Activity Breakdown: 

• Introduction Song & Welcome Rhyme: 

  • Welcome families with "We Clap and Sing Hello". 

"We clap and sing hello

We clap and sing hello

With our friends in storytime we clap and sing hello "

*Repeat with "wave", "wiggle", and "tickle"

• Book Reading: The Very Hungry Caterpillar (Pop Up Book) by Eric Carle

Carle , E. (2009). The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Philomel. Paperback. 14p.

ISBN: 9780399250392. $8.29. Age Range: 2-4. 

• Movement Song: A Hippopotamus Got On A City Bus- Baby Bounce

• Fingerplay: Baby’s Fingers

These are baby’s fingers (Touch the fingers.)

These are baby’s toes (Touch the toes.)

This is baby’s belly button (Touch the belly.)

Round and round it goes! (Tickle bellybutton.)

• Manipulative Rhyme: We Shake and We Stop with Egg Shakers

We shake and we shake and we stop,

We shake and we shake and we stop,

We shake and we shake and we shake and we shake,

we shake unto your tummy!

*Repeat with different body parts (feet, nose, etc.)

• Goodbye Song: We Clap and Sing Goodbye

"We clap and sing goodbye

We clap and sing goodbye

With our friends in storytime we clap and sing goodbye "

(Repeat with "wave", "wiggle", and "tickle")