Mr. Turkey and His Feathered Friends

Gobble Gobble Gobble! Quack Quack Quack! Today’s storytime was all about different kinds of birds including turkeys, chickens and ducks. Next week, the Library will be closed next Thursday for Turkey Day as well as the day after…so no storytime next week. We’ll be back in two weeks with more fun stories, songs and rhymes. Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Nursery Rhyme of the Week:
Sing a Song of Sixpence
Sing a song of sixpence,
a pocket full of rye.
Four and twenty blackbirds,
baked in a pie.
When the pie was opened,
the birds began to sing.
Wasn’t that a dainty dish
to set before the king?

Books Shared:
Whose Chick are You? By Nancy Tafuri
The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog! By Mo Willems
Charlie Chick (Pop-Up Book) by Nick Denchfield and Ant Parker
I Know an Old Lady who Swallowed a Pie by Alison Jackson
The Little Red Hen

Rhymes (Can be found on Toddler Storytime Rhymes Sheet.):
Mr. Turkey Went Out One Day
Ten Little Fingers
Apples
If You’re Happy and You Know It

Music:
Peter, Paul and Mary: Peter, Paul and Mommy, too
Laurie Berkner: Buzz Buzz (Pig on Her Head)

Bonus Song:
“Five Little Ducks” (Lyrics and melody can be found here.)

Bonus Song:
“Hello Mr. Turkey” (to the tune of If You’re Happy and You Know It):
Hello, Mr. Turkey
Hello Mr. Turkey, how are you?
Hello Mr. Turkey, how are you?
With a gobble, gobble, gobble
and a wobble, wobble, wobble
Hello Mr. Turkey how are you?

Bonus Song (and Dance!):
“Turkey Jurkey” (to the tune of The Hokey Pokey)

You put your wing in
You put your wing out
You put your wing in
And you flap it all about
You do the Turkey Jurkey and you turn yourself around
That’s what it’s all about!

You put your other wing in
You put your other wing out
You put your other wing in
And you flap it all about
You do the Turkey Jurkey and you turn yourself around
That’s what it’s all about!

You put your beak in
You put your beak out
You put your beak in
And you shake it all about
You do the Turkey Jurkey and you turn yourself around
That’s what it’s all about!

You put your tail feathers in
You put your tail feathers out
You put your tail feathers in
And you shake them all about
You do the Turkey Jurkey and you turn yourself around
That’s what it’s all about!

Writing Workshop Photos

Besides doing regular toddler storytimes, I also do programs for grade school children from time to time. These past two weeks, I have run a couple of writing workshops. In these workshops, we tried out a couple of fun writing activities and let our imaginations run wild! I’ve now uploaded some pictures from our events onto my flickr page. So, if you were one of the kids at my workshops and have been wondering where those photos were…they’re up and ready to go! Write On!!!

Doggies

ARF!

Nursery Rhyme of the Week:
Where has my little dog gone?
Oh where, oh where has my little dog gone?
Oh where, oh where can he be?
With his ears cut short and his tail cut long
Oh where, oh where can he be?

Books Shared:
Pigeon Wants a Puppy by Mo Willems
Where’s Spot? By Eric Hill
Bark, George by Jules Feiffer
Hunky Dory Ate It by Katie Evans

Rhymes (Can be found on Toddler Storytime Rhymes Sheet.):
I Wiggle My Fingers
Not Say a Single Word
Animals on the Bus
Mr. Turkey Went Out One day
If You’re Happy and You Know It

Bonus Song:
Do Your Ears Hang Low? (Lyrics and Melody can be found here. Miss Jennifer made the song extra silly by wearing pantyhose on her head and pretending the “legs” were her ears! We only sang the first verse.)

Music:
Sandra Boynton: Philadelphia Chickens (Snuggle Puppy)
Laurie Berkner: Victor Vito (I Feel Crazy So I Jump in the Soup)

Little Mouse, Little Mouse…

Another enjoyable mouse storytime…SQUEAK!

Nursery Rhyme of the Week:
Hickory Dickory Dock
Hickory Dickory Dock,
The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck one,
The mouse ran down!
Hickory Dickory Dock.

Books Shared:
A New House for Mouse by Petr Horacek
Busy, Busy Mouse by Virginia Kroll
Mouse Mess by Linnea Riley

Rhymes (Can be found on Toddler Storytime Rhymes Sheet.):
Apples
Ten Little Fingers
The Quiet Mouse
One Elephant
Itsy Bitsy Spider
Fun with Hands

Flannel:
Little Mouse, Little Mouse, Are you in the [insert color] house?
(Underneath different colored flannel houses, I place different flannel animals. Using a cat puppet, we go in search of the mouse flannel…)

Music:
Sharon, Lois & Bram: Mainly Mother Goose
Jim Gill Sings the Sneezing Song and Other Contagious Tunes (Silly Dance Contest)

Craft (Once a month, we do a simple craft. The other weeks of the month, we do a fun coloring sheet…) :
Mouse Paper Bag Puppet (Instructions and templates can be found here.)