It is Family time in Baby Time today!
Here are the songs and rhymes we used:

Family Songs and Rhymes:

My Family
https://www.kidsparkz.com/preschool-sings-family.html

Some families are large.
(spread arms out wide)
Some families are small
(bring arms close together)
But I love my family best of all!
(hug)

 

Have You Ever Seen a Father
Adapted from: http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/storytime/dads/index.html
Tune: Have You Ever Seen a Lassie

Have you ever seen a father,
a father, a father
Have you ever seen a father
as special as mine?
To care for and love me,
To help and to hug me,
Have you ever seen a father
as special mine?

Have you ever seen a father,
a father, a father
Have you ever seen a father
as awesome as mine?
To cuddle and hug me,
To kiss and protect me,
Have you ever seen a father
as awesome mine?

 

My Family
http://www.preschooleducation.com/sfamilysong.shtml

If you peek into my room at night
My family you will see
They kiss my face
and tuck me in tight,

Why?
Because they love me!

 

Thank You, Mom
http://www.preschooleducation.com/smother.shtml
Tune: London Bridge

Thank you, Mom, for all your hugs,
All your hugs, all your hugs.
Thank you Mom, for all your hugs,
They feel good to me.

Thank you Mom for all your kisses
All your kisses, all your kisses.
Thank you Mom for all your kisses,
They feel good to me.

Thank you Mom for all your love
All your love, all your love.
Thank you Mom
for all your love,
It feels good to me.

 

Mother and Father and Father John
http://libraryvillage.blogspot.com/2014/09/baby-story-time-on-farm.html

Mother and Father and Farmer John went to town, one by one.

Mother fell off,
And Father fell off,

But Farmer John went on and on and on and on…

 

Every Family’s Special
Adapted from: http://www.preschooleducation.com/sfamilysong.shtml
Tune: Ten Little Indians

Some have fathers,
some have mothers
Some have sisters,
some have brothers.
In some houses, there are others.
Every family’s special

Grandmas, Grandpas
sometimes cousins
Aunts and Uncles by the dozens
Some are sweet
and some curmudgeons
Every family’s special

 

Beginning Songs:

We Clap and Sing Hello
Adapted from: https://storytimekatie.com/songs-rhymes/openingclosing-songs/
Tune: The Farmer and the Dell.

We clap and sing hello,
We clap and sing hello,
With our friends
at story time,
We clap and sing hello!
*Hug *Kiss *Tickle

 

Hello, Hello

Hello hello
Can you clap your hands?
Hello hello
Can you clap your hands?

Can you stretch up high?
Can you touch your toes?
Can you give a kiss?
Can you say hello?

Hello hello
Can you stomp your feet?
Hello hello
Can you stomp your feet?

Can you stretch up high?
Can you touch your toes?
Can you give a kiss?
Can you say hello?

Hello hello
Can you clap your hands?
Hello hello
Can you stomp your feet?

Can you stretch up high?
Can you touch your toes?
Can you give a kiss?
Can you say hello?

 

Up and Down in My Little Red Wagon
Adapted from: http://www.ala.org/alsc/issuesadv/borntoread/babyrhymesgames
Tune: Bumpin Up and Down in My Little Red Wagon

Up and down in my little red wagon
Up and down in my little red wagon
Up and down in my little red wagon… Going to Storytime

Lost my wheel and the axel’s draggin’
Lost my wheel and the axel’s draggin’
Lost my wheel and the axel’s draggin’… Going to Storytime

Hammer the wheel back on the wagon
Hammer the wheel back on the wagon
Hammer the wheel back on the wagon… Going to Storytime

Up and down in my little red wagon
Up and down in my little red wagon
Up and down in my little red wagon… Going to Storytime

 

Ending songs:

Elevator Song
https://klmpeace.wordpress.com/rhymes-for-baby-and-toddler-storytimes/#59
Tune: Do Your Ears Hang Low

Oh, the city is great and the city is grand
There are lots of tall buildings
On a little piece of land
We live way up on the fifty-seventh floor
And this is what we do
When we go out the door!

Take the elevator up, take the elevator down (3 x)
Then we turn around!

 

Peek a Boo

Where is Baby? …. Peekaboo
Where is Baby? …. Peekaboo
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo I see you!
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo I see you!
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo
toodle-loo coochie coo
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo
I see you!
Peek-a-boo!

Where is Baby? …. Peekaboo
Where is Baby? …. Peekaboo
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo I love you!
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo I love you!
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo
toodle-loo coochie coo
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo
I love you!
Peek-a-boo!

 

Goodbye from Storytime
Tune: If You’re Happy and You Know It

Oh it’s time to say goodbye to our friends (clapclap)
It’s time to say goodbye to our friends (clapclap)
Storytime is done today
(wave goodbye)
So come again another day
It’s time to say goodbye to our friends (clapclap)

We are celebrating DiNovember! We have a storytime all about dinosaurs in Baby Time!

Here are the songs and rhymes we used:

Dinosaur Songs and Rhymes:

Five Dinosaurs
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems67.html
Tune: Five Little Ducks

One dinosaur went out to play,
On a bright and sunny day.
He had such enormous fun
That he called another dinosaur to come

2…3…4…

Five dinosaurs went out to play,
On a bright and sunny day.
Now that their playtime is done
Time for naps for everyone.

 

Dinosaurs All Around
Adapted from: http://www.preschoolexpress.com/music_station04/music_station_aug04.shtml
Tune: If You Are Happy and You Know It

There are dinosaurs stomping, all around.
There are dinosaurs stomping, all around.
There are dinos all around, stomping on the ground.
There are dinosaurs stomping, all around.

There are dinosaurs
jumping all around.
There are dinosaurs
jumping all around.
There are dinos all around,
jumping on the ground.
There are dinosaurs
jumping all around.

There are dinosaurs
flying all around.
There are dinosaurs
flying all around.
There are dinos all around,
flying over the ground.
There are dinosaurs
flying all around.

 

I Want to Be a Great Big Dinosaur
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems67.html
Tune: I Want to Be a Oscar Meyer Hot Dog

Oh I want to be
a great big dinosaur,
That is what
I really want to be!
For if I were
a great big dinosaur,
Everyone would run away from me.
Ahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!

 

Dino Ditty
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems67.html
Tune: Do Wah Ditty Ditty

Here he comes just a stomping with his feet,
Singing “Dino ditty, ditty dum ditty do”.
Searching all around for something good to eat,
Singing “Dino ditty, ditty dum ditty do.”
He’s huge. [He’s huge.]
He’s strong. [He’s strong.]
He’s huge, he’s strong,
won’t be hungry very long.

“Dino ditty,
ditty dum ditty do.”
“Dino ditty,
ditty dum ditty do.”

 

Beginning Songs:

We Clap and Sing Hello
Adapted from: https://storytimekatie.com/songs-rhymes/openingclosing-songs/
Tune: The Farmer and the Dell.

We clap and sing hello,
We clap and sing hello,
With our friends
at story time,
We clap and sing hello!
*Hug *Kiss *Tickle

 

Hello, Hello

Hello hello
Can you clap your hands?
Hello hello
Can you clap your hands?

Can you stretch up high?
Can you touch your toes?
Can you give a kiss?
Can you say hello?

Hello hello
Can you stomp your feet?
Hello hello
Can you stomp your feet?

Can you stretch up high?
Can you touch your toes?
Can you give a kiss?
Can you say hello?

Hello hello
Can you clap your hands?
Hello hello
Can you stomp your feet?

Can you stretch up high?
Can you touch your toes?
Can you give a kiss?
Can you say hello?

 

Up and Down in My Little Red Wagon
Adapted from Adapted from: http://www.ala.org/alsc/issuesadv/borntoread/babyrhymesgames
Tune: Bumpin Up and Down in My Little Red Wagon

Up and down in my little red wagon
Up and down in my little red wagon
Up and down in my little red wagon… Going to Storytime

Lost my wheel and the axel’s draggin’
Lost my wheel and the axel’s draggin’
Lost my wheel and the axel’s draggin’… Going to Storytime

Hammer the wheel back on the wagon
Hammer the wheel back on the wagon
Hammer the wheel back on the wagon… Going to Storytime

Up and down in my little red wagon
Up and down in my little red wagon
Up and down in my little red wagon… Going to Storytime

 

Ending songs:

Elevator Song
https://klmpeace.wordpress.com/rhymes-for-baby-and-toddler-storytimes/#59
Tune: Do Your Ears Hang Low

Oh, the city is great and the city is grand
There are lots of tall buildings
On a little piece of land
We live way up on the fifty-seventh floor
And this is what we do
When we go out the door!

Take the elevator up, take the elevator down (3 x)
Then we turn around!

 

Peek a Boo

Where is Baby? …. Peekaboo
Where is Baby? …. Peekaboo
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo I see you!
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo I see you!
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo
toodle-loo coochie coo
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo
I see you!
Peek-a-boo!

Where is Baby? …. Peekaboo
Where is Baby? …. Peekaboo
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo I love you!
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo I love you!
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo
toodle-loo coochie coo
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo
I love you!
Peek-a-boo!

 

Goodbye from Storytime
Tune: If You’re Happy and You Know It

Oh it’s time to say goodbye to our friends (clapclap)
It’s time to say goodbye to our friends (clapclap)
Storytime is done today
(wave goodbye)
So come again another day
It’s time to say goodbye to our friends (clapclap)

It’s Halloween time! We celebrated the holiday in Baby Time!

Here are the songs and rhymes we used:

Halloween Songs and Rhymes:

This Old Ghost
http://www.alphabet-soup.net/hall/hallcarol.html
Tune: This Old Man

This old ghost, he played one,
He played peek-a-boo on the run.
With a Boo! Boo! Boo!
and a clap, clap, clap!
This old ghost is a friendly chap.

This old ghost, he played two,
He played peek-a-boo in a shoe.
With a Boo! Boo! Boo!
and a clap, clap, clap!
This old ghost is a friendly chap.

This old ghost, he played three,
He played peek-a-boo behind a tree.
With a Boo! Boo! Boo!
and a clap, clap, clap,
This old ghost is a friendly chap.

 

It’s October
http://www.alphabet-soup.net/hall/hallcarol.html
Tune: She’ll Be Coming ‘round the Mountain

It’s October and it’s time to have some fun,
It’s October and it’s time to have some fun!
Pickin’ apples up so high
For a fresh baked apple pie
It’s October and it’s time to have some fun,
Oh it’s time to head out to the pumpkin patch,
Oh it’s time to head out to the pumpkin patch,
To the patch to choose a pumpkin
Dressed up like a country bumpkin
Oh it’s time to head out to the pumpkin patch,

Oh we’ll all go trick or treatin’ Halloween,
Oh we’ll all go trick or treatin’ Halloween,
Saying “Boo!” to those we meet
Getting lots of things to eat
Oh we’ll all go trick or treatin’ Halloween!

 

Stirring the Brew
http://www.perpetualpreschool.com/halloweensongs.html

Stirring and stirring
and stirring the brew
(draw circles on tummy)
Whooo, Whooo,
whooo, Whoooo
(tickle tummy)
Tip toe, tip toe,
tip toe
(walk fingers up to boop nose)
Boo!
(tickle and kiss)

 

Have a Happy Halloween
http://www.perpetualpreschool.com/halloweensongs.html
Tune: Clementine

Have a happy, have a happy, have a happy Halloween.
Trick of treat some, then you’ll eat some,
Have a happy Halloween.
Counting cookies, counting candy, counting every jellybean,
Have a happy, have a happy, have a happy Halloween.
Ring the front door, ring the back door,
ride a broomstick in between,
Have a happy, have a happy, have a happy Halloween.

 

Beginning Songs:

We Clap and Sing Hello
Adapted from: https://storytimekatie.com/songs-rhymes/openingclosing-songs/
Tune: The Farmer and the Dell.

We clap and sing hello,
We clap and sing hello,
With our friends
at story time,
We clap and sing hello!
*Hug *Kiss *Tickle

 

Hello, Hello

Hello hello
Can you clap your hands?
Hello hello
Can you clap your hands?

Can you stretch up high?
Can you touch your toes?
Can you give a kiss?
Can you say hello?

Hello hello
Can you stomp your feet?
Hello hello
Can you stomp your feet?

Can you stretch up high?
Can you touch your toes?
Can you give a kiss?
Can you say hello?

Hello hello
Can you clap your hands?
Hello hello
Can you stomp your feet?

Can you stretch up high?
Can you touch your toes?
Can you give a kiss?
Can you say hello?

 

Up and Down in My Little Red Wagon
Adapted from Adapted from: http://www.ala.org/alsc/issuesadv/borntoread/babyrhymesgames
Tune: Bumpin Up and Down in My Little Red Wagon

Up and down in my little red wagon
Up and down in my little red wagon
Up and down in my little red wagon… Going to Storytime

Lost my wheel and the axel’s draggin’
Lost my wheel and the axel’s draggin’
Lost my wheel and the axel’s draggin’… Going to Storytime

Hammer the wheel back on the wagon
Hammer the wheel back on the wagon
Hammer the wheel back on the wagon… Going to Storytime

Up and down in my little red wagon
Up and down in my little red wagon
Up and down in my little red wagon… Going to Storytime

 

Ending songs:

Elevator Song
https://klmpeace.wordpress.com/rhymes-for-baby-and-toddler-storytimes/#59
Tune: Do Your Ears Hang Low

Oh, the city is great and the city is grand
There are lots of tall buildings
On a little piece of land
We live way up on the fifty-seventh floor
And this is what we do
When we go out the door!

Take the elevator up, take the elevator down (3 x)
Then we turn around!

 

Peek a Boo

Where is Baby? …. Peekaboo
Where is Baby? …. Peekaboo
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo I see you!
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo I see you!
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo
toodle-loo coochie coo
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo
I see you!
Peek-a-boo!

Where is Baby? …. Peekaboo
Where is Baby? …. Peekaboo
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo I love you!
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo I love you!
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo
toodle-loo coochie coo
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo
I love you!
Peek-a-boo!

 

Goodbye from Storytime
Tune: If You’re Happy and You Know It

Oh it’s time to say goodbye to our friends (clapclap)
It’s time to say goodbye to our friends (clapclap)
Storytime is done today
(wave goodbye)
So come again another day
It’s time to say goodbye to our friends (clapclap)

October 30th from 6:00pm to 7:00pm we will have Trick or Treating in the Library!

Dress up and come on by!

It’s a MONSTERously good time in Baby Time this week!

Here are the songs and rhymes we used:

Monster Songs and Rhymes:

Horns And Fangs
http://www.preschooleducation.com/smonster.shtml
Tune: Head and Shoulders

Horns and fangs, knees and claws,
knees and claws.
Horns and fangs, knees and claws.
Eyes and ears and tail and paws.
Horns and fangs, knees and claws,
knees and claws.

 

One Monster Finger
Adapted from: https://supersimpleonline.com/song/one-little-finger/
Tune: One Little Finger

One monster finger
One monster finger
One monster finger tap tap tap
Point your finger up
Point your finger down
Put it on your head!

(…nose…belly…knee…toes…)

Put it on your toes, put it on your knee, put it on your belly, put it on your nose, put it on your head, now let’s wave goodbye!

 

Ten Little Monsters
Adapted from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK9Y1TeC9Oc
Tune: Ten Little Indians

One little, Two little, Three little Monsters
Four little, Five little, Six little Monsters
Seven little, Eight little, Nine little Monsters
Ten of them can’t scare me!
Ten little, Nine little, Eight little Monsters
Seven little, Six little, Five little Monsters
Four little, Three little, Two little Monsters
Not a one of them can scare me!

 

Five Little Monsters Went Out to Play
Rhyme by Miss Krissy
Tune: Five Little Ducks

One little monster went out to play
In the autumn leaves one day
He had such enormous fun
that he called another little monster to come!

Two…Three…Four…

Five little monsters went out to play
In the autumn leaves one day
They played and danced and jumped and run
Now it’s time for naps for everyone!

 

Sleeping Monsters
Adapted from: https://wordsforlife.org.uk/activities/sing-sleeping-bunnies-your-child/
Tune: Sleeping Bunnies

See the little monsters sleep till nearly noon
Shall we wake them with a merry tune?
They`re so still, are they ill?
Wake up little monsters!

Hop little monsters, Hop little monsters
Hop little monsters – Hop, hop, hop
Hop little monsters, Hop little monsters
Hop little monsters – Hop, hop, hop
Fa lala lalalala fa la la lalalalala
Fa lala lalalala fa la la lalalalala

 

Beginning Songs:

We Clap and Sing Hello
Adapted from: https://storytimekatie.com/songs-rhymes/openingclosing-songs/
Tune: The Farmer and the Dell.

We clap and sing hello,
We clap and sing hello,
With our friends
at story time,
We clap and sing hello!
*Hug *Kiss *Tickle

 

Hello, Hello

Hello hello
Can you clap your hands?
Hello hello
Can you clap your hands?

Can you stretch up high?
Can you touch your toes?
Can you give a kiss?
Can you say hello?

Hello hello
Can you stomp your feet?
Hello hello
Can you stomp your feet?

Can you stretch up high?
Can you touch your toes?
Can you give a kiss?
Can you say hello?

Hello hello
Can you clap your hands?
Hello hello
Can you stomp your feet?

Can you stretch up high?
Can you touch your toes?
Can you give a kiss?
Can you say hello?

 

Up and Down in My Little Red Wagon
Adapted from: http://www.ala.org/alsc/issuesadv/borntoread/babyrhymesgames
Tune: Bumpin Up and Down in My Little Red Wagon

Up and down in my little red wagon
Up and down in my little red wagon
Up and down in my little red wagon… Going to Storytime

Lost my wheel and the axel’s draggin’
Lost my wheel and the axel’s draggin’
Lost my wheel and the axel’s draggin’… Going to Storytime

Hammer the wheel back on the wagon
Hammer the wheel back on the wagon
Hammer the wheel back on the wagon… Going to Storytime

Up and down in my little red wagon
Up and down in my little red wagon
Up and down in my little red wagon… Going to Storytime

 

Ending songs:

Elevator Song
https://klmpeace.wordpress.com/rhymes-for-baby-and-toddler-storytimes/#59
Tune: Do Your Ears Hang Low

Oh, the city is great and the city is grand
There are lots of tall buildings
On a little piece of land
We live way up on the fifty-seventh floor
And this is what we do
When we go out the door!

Take the elevator up, take the elevator down (3 x)
Then we turn around!

 

Peek a Boo

Where is Baby? …. Peekaboo
Where is Baby? …. Peekaboo
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo I see you!
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo I see you!
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo
toodle-loo coochie coo
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo
I see you!
Peek-a-boo!

Where is Baby? …. Peekaboo
Where is Baby? …. Peekaboo
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo I love you!
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo I love you!
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo
toodle-loo coochie coo
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo
I love you!
Peek-a-boo!

 

Goodbye from Storytime
Tune: If You’re Happy and You Know It

Oh it’s time to say goodbye to our friends (clapclap)
It’s time to say goodbye to our friends (clapclap)
Storytime is done today
(wave goodbye)
So come again another day
It’s time to say goodbye to our friends (clapclap)

It is Spider Time in Baby Time!

Here are the songs and rhymes we used:

Spider Songs and Rhymes:

Little Miss Muffet
Traditional Rhyme

Little Miss Muffet sat on her tuffet
Eating her curds and whey
Along came a spider and sat down beside her
And frightened Miss Muffet away

 

The Spider Spins a Web
Adapted from http://www.kidnkaboodle.net/fingerplay.html
Tune: The Farmer in the Dell

The spider spins a web,
The spider spins a web,
Round, round, up and down,
The spider spins a web.

Additional Verses:
She spins it side to side.
She spins it back and forth.

 

The Itsy Bitsy Spider
Traditional Rhyme

The itsy bitsy spider
crawled up the water spout.
Down came the rain,
and washed the spider out.
Out came the sun,
and dried up all the rain,
and the itsy bitsy spider
went up the spout again.

 

Five Little Spiders
Adapted by Miss Krissy

One little spider went out to play,
On a spider’s web one day.
He had such enormous fun,
He asked another little spider to come.

Two…Three… Four

Five little spiders went out to play,
On a spider’s web one day.
Time to go playtime is done
So they waved good-bye to everyone!

 

Spin Little Spider
http://www.kidnkaboodle.net/fingerplay.html
Tune: Ten Little Indians

Spin, spin, little spider,
Spin, spin, wider, wider.
Spin, spin, little spider,
Early in the morning.

Dance dance
Jump jump
Tickle tickle

 

I Have a Little Spider
http://www.oakparkmomsandtots.ca/forum/index.php?topic=1969.0

I have a little spider
and I’m very fond of him,
He climbs on to my shoulder
And then up to my chin
He crawls down my arm
And then down my leg
Now he’s a tired little spider
So I put him into bed

 

Beginning Songs:

We Clap and Sing Hello
Adapted from: https://storytimekatie.com/songs-rhymes/openingclosing-songs/
Tune: The Farmer and the Dell.

We clap and sing hello,
We clap and sing hello,
With our friends
at story time,
We clap and sing hello!
*Hug *Kiss *Tickle

 

Hello, Hello

Hello hello
Can you clap your hands?
Hello hello
Can you clap your hands?

Can you stretch up high?
Can you touch your toes?
Can you give a kiss?
Can you say hello?

Hello hello
Can you stomp your feet?
Hello hello
Can you stomp your feet?

Can you stretch up high?
Can you touch your toes?
Can you give a kiss?
Can you say hello?

Hello hello
Can you clap your hands?
Hello hello
Can you stomp your feet?

Can you stretch up high?
Can you touch your toes?
Can you give a kiss?
Can you say hello?

 

Up and Down in My Little Red Wagon
Adapted from: http://www.ala.org/alsc/issuesadv/borntoread/babyrhymesgames
Tune: Bumpin Up and Down in My Little Red Wagon

Up and down in my little red wagon
Up and down in my little red wagon
Up and down in my little red wagon… Going to Storytime

Lost my wheel and the axel’s draggin’
Lost my wheel and the axel’s draggin’
Lost my wheel and the axel’s draggin’… Going to Storytime

Hammer the wheel back on the wagon
Hammer the wheel back on the wagon
Hammer the wheel back on the wagon… Going to Storytime

Up and down in my little red wagon
Up and down in my little red wagon
Up and down in my little red wagon… Going to Storytime

 

Ending songs:

Elevator Song
https://klmpeace.wordpress.com/rhymes-for-baby-and-toddler-storytimes/#59
Tune: Do Your Ears Hang Low

Oh, the city is great and the city is grand
There are lots of tall buildings
On a little piece of land
We live way up on the fifty-seventh floor
And this is what we do
When we go out the door!

Take the elevator up, take the elevator down (3 x)
Then we turn around!

 

Peek a Boo

Where is Baby? …. Peekaboo
Where is Baby? …. Peekaboo
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo I see you!
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo I see you!
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo
toodle-loo coochie coo
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo
I see you!
Peek-a-boo!

Where is Baby? …. Peekaboo
Where is Baby? …. Peekaboo
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo I love you!
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo I love you!
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo
toodle-loo coochie coo
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo
I love you!
Peek-a-boo!

 

Goodbye from Storytime
Tune: If You’re Happy and You Know It

Oh it’s time to say goodbye to our friends (clapclap)
It’s time to say goodbye to our friends (clapclap)
Storytime is done today
(wave goodbye)
So come again another day
It’s time to say goodbye to our friends (clapclap)

It’s Pumpkin Time in Baby Time!

Here are the songs and rhymes we used:

Pumpkin Songs and Rhymes:

Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater
Traditional Rhyme

Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater
Had a wife and couldn’t keep her
Put her in a pumpkin shell
There he kept her very well.

 

See the Pumpkins
http://www.recipes4learning.com/print.php?id=352
Tune: Frere Jacques

See the pumpkins,see the pumpkins
Orange and round,orange and round.

See the little pumpkins,
See the great,big pumpkins
Orange and round,orange and round.

 

Pumpkin on the Vine
Adapted from: http://www.kidnkaboodle.net/fingerplay.html
Tune: Farmer in the Dell

The pumpkin on the vine,
The pumpkin on the vine,
I picked the one that weighed a ton,
And that’s the one that’s mine.

I made two funny eyes,
A mouth that’s oversize
The other goo my mother used,
For baking pumpkin pies.
(Repeat first stanza)

 

Pumpkin Pumpkin
http://babetter.wordpress.com/rhymes-fingerplays/new-pumpkin-pumpkin/
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Pumpkin, pumpkin, orange and round
Sitting quietly on the ground.
Once you were a seed so small
Now you are a great orange ball
Pumpkin, pumpkin, orange and round
Rolling, rolling on the ground.

 

Floppy Pumpkin
Adapted from: http://www.kidnkaboodle.net/fingerplay.html

The Floppy, floppy scarecrow
Guards his pumpkin patch all day.
He waves his floppy, floppy hands
To scare the crows away!

Feet…arms…belly

 

Beginning Songs:

We Clap and Sing Hello
Adapted from: https://storytimekatie.com/songs-rhymes/openingclosing-songs/
Tune: The Farmer and the Dell.

We clap and sing hello,
We clap and sing hello,
With our friends
at story time,
We clap and sing hello!
*Hug *Kiss *Tickle

 

Hello, Hello

Hello hello
Can you clap your hands?
Hello hello
Can you clap your hands?

Can you stretch up high?
Can you touch your toes?
Can you give a kiss?
Can you say hello?

Hello hello
Can you stomp your feet?
Hello hello
Can you stomp your feet?

Can you stretch up high?
Can you touch your toes?
Can you give a kiss?
Can you say hello?

Hello hello
Can you clap your hands?
Hello hello
Can you stomp your feet?

Can you stretch up high?
Can you touch your toes?
Can you give a kiss?
Can you say hello?

 

Up and Down in My Little Red Wagon
Adapted from Adapted from: http://www.ala.org/alsc/issuesadv/borntoread/babyrhymesgames
Tune: Bumpin Up and Down in My Little Red Wagon

Up and down in my little red wagon
Up and down in my little red wagon
Up and down in my little red wagon… Going to Storytime

Lost my wheel and the axel’s draggin’
Lost my wheel and the axel’s draggin’
Lost my wheel and the axel’s draggin’… Going to Storytime

Hammer the wheel back on the wagon
Hammer the wheel back on the wagon
Hammer the wheel back on the wagon… Going to Storytime

Up and down in my little red wagon
Up and down in my little red wagon
Up and down in my little red wagon… Going to Storytime

 

Ending songs:

Elevator Song
https://klmpeace.wordpress.com/rhymes-for-baby-and-toddler-storytimes/#59
Tune: Do Your Ears Hang Low

Oh, the city is great and the city is grand
There are lots of tall buildings
On a little piece of land
We live way up on the fifty-seventh floor
And this is what we do
When we go out the door!

Take the elevator up, take the elevator down (3 x)
Then we turn around!

 

Peek a Boo

Where is Baby? …. Peekaboo
Where is Baby? …. Peekaboo
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo I see you!
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo I see you!
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo
toodle-loo coochie coo
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo
I see you!
Peek-a-boo!

Where is Baby? …. Peekaboo
Where is Baby? …. Peekaboo
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo I love you!
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo I love you!
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo
toodle-loo coochie coo
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo
I love you!
Peek-a-boo!

 

Goodbye from Storytime
Tune: If You’re Happy and You Know It

Oh it’s time to say goodbye to our friends (clapclap)
It’s time to say goodbye to our friends (clapclap)
Storytime is done today
(wave goodbye)
So come again another day
It’s time to say goodbye to our friends (clapclap)

Welcome, Autumn! Let us celebrate the changing of the season in Baby Time!

Here are the songs and rhymes we used:

Autumn Songs and Rhymes:

Saw A Leaf
http://www.preschoolexpress.com/music_station07/fall-leaves-songs-rhymes-sep07.shtml
Tune: My Darling Clementine

Saw a leaf, Saw a leaf,
Saw a leaf falling down.
It was floating,
It was twirling,
As it spun and spun around.

Tried to catch it, tried to catch it
When it landed on the ground.
But it kept right on twirling
As it danced across the town.

 

Frisky Squirrel
http://www.preschooleducation.com/sfall.shtml
Tune: The Grand Old Duke of York

Oh, the frisky little squirrel
He gathers nuts and seeds.
He hides them for the winter months
So he’ll have all he needs.

Oh, up-up-up he goes
And down-down-down he comes.
He runs around – goes up and down.
His work is never done.

 

Five Little Leaves
Adapted from: http://www.everythingpreschool.com/themes/apples/songs.htm

Five little leaves hanging on a tree
The prettiest leaves you ever did see!
The wind came past and gave an angry frown
And one little leaf came tumbling down.

4…3…2…1

 

Autumn Leaves are Turning Colors
http://stepbystepcc.com/leaves.html
Tune: Mulberry Bush

Autumn leaves are turning colors,
Turning colors, turning colors,
Autumn leaves are turning colors
All day long.
Autumn leaves are falling,
Autumn leaves are dancing,

 

Dingle Dangle Scarecrow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnGBx9ydWcQ

When all the cows were sleeping
And the sun has gone to bed
Up jumped a scarecrow
And this is what he said.
I’m a Dingle Dangle Scarecrow
with a flippy floppy hat
I can shake my hands like this
And shake my feet like that.

When the dogs were in their kennel
And the pigeon in their loft
Up jumped the scarecrow
And whispered very soft.
I’m a Dingle Dangle Scarecrow
with a flippy floppy hat
I can shake my hands like this
and shake my feet like that.

When the cows were in their meadow
And sun behind a cloud
Up jumped the scarecrow
And shouted very loud!
I’m a Dingle Dangle Scarecrow
with a flippy floppy hat
I can shake my hands like this
And shake my feet like that.

 

Beginning Songs:

We Clap and Sing Hello
Adapted from: https://storytimekatie.com/songs-rhymes/openingclosing-songs/
Tune: The Farmer and the Dell.

We clap and sing hello,
We clap and sing hello,
With our friends
at story time,
We clap and sing hello!
*Hug *Kiss *Tickle

 

Hello Hello

Hello hello
Can you clap your hands?
Hello hello
Can you clap your hands?

Can you stretch up high?
Can you touch your toes?
Can you give a kiss?
Can you say hello?

Hello hello
Can you stomp your feet?
Hello hello
Can you stomp your feet?

Can you stretch up high?
Can you touch your toes?
Can you give a kiss?
Can you say hello?

Hello hello
Can you clap your hands?
Hello hello
Can you stomp your feet?

Can you stretch up high?
Can you touch your toes?
Can you give a kiss?
Can you say hello?

 

Up and Down in My Little Red Wagon
Adapted from Adapted from: http://www.ala.org/alsc/issuesadv/borntoread/babyrhymesgames

Tune: Bumpin Up and Down in My Little Red Wagon

Up and down in my little red wagon
Up and down in my little red wagon
Up and down in my little red wagon… Going to Storytime

Lost my wheel and the axel’s draggin’
Lost my wheel and the axel’s draggin’
Lost my wheel and the axel’s draggin’… Going to Storytime

Hammer the wheel back on the wagon
Hammer the wheel back on the wagon
Hammer the wheel back on the wagon… Going to Storytime

Up and down in my little red wagon
Up and down in my little red wagon
Up and down in my little red wagon… Going to Storytime

 

Ending songs:

Elevator Song
https://klmpeace.wordpress.com/rhymes-for-baby-and-toddler-storytimes/#59
Tune: Do Your Ears Hang Low

Oh, the city is great and the city is grand
There are lots of tall buildings
On a little piece of land
We live way up on the fifty-seventh floor
And this is what we do
When we go out the door!

Take the elevator up, take the elevator down (3 x)
Then we turn around!

 

Peek a Boo

Where is Baby? …. Peekaboo
Where is Baby? …. Peekaboo
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo I see you!
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo I see you!
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo
toodle-loo coochie coo
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo
I see you!
Peek-a-boo!

Where is Baby? …. Peekaboo
Where is Baby? …. Peekaboo
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo I love you!
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo I love you!
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo
toodle-loo coochie coo
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo
I love you!
Peek-a-boo!

 

Goodbye from Storytime
Tune: If You’re Happy and You Know It

Oh it’s time to say goodbye to our friends (clapclap)
It’s time to say goodbye to our friends (clapclap)
Storytime is done today
(wave goodbye)
So come again another day
It’s time to say goodbye to our friends (clapclap)

September 22^nd is National Elephant Appreciation Day so this week our Baby Time theme was Elephants!

Here are the songs and rhymes we used:

 

Elephant Songs and Rhymes:

 

Swishy Swishy Grass

 

Elephant, elephant, going stomp, stomp, stomp

through the swishy, swishy grass

The swishy, swishy grass

Elephant, elephant going stomp, stomp, stomp

through the swishy swishy, swishy, swishy grass

(elephant noise with movement)

 

Elephant, elephant with your big long trunk

through the swishy, swishy grass

the swishy, swishy grass

Elephant, elephant with your big, long trunk

through the swishy, swishy, swishy, swishy grass

(elephant noise with movement)

 

Elephant, elephant with your flippy, flappy ears

through the swishy, swishy grass

The swishy, swishy grass

Elephant, elephant with your flippy, flappy ears

through the swishy, swishy, swishy, swishy grass

(elephant noise with movement)

 

Elephant, elephant with your flicky, flicky tail

through the swishy swishy grass

The swishy, swishy grass

Elephant, elephant with your flicky, flicky tail

through the swishy swishy, swishy, swishy grass

(elephant noise with movement)

 

 

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Five Elephants

Adapted from: http://www.piercecountylibrary.org/files/library/wigglesfingerplays.pdf

Tune: Five Little Ducks

 

One elephant went out to play,

On a bright and sunny day.

He had such enormous fun

That he called another elephant to come.

Hey elephant!

 

Two… Three… Four

 

Five elephants went out to play,

On a bright and sunny day.

Time to go, they hear mama call

So wave goodbye to one and all.

 

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Elephant is so Slow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g06SgLoSF4A

 

An elephant goes like this and that,

he’s terribly big and he’s terribly fat.

He has no fingers but he has toes,

But goodness, what a long nose!

Hey dee hey dee ho! The great big elephant is so slow

Hey dee hey dee ho! The elephant is so slow

He swings his trunk from side to side

And he takes the children for a ride

Hey dee hey dee ho!

The elephant is so slow

 

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Boom Boom Ain’t It Great to be Crazy

http://www.theteachersguide.com/Songs/boom.htm

 

Boom, boom, ain’t it great to be crazy?
Boom, boom, ain’t it great to be crazy?
Giddy and foolish the whole day through

Boom, boom, ain’t it great to be crazy?

Way down South where bananas grow
A flea stepped on an elephant’s toe
The elephant cried, with tears in his eyes
“Why don’t you pick on someone your own size?”

 

Boom, boom, ain’t it great to be crazy?
Boom, boom, ain’t it great to be crazy?
Giddy and foolish the whole day through

Boom, boom, ain’t it great to be crazy?

 

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Beginning songs:

 

We Clap and Sing Hello

We clap and sing hello,
We clap and sing hello,
With our friends

at story time,
We clap and sing hello!

 

*Hug  *Kiss  *Tickle

 

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Hello Hello

 

Hello hello

Can you clap your hands?

Hello hello

Can you clap your hands?

 

Can you stretch up high?

Can you touch your toes?

Can you give a kiss?

Can you say hello?

 

Hello hello

Can you stamp your feet?

Hello hello

Can you stamp your feet?

 

Can you stretch up high?

Can you touch your toes?

Can give a kiss?

Can you say hello?

 

Hello hello

Can you clap your hands?

Hello hello

Can you stamp your feet?

 

Can you stretch up high?

Can you touch your toes?

Can you give a kiss?

Can you say hello?

 

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Up and Down in My Little Red Wagon

Adapted from: http://www.ala.org/alsc/issuesadv/borntoread/babyrhymesgames

 

Up and down in my little red wagon

Up and down in my little red wagon

Up and down in my little red wagon… Going to Storytime

 

Lost my wheel and the axel’s draggin’

Lost my wheel and the axel’s draggin’

Lost my wheel and the axel’s draggin’… Going to Storytime

 

Hammer the wheel back on the wagon

Hammer the wheel back on the wagon

Hammer the wheel back on the wagon… Going to Storytime

 

Up and down in my little red wagon

Up and down in my little red wagon

Up and down in my little red wagon… Going to Storytime

 

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Ending Songs:

 

Elevator Song

Rhymes

Tune: Do Your Ears Hang Low?

 

Oh, the city is great and the city is grand 
There are lots of tall buildings
On a little piece of land
We live way up on the fifty-seventh floor
And this is what we do
When we go out the door!

Take the elevator up, take the elevator down (3 x)
Then we turn around!

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Peek-a-boo

 

Where is Baby? …. Peekaboo

Where is Baby? …. Peekaboo

 

Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo I see you!

Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo I see you!

Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo

toodle-loo coochie coo

 

Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo

I see you!

Peek-a-boo!

 

Where is Baby? …. Peekaboo

Where is Baby? …. Peekaboo

 

Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo I love you!

Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo I love you!

Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo

toodle-loo coochie coo

 

Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo

I love you!

Peek-a-boo!

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Goodbye Song

 

Oh it’s time to say goodbye to our friends (clapclap)

It’s time to say goodbye to our friends (clapclap)

Storytime is done today (wave goodbye)

So come again another day

It’s time to say goodbye to our friends (clapclap)

 

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The books we read today were I Love My Mama and No Matter What.

 

 

September 9^th is National Teddy Bear Day so this week our Baby Time theme was Teddy Bears!
Here are the songs and rhymes we used:

Teddy Bear Songs and Rhymes:

Cinnamon Bear
https://www.preschooleducation.com/stbear.shtml

Cinnamon, Cinnamon, Cinnamon Bear
Sitting on a kitchen chair.

Cinnamon sugar in a shaker.
Shake, shake, shake it
Like a baker.

Sprinkle it on buttered toast.
It’s the treat
You’ll love the most.

Cinnamon, Cinnamon, Cinnamon Bear,
Do you think that we may share?

 

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Hug Your Bear
http://sjplyouthservices.pbwiki.com/Teddy+Bear+Storytime
Tune: Row Row Row Your Boat

Hug, hug, hug your bear
Squeeze him very tight

Hold him high, help him fly
Then hug with all your might.

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Five Little Teddy Bears
Tune: Five Green and Speckled Frogs
A Rhyme by Miss Krissy

Five little teddy bears, sat on the hallway stairs
Eating some honey from a jar   *Yum Yum*
One jumped down to the floor, trying to find some more
Now there are four little teddy bears.

Four, Three, Two, One, None

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Round and Round the Garden
http://us.pampers.com/en_US/activities/page/details/topicId/302/contentId/12005/stageId/104/type/207.do

Round and round the garden
(draw circle on child’s tummy)

Goes the teddy bear.

One step, two steps…
(walk your fingers up child’s chest)

Tickle ‘em under there!

(tickle under child’s chin)

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My Teddy Bear
youtube.com/watch?v=6fz-FsHYMJ8

My teddy bear has one nose.
one nose.
one nose!
My teddy bear has one nose.
I love my teddy bear!

(hug and kiss)

 

Two ears
Two arms
Two legs
One tum

 

Beginning songs:

We Clap and Sing Hello

We clap and sing hello,
We clap and sing hello,
With our friends
at story time,
We clap and sing hello!

 

*Hug  *Kiss  *Tickle

 

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Hello Hello

 

Hello hello
Can you clap your hands?
Hello hello
Can you clap your hands?

Can you stretch up high?
Can you touch your toes?
Can you give a kiss?
Can you say hello?

Hello hello
Can you stamp your feet?
Hello hello
Can you stamp your feet?

Can you stretch up high?
Can you touch your toes?
Can give a kiss?
Can you say hello?

Hello hello
Can you clap your hands?
Hello hello
Can you stamp your feet?

Can you stretch up high?
Can you touch your toes?
Can you give a kiss?
Can you say hello?

 

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Up and Down in My Little Red Wagon
Adapted from: http://www.ala.org/alsc/issuesadv/borntoread/babyrhymesgames

Up and down in my little red wagon
Up and down in my little red wagon
Up and down in my little red wagon… Going to Storytime

Lost my wheel and the axel’s draggin’
Lost my wheel and the axel’s draggin’
Lost my wheel and the axel’s draggin’… Going to Storytime

Hammer the wheel back on the wagon
Hammer the wheel back on the wagon
Hammer the wheel back on the wagon… Going to Storytime

Up and down in my little red wagon
Up and down in my little red wagon
Up and down in my little red wagon… Going to Storytime

 

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Ending Songs:

Elevator Song
Tune: Do Your Ears Hang Low?

Oh, the city is great and the city is grand 
There are lots of tall buildings
On a little piece of land
We live way up on the fifty-seventh floor
And this is what we do
When we go out the door!

Take the elevator up, take the elevator down (3 x)
Then we turn around!

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Where is Baby?
Where is Baby? …. Peekaboo
Where is Baby? …. Peekaboo

Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo I see you!
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo I see you!
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo
toodle-loo coochie coo

Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo
I see you!
Peek-a-boo!

Where is Baby? …. Peekaboo
Where is Baby? …. Peekaboo

Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo I love you!
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo I love you!
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo
toodle-loo coochie coo

Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo
I love you!
Peek-a-boo!

 

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Goodbye Song

Oh it’s time to say goodbye to our friends (clapclap)
It’s time to say goodbye to our friends (clapclap)
Storytime is done today (wave goodbye)
So come again another day
It’s time to say goodbye to our friends (clapclap)

 

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The books we read today were Teddy Bear Picnic and Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes.