Books
These are books with strong, thick pages for little hands.
What are board books?
These go tap, tap, tap.
What is a stick song?
Our hands go in a circle.
What is roll our hands?
A cow says this.
What is MOOOOOOOOO?
This is a song where we pretend to peel with our fingers.
What is Bananas Unite?
Peel bananas.
Peel, peel bananas.
Peel bananas.
Peel, peel bananas.
Continue with: Chop, Mash, Eat
GOOOOOO BANANAS!
This is when we make a funny face.
What is a silly face?
We hide and then we say boo.
What is Peek-a-boo?
This is a book with a lot of pictures.
What is a picture book?
These shake all around.
What is an egg song?
A way to say hello or goodbye with our hands.
What is wave?
A dog says this.
What is woof (or bark)?
What is Clap Them?
Clap them, clap them, clap them so.
Clap them high!
Clap them low.
Clap them left.
Clap them right.
Clap them, clap them, out of sight!
Continue with: roll them, shake them
This is when our bodies turn around and around.
What is spinning?
We're going to tell a story, but not with a book.
What is a flannel board?
This is a very large book that everyone can see during storytime.
What is a BIG book?
This we wave up and down and around.
What is a scarf song?
Our feet can do this.
What is stomp?
A sheep says this.
What is baaaaaaaaa?
This is your fingers dancing the opposite of down.
What is Dance Your Fingers Up?
Dance your fingers up.
Dance your fingers down.
Dance your fingers side to side.
Dance them all around.
Dance them on your shoulders.
Dance them on your head.
Dance them on your tummy.
And put them all to bed.
This is when we move our arms like we're in the water.
What is swimming like a fish?
Some wants to come and say hello.
Who is a puppet?
These are books with simple words to help new readers practice.
What are beginning readers?
This is when we go up and down.
What is a bounce song?
[Verse]
A, b, c, d, e, f, g
H, i, j, k, l-m-n-o-p
Q, r, s, t, u, v
W, x, y and z
[Outro]
Now I know my ABC's
Next time won't you sing with me?
This is when we wrap our arms around someone we love.
What is a hug?
A pig says this?
What is oink?
These five squashes are sitting on a gate.
What is Five Little Pumpkins?
Five little pumpkins sitting on the gate
The first one said, “Oh, my it’s getting late.”
The second one said, “There are witches in the air.”
The third one said, “But we don’t care!”
The fourth one said, “Let’s run and run and run.”
The fifth one said, “Let’s have some fun!”
Ooooooooo went the wind, and out went the light.
And five little pumpkins rolled out of sight.
This is when we get in a rocket, count down, and blast off!
What is going to the moon?
What is Jack-in-the-box?
What are board books (again)?
This song is something your grandparents sang.
What is a nursery song?
The Wheels on the Bus
The wheels on the bus go round and round
Round and round
Round and round
The wheels on the bus go round and round
All through the town.
Our heads can say yes or no.
What is nod or shake?
A duck says this.
What is quack?
A good way to make baby laugh.
What is Tickle: "Pizza, Pickle, Pumpernickel?"
Pizza, pickle, pumpernickel
My little baby deserves a tickle
One for her nose, one for his toes
One for the tummy where the cracker goes
This is when we hop and say 'ribbit, ribbit!'
What is hop like a frog?
They go up, up, up!
What are bubbles?
These are books where the pictures jump up off the page.
What are pop-up books?
This is when we make our grown-ups workout.
What is a lift song?
Our hands have 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,___.
What are 10 fingers?
What is roarrrrr?
This song is about a spider.
What is the Itsy Bitsy Spider?
The itsy bitsy spider climbed up the waterspout.
Down came the rain
And washed the spider out.
Out came the sun
And dried up all the rain
And the itsy bitsy spider climbed up the spout again
This is when we start slowwwwww and then go fast!
What is slow to accelerando?
Chickens lay these and sometimes we search for them.
What is an egg hunt?