Starting next week, June 3rd, is our new Summer Reading Storytime schedule! Family Storytimes will now be on Thursdays and Fridays at 9:30 a.m., 10:15 a.m., and 11:00 a.m. See you then!

This week’s storytime theme is “yellow”! Here are some wonderful books we might read in storytime and our recommendations for you to read at home:

Yellow Bird, Black Spider by Dosh and Mike Archer

The Honeybee by Kirsten Hall and Isabelle Arsenault

Yellow Ball by Molly Bang

Lemons Are Not Red by Laura Vaccaro Seeger

Counting to Bananas words by Carrie Tillotson, pictures by Estrela Lourenco

Here are some songs and/or rhymes we might do in storytime:

Get Ready Song: If You’re Ready for a Story, Clap Your Hands (tune: If You’re Happy and You Know It)
If you’re ready for a story, clap your hands
If you’re ready for a story, clap your hands
If you’re ready for a story, if you’re ready for a story,
If you’re ready for a story, clap your hands

Hello song: Clap Everybody and Say Hello
Clap everybody and say “hello”
Clap everybody and say “hello”
Clap everybody and say “hello”
No matter what the weather!

Verses: For May we are learning how to say hello in Polish which is “Cześć! (Chesh-ch)”! Then we repeat again with the signs for clap, hello, and weather.

Song: The Wheels on the Bus
The wheels on the bus go round and round,
Round and round, round and round,
The wheels on the bus go round and round,
All through the town

Verses: horn/beep beep beep… wipers/swish swish swish… doors/open and shut… lights/blink blink blink

Song: Bananas Unite!
Peel bananas, peel, peel bananas,
Peel bananas, peel, peel bananas,
Chop bananas, chop, chop bananas,
Chop bananas, chop, chop bananas,
Mash bananas, mash, mash bananas,
Mash bananas, mash, mash bananas,
Eat bananas, eat, eat bananas,
Eat bananas, eat, eat bananas,
Go bananas, go, go bananas!
Go bananas, go, go bananas!
Bananas unite!

Rhyme: “Five Little Bees”
One little bee blew and flew.
He met a friend, and that made two.
Two little bees, busy as could be–
Along came another and that made three.
Three little bees, wanted one more,
Found one soon and that made four.
Four little bees, going to the hive
Spied their little brother, and that made five.
Five little bees working every hour–
Buzz away, bees, and find another flower.

Fingerplay: Ten Fluffy Chicks
Five eggs and five eggs,
That makes ten. (hold up two hands)
Sitting on top is the Mother Hen. (fold one hand over the other)
Crackle, crackle, crackle; (clap three times)
What do I see?
Ten fluffy chicks, (hold up ten fingers)
As yellow as can be!

Shake My Sillies Out by Raffi
I’m gonna shake, shake, shake my sillies out,
Shake, shake, shake my sillies out,
Shake, shake, shake my sillies out,
And wiggle my waggles away!

Verses: Clap my crazies… Jump my jiggles… Yawn my sleepies… finish with a fast shake your sillies!

Goodbye Song: We Wave Goodbye Like This
We wave goodbye like this,
We wave goodbye like this,
To all our friends at storytime,
We wave goodbye like this!

See you there!

Family Storytimes starting June 3rd until July 26th:
Thursdays and Fridays at 9:30, 10:15, and 11:00

No Family Storytimes week of July 29th and all of August.

Family Storytimes starting September 4th until Summer Reading: Wednesdays and Thursdays at 9:30, 10:15, and 11:00, Fridays at 9:30 and 10:30 except the 3rd Friday of each month