Welcome Song: Clap and Sing Hello (to the tune of The Farmer in the Dell)
We clap and sing hello,
We clap and sing hello,
With our friends at story time,
We clap and sing hello!
We wave and sing hello // We stomp and sing hello
Source: Storytime Katie
Song: Clap, Clap, Clap Your Hands
Clap, clap, clap your hands, clap them now with me.
Clap your hands, let me see, clap them now with me.
Wiggle your feet // Stretch your arms // Zip your lips
Book: Mighty, Mighty Construction Site by Sherri Duskey Rinker and Tom Lichtenheld
Rhyming book detailing construction site vehicles and the jobs they perform. It’s one of my son’s favorites.
Song: The Construction Worker Song (to the tune of Mulberry Bush)
This is the way we pound the nails,
Pound the nails, pound the nails,
This is the way we pound the nails so early in the morning.
Saw the wood // Stack the bricks // Paint the walls
Source: Storytime Katie
I realized I had two songs in a row using the tune Mulberry Bush. No one seemed to notice but I’ll try to mix it up a little more next time!
Song/Rhythm Sticks: This is the Way We Tap Our Sticks (to the tune of Mulberry Bush)
This is the way we tap our sticks,
Tap our sticks, tap our sticks,
This is the way we tap our sticks,
So early in the morning.
Scrape our sticks // Hammer our sticks // Tap them soft // Tap them loud // Drum the floor
Source: 101 Rhythm Instrument Activities for Young Children by Abigail Flesch Connors
Song/Rhythm Sticks: The Wheels on the Bus
Source: Jbrary
I have officially given up on using a “real” song for rhythm sticks.
Song/Rhythm Sticks: Tap your Sticks (to the tune of Frere Jacques)
Tap your sticks,
Tap your sticks,
One, two, three,
One, two, three,
Can you tap your sticks?
Can you tap your sticks?
Just like me.
Just like me.
Tap your sticks,
Tap your sticks,
Way up high,
Way up high,
No-w bend down,
No-w bend down,
Tap the ground.
Tap the ground.
Source: Jbrary
Song/Rhythm Sticks: Tick Tock Goes the Clock
Tick tock, tick tock goes the clock, (swish sticks back and forth)
Waiting for someone to knock, (tap sticks together)
My oh my,
It’s a cat! (hold sticks to face like whiskers)
Bunny (hold sticks to head like ears) // Duck (hold sticks at mouth like a duck bill) //
Walrus (hold sticks at mouth like tusks) // Alien (hold sticks to head like antennae)
Source: Jbrary
Book: Digger Dog by William Bee; illustrated by Cecelia Johansson
I love this book. I was hoping for a gasp or something at the lift-the-flap reveals but they were unimpressed.
Flannel: Five Little Speckled Frogs
Egg Shakers: Shake It by Sally’s Music Circle
Book: Road Work Ahead by Anastasia Suen; illustrated by Jannie Ho
A family goes to visit grandma and along the way encounters lots of construction and vehicles. They must live in Pennsylvania …
Song: Baby Shark
Baby shark do do do do do do (shark mouth with two fingers)
Baby shark do do do do do do
Baby shark do do do do do do
Baby shark
Other verses:
Mama Shark (shark mouth with hands connected at the wrists)
Daddy Shark (shark mouth with whole arms)
Grandma Shark (shark mouth like mama shark but with fists)
Grandpa Shark (shark mouth like daddy shark but with fists)
Shark attack (snap arms overhead)
Swim away (swimming motion with arms)
Safe at last (jazz hands)
Source: Adapted from Kindergarten Nation
Closing Song: It’s Time to Say Goodbye to All Our Friends (to the tune of She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain When She Comes)
It’s time to say goodbye to all our friends, “Goodbye!” (tap knees)
It’s time to say goodbye to all our friends, “Goodbye!”
It’s time to say goodbye,
Wave your hands and wink your eye, (wave, wink)
Now it’s time to say goodbye to all our friends, “Goodbye!”
Source: Sunflower Storytime
