Virtual Storytime: After the Fall

 

 

 

After the Fall

 

Opening Song:  Dance Your Fingers

Dance your fingers up, dance your fingers down

Dance your fingers to the side and dance them round and round

Dance them on your shoulders, dance them on your head

Dance them on your belly and now put them to bed!

Rhyme: Humpty Dumpty

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.

All the king's horses and all the king's men

Couldn't put Humpty together again.

 

Book:  After the Fall written and illustrated by Dan Santat, published by Roaring Brook Press.

Rhyme: Cheer the Year

Cheer, cheer, cheer the year

A new one's just begun!

Celebrate with all your friends.

Let's go have some fun!

Clap, clap, clap your hands

A brand new year is here!

Learning, laughing, singing, clapping,

Through another year!

 

Closing Song:  May There Always Be Sunshine

May there always be sunshine

May there always be blue skies

May there always be children

May there always by you

 

May there always be stories

May there always be music

May there always be laughter

May there always be you

 

May there always be kindness

May there always be love

May you always feel special

Because you are you

 

Happy New Year!

Miss Tiffany

Move and Groove: Hot Cocoa Song

 

 

 

 

Hot Cocoa Song

 

I have a cup of hot cocoa

It's all steamy and warm

I just need one marshmallow

And I don't need anymore!

YUM!

 

I have a cup of hot cocoa

It's all steamy and warm

I just need two marshmallows

And I don't need anymore!

YUM!

 

I have a cup of hot cocoa

It's all steamy and warm

I just need three marshmallows

And I don't need anymore!

YUM!

 

I have a cup of hot cocoa

It's all steamy and warm

I just need four marshmallows

And I don't need anymore!

YUM!

 

I have a cup of hot cocoa

It's all steamy and warm

I just need five marshmallows

And I don't need anymore!

YUM!

 

I have a cup of hot cocoa

It's all steamy and warm

I just need six marshmallows

And I don't need anymore!

YUM!

 

  

It is a very cold day today!  Hopefully this rhyme and some hot cocoa are enough to warm you up!

Happy New Year!

Miss Tiffany

 

Monday Morning Messy Makers: Polar Bears

Keep scrolling to see book recommendations, songs, rhymes, activities, and crafts!

"Welcome" by Barroux

"Polar Bear Morning" by Lauren Thompson

"Polar Opposites" by Erik Brooks       Read Aloud Here

"Polar Bear's Underwear" by Tupera Tupera

Across the Snow

Tune: Mary Had a Little Lamb

Polar Bear walks ‘cross the snow,

‘cross the snow, ‘cross the snow.

Polar Bear walks ‘cross the snow,

Moving very slow

 

Polar Bear starts to run real fast,

Run real fast, run real fast.

Polar Bear starts to run real fast,

Now he’s home at last!

 

Did You Ever See a Polar Bear?

Tune: Did You Ever See a Lassie?

Did you ever see a polar bear,

A polar bear, a polar bear?

Did you ever see a polar bear

Sliding on ice?

He slips and he slides,

He twirls and he glides.

Did you ever see a polar bear,

Sliding on ice?

Make a Polar Bear Baby!

Craft Instructions:

1. Connect the big circle to the small circle by pushing your brad pins through the center of the small circle into the large circle.

2. Glue the ears to the back of the small circle and the arms and legs to the back of the big circle.

3. Glue down your nose and eyes, and then draw your polar bear baby’s mouth.

Extra play Ideas:

·        Try the Arctic Animals Yoga on the next page.

·        Build an igloo with a white sheet draped over furniture. Climb inside to read your favorite wintery books.

·        Using shaving cream on a cookie sheet, practice writing words or letters in the “snow”.

Virtual Storytime: The Night Before Christmas

 

 

The Night Before Christmas

 

Book:  The Night Before Christmas, poem by Clement C Moore, illustrated by Mary Engelbreit, published by HarperCollins.  

The poem The Night Before Christmas was written in 1823, nearly 200 years ago, and is one of the best known American poems.

Click to visit Mary Engelbreit's website.

It is my greatest Christmas wish that you stay healthy and safe this Christmas season and that I get to see you in the New Year!

 Merry Christmas friends!

 Miss Tiffany

Move and Groove: The Lights on the Tree

 

 

 

 

The Lights on the Tree

Tune:  The Wheels on the Bus

 

The lights on the tree go blink, blink, blink

Blink, blink, blink, blink, blink, blink

The  lights on the tree go blink, blink, blink

On Christmas Day!

The presents under the tree go rattle, rattle, rattle

Rattle, rattle, rattle, rattle, rattle, rattle

The presents under the tree go rattle, rattle, rattle

On Christmas Day!

 

The babies in the house go wah, wah, wah

Wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah

The babies on the bus go wah, wah, wah

On Christmas Day!

 

The mommy in the house goes kiss, kiss, kiss

Kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss

The mommy in the house goes kiss, kiss, kiss

On Christmas Day!

 

The sister in the house goes yay, yay, yay

Yay, yay, yay, yay, yay, yay

The sister in the house goes yay, yay, yay

On Christmas Day!

 

 

You can add more verses for the people and activities in your house.  You can sing, choo-choo if you have a train under the tree.  You can add sounds for your pets.  Maybe the daddy in the house goes hug, hug, hug, or snore, snore, snore if he takes a Christmas Day nap! 

Merry Christmas!

Miss Tiffany

 

Monday Morning Messy Makers: Jingle Bells

Keep scrolling to see book recommendations, songs, rhymes, activities, and crafts!

"Llama Llama Jingle Bells" by Anna Dewdney

"Jingle Bells" by Iza Trapani

"Deck the Walls!: A Wacky Christmas Carol" by Erin Dealy    Read Aloud Here

"Pete the Cat's 12 Groovy Days of Christmas" by Kimberly and James Dean

Silver Bells

Tune: Jingle Bells

Silver Bells, silver bells

Ring them loud and clear.

Silver Bells, silver bells

Bringing Holiday cheer.

 

Ring them high, ring them low,

Ring them ‘round and ‘round.

What a lovely time of year

When silver bells you hear.

 

Tap, Tap, Tap Your Hand

Tune: Row Your Boat

Tap, tap, tap your hand

With your bell today.

Tap the beat – of the song.

Tap your bell this way.

 

Tap, tap, tap your hand

With your bell today.

Let’s make music with our hands

Then put our bells away.

Make a jingle bell bracelet!

Craft Instructions:

1. Thread the jingle bells onto the pipe cleaners.

2. Twist the pipe cleaners together or use the second one to make a bow.

3. Secure the ends. You can wear it as a bracelet or use it to sing the songs above!

Extra play Ideas:

·        Cell Phone Caroling! Using your new jingle bells, pick a few friends or family members to call and sing or play your favorite holiday songs to.

Turn a cup upside down and create a holiday toss game. Try to get the jingle bell ring to land on the cup to earn points

Virtual Storytime: The Great Santa Stakeout

 

 

 

The Great Santa Stakeout

 

Opening Song:  Dance Your Fingers

Dance your fingers up, dance your fingers down

Dance your fingers to the side and dance them round and round

Dance them on your shoulders, dance them on your head

Dance them on your belly and now put them to bed!

Rhyme:  I'm a Little Santa

I'm a little Santa, short and fat.

Here is my beard and here is my sack.

On Christmas Eve I hop in my sleigh,

With a ho, ho, ho I'm on my way!

 

Book:  The Great Santa Stakeout by Betsy Bird, illustrated by Dan Santat, published by Arthur A. Levine Books.

Click to visit Betsy Bird's website.

How would you trap Santa for a selfie?  Draw a picture, or blueprints, of a Santa trap.  You could even use Lego bricks to build a model!

Rhyme:  Twinkle Twinkle Christmas Star

Twinkle, twinkle Christmas star

How I wonder what you are

Santa needs your shining light

Guide him on his way tonight

Twinkle, twinkle Christmas star

How I wonder what you are

 

Oh no!  Miss Tiffany forgot to sing our closing song!  That's what happens when she doesn't have any storytime kids to keep her in line!  

 

Closing Song:  May There Always Be Sunshine

May there always be sunshine

May there always be blue skies

May there always be children

May there always by you

 

May there always be stories

May there always be music

May there always be laughter

May there always be you

 

May there always be kindness

May there always be love

May you always feel special

Because you are you

 

Sending you smiles from afar!

Miss Tiffany