Stories & Crafts: Art

February 7, 2023

Books
The Museum by Susan Verde
The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds
Monsters Love Colors by Mike Austin

Songs, Rhymes, and Fingerplays

Song: Up, Down, Turn Around
Up, down, turn around
Touch the sky and touch the ground
Wiggle fingers, wiggle toes
Wiggle shoulders, say hello!

Song: This is the Way We Stir the Paint
(Tune: Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush)
This is the way we stir the paint,
Stir the paint, stir the paint
This is the way we stir the paint
So early in the morning

Other verses: cut the paper, squeeze the glue, mold the clay, draw with crayons, string the beads

Song: The Shapes are Marching (with feltboard)
(Tune: The Ants Go Marching One by One)
The shapes are marching, one by one,
Hurrah, hurrah
The shapes are marching, one by one,
Hurrah, hurrah
I have four sides as you can see
Of equal length like a box, that’s me
If you look around
You’ll see I’m everywhere
Shapes are here, shapes are there.
I’m a square!

The shapes are marching, two by two,
Hurrah, hurrah
The shapes are marching, two by two,
Hurrah, hurrah
I have one side as you can see
Around, around in a ball, that’s me
If you look around
You’ll see I’m everywhere
Shapes are here, shapes are there.
I’m a circle!

The shapes are marching, three by three,
Hurrah, hurrah
The shapes are marching, three by three,
Hurrah, hurrah
I have three sides as you can see
And pointy tips at the ends, that’s me
If you look around
You’ll see I’m everywhere
Shapes are here, shapes are there
I’m a triangle!

The shapes are marching, four by four,
Hurrah, hurrah
The shapes are marching, four by four,
Hurrah, hurrah
I have four sides as you can see
Two long and two that are short, that’s me
If you look around
You’ll see I’m everywhere
Shapes are here, shapes are there.
I’m a rectangle!

The shapes are marching, look at us,
Hurrah, hurrah
The shapes are marching, look at us,
Hurrah, hurrah
What other shapes do you think there are?
An oval, diamond, a heart, or star
If you look around
You’ll see we’re everywhere
Shapes are here, shapes are there.
Look for us!

Action Rhyme: Color Movement Rhyme
Red, red – shake your head
Blue, blue – touch your shoe
Black, black – touch your back
Brown, brown – stomp on the ground
Pink, pink – make your eye wink
Purple, purple – turn in a circle
White, white – take a bite
Green, green – look real mean
Tan, tan – wave your hand like a fan
Yellow, yellow – jiggle like Jello
Gray, gray – shout hooray!

Scarf Song: The Paintbrush on the Paper
(Tune: The Wheels on the Bus)
The paintbrush on the paper goes
swish swish swish, swish swish swish,
swish swish swish,
The paintbrush on the paper goes
swish swish swish,
All day long.

The pencil on the paper goes skritch scratch skritch . . .
The crayon on the paper goes scribble, scribble, scribble . . .
The Play-dough on the table goes squish, squish, squish . . .

Scarf Song: Full of Beans by The Beanies

Craft: Straw Pieces Necklace
We made necklaces using different colors of yarn, and cut up plastic straws – which made for nice big beads for little hands!

Stories & Crafts: The Library

March 3, 2020

Books:
The Midnight Library by Kazuno Kohara
Little Green Peas a Big Book of Colors by Keith Baker
It’s Library Day by Janet Morgan Stoeke

Music:
“BOOTS” by Laurie Berkner

Songs, Rhymes, & Fingerplays:

Opening Song: 

IF YOU’RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands.
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands.
If you’re happy and you know it, then your face will surely show it.
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands.

Stomp your feet, Shout hooray, Take a seat

“The Alphabet Song”
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

“I’m a Little Tea Pot”
I’m a little tea pot short and stout, 
Here is my handle, here is my spout.
When I get all steamed up, hear me shout,
Tip me over and pour me out!

Closing Song:

We Wave Goodbye Like This
Tune: Farmer in the Dell
We wave goodbye like this.
We wave goodbye like this.
We clap our hands for all our friends.
We wave goodbye like this.

Craft:  

Make your own book!

Stories & Crafts: Fish

February 25, 2020

Books:
Piranhas Don’t Eat Bananas by Aaron Blabey
Sophie’s Fish by Ann Cannon

Music:
“Goldfish” by Laurie Berkner

Songs, Rhymes, & Fingerplays:

Opening Song: 

IF YOU’RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands.
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands.
If you’re happy and you know it, then your face will surely show it.
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands.

Stomp your feet, Shout hooray, Take a seat

“The Fish in the Sea Go…”
The Fish in the Sea

The fish in the sea go swish, swish, swish,(wave scarf side to side) swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish
The fish in the sea go swish, swish, swish All day long.

Verses:
Dolphins in the sea Swim round and round
(paint circle in front of you with scarf)

The sand in the sea Drifts down, down, down
(slowly lower scarf or throw scarf and watch it drift to the floor)

The waves on the sea Go up and down
(wave scarf up and down)

Closing Song:

We Wave Goodbye Like This
Tune: Farmer in the Dell
We wave goodbye like this.
We wave goodbye like this.
We clap our hands for all our friends.
We wave goodbye like this.

Craft:  

Paper plate Piranhna!

Crafts & Stories: Black History

February 18, 2020

Books:
This is my Dream by Langston Hughes and Daniel Miyares
Ada Twist Scientist by Andrea Beaty
Dream Big Little One by Vashti Harrison

Music:
“Jumping and Counting” by Jim Gill

Songs, Rhymes, & Fingerplays:

Opening Song: 

IF YOU’RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands.
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands.
If you’re happy and you know it, then your face will surely show it.
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands.

Stomp your feet, Shout hooray, Take a seat

I Make a Heart
I put my hands together,
This is how I start
I curve my fingers right around,
And then I make a heart!

Closing Song:

We Wave Goodbye Like This
Tune: Farmer in the Dell
We wave goodbye like this.
We wave goodbye like this.
We clap our hands for all our friends.
We wave goodbye like this.

Craft:  

Draw yourself or someone you want to be like when you grow up!

Stories and Crafts: Teeth

Storytime with Stories and Crafts. Miss Emily, Lunar New Year and Fun. Songs, Dancing, Art.

Stories and Crafts: Owls

Storytime with Stories and Crafts. Miss Emily, Lunar New Year and Fun. Songs, Dancing, Art.

Stories and Crafts: Lunar New Year

Storytime with Stories and Crafts. Miss Emily, Lunar New Year and Fun. Songs, Dancing, Art.

Stories and Crafts: Peace and Kindness

Storytime with Stories and Crafts. Miss Emily, Rockets and Fun. Songs, Dancing, Art.

Stories and Crafts: Rockets and Space

Storytime with Stories and Crafts. Miss Emily, Rockets and Fun. Songs, Dancing, Art.

Stories and Crafts – Art

November 5, 2019

Books: 
Parker Looks Up by Parker Curry and Jessica Curry
I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More by Karen Beaumont
Isabella Artist Extraordinaire by Jennifer Fosberry

Music:
“I’m Gonna Catch You” by Laurie Berkner
“Silly Dance Contest” by Jim Gill

Songs, Rhymes, & Fingerplays:

Opening Song: 

IF YOU’RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands.
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands.
If you’re happy and you know it, then your face will surely show it.
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands.

Stomp your feet, Shout hooray, Take a seat

Little Mouse, Little Mouse
Little Mouse, Little Mouse, are you in the (insert color) house?

Put Your Hands Up High

Put your hands up high,
put your hands down low,
Put your hands in the middle and wiggle to and fro.
Put your elbows in the front, put your elbows in the back,
Put your elbows in the middle and say “quack, quack, quack!”

Closing Song:

We Wave Goodbye Like This
Tune: Farmer in the Dell
We wave goodbye like this.
We wave goodbye like this.
We clap our hands for all our friends.
We wave goodbye like this.

Craft:

Water color painting