes Jack Frost by Kazuno Kohara

Book 2: The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats

Song: "The Freeze" from Greg & Steve's Kids in Motion (CD Dance Kids). Kids can dance to the song, but when the music stops everyone must freeze in their position.

Book 3: First Snow by Peter McCarty

Song: Snowflake, Snowflake in the Sky (from Jbrary)

Tune: Twinkle Twinkle
Snowflake, snowflake in the sky
love to watch you floating by
Down you fall upon the ground
Down you fall without a sound
Snowflake, snowflake in the sky
love to watch you floating by

Book 4: Axle Annie by Robin Pulver

Song: "The Wheels on Axle Annie's Bus" by Rob Reid (Storytime Slam, 2006)

Craft:

Polar Animals

Opening Song: Hello, Friends and Open, Shut Them

Book 1: Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? by Bill Martin

Rhyme: Polar Bear, Polar Bear Turn Around
Polar bear, polar bear turn around,
Polar bear, polar bear touch the ground,

Polar bear, polar bear bend down low,
Polar bear, polar bear touch your toe.

Polar bear, polar bear slide on the ice,
Polar bear, polar bear spin around twice.

Polar bear, polar bear reach up high,
Polar bear, polar bear wave goodbye.
(from: http://readvirginia.org/)

Book 2: Virgil and Owen by Paulette Bogan

Rhyme: Two Little Penguins
Two little penguins sitting on a hill. (hold up two fingers)
One named Jack and one named Jill.
Waddle away Jack. Waddle away Jill. (place hands behind back)
Come back Jack. Come back Jill. (bring hands back to front)

Two little penguins sitting on the ice. (hold up two fingers)
One bows once, the other bows twice. (make index fingers bow)
Waddle little penguins. Waddle away. (put fingers behind back)
Come back penguins. Time to play! (bring fingers to the front)

(from sunflowerstorytime.com)

Book 3: Tacky the Penguin

Song: Penguin Pokey
You put your right flipper in, you take your right flipper out.
You put your right flipper in and you shake it all about.
You do the penguin pokey and you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about.
(continue on with left flipper, right foot, left foot, beak, etc.,)


Book 4: Where's Walrus and Penguin? by Stephen Savage

Book 5: Flora and the Penguin by Molly Idle

Craft:

http://www.allkidsnetwork.com/crafts/shapes/oval-penguin

Christmas

I've been trying to cover all of the holidays this year, but I have to admit that this is one my favorites. 

Opening Songs: Hello, Friends and Open, Shut Them.

Book 1: Just Right for Christmas by Birdie Black

Book 2: Click, Clack, Ho! Ho! Ho! by Doreen Cronin

Action Rhyme: 

Reindeer Pokey

(Tune: “The Hokey Pokey”)

You put your antlers in. You put your antlers out.
You put your antlers in and you shake them all about.
You do the Reindeer Pokey and you turn yourself around.
That’s what it’s all about!

Additional verses:
You put your hooves in…
You put your red nose in…
You put your fluffy tail in…
You put your reindeer body in…

(from: http://laptimesongs.com/reindeer-pokey/)

Flannel Fun: Rudolph, Rudolph! (http://loonsandquines.blogspot.com)

Rudolph, Rudolph, what will you do?
You can’t guide Santa’s sleigh if your nose is BLUE

The rhyme continues through many different colors, until finally….

Rudolph, Rudolph, the children are in bed
And now we can get on our way because your nose is RED.

Book 3: Froggy's Best Christmas by Jonathan London

Book 4: A Chick 'n Pug Christmas by Jennifer Sattler

Song: Jingle Bells with real bells that kids can shake

Craft: Christmas Tree Bookmark (Oriental Trading)

Ninja Storytime

Opening Song: Hello, Friends and Open, Shut Them

Book 1: The Three Ninja Pigs by Corey Rosen Schwartz

Song: If You’re a Ninja and You Know It

(Tune: If you're happy and you know it)
If you’re a ninja and you know it,
Be really quiet. (Shhh!)
If you’re a ninja and you know it,
Be really quiet. (Shhh!)
If you’re a ninja and you know it,
then your face will surely show it.
If you’re a ninja and you know it,
Be really quiet. (Shhh!)
Additional verses:
If you’re a ninja and you know it walk on tip toe (tip toe)
If you’re a ninja and you know it say HIYAH (HIYAH!)
If you're a ninja and you know it take a bow.
If you're a ninja and you know spin around.
(Credit: http://www.literaryhoots.com/2015/02/ninja-storytime.html)


Book 2: Ninja Bunny by Jennifer Gray Olson

Book 3: Ninja! by Arree Chung

Action Rhyme:

Action Rhyme:

Ninja, ninja – sneak around.

Ninja, ninja – on the ground.

Ninja, ninja – climb up high.

Ninja, ninja – touch the sky.

Ninja, ninja – jump down low.

Ninja, ninja – touch your toe.

Ninja, ninja – take a bow.

Ninja, ninja – sit on down.

(Credit: http://www.literaryhoots.com/2015/02/ninja-storytime.html)

Book 4: Dojo Daytrip by Chris Tougas

Craft: Ninja Finger Puppet

Here's the template that I used: