S is for Swimming

Two Outreach Stotyimes

S is for Swimming!
(toddler/preschool children)

Splish, Splash, Splat! by Rob Scotton

Don't be Afraid, Little Pip by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman

Down in the Cool of the Pool by Tony Mitton

August "Holidays"!
(elementary-aged children)

National Watermelon Day--August 3
Peter Spit a Seed at Sue by Jackie French Koller

National Lazy Day--August 10
Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens

National Tell a Joke Day--August 16
[I used three different joke books found in the non-fiction area...any good joke books will do!]

National Dog Day--August 26
Always in Trouble by Corinne Demas

S is for Stuffed Animals

This is the storytime we did in conjunction with our stuffed animal sleepover


Book:  Stuffed Animals get ready for bed by Alison Inches

Song:  Put Your Stuffed Animal on Your Head
Tune:  If you're happy and you know it
From http://wiki.kcls.org

Put your stuffed animal on your head, on your head
Put your stuffed animal on your head, on your head
Put your stuffed animal on your head then put that animal to bed.
Put your stuffed animal on your head, on your head.

Put your teddy bear on your knee, on your knee (repeat)

Put your teddy bear on your knee, Put him there just like me (repeat 1st line)

Put your teddy bear on your tummy, on your tummy (repeat)

Put your teddy bear on your tummy, it feels so very funny! (repeat 1st line)

Give your teddy bear a hug, give him a hug (repeat)

Give your teddy bear a hug, make him snug as a bug in a rug! (repeat 1st line)

Book:  Good Night Harry by Kim Lewis

Song:  Stuffed Animal, Stuffed Animal [yes, it was quite a mouthful!]
Tune:  Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear


Turn around
Touch the ground
Reach up high
Touch the sky
Bend down low
Touch your toe
Stand up now
Take a bow

Activity:  Using alphabet beads make a bracelet or necklace for your stuffed animal to wear.

S is for Spring!

An Outreach Storytime

Spring!

Song: Hello Springtime
(Tune: Goodnight Ladies)
Hello springtime
Hello springtime
Hello springtime
I hope you're here to stay!

Additional verses:
Bluebird, green grass, bunny, flowers, butterfly, rain, rainbow

Book: Spring Things (Raczka)

Book: Tweedle Dee Dee (Voake)

Song: Have you ever seen a bunny?
(Tune:  Did you ever see a Lassie?)

Did you ever see a bunny?
Did you ever see a bunny, a bunny, a bunny?
Did you ever see a bunny that hops so slow?
It hops and hops and hops and hops
Did you ever see a bunny that hops so slow?

That hops so fast?
That hops on one foot?

Book: Someone Bigger (Emmett)

S is for Seuss

An Outreach Storytime

Flannel Board: Dr. Seuss is on the Loose
(sung to B-I-N-G-O)

Dr. Seuss is on the loose
And this is how we know...
Cats, hats, eggs, and ham
Cats, hats, eggs, and ham
Cats, hats, eggs, and ham
We love Dr. Seuss sooo....

Book: I wish that I had duck feet

Song: Cat in the Hat
(Tune:  Addam's Family)

Cat in the hat (clap, clap)
Cat in the hat (clap, clap)
Cat in the hat, cat in the hat, cat in the hat (clap, clap)

He causes so much fun
But when the fun is done
You will be the one
To send that cat away!
Repeat chorus

Most kids cannot snap, so I replaced it with clapping, the next verse we stomp, and the last verse we jump.

Book: The Shape of Me

Song:  Have you ever seen?
(Tune: If you're happy and you know it?)

Have you ever seen a cat in a hat?
Have you ever seen a cat in a hat?
No I never, no I never, no I never, no I never
No I've never seen a cat in a hat.

Additional verse:
Bear sit in a chair
Lamb eating jam
Dog chop a log
Fish wash a dish

S is for...

Welcome song

Henrietta’s basket

Echo song: swim, socks, swing, scissors

Flannel board:  One snake

There was 1 snake hiding in the grass: sss sss

There was 1 snake hiding in the grass: sss sss

Oh, he slithered ‘round the bend where he met a new snake friend.

And the friend came and joined him at the pass: sss sss.

(Repeat for 2, 3, 4)

*can be sung to “She’ll be coming ‘round the mountain”  (Marilyn Lohnes from ABC Literacy Storytimes, p. 178)

Book:  How to catch a star (Jeffers)

Stand-up song:  There’s a spider on the floor

Nursery Rhyme:  Little Miss Muffet

Announcements

Song before last book: This Is a Square (sung to "Frere Jacques”)

This is a square, this is a square.
How can you tell? How can you tell?
It has four sides,
All the same size.
It's a square, it's a square.

Book:  Perfect Square (Hill)

ABC Chant

Animal Goodbyes

Treasure box:  dot-to-dot, squares (with scissors & glue—make picture by cutting or tearing like in the book A Perfect Square), sewing cards and string; sorting starfish; spiders and other 'bug' counters

S is for Santa

An Outreach Storytime

Song:  S-A-N-T-A
(Tune: Bingo)

I know a man with a long white beard
And Santa is his name-o
S-A-N-T-A, S-A-N-T-A, S-A-N-T-A

And Santa is his name-o

Eight little reindeer pull his sleigh
And Santa is his name-o
S-A-N-T---, S-A-N-T---, S-A-N-T---
And Santa is his name-o

He flies through the air with a Ho! Ho! Ho!

And Santa is his name-o

S-A-N------, S-A-N------, S-A-N------
And Santa is his name-o

He slides down the chimney with a pack on his back
And Santa is his name-o

S-A-------, S-A--------, S-A--------
And Santa is his name-o

He leaves some toys with a twinkle in his eye
And Santa is his name-o

S----------, S----------, S----------
And Santa is his name-o

Then off into the night he goes
And Santa is his name-o

-----------, -----------, -----------
And Santa is his name-o!

Book:  Santa's Stowaway (Dorman)

Song:  There's an elf...
(Adapted from:  There's a spider on the floor)

There's an elf on the floor, on the floor
There's an elf on the floor, on the floor
Who could ask for any more than an elf on the floor
There's an elf on the floor, on the floor.

There's an elf on my leg...
He isn't very big, this elf on my leg

There's an elf on my tummy...
It's really very funny, there's an elf on my tummy

There's an elf on my arm...
He doesn't mean any harm, this elf on my arm

There's an elf on my face...
Oh, what a big disgrace, there's an elf on my face

There's an elf on my head...
Oh, I wish I was in bed, there's an elf on my head

There's an elf on the floor...

Book:  Santa's Stuck (Greene)

Song:  Jingle Bells

Book:  Bear Stays Up for Christmas (Wilson)

F is for Fall

An Outreach Storytime

Flannel Board:  Fall Riddles (Totline, July/Aug 2000, 12)

Beneath your feet you hear us crunch,
Then we get raked into a bunch.
What are we?  LEAVES

I drop off trees, and there I lie,
Till someone bakes me in a pie.
What am I?  AN APPLE

I stand in the field and scare a bird,
But I don't say a single word.
What am I?  A SCARECROW

I'm cold in autumn, if I blow,
I swirl the leaves and make a show.
What am I?  THE WIND

Of all the flowers, I am queen,
With yellow petals and seeds between.
What am I?  A SUNFLOWER

I'm big and orange and quite a catch,
When you pick me from the patch.
What am I?  A PUMPKIN

Book:  Little Bear's Big Sweater (Bedford)

Song:  A-C-O-R-N (tune: Bingo)
I made letters to hang from the flannel board, on the back of each letter is a picture showing hands clapping.  So as we sing the song I turn over a letter and we count how many "claps" we'll do.

There is a nut that squirrels like and acorn is it's name-o
A-C-O-R-N, A-C-O-R-N, A-C-O-R-N
And acorn is it's name-o.

Book:  The Busy Little Squirrel (Tafuri)

Action Song:  Autumn Leaves (tune: London Bridges)

Autumn leaves are falling down, falling down, falling down
Autumn leaves are falling down, Welcome Autumn.

Sweep the leaves and put them here, put them here, put them here
Sweep the leaves and put them here. Welcome Autumn!

Jump right in and have some fun, have some fun, have some fun
Jump right in and have some fun.  Welcome Autumn!

Book:  The little old lady who was not afraid of anything (Williams)
This is one of my all time favorite picture books!

S is for...

Welcome Song

Henrietta’s Basket: Spoon

Sign Language: Letter

Song: Be my echo (6 syllables x 2) socks and swim, school and star

Flannel Board: 5 little snowmen
5 little snowmen fat
Each with a funny hat.
Out came the sun and melted one,
What a sad thing was that!

Continue counting down...

Book: Little Bear’s big sweater (BED)

Song: There’s a spider on the floor
(by Raffi; adapted by Tammy Henry)
There's a spider on the floor, on the floor
There's a spider on the floor, on the floor
Who could ask for any more than a spider on the floor?
There's a spider on the floor on the floor.

There's a spider on my knee...Oh, how can it be?
There's a spider on my leg...Oh, it's really very big
There's a spider on my tummy...Oh, it really isn't funny
There's a spider on my arm...It doesn't mean any harm
There's a spider on my face...Oh, what a big disgrace!
There's a spider on my head...I wish I was in bed!
There's a spider on the floor...

Nursery Rhyme/short poem: Plant a little seed
I plant a little seed in the cold, cold ground
Out comes the yellow sun, big and round
Down come the raindrops soft and slow
Up comes the flower grow, grow, grow!

Book: Aarrgghh! Spider! (MON)

ABC Chant

Good bye Chant

Enrichment: ABC dot-to-dot, sewing cards, spiders and bug counters, use stamps and ink pads