Kids Behaving Badly Storytime

School-Age Storytime

Books:
Martha Doesn't Say Sorry! by Samantha Berger
Miss Nelson is Missing! by Harry Allard
Watch Your Tongue, Cecily Beasley by Lane Fredrickson
David Gets in Trouble by David Shannon

Activity:
Give Kids sentences to say with their tongues sticking out (like Cecily Beasley), or kids take turns whispering phrases for you to say with your tongue out and the other kids try to guess what you're saying.

Craft:
Mean Mask

Bedtime Storytime

Preschool Storytime

Books:
Cornelius P. Mud, Are you Ready for Bed? by Barney Saltzberg
Papa, Please get the Moon For Me by Eric Carle
Froggy Goes to Bed by Jonathan London
Bears in Beds by Shirley Parenteau
Brownie and Pearl Hit the Hay by Cynthia Rylant
No Bed Without Ted by Nicola Smee

Rhyme:
There were 5 in the bed and the little one said,
Roll over, roll over.
So they all rolled over and one fell out,
Boom! Ouch!

There were 4....

There was one in the bed and the little one said,
Goodnight!
(Snore loudly, pretend to fall asleep)

Craft:
Give kids lots of bears so they can decide how many to put in the bed. Cut out blankets from scrapbooking paper so kids can choose their pattern.

Bedtime Storytime

Toddler Storytime

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Books:
Cornelius P. Mud, Are You Ready For Bed? by Barney Saltzberg
Five in the Bed by Penny Dann

Rhyme:
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

Craft:
Give kids lots of bears so they can decide how many to put in the bed. Cut out Blankets from scrapbooking paper so kids can choose their pattern.

Wild Animals Storytime

Preschool Storytime

Books:
Yikes!!! by Robert Florczak
We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
Eggs 123 Who will the babies be? by Janet Halfmann
Roar! by Margaret Mayo

Fingerplay:
(Tune: Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush)
Instructions: Hide animals under rocks. After singing make the animal sound and let the children guess the animal, then reveal the animal.

We're going on an animal hunt,
An animal hunt, an animal hunt.
We're going on an animal hunt,
Let's listen carefully....
(Make animal sound then reveal animal)

Repeat.

*or*

(Tune: Five Little Fish)
Instructions: Hide animals under cracked eggs.

Five little eggs sittin' in a nest,
Five little eggs sittin' in a nest,
Five little eggs sittin' in a nest,
Tap, tap, tap, tap, CRACK! (Clap Hands)
(Crack egg open to reveal animal)

Repeat.

Craft:
Clothespin Leg Lions



Wild Animals Storytime

Toddler Storytime

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Books:
From Head to Toe by Eric Carle
Yikes!!! by Robert Florczak

Fingerplay:
(Tune: Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush)
Instructions: Hide animals under rocks. After singing make the animal sound and let the children guess the animal, then reveal the animal.

We're going on an animal hunt,
An animal hunt, an animal hunt.
We're going on an animal hunt,
Let's listen carefully....
(Make animal sound then reveal animal)

Repeat.

Shaker Song:
Walk Like the Animals by Makin' Music

Craft:
Lion in the Jungle
(Kids color and glue leaves around the lion to make him look like he is in the jungle.)



Secrets Storytime

School-Age Storytime

Books:
Hen Hears Gossip by Megan McDonald
Olive and the Big Secret by Tor Freeman
Pass It On! by Marilyn Sadler

Game:
Whisper Down the Lane

Craft:
Diary aka. Book of Secrets
with Pipe Cleaner Key and Key Chain

Bus Storytime

Preschool Storytime

Books:
The Seals on the Bus by Lenny Hort
Don't Squish the Sasquatch by Kent Redeker
I'm Your Bus by Marilyn Singer
The Bus For Us by Suzanne Bloom
School Bus by Donald Crews
Maisy Drives the Bus by Lucy Cousins

Craft:
Assemble a School Bus

The City Storytime

Toddler Storytime

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Books:
The Seals on the Bus by Lenny Hort
Wow! City! by Robert Neubecker
City Street by Douglas Florian

Fingerplay:
(Tune: This Old Man)
5 little trains painted black,
they come chugging down the track.
With a choo-choo, chug-chug,
Hear the whistle blow!
One little train goes chugging home!
Chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga-choo-choo!

4 little trains. . .

Shaker Song:
Elevator Song by Marylee

Craft:
City Street Hats (Street with cars and buildings encircles your head)

Monster Babies! Storytime

School-Age

Books:
The Baby That Roared by Simon Puttock
Where's the Baby by Pat Hutchins
When a Monster is Born by Sean Taylor

Craft:

Cute sleeping baby?

No! It's a monster baby!!!

Crafts!