Georgetown Public Library

The library will be closed on Thursday, July 4th. No storytimes this day.

This week’s storytime theme is “hide-and-seek”! Do you like to hide or seek? Where’s your favorite place to hide? We like to hide anywhere you can bring a book with you to read while you hide, but be careful about making a sound with your page turning!

Here are some wonderful books we might read in storytime and our recommendations for you to read at home:

One Too Many: A Seek & Find Counting Book by Gianna Marino

One-osaurus, Two-osaurus by Kim Norman, illustrated by Pierre Collet-Derby

Pete the Cat Plays Hide-and-Seek by Kimberly and James Dean

Hide & Seek by Janet S. Wong, pictures by Margaret Chodos-Irvine

Hide and Seek by Polly Noakes

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 June we are learning how to say hello in Italian which is “Ciao”! Then we repeat again with the signs for clap, hello, and weather.

Rhyme: Two Little Blackbirds
Two little blackbirds sitting on a hill.
One named Jack, and one named Jill.
Fly away Jack, fly away Jill.
Come back Jack, come back Jill.

Verses: Flying in the sky/Low and High… Sitting on a pole/Fast and Slow… Sitting on a gate/Early and Late… Sitting on a mop/Bottom and Top

Song: Open Shut Them
Open shut them, open shut them,
Give a little clap, clap, clap,
Open shut them, open shut them,
Put them in your lap, lap, lap,
Creep them, crawl them, creep them, crawl them,
Right up to your chin, chin, chin,
Open up your little mouth, “Ahh!”
But do not let them in!

Song: Popcorn Kernels (Tune: Are You Sleeping?)
If you’re singing this at home, feel free to sing this with a scarf or a small towel!
Popcorn kernels, popcorn kernels                   (wave scarves around)
In the pot, in the pot                                              (bundle in fist)
Shake them, shake them, shake them,          (shake fist)
Shake them, shake them, shake them,          (shake fist)
Till they POP, till they POP!                                (throw scarves)

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

This week’s storytime theme is “outdoor adventures”! What kind of activities do you like to do outside? Maybe going to the park or the zoo? Swimming?

Here are some wonderful books we might read in storytime and our recommendations for you to read at home:

Vampenguin by Lucy Ruth Cummins

We Love Fishing! written by Ariel Bernstein, illustrated by Marc Rosenthal

Wonder Walkers by Micha Archer

Blue Sky by Audrey Wood

Sandy Feet! Whose Feet?: Footprints at the Shore written by Susan Wood, illustrated by Steliyana Doneva

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 June we are learning how to say hello in Italian which is “Ciao”! Then we repeat again with the signs for clap, hello, and weather.

Song: Going on a Bear Hunt

Song: Down By The Bay

Song: Rain is Falling (tune: Are You Sleeping?)
Rain is falling, rain is falling,
From the sky, from the sky,
Put up your umbrella, put up your umbrella,
Nice and dry, nice and dry.

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

This week’s storytime theme is “indoor adventures”! What kind of activities do you like to do inside? Ours is of course Storytime at the library! Or chasing cats around the house.

Here are some wonderful books we might read in storytime and our recommendations for you to read at home:

Ghost Cat by Kevan Atteberry

Off-Limits by Helen Yoon

The Great Indoors Written by Julie Falatko, illustrated by Ruth Chan

On a Rainy Day by Sarah LuAnn Perkins

Jeff Goes Wild by Angie Rozelaar

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 June we are learning how to say hello in Italian which is “Ciao”! Then we repeat again with the signs for clap, hello, and weather.

Song: Elevator Song (tune: Do Your Ears Hang Low?)
Oh the city is great, and the city is grand,
There are lots of tall buildings on a little piece of land,
And we live way up on the 57^th floor,
And this is what we do when we go out the door,
Take the elevator up, take the elevator down,
Take the elevator up, take the elevator down,
Take the elevator up, take the elevator down,
Then we spin around!

Rhyme: Five Elephants in the Bathtub (Jbrary)
One elephant in the bathtub
Going for a swim
Knock, knock (clap twice)
Splash, splash (slap knees twice)
Come on in! (motion with both hands to come in)

(count up from 1-5)
Five elephants in the bathtub
Going for a swim
Knock, knock (clap twice)
Splash, splash (slap knees twice)
It all fell in! (knock the felt pieces down)

Song: These Are My Glasses by Laurie Berkner
(finger glasses) Hello! I see you through my glasses. Can you put on a pair of glasses? Hmm, let’s put them down.
Oh! I’ve got a book. Put your hands together and you can make a book, too.
Then you can open it, oooop!
GASP oh my goodness there’s a pink snake in there!
Shut that book! Whoop!
Let’s look inside again. Open it up, oooop!
OH MY GOODNESS IT’S A purple dinosaur! CLOSE THE BOOK! WHOOP!

These are my glasses,                              (finger glasses up against eyes)
This is my book,                                        (put your hands together)
I put on my glasses,                                  (put your glasses on)
And open up the book.                            (open up the book)

Now I read, read, read,                            (bring “book” from side to side)
And I look, look, look,                              (“look” from side to side)
I put down my glasses,                            (put down glasses)
And WHOOP! Close up the book!          (whoop, close up the book!)

Song: Rain, Rain, Go Away
Rain, rain, go away,
Come again another day,
We all to play,
Rain, rain, go away!

Verses: Use any name or any family member, pets, animals, etc! Mommy… daddy… big sister/brother, little sister/brother, baby, aunt, uncle, big/little cousin, grandpa, grandma, etc.

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

Just a reminder about summer storytimes: Family Storytimes are 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 “cryptid”! What is a cryptid you might ask? It is a mythical creature that people believe exists or have seen, but has not been proven yet.

Here are some wonderful books we might read in storytime and our recommendations for you to read at home:

El Cucuy is Scared, Too! Story by Donna Barba Higuera, Pictures by Juliana Perdomo

I Love My Fangs! by Kelley Leigh Miller

Buttercup the Bigfoot by Douglas Rees, illustrated by Isabel Munoz

Not Yet, Yeti written by Bethany V. Freitas, illustrated by Maddie Frost

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 June we are learning how to say hello in Italian which is “Ciao”! Then we repeat again with the signs for clap, hello, and weather.

Song: “Yeti Pokey” (Tune: Hokey Pokey)
You put your claws in, you take your claws out
You put your claws in, and you shake them all about
You do the yeti pokey and you turn yourself about
That’s what it’s all about!

Verses: horns, big feet, and furry self

Song: 5 Little Fairies (tune: 5 Little Monkeys)
Five little fairies playing by the pond,
One fell in and lost her wand,
Mama called the wizard and the wizard said,
“No more fairies playing by the pond!”

Song: “If You’re a Unicorn and 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, and you really want to show it,
If you’re a unicorn and you know it, shake your horn.

Additional verses: Stamp your hooves, Toss your mane, Twitch your tail, Prance around

Song: Go Away, Scary Monster
Go away, scary monster, go away. GO AWAY!
Go away, scary monster, go away. GO AWAY!
Go away, scary monster.
Go away, scary monster.
Go away, scary monster, go away. GO AWAY!

Verses: cryptid, bigfoot, yeti, mermaid, unicorn, ghostie, mothman, etc.

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

Starting this week 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 “road trip”! Here are some wonderful books we might read in storytime and our recommendations for you to read at home:

Truck Full of Ducks by Ross Burach

Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw, illustrated by Margot Apple

Snail Crossing by Corey R. Tabor

Sign Off by Stephen Savage

My Side of the Car by Kate Feiffer, illustrated by Jules Feiffer

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 June we are learning how to say hello in Italian which is “Ciao”! Then we repeat again with the signs for clap, hello, and weather.

Song: Drive, Drive, Drive Your Car (tune: Row, Row, Row Your Boat)
Drive, drive, drive your car,
All around the town!
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Up the hills and down.

Turn, turn, turn the key,
Make the engine roar.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Let’s go to the store.

Press, press, press the pedal,
Give the engine gas.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Now we’re going fast.

Turn, turn, turn the wheel,
That is how we steer.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Let’s just park right here.

Flannel/Felt: Twinkle, Twinkle Traffic Light (tune: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star)
Twinkle twinkle traffic light,
On the corner shining bright.
Red means, “Stop.” Green means, “Go.”
Yellow means, “Go very slow.”
Twinkle twinkle traffic light,
On the corner shining bright.

Song: Drivin’ In My Car from Ralph’s World (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFlKUCtFmdM)

Song: This is the Way the People Ride
This is the way the people ride,
People ride, people ride,
This is the way the people ride,
So early in the morning.

Verses: babies, bunnies, puppies, kitties, etc!

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

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

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

Boop! words by Bea Birdsong, pictures by Linzie Hunter

Dog’s Colorful Day by Emma Dodd

Pudgy: A Puppy to Love by Pippa Goodhart, illustrated by Caroline Jayne Church

We Want a Dog by Lo Cole

A Dog Needs a Bone! by Audrey Wood

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: If You’re a Dog and You Know it (tune: If You’re Happy and You Know it)
If you’re a dog and you know it, give a bark,
If you’re a dog and you know it, give a bark,
If you’re a dog and you know it, and you really want to show it,
If you’re a dog and you know it, give a bark!

Verses:
If you’re a dog and you know it, wag your tail…
If you’re a dog and you know it, dig a hole…
If you’re a dog and you know it, sit please!

Song: Where Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?
Where, oh where has my little dog gone?
Oh where, oh where can he be?
With his ears cut short and his tail cut long,
Oh where, oh where can he be?

Song: Bingo
There was a farmer who had a dog,
And Bingo was his name-o.
B-I-N-G-O! B-I-N-G-O! B-I-N-G-O!
And Bingo was his name-o. (continue on until all claps)

Fingerplay/Action Rhyme: Five Little Puppies
Five little puppies were playing in the sun. (hold up hand, fingers out)
This one saw a rabbit, and he began to run. (bend down finger, do action)
This one saw a butterfly, and he began to race.
This one saw a kitty cat, and he began to chase.
This one tried to catch his tail, and he went round & round.
This one was so quiet, he never made a sound.

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 September 1st 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

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

The Hidden Rainbow by Christie Matheson

What Will Grow? by Jennifer Ward, illustrated by Susie Ghahremani

Bears and Blossoms by Shirley Parenteau, illustrated by David Walker

Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert

Plant the Tiny Seed by Christie Matheson

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: Planting Time (tune: Row, Row, Row Your Boat)
Dig, dig, dig the earth,                    (pretend to dig)
Then you plant the seeds,              (pretend to plant)
A gentle rain,                                   (wiggle fingers down)
The bright sunshine,                       (circle arms overhead)
And flowers you will see.               (open arms wide)

Rhyme: Five Little Flowers
Five little flowers growing in a row
The first one said, “We need rain to grow”
The second one said, “Yes, we need water!”
The third one said, “Whew, it’s getting hotter!”
The fourth one said, “Look, there are clouds in the sky.”
The fifth said, “I wonder why?”
Then “BOOM” went the thunder,
And “ZAP” went the lightning.
That springtime storm was kind of frightening.
But were the flowers scared? No, no, no.
They needed to grow, grow, grow.

Rhyme: Little Flower, Little Flower
Little flower, little flower, twist around.
Little flower, little flower, planted in the ground.
Little flower, little flower, spread your petals wide.
Little flower, little flower, now you hide.
Little flower, little flower, stretch towards the sun.
Little flower, little flower, in the wind, have fun!
Little flower, little flower, no more light.
Little flower, little flower, say good night.

Song: I’m a Little Tulip (tune: I’m a Little Teapot)
I’m a little tulip,
On my stem,                                                       (raise arms high)
Here are my green leaves,
See how they bend,                                           (bend forearms)
A tulip all alone
Might droop its head,                                        (bow head down)
But I am happy ‘cause I’m in a flower bed!    (raise head and arms then smile)

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 September 1st 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

This week we are celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month! Here are some wonderful books we might read in storytime and our recommendations for you to read at home:

A Normal Pig by K-Fai Steele

Lost and Found: What’s That Sound? written by Jonathan Ying, illustration by Victoria Ying

How to Wear a Sari by Darshana Khiani, illustrated by Joanne Lew-Vriethoff

Punky Aloha by Shar Tuiasoa

Stormy Night by Salina Yoon

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: 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!

Song: The More We Get Together
The more we get together, together, together, (sign: more, together)
The more we get together the happier we’ll be, (sign: more, together, happy)
‘Cause your friends are my friends, (sign: your, friends, my)
And my friends are your friends (sign: my, friends, your)
The more we get together the happier we’ll be. (sign: more, together, happy)

Song: One little blue fish
One little blue fish swimming in the water, (Make a fish with your hands)
Swimming in the water, swimming in the water (Move your fish back and forth)
One little blue fish swimming in the water,
Bubble, bubble, bubble, bubble, (use your pointer fingers to draw circles leading up)
Pop! (Clap your hands)

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 September 1st 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