Movement

Our last week of the Summer Reading Program is about movement. We're dancing, moving, and rocking for our last week before taking a break to plan for our Fall session.

Books:

Toddler Books:

JUMP! - Scott Fischer

Wiggle Waggle - Jonathan London

Can You Make a Scary Face? - Jan Thomas

Preschool Books:

JUMP! - Scott Fischer

Wiggle Waggle - Jonathan London

Can You Make a Scary Face? - Jan Thomas

Rhymes/Fingerplays/Songs:

Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes:

Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes,

Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes,

Eyes and ears and mouth and nose,

Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes.

Source: Traditional

Row, Row, Row Your Boat (Animal Version):

Row, row, row your boat,

Row it all around.

If you see a frog, make a ribbit sound.

Repeat:

Cow - Moo

Duck - Quack

Pig - Oink

etc.

Source: One Little Librarian

Recorded Song(s): 

Run Baby Run - Caspar Babypants [Toddler Storytime]

Body Rock - Greg & Steve [Preschool Storytime]

Vacation

Our theme this week was all about taking Vacations! Everyone is going to the beach, on trips, and all over the world this summer. 

Books:

Toddler Book:

To the Beach - Thomas Docherty

I Love Vacations - Anna Walker 

Penguin on Vacation - Salina Yoon

Preschool Books:

To the Beach - Thomas Docherty

This Old Van - Kim Norman

I Love Vacations - Anna Walker

Penguin on Vacation - Salina Yoon

Rhymes/Fingerplays/Songs:

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.

Repeat with:

The doors on the bus go open and shut

The wipers on the bus go swish, swish, swish

The horn on the bus goes beep, beep, beep

The people on the bus go up and down

Source: Traditional

Five Little Seashells:

Five little seashells lying on the shore,

Swish went the waves and then there were four.

Four little seashells as cozy as could be,

Swish went the waves and then there were three.

Three little seashells all shiny and new,

Swish went the waves and then there were two.

Two little seashells lying in the sun,

Swish went the waves and then there was one.

One little seashell, left all alone,

I whispered, "Shhh" as I took it home!

Source: King County Library System

Airplane Hiding Game:

Little Pilot Dwayne, 

Are you behind the  red  airplane?

Source: My Library Assistant came up with the rhyme for a flannel.

Races

This week's theme is about racing. Race cars, rocket ships, traffic lights...if it's about racing, we did it!

Books:

Toddler Books:

OK GO - Carin Berger
Bicycle Race - Donald Crews

Race Car Count - Rebecca Kai Dotlich

Race Day - Gail Tuchman

Preschool Books:

Race Car Count - Rebecca Kai Dotlich

Number One Sam - Greg Pizzoli

Race Day - Gail Tuchman

Rhymes/Fingerplays/Songs:

Traffic Lights:

STOP says the red light, GO says the green,

Now just WAIT says the yellow in between.

That's what they say and that's what they mean,

And we all must obey them, even the queen!

Source: Jbrary

*I do the sign for "stop", "go", "wait", "say", "mean", and "queen."

Five Fast Rockets (flannel):

One fast rocket, blasting off to space,

Here comes another, now they can race!

Count up...2, 3, 4, 5...

Five fast rockets, let the race begin!

They'll circle the moon, then home they'll zoom!

Which do you think will win?

Source: Lisa's Library Land

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 rocketship,

Zoom, zoom, zoom, we're going to the moon.

In 5...4...3...2...1...BLAST OFF!!!

Source: Jbrary

*Always a favorite, but it works as a follow-up after the rocketship flannel.

Water

Last week I went on vacation for the holiday, so I'm posting a little late. Since everyone is going to the beach, our theme last week was water (and all things related to water: swimming, water animals, boats, etc.).

Books:

Toddler Books:

Surf's Up - Kwame Alexander

Brownie & Pearl Take a Dip - Cynthia Rylant

Preschool Books:

Surf's Up - Kwame Alexander

Captain Jack and the Pirates - Peter Bently

The Crocodile Who Didn't Like Water - Gemma Marino

Brownie & Pearl Take a Dip - Cynthia Rylant

Rhymes/Fingerplays/Songs:

Did You Ever See a Fishy? (Tune: "Did You Ever See a Lassie?"):

Did you ever see a fishy, a fishy, a fishy,

Did you ever see a fishy, swim this way and that?

Swim this way and that way, and this way and that way,

Did you ever see a fishy swim this way and that?

Repeat with: Octopus, Shark, etc.

Source: King County Library System

Song + Flannels: "Down By the Bay" - Raffi 

Down by the bay, where the watermelons grow,

Back to my home, I dare not go,

For if I do, my mother will say, "Did you ever see a goose kissing a moose?" 

Down by the bay...

Source: Raffi (Traditional Folk Song)

Whale Behind the Pail (Flannel):

Little whale, little whale,

Are you behind the  blue  pail? 

Source: Fun With Friends at Storytime