Outreach

OCTOBER

30 minutes

Intended for preschool audience

Hello Song

Hello! Hello!

Hello, and how are you?

I'm fine! I'm fine!

And I hope that you are too!

Get the wiggles out!

I'm gonna shake, shake, shake my sillies out!

Shake, shake, shake my sillies out!

Shake, shake, shake my sillies out!

And wiggle my waggle away!

I'm gonna jump, jump, jump my giggles out!

Jump, jump. jump my giggles out!

Jump, jump, jump the giggles out!

And wiggle my waggle away!

I'm gonna clap, clap, clap my crazies out!

Clap, clap, clap my crazies out!

Clap, clap, clap my crazies out!

And wiggle my waggle away!

I'm gonna yawn, yawn, yawn my sleepies out!

Yawn, yawn, yawn my sleepies out!

Yawn, yawn, yawn my sleepies out!

And listen to stories today! 

 

 

Story Time

"The Apple Pie Tree" by Zoe Hall

Wasn't the fun?  Now let's read a story about an animal who might live in an apple tree!

"Nuts to You!" by Lois Ehlert

 

 

Grey Squirrel Song

Grey squirrel, grey squirrel

Shake your bushy tail

Grey squirrel, grey squirrel

Shake your bushy tail

Wrinkle up your funny nose

Put a nut between your toes

Grey squirrel, grey squirrel

Shake your bushy tail!

 

Story Time Resumes

Let's read another fall book about a holiday that's coming soon!

 "Trick or Treat Countdown" by Patricia Hubbard

Activity

Trick or Treat Countdown Magnet Board - I found clip art for each of the items counted in the book and made the proper amount of each.  While reading the book, the items can be added to the board and counted aloud to go along with the story. 

 

 

   One Last Book

"Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes" by Eric Litwin
I may love this book as much as the children do.  It's fun, and they get to sing along.  Have fun with it!  

 

  Goodbye

Our hands say thank you with a clap, clap, clap

Our feet say thank you with a tap, tap tap

Now reach up very high

And wave goodbye!

  NOVEMBER 

30 minutes

Intended for preschool audience

Hello Song

Hello! Hello!

Hello, and how are you?

I'm fine! I'm fine!

And I hope that you are too!

Get the Wiggles Out!  

I wiggle my fingers
I wiggle my toes
I wiggle my elbows
I wiggle my nose
I wiggle my shoulder
I wiggle my head
I wiggle my body
I wiggle my legs
Now all of my wiggles
have gone out of me
And I can sit still

Story Time

"Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" by Bill Martin



"Run Turkey, Run!" by Diane Mayr

If You're a Turkey and You Know It

If you're a turkey and you know it, flap your wings

If you're a turkey and you know it, flap your wings

If you're a turkey and you know it, and you really want to show it

If you're a turkey and you know it, flap your wings

... shake your tail feathers

... gobble, gobble

... do all three: flap-flap, shake-shake, gobble-gobble

Story Time Resumes

"Caps for Sale" by Esphyr Slobodkina

 

 Goodbye

Our hands say thank you with a clap, clap, clap

Our feet say thank you with a tap, tap tap

Now reach up very high
and wave goodbye!

DECEMBER

30 minutes

Intended for preschool audience

Hello Song

Hello! Hello!

Hello, and how are you?

I'm fine! I'm fine!

And I hope that you are too!

Get the Wiggles Out!

I take my little feet and go tap, tap, tap

I take my little feet and go tap, tap, tap
I take my little feet and go tap, tap, tap
Tap, tap all day long
I take my little knees and go bend, bend bend...
I take my little hands and go clap, clap, clap...

Story Time

"Oh No!"  By Candace Fleming

"I Spy With My Little Eye"  by Edward Gibbs

5 Green and Speckled Frogs

Five green and speckled frogs

Sitting on a speckled log

Eating some most delicious bugs

One jumped into the pool

Where is was nice and cool

Now there are four green speckled frogs

CROAK CROAK

...

Story Time Resumes

"Froggy Gets Dressed" by Jonathan London

 Goodbye

Our hands say thank you with a clap, clap, clap

Our feet say thank you with a tap, tap tap

Now reach up very high
and wave goodbye!

JANUARY 

It looked like Spilt Milk

10 Little Penguins

APRIL

30 minutes

Intended for preschool audience

Hello Song

Hello! Hello!

Hello, and how are you?

I'm fine! I'm fine!

And I hope that you are too!

Get the Wiggles Out!

Two littel feet go tap, tap tap

Two little hands go clap, clap, clap

One little body jumps up in the air

Two little arms reach way up there

Two little feet go jump, jump, jump

Two little fists go thump, thump, thump

One little body spins round and round

And one little child sits quietly down

Story Time

"Spring is Here" by Will Hillenbrand

Have the children make the sounds and motions that Mole does.

"Opposnakes: A lift the flap book about opposites" by Salina Yoon

 

Activity

Opposites - talk to the children about opposites in the book. Then play a game. Place one item on the board and have them guess the opposite. (I printed out pictures, laminated them and placed magnets on the back so the pictures can be attached to a cookie sheet.)

        Story Time Resumes

"The Cow Loves Cookies" by Karma Wilson

Have the chant along saying "The cow loves cookies!"

Farm Chores Song

(to the tune of Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush)
This is the way we mow the hay,
mow the hay, mow the hay
This is the way we mow the hay so early in the morning.

Repeat with feed the chicks, milk the cows, plant the seeds, brush the horse...

One Last Book

"Look Book" by Tana Hoban

Have the children try to guess what the full image will be.

Goodbye

Our hands say thank you with a clap, clap, clap

Out feet say thank you with a tap, tap tap

Now reach up very high

And wave goodbye!

MAY

30 minutes

Intended for preschool audience

Hello Song

Hello! Hello!

Hello, and how are you?

I'm fine! I'm fine!

And I hope that you are too!

Get the Wiggles Out!

Two little feet go tap, tap tap

Two little hands go clap, clap, clap

One little body jumps up in the air

Two little arms reach way up there

Two little feet go jump, jump, jump

Two little fists go thump, thump, thump

One little body spins round and round

And one little child sits quietly down

Story Time

"Read to Tiger" by S J Fore

That was a pretty silly tiger, right? Let's read about another silly animal with sharp teeth!

"The Super Hungry Dinosaur" by Martin Waddell

 

Dino Song

(to the tune of "Lollypop, Lollypop")

Dinosaur, dinosaur, oh dino, dinosaur

(Jazz hands to the left, right, up and down)

Dinosaur, dinosaur, oh dino, dinosaur
ROAR!
Dinosaur, dinosaur, oh dino, dinosaur

Dinosaur, dinosaur, oh dino, dinosaur
STOMP!
Dinosaur, dinosaur, oh dino, dinosaur

Dinosaur, dinosaur, oh dino, dinosaur
CHOMP!

Story Time Resumes

"Maggie's Ball" by Lindsay Barrett George

Maggie's Ball Game

I use a handy cookie sheet for this and sticky magnetic strips. I printed out six different pictures of locations where Maggies ball could be hiding (a house, a tree, a playground, a flowerbed, a body of water, and a library). Then I printed out a picture of a ball. I put a magnetic strip on the back of the seven pictures. I sing a little ditty: "Where is Maggie's ball? Oh! Where is Maggie's ball?", as I turn the board around and hid the ball behind one of the pictures. Then the children guess where the ball is hiding.

One Last Book

"Look! Look! Look!" by Tana Hoban

(Great participatory book!)

Goodbye

Our hands say thank you with a clap, clap, clap

Out feet say thank you with a tap, tap tap

Now reach up very high

And wave goodbye!

JUNE

30 minutes

Intended for preschool audience

Hello Song

Hello! Hello!

Hello, and how are you?

I'm fine! I'm fine!

And I hope that you are too!

Get The Wiggles Out!
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, turn around

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, touch the ground

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, climb up stairs

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, mess your hairs

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, jump up high

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, touch the sky

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, bend down low

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, touch your toes

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, clap your hands twice

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, sit down nice

Story Time

"Crazy Hair" by Neil Gaiman

Wow!  That was some craaaazy hair, right?  What kind of animals were living in his hair?  At what kind of place can you find a lot of animals?  The zoo!  Our next book is about a child who writes a letter to the zoo...

"Dear Zoo: A Pop-up Book" by Rod Campbell

(The children can participate and guess what kind of animal is behind the flap)

If You're a Zoo Animal and You Know It!

If you're an elephant and you know it wave your trunk...

If you're a lion and you know it give a roar...

If you're a snake and you know it wiggle around...

If you're a frog and you know it hop up and down...

That was fun!  What kind of animal did the child wind up keeping as a pet in the story?  A dog!  That's right!  Here's a story about a talking dog named Ralph. 

 

Story Time Resumes

"Rrralph" by Lois Ehlert

(The children can participate and

make the same sounds that Ralph does)

(The Maggie's Ball Game could be used again here,

but instead we would look for Ralph's Ball)

B-I-N-G-O

There was a farmer had a dog and Bingo was his name-o

B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O

And Bingo was his name-o

There was a farmer had a dog and Bingo was his name-o

::Clap::-I-N-G-O, ::Clap::-I-N-G-O, ::Clap::-I-N-G-O

And Bingo was his name-o

(Continue to take off one letter for each additional verse,

clapping where the letter would be)

One Last Book

"City Animals" by Simms Taback

Fun guessing book!

Goodbye

Our hands say thank you with a clap, clap, clap

Out feet say thank you with a tap, tap tap

Now reach up very high

And wave goodbye!