Putumayo Kids

Spice up your storytime with some world music! Putumayo Kids produces music that not only entertains but also inspires cultural curiousity and will definitely add an element of fun to your programs.  Play it while everyone shakes maracas or as children are coming into the program area. You'll be surprised how many children and parents will either understand the different languages being sung or recognize a song from their culture.  The Playground Series is upbeat and perfect for dancing and playtime while the Dreamland Series combines soft tunes to help children unwind.  Check out all the titles on Bibliocommons.

New Puppets!

Many of you have already seen these new stage puppets which will be available through Terryberry's puppet collection.  If you haven't, here they are! They are currently on their way to Terryberry and will be available for booking soon!  

Three Little Pigs

Mouse

Dragon

Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (the sheep piece can be removed)

Some super sweet skunk finger puppets have also been purchased and will be available through Saltfleet's Storytime Resources.  Susan's skunk rhyme is also being included with the tiny stinkers! 

Enjoy!

There's a Monkey in the Jungle

Sung to The Farmer in the Dell (using puppets)
There’s a monkey in the jungle
There’s a monkey in the jungle
Oh me oh my there’s a monkey in the jungle
The lion caught the monkey
The lion caught the monkey
Oh me oh my the lion caught the monkey
The monkey got away
The monkey got away
Oh me good-bye the monkey got away
Submitted by Joanne, LO

Wake Up Little Bear

Great as an opening song for baby storytime!

Wake up little bear it’s time to rise (use hands and lift up)
Wake up little bear, open your eyes (flare fingers around eyes)
Wake up little bear with a grin (fist turn at grin corners)
Wake up little bear and we’ll rub your chin
Carry bear to each child for chin rubs!

Submitted by Joanne, LO

Face to Face Safari

Face to Face Safari, Sally Hewitt & Chris Gilvan-Curtwright

“Walking through the jungle and what do you think we’ll see……?”
(slap your hands on your knees to mimic the walking/running sounds)
Open book to reveal pop-up animal, discuss and continue on your walk!

Submitted by Debera, TP

Peek-a-boo Game

Great for baby time
Cover a toy cat with a blanket and say:
“Riddle-ee, Riddle-ee, Ree
What do you think you’ll see?
Hiding under my blankee”

Lift blanket and say Nursery Rhyme: Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat where have you been……
Submitted by Debera, TP

Cobbler with Rhythm Sticks

There is a cobbler who lives on my street,
Making shoes for little feet.
With a bang and a bang and a bang, bang, bang!
With a bang and a bang and a bang, bang, bang!

Submitted by Debera, TP

Ten Little Tootsies

One little, two little, three little tootsies
Four little, five little, six little tootsies
Seven little, eight little, nine little tootsies
Ten little tootsie toes.

Ten little, nine little, eight little tootsies
Seven little, six little, five little tootsies
Four little, three little, two little tootsies
One little tootsie toe.

Submitted by Luisa, CE

Coming Soon: Knuffle Bunny Free

Knuffle Bunny is back! Coming out at the end of this month, you can look forward to reading the third installment of the Knuffle Bunny saga, Knuffle Bunny Free: An Unexpected Diversion.  Trixie and her family are taking a trip to visit her granparents all the way in Holland! But does Knuffle Bunny have different plans? Check out what Mo Willems has to say about his new book and don't forget to visit his very own blog! 

Scarf Dancing

I just started using scarves this year.  I’ve always used them for baby time but thought it would be great for the 2-5 year olds too.  They LOVE to dance around and shake their scarves.  Here’s some songs we use.

Grand Old Duke of York

When we get to “…out of sight” we throw our scarves behind us.

Going to Kentucky

We're going to Kentucky

We're going to the fair

To see the senorita

With the flowers in her hair.

So shake it baby shake it,

Shake it like you can,

Shake it like a milkshake,

And pour it in a pan.

Now rumble to the bottom,

And rumble to the top.

Now turn around and turn around

Until you holler stop.

Shake Your Scarves

Tune: Row Your Boat

Shake, Shake, Shake your scarves

Shake them up and down

shake them fast and shake them slow

and shake them around and around

I Dropped My Scarf

(Tune: I Dropped My Hat by: Kathy Reid Naiman)

I Dropped my scarf, pick it up, pick it up x3

And I put around my neck!

This is the way we…..

dance with our scarves/ throw our scarves/ jump with our scarves/ hide with our scarves

Hokey Pokey – put your scarf in/out, etc.

Ring around the Rosie

(holding onto our scarves in a circle)

Submitted by Denise, BI

Parachute Songs and Rhymes

I’ve had a parachute at Binbrook for years and have many songs that I sing when the parachute comes out.

Here’s some we always sing –

Shake and Shake

Tune:  Tap and Stop on Tickles and Tunes by Kathy Reid Naiman

Let’s shake and shake and shake and shake and stop! 

(hold the stop for a few seconds for suspense)

Let’s shake and shake and shake and shake and stop! 

Let’s shake and shake and shake and shake and stop! 

Let’s shake and shake and shake and shake and stop! 

(gradually get faster and faster)

This one is great for shakers too!

When the Parachute Goes Up

Sung to: "If you‛re happy and you know it"

When the parachute goes up - Stomp your feet

When the parachute goes up - Stomp your feet

When the parachute is high

And floats up in the sky

When the parachute goes up - Stomp your feet

... bend your knees...wiggle your bottom...lift one leg...shout hooray...shake your head…etc.

POPcorn

(Start by crouching low and shaking the parachute slowly)

You put the oil in the pot and you let it get hot

You put the popcorn in and you start to grin

Sizzle, sizzle x5

POP!  (jump up on pop and lift the parachute into the air)

Sleeping bunnies ……… a great one to sing.  Have the parents hold the parachute and the kids lay under it.  When they hop up the parachute lifts into the air and parents shake it.

Zoom, Zoom We’re Going to the Moon……another good one.  Crouch low and jump up when the kids “blast off”.

Grand Old Duke of York……a favourite too. 

Submitted by Denise, BI

Animals on Sticks

I use the internet or clip art to find an image to print on coloured paper.  Then laminate, cut out and tape to a popsicle stick.

I hand them out to the kids and sing songs relating to the particular animals or object.  I have many lists of fingerplays and rhymes saved that I could easily send to anyone interested. (dbesic@hpl.ca)

Recently I added rocket ships to my collection and sing – Zoom, Zoom and Inside a Rocket Ship.  The kids love coming up and getting one.  They use them to dance and move with.

Submitted by Denise, BI

The Good Morning Train

Tune: She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mountain

The good morning train is coming, how are you? Choo, choo

The good morning train is coming, how are you? Choo, choo

The good morning train is coming

The good morning train is coming

The good morning train is coming, how are you? Choo, choo

(make arm movement like a train conductor pulling the bell for choo, choo & have the children clap to the rhythm of the song on their knees.  I use a train whistle for the choo, choo)

And we’ll say hello to (child’s name) Marissa, how are you? choo, choo

And we’ll say hello to (another child’s name) Kevin, how are you? choo, choo

And we’ll say hello to (another child’s name) Carina,

And we’ll say hello to (another child’s name) Kendra,

And we’ll say hello to (another child’s name) Martin, how are you? choo, choo.

(after you sing it so that everyone has a chance to say their name you sing…)

And we’ll say hello to everyone

and we’ll say hello to everyone

and we’ll say hello to everyone when it comes CHOO, CHOO!

Submitted by Denise, BI

Good Morning Toes

Good morning toes, good morning toes

And how are you today?

I trust you had a good night’s sleep

And now you’re ready to play.

Submitted by Sara, RH

Colourful Mittens

Colourful mittens for me and you
Red ones, yellow ones, blue ones too.
But the one pair of mittens that rhymes with head,
They’re my favourite mittens, and they are red!
They are red! They are red!
They’re my favourite mittens, and they are red!

Colourful mittens for me and you
Red ones, yellow ones, blue ones too.
But the one pair of mittens that rhymes with fellow,
They’re my favourite mittens, and they are yellow!
They are yellow! They are yellow!
They’re my favourite mittens, and they are yellow!

Colourful mittens for me and you
Red ones, yellow ones, blue ones too.
But the one pair of mittens that rhymes with shoe,
They’re my favourite mittens, and they are blue!
They are blue! They are blue!
They’re my favourite mittens, and they are blue!

Colourful mittens for me and you
Red ones, yellow ones, blue ones too.
But the one pair of mittens that rhymes with bean,
They’re my favourite mittens, and they are green!
They are green! They are green!
They’re my favourite mittens, and they are green!
Colourful mittens for me and you
Red ones, yellow ones, blue ones too.
But the one pair of mittens that rhymes with Jack,
They’re my favourite mittens, and they are black!
They are black! They are black!
They’re my favourite mittens, and they are black!

Colourful mittens for me and you
Red ones, yellow ones, blue ones too.
But the one pair of mittens that rhymes with sink
They’re my favourite mittens, and they are pink!
They are pink! They are pink!
They’re my favourite mittens, and they are pink!

Submitted by Laurie, VP

On My Toe There Is a Flea

On my toe there is a flea,

now it’s climbing past my knee,

past my tummy, past my nose,

on my head, where my hair grows.

On my head there is a flea,

Now it’s climbing down on me,

Past my tummy past my knee,

On my toe TAKE THAT YOU FLEA!

(Did you see that!  That silly flea jumped to the other foot so now we have to do it again!)

Submitted by Sara, RH

Sittin' In My Highchair

Sittin’ in my highchair, highchair, highchair
Sittin’ in my highchair, bangin’ my spoon.
(repeat)


Bring on the carrots, bring on the peas
Somebody feed this baby please
Bring on potatoes, bring on the bread
Somebody get this baby fed.


Sittin’ in my highchair, highchair, my chair
Sittin’ in my highchair bangin’ my spoon
(repeat)

Submitted by Pamela, TE

Sleeping Bunnies

See the little bunnies
Sleeping until noon
Shall we wake them with a merry tune?
Oh so still. Are they ill?
Wake up soon

Wake up little bunnies hop hop hop
Wake up little bunnies hop hop hop
Wake up little bunnies hop and stop

Repeat 3x, extending the time longer each time; last time: snore loudly and see what happens!

Submitted by Pamela, TE

Bread and Butter

Bread and butter
Marmalade and jam
Let’s say hello as loudly as we can.

Hello Hello Hello

Bread and butter
Marmalade and jam
Let’s say hello as softly as we can.

Repeat with: fast, slowly, low, high etc. End last verse with quiet.

Submitted by Pamela, TE

Three Smelly Skunks

Three little smelly skunks,          (hold up three fingers)

Sleeping on their smelly bunks,     (lay head on hands)

Didn’t hear an owl sneak in.        (point to ear, shake head , flap   arms)

A Whoo-Whoo woke them up

Quick as a wink                          (look surprised)

One forgot to spray his stink     (hold nose)

Now there are two smelly skunks! (hold up two fingers)

Two little smelly skunks            

Sleeping in their smelly bunks     (lay head on hands)           

Didn’t hear a human sneak in      (point to ear, shake head)

A Gotcha woke them

Quick as a wink                          (look surprised)

One forgot to spray its stink     (hold nose)

Now there is one smelly skunk    (hold up one finger)

One little smelly skunk

Sleeping in its smelly bunk          (lay head on hands)

Didn’t hear a dog sneak in          (point to ear, shake head)

A Woof-Woof woke it              

Quick as a wink                          (look surprised)

It REMEMBERED to spray its stink (big smile, point at head)

Now there is one smelly dog!      (howl like a dog)

Submitted by Susan, GR

Welcome to HPL's Storytime Share!

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