Opening Song: “The Wheels on the Bus” by Larry Groce (Disney Children’s Favorite Songs Volume 4) [It’s time to get on the bus and go to story time!]
Movement Song: “Can’t Sit Still” by Greg & Steve (Kids in Action)
Announce Theme: Poetry
Listening Song: “If You Want to Hear a Story”
Book: In the Wild by David Elliott
Rhyme with Flannel Board: Teasing Mr. Alligator
Book: The Secret Life of A Tiger by Przemystaw Wechterowicz
Rhyme with Flannel Board: Hickory Dickory Dock
Book: I Spy with My Little Eye by Edward Gibbs
Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid
Farm Themed Poetry Storytime: On the Farm by David Elliott, Pete the Cat: Old MacDonald Had a Farm by James Dean, I Spy on the Farm by Edward Gibbs
Opening Song: “The Wheels on the Bus” by Eric Litwin
Announce Theme: Spring Poetry
Listening Song: “If You Want to Hear a Story”
Book: Spring Stinks by Ryan T. Higgins
Rhyme with Flannel Board: Jamberry Chant
Book: spring sections from Hi, Koo! A Year of Seasons by Jon J. Muth, Lion of the Sky: Haiku for All Seasons by Laura Purdie Salas, Bautiful Day: Petitie Poems for All Seasons by Rodoula Pappa
Poem with Flannel Board: “I Planted a Whistle” by Jack Prelutsky from I’ve Lost My Hippopotamus
Book: When Spring Comes by Kevin Henkes
Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid
Take Home: Coloring Sheet from Spring Stinks
Opening Song: “The Wheels on the Bus” by Eric Litwin
Announce Theme: Poetry – Birds
Listening Song: “If You Want to Hear a Story”
Book: Telephone by Mac Barnett
Action Rhyme: Little Birds, Little Birds
Poems: from Today at the Bluebird Café: A Branchful of Birds by Deborah Rudell (The Cardinal, There’s a Robin in the Bathroom, The Kingfisher, The Quail, Bravo, Bobolink!, and The Swan )
Action Rhyme: Little Birds, Little Birds
Rhymes with Finger Puppets: Two Little Blackbirds
Poems: from Feathers: Poems about Birds by Eileen Spinelli (Greetings, Don’t Even Ask, Shrewd, and The Chase)
Book: Balance the Birds by Susie Ghahemani
Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid