Storytime for Growin' Beans!
Storytime with Growin' Beans with Ms. Allison is going digital! Join us online each Friday at 10 AM for a story & early literacy activity. We'll post resources for each storytime session below.
Ms. Allison likes to begin Storytime for Growin' Beans with "Open, Shut Them" by Hap Palmer.
Please watch the video for the song (& be spared from Ms. Allison's singing)!
Please watch the video for the song (& be spared from Ms. Allison's singing)!
Friday, July 10th, 2020: Wizards
Today's story was "Touch the Brightest Star" by Christie Matheson.
The story was read with permission from Greenwillow Books.
No copyright infringement is intended.
Craft Ideas
Craft Stick/Yarn Wizard
Paper Roll Wizard
Magic Milk Science Experiment
Songs & Rhymes
Magic Finger
Magic finger in the air,
(Spin finger above head)
Magic finger in my hair,
(Twirl finger in hair)
Magic finger on my hips,
(Place finger on hip)
Magic finger on my lips.
(Place finger on lips and become quiet)
Source: Kidsparkz
Magic Wand Song
The story was read with permission from Greenwillow Books.
No copyright infringement is intended.
Craft Ideas
Craft Stick/Yarn Wizard
Paper Roll Wizard
Magic Milk Science Experiment
Songs & Rhymes
Magic Finger
Magic finger in the air,
(Spin finger above head)
Magic finger in my hair,
(Twirl finger in hair)
Magic finger on my hips,
(Place finger on hip)
Magic finger on my lips.
(Place finger on lips and become quiet)
Source: Kidsparkz
Magic Wand Song
Friday, July 3rd, 2020: Fairies
Today's story was "Flower Wings: Marigold Makes a Friend" by Elizabeth Dennis &, Natalie Smillie. The story was read with permission from Simon Spotlight. No copyright infringement is intended.
Craft Ideas
Paper & Rock Fairies
Paper Mushroom House
Fairy Flower Crown
Tooth Fairy Bottle
Songs & Rhymes
Two Little Fairies
This is a variation on “Two Little Blackbirds”
Two little fairies
Dancing on the lawn.
One named Faye,
And one named Fawn.
Fly away Faye.
Fly away Fawn.
Come back Faye,
Come back Fawn!
Five Little Fairies
Craft Ideas
Paper & Rock Fairies
Paper Mushroom House
Fairy Flower Crown
Tooth Fairy Bottle
Songs & Rhymes
Two Little Fairies
This is a variation on “Two Little Blackbirds”
Two little fairies
Dancing on the lawn.
One named Faye,
And one named Fawn.
Fly away Faye.
Fly away Fawn.
Come back Faye,
Come back Fawn!
Five Little Fairies
Friday, June 26th, 2020: Unicorns
Today's story was "Uni the Unicorn & the Dream Come True"
by Amy Krouse Rosenthal & Brigette Barrager. The story was read with permission from Random House Books for Young Readers. No copyright infringement is intended.
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Craft Ideas
Unicorn Rainbow Craft
3D Paper Unicorn
Watercolor Salt Painting Unicorn
LEGO Unicorn
Unicorn Kinetic Sand
Songs & Rhymes
A Lovely Unicorn
tune of "If you're happy and you know it"
Oh, I wish I were a lovely unicorn.
Oh, I wish I were a lovely unicorn.
Oh, I'd frolic and I'd play.
And I'd dream the day away.
Oh, I wish I were a lovely unicorn.
Source: DLTK's Educational Activities for Kids
Uni the Unicorn Song on YouTube!
If You're A Unicorn...
(tune: If You're Happy & You Know It)
If you're a unicorn and you know it, shake your horn.
If you're a unicorn and you know it, shake your horn.
If you're a unicorn and you know it, then your magic will surely show it.
If you're a unicorn and you know it, shake your horn.
...stamp your hooves
...toss your mane
...twitch your tail
...prance around
Source: Adventures in Storytime (& Beyond)
by Amy Krouse Rosenthal & Brigette Barrager. The story was read with permission from Random House Books for Young Readers. No copyright infringement is intended.
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Craft Ideas
Unicorn Rainbow Craft
3D Paper Unicorn
Watercolor Salt Painting Unicorn
LEGO Unicorn
Unicorn Kinetic Sand
Songs & Rhymes
A Lovely Unicorn
tune of "If you're happy and you know it"
Oh, I wish I were a lovely unicorn.
Oh, I wish I were a lovely unicorn.
Oh, I'd frolic and I'd play.
And I'd dream the day away.
Oh, I wish I were a lovely unicorn.
Source: DLTK's Educational Activities for Kids
Uni the Unicorn Song on YouTube!
If You're A Unicorn...
(tune: If You're Happy & You Know It)
If you're a unicorn and you know it, shake your horn.
If you're a unicorn and you know it, shake your horn.
If you're a unicorn and you know it, then your magic will surely show it.
If you're a unicorn and you know it, shake your horn.
...stamp your hooves
...toss your mane
...twitch your tail
...prance around
Source: Adventures in Storytime (& Beyond)
Friday, June 19th, 2020: Dragons
Today's story was "You Don't Want a Dragon! by Ame Dyckman & Liz Climo. The story was read with permission from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. No copyright infringement is intended.
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Craft Ideas
Paper Plate Dragon Craft
D is for Dragon
Chinese Dragon Mask
Cupcake Liner Dragon Craft
Lunar New Year Dragon
Dragon Egg
Dragon Eyes
Songs & Rhymes
Dragon, Dragon
Dragon, dragon turn around.
Dragon, dragon touch the ground.
Dragon, dragon fly up high.
Dragon, dragon touch the sky.
Dragon, dragon swing your tail.
Dragon, dragon shake your scales.
Dragon, dragon give a "ROARRRRR!"
Dragon, dragon sit on the floor.
Source: Adventures in Storytime
We are Dragons
(Use a scarf or other fabric)
We are dragons
We have wings (wave scarf like wings)
We can fly and do dragon things
We can breathe fire (hold scarf to your face and blow!)
Swish our long tails (wave scarf)
Travel for miles without leaving trails!
Roaring, soaring dragons fly (dance around and wave scarf)
And now it’s time for dragons to say goodbye.
Source: Pasadena Public Library
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Craft Ideas
Paper Plate Dragon Craft
D is for Dragon
Chinese Dragon Mask
Cupcake Liner Dragon Craft
Lunar New Year Dragon
Dragon Egg
Dragon Eyes
Songs & Rhymes
Dragon, Dragon
Dragon, dragon turn around.
Dragon, dragon touch the ground.
Dragon, dragon fly up high.
Dragon, dragon touch the sky.
Dragon, dragon swing your tail.
Dragon, dragon shake your scales.
Dragon, dragon give a "ROARRRRR!"
Dragon, dragon sit on the floor.
Source: Adventures in Storytime
We are Dragons
(Use a scarf or other fabric)
We are dragons
We have wings (wave scarf like wings)
We can fly and do dragon things
We can breathe fire (hold scarf to your face and blow!)
Swish our long tails (wave scarf)
Travel for miles without leaving trails!
Roaring, soaring dragons fly (dance around and wave scarf)
And now it’s time for dragons to say goodbye.
Source: Pasadena Public Library
Friday, May 29th, 2020: Owls
Today's story was "Hootenanny! A Festive Counting Book" by Kimberly Ainsworth & Jo Brown. The story was read with permission from Little Simon (Simon & Schuster). No copyright infringement is intended.
Craft Ideas
Scare Owl
Paper Bag Owl Craft
Sponge Painted Owl
Paper Plate Owl
Songs & Rhymes
Owl in the Tree
(tune: Skip to My Lou)
Owl in the tree says, who, who, who
Owl in the tree says, who, who, who
Owl in the tree says, who, who, who
Who, who, are you? (point to a child and have them say their name)
Source: Everything Preschool
Owl Hokey Pokey
(tune: Hokey Pokey)
You put your right wing in.
You put your right wing out.
You put your right wing in.
And you flap it all about.
You do the owl hokey pokey and you fly yourself around.
That's what it's all about. Hoo, hoo!
Verses:
Left wing
Right claw
Left claw
Beak
Whole, feathered self
Source: Ms. Hegna's Story Room
Craft Ideas
Scare Owl
Paper Bag Owl Craft
Sponge Painted Owl
Paper Plate Owl
Songs & Rhymes
Owl in the Tree
(tune: Skip to My Lou)
Owl in the tree says, who, who, who
Owl in the tree says, who, who, who
Owl in the tree says, who, who, who
Who, who, are you? (point to a child and have them say their name)
Source: Everything Preschool
Owl Hokey Pokey
(tune: Hokey Pokey)
You put your right wing in.
You put your right wing out.
You put your right wing in.
And you flap it all about.
You do the owl hokey pokey and you fly yourself around.
That's what it's all about. Hoo, hoo!
Verses:
Left wing
Right claw
Left claw
Beak
Whole, feathered self
Source: Ms. Hegna's Story Room
Friday, May 22nd, 2020: Donuts
Today's story was If You Give a Dog a Donut by Laura Numeroff & Felicia Bond. The story was read with permission from Balzer + Bray (HarperCollins Publishers). No copyright infringement is intended.
Craft Ideas
Make Donuts at Home!
Paper Plate Donut Craft
Origami Donuts
D is for Donut
Songs & Rhymes
Song: D-O-N-U-T
(tune: BINGO)
I know a treat that has a hole
As you can plainly see.
D-O-N-U-T
D-O-N-U-T
D-O-N-U-T
Save a bite for me!
CHOMP!
I know a treat that has a hole
As you can plainly see,
(Clap) O-N-U-T
(Clap) O-N-U-T
(Clap) O-N-U-T
Save a bite for me!
CHOMP!
Continue song, clapping for each disappearing letter.
I know a treat that has a hole,
But now where could it be?
(Clap-clap-clap-clap-clap
Clap-clap-clap-clap-clap
Clap-clap-clap-clap-clap)
And there's none left for me!
Source: Preschool Education
Craft Ideas
Make Donuts at Home!
Paper Plate Donut Craft
Origami Donuts
D is for Donut
Songs & Rhymes
Song: D-O-N-U-T
(tune: BINGO)
I know a treat that has a hole
As you can plainly see.
D-O-N-U-T
D-O-N-U-T
D-O-N-U-T
Save a bite for me!
CHOMP!
I know a treat that has a hole
As you can plainly see,
(Clap) O-N-U-T
(Clap) O-N-U-T
(Clap) O-N-U-T
Save a bite for me!
CHOMP!
Continue song, clapping for each disappearing letter.
I know a treat that has a hole,
But now where could it be?
(Clap-clap-clap-clap-clap
Clap-clap-clap-clap-clap
Clap-clap-clap-clap-clap)
And there's none left for me!
Source: Preschool Education
Friday, May 15th, 2020: Spring
Today's story was Flowers and Showers: A Spring Counting Book by Rebecca Fjelland Davis. The story was read with permission from Capstone Press. No copyright infringement is intended.
Our flannel board activity was from Cheryl's Sweethearts ChildCare/Step by Step
Craft Ideas
DIY Kite
Egg Carton Flowers
Germinate Seeds/Grow Beans
Polka Dot Tulips
Spring Suncatchers
Songs & Rhymes
Fingerplay: “Here is a Bunny”
Here is a bunny with ears so funny (hold up index and middle fingers for ears)
And here is his hole in the ground (make a circle with the other hand)
At the first sound he hears, he pricks up his ears (extend two fingers)
And hops in the hole in the ground (fingers jump into the hole)
Credit: Storytime Katie
Be a Seed
"I'm A Dandelion"
(to the tune of "I'm A Little Teapot")
I'm a dandelion,
Oh, so small. (crouch down)
I'm growing bigger; (slowly rise)
Now I'm tall. (stand up)
Soon my yellow blossom (round arms over head)
Will turn to fluff. (keep arms over head)
Along will come the wind (sway from side to side)
With a great big huff. (blow like wind)
Then my dandy seeds
Will dance around; (wiggle finger in air)
Traveling to places, then
Floating to the ground. (lower fingers to ground)
Credit: Adventures in Storytime (& Beyond)
Our flannel board activity was from Cheryl's Sweethearts ChildCare/Step by Step
Craft Ideas
DIY Kite
Egg Carton Flowers
Germinate Seeds/Grow Beans
Polka Dot Tulips
Spring Suncatchers
Songs & Rhymes
Fingerplay: “Here is a Bunny”
Here is a bunny with ears so funny (hold up index and middle fingers for ears)
And here is his hole in the ground (make a circle with the other hand)
At the first sound he hears, he pricks up his ears (extend two fingers)
And hops in the hole in the ground (fingers jump into the hole)
Credit: Storytime Katie
Be a Seed
"I'm A Dandelion"
(to the tune of "I'm A Little Teapot")
I'm a dandelion,
Oh, so small. (crouch down)
I'm growing bigger; (slowly rise)
Now I'm tall. (stand up)
Soon my yellow blossom (round arms over head)
Will turn to fluff. (keep arms over head)
Along will come the wind (sway from side to side)
With a great big huff. (blow like wind)
Then my dandy seeds
Will dance around; (wiggle finger in air)
Traveling to places, then
Floating to the ground. (lower fingers to ground)
Credit: Adventures in Storytime (& Beyond)
Friday, May 1st, 2020: Press Here
Storytime for Growin' Beans with Ms. Allison is an online early literacy program from Pinson Public Library in Pinson, Alabama. Today's story was Press Here by Hervé Tullet. The story was read with permission from Chronicle Books. No copyright infringement is intended.
Craft Ideas
International Dot Day Dot Gallery
Do a Dot Flower Craft for Kids
Hole Punched Hearts
Songs & Rhymes
Five Little Ladybugs
Five little Ladybugs climbing up a door
One Flew away then there were four
Four Little ladybugs sitting on a tree
One flew away then there were three
Three little ladybugs landed on a shoe
One flew away and then there were two
Two little ladybugs looking for some fun
One flew away and then there was one
One little ladybug sitting in the sun
She flew away and then there were none
Source: Small Town Story Time Lady
The Nuts: Polka-Dot Pants Dance (Music Video)
Craft Ideas
International Dot Day Dot Gallery
Do a Dot Flower Craft for Kids
Hole Punched Hearts
Songs & Rhymes
Five Little Ladybugs
Five little Ladybugs climbing up a door
One Flew away then there were four
Four Little ladybugs sitting on a tree
One flew away then there were three
Three little ladybugs landed on a shoe
One flew away and then there were two
Two little ladybugs looking for some fun
One flew away and then there was one
One little ladybug sitting in the sun
She flew away and then there were none
Source: Small Town Story Time Lady
The Nuts: Polka-Dot Pants Dance (Music Video)
Friday, April 24th, 2020: The Earth Book by Todd Parr
Today's story was The Earth Book by Todd Parr. The story was read with permission from Little, Brown and Company Books for Young Readers. No copyright infringement is intended.
Craft Ideas
Toilet Paper Roll Bird Feeders
Recycled Paper Seed Balls
Plant a Poem, Plant a Seed
Songs & Rhymes
Once There was a Litter Bug
Tune: “Itsy Bitsy Spider”
Once there was a litter bug
Who went from town to town,
Throwing out his garbage,
That landed on the ground.
The garbage grew so high
That when he turned around,
The litter bug got buried
And he was never found!
Source: Preschool Express
Pick it up!
Tune: London Bridge
See the litter? Pick it up!
Pick it up! Pick it up!
See the litter? Pick it up!
We’re not litterbugs!
Source: Library Village
Craft Ideas
Toilet Paper Roll Bird Feeders
Recycled Paper Seed Balls
Plant a Poem, Plant a Seed
Songs & Rhymes
Once There was a Litter Bug
Tune: “Itsy Bitsy Spider”
Once there was a litter bug
Who went from town to town,
Throwing out his garbage,
That landed on the ground.
The garbage grew so high
That when he turned around,
The litter bug got buried
And he was never found!
Source: Preschool Express
Pick it up!
Tune: London Bridge
See the litter? Pick it up!
Pick it up! Pick it up!
See the litter? Pick it up!
We’re not litterbugs!
Source: Library Village
Friday, April 17th, 2020: A Parade of Elephants by Kevin Henkes
Today's story was A Parade of Elephants by Kevin Henkes. The story was read with permission from Greenwillow Books/Harper Collins Publishers. No copyright infringement is intended.
Craft Ideas
Elephant Finger Puppet
Paper Plate Elephant
Balloon Elephant Card
Songs & Rhymes
An Elephant Goes
An elephant goes like this and that (stomp one foot, then the other)
He’s terribly wide (hold arms out at sides)And he’s terribly fat (keep arms out at sides)
He has two fingers (wiggle index fingers)
And he has two toes (wiggle feet)
But goodness gracious!
WHAT A NOSE (use arm pretend you have a trunk)
Credit: Jen in the Library
“Elephant Walk”
Right foot, left foot, see me go (step with one foot, then other, sway side to side)
I am gray and big and slow (hold hands out to side on the word “big”)
I come walking down the street (keep feet stomping)
With my trunk and four big feet. (Make arm look like a trunk from nose).
Credit: Jen in the Library
Craft Ideas
Elephant Finger Puppet
Paper Plate Elephant
Balloon Elephant Card
Songs & Rhymes
An Elephant Goes
An elephant goes like this and that (stomp one foot, then the other)
He’s terribly wide (hold arms out at sides)And he’s terribly fat (keep arms out at sides)
He has two fingers (wiggle index fingers)
And he has two toes (wiggle feet)
But goodness gracious!
WHAT A NOSE (use arm pretend you have a trunk)
Credit: Jen in the Library
“Elephant Walk”
Right foot, left foot, see me go (step with one foot, then other, sway side to side)
I am gray and big and slow (hold hands out to side on the word “big”)
I come walking down the street (keep feet stomping)
With my trunk and four big feet. (Make arm look like a trunk from nose).
Credit: Jen in the Library
Friday, April 10th, 2020: Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds & Peter Brown
Today's story was Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds & Peter Brown. The story was read with permission from Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. No copyright infringement is intended.
Craft Ideas
Bunny Ears
Bunny Mask for Kids
Plastic Easter Egg Bunny Craft
Playdough Carrots
Songs & Rhymes
“Little Bunny”
There was a little bunny who lived in the wood. (hold up two fingers)
He wiggled his ears as a good bunny should (wiggle on head)
He hopped by a squirrel. He hopped by a tree. (hop, hop)
He hopped by a duck. And he hopped by me. (hop, hop over fist)
He stared at the squirrel. He stared at the tree. (stare, stare)
He stared at the duck. But he made faces at me! (stare, make faces)
Credit: Storytime Katie
I'm a Little Bunny
Sung to: "I'm a little teapot"
I'm a little bunny, with a cotton tail;
See me hopping down the trail,
When I see a carrot ---
My ears - they shake!
And then, of course,
A Bite I take!!!
CRUNCH!!!!!
Credit: Preschool Education
Bunny Pokey
Sung to: "Hokey Pokey"
You put your bunny ears in
(Place hands on head to make ears)
You put your bunny ears out.
You put your bunny ears in.
And you shake them all about.
You do the Bunny Pokey
And hop yourself around,
That's what it's all about!
Additional verses: "You put your bunny nose in, You put your bunny tail in, You put your bunny paws in"
Credit: Preschool Education
Craft Ideas
Bunny Ears
Bunny Mask for Kids
Plastic Easter Egg Bunny Craft
Playdough Carrots
Songs & Rhymes
“Little Bunny”
There was a little bunny who lived in the wood. (hold up two fingers)
He wiggled his ears as a good bunny should (wiggle on head)
He hopped by a squirrel. He hopped by a tree. (hop, hop)
He hopped by a duck. And he hopped by me. (hop, hop over fist)
He stared at the squirrel. He stared at the tree. (stare, stare)
He stared at the duck. But he made faces at me! (stare, make faces)
Credit: Storytime Katie
I'm a Little Bunny
Sung to: "I'm a little teapot"
I'm a little bunny, with a cotton tail;
See me hopping down the trail,
When I see a carrot ---
My ears - they shake!
And then, of course,
A Bite I take!!!
CRUNCH!!!!!
Credit: Preschool Education
Bunny Pokey
Sung to: "Hokey Pokey"
You put your bunny ears in
(Place hands on head to make ears)
You put your bunny ears out.
You put your bunny ears in.
And you shake them all about.
You do the Bunny Pokey
And hop yourself around,
That's what it's all about!
Additional verses: "You put your bunny nose in, You put your bunny tail in, You put your bunny paws in"
Credit: Preschool Education
Friday, April 3rd, 2020: Ping Pong Pig by Caroline Jayne Church
Today's story was Ping Pong Pig by Caroline Jayne Church. The story was read with permission from Happy House Inc./Penguin Random House Publishing. No copyright infringement is intended.
Our flannel board activity was Dirty/Clean Pigs, adapted from Mel's Desk.
Craft Ideas
Pig Paper Bag Puppet
Toilet Paper Roll Pig Craft
Songs & Rhymes
“The Tail of a Pig” (Tune: “The Wheels on the Bus”)
The tail of a pig curls round and round… (circle finger round and round)
All through the mud.
The mouth of a pig goes oink, oink, oink… (put hand in front of mouth like a snout)
All through the mud.
The snout of a pig goes root, root, root…(act with snout and hands like you are rooting through the mud)
All through the mud.
The hooves of a pig go run, run, run… All through the mud.
The ears of a pig go twitch, twitch, twitch… All through the mud.
(Credit: Recipes for Reading blog)
“I’m a Little Piggy” (Tune: “I’m a Little Teapot”)
I’m a little piggy
Short and stout
Here are my ears (point to ears)
And here is my snout (point to nose)
When I see the yummy food in my pail (put hand up over eyes like you are looking)
I oink, oink oink (oink!)
and wiggle my tail (wiggle your piggy tails!)
(Credit: Recipes for Reading blog)
Our flannel board activity was Dirty/Clean Pigs, adapted from Mel's Desk.
Craft Ideas
Pig Paper Bag Puppet
Toilet Paper Roll Pig Craft
Songs & Rhymes
“The Tail of a Pig” (Tune: “The Wheels on the Bus”)
The tail of a pig curls round and round… (circle finger round and round)
All through the mud.
The mouth of a pig goes oink, oink, oink… (put hand in front of mouth like a snout)
All through the mud.
The snout of a pig goes root, root, root…(act with snout and hands like you are rooting through the mud)
All through the mud.
The hooves of a pig go run, run, run… All through the mud.
The ears of a pig go twitch, twitch, twitch… All through the mud.
(Credit: Recipes for Reading blog)
“I’m a Little Piggy” (Tune: “I’m a Little Teapot”)
I’m a little piggy
Short and stout
Here are my ears (point to ears)
And here is my snout (point to nose)
When I see the yummy food in my pail (put hand up over eyes like you are looking)
I oink, oink oink (oink!)
and wiggle my tail (wiggle your piggy tails!)
(Credit: Recipes for Reading blog)