Georgetown Public Library

This week’s storytime theme is the color green! Here are some wonderful books we might read in storytime:

Where Is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox and Judy Horacek

Greenlight by Breanna Carzoo

Go Away, Big Green Monster! by Ed Emberley

Green by Laura Vaccaro Seeger

Green on Green written by Dianne White, illustrated by Felicita Sala

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

Song: There’s a Color That We Know (tune: Old MacDonald Had a Farm)
There’s a color we all know,
G-R-E-E-N
It’s the color that means “Go!”
G-R-E-E-N
Oh, the grass is green and lettuce is green,
Leaves and spinach and peas are green,
There’s a color we all know,
G-R-E-E-N

Song: Mmm Ahh Went the Little Green Frog
Mmm ahh went the little green frog one day,
Mmm ahh went the little green frog.
Mmm ahh went the little green frog one day,
And they all went mmm, mmm, ahh.
But… We know they go (clap) shananananana,
(clap) shanananana, (clap) shanananana,
We know they go (clap) shanananana,
They don’t go mmm, mmm, ahh.

Fingerplay: My Little Turtle
This is my little turtle,                     (make fist)
He lives alone in a shell.
He likes his little home,
He thinks it’s really swell.
He pokes out his head                   (poke out thumb)
When he wants to eat,
Then he pulls it back in                  (hide thumb in fist)
When he wants to sleep.

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

For this week’s storytime theme we are celebrating the upcoming Eclipse! Want more information on the eclipse? Click here to visit our page on the eclipse! Here are some wonderful books we might read in storytime:

A Few Beautiful Minutes: Experiencing a Solar Eclipse written by Kate Allen Fox, illustrated by Khoa Le

A Day in the Sun by Diana Ejaita

Sun Flower Lion by Kevin Henkes

Kitten’s First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes

Today is Sunny by Martha E. H. Rustad

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

Song: Mr. Sun by Raffi
(Warm up: stretch arms out, stretch up high, and while we’re up here let’s make a sun)
Oh, Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun                        (arms make a sun)
Please shine down on me                                         (hand motions down)
Oh, Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun                        (arms make a sun)
Hiding behind a tree                                                   (hide face behind hands)

These little children are asking you                     (point to self then to the sky)
To please come out so we can play with you    (motion to come out then point to sky)
Oh, Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun                        (arms make a sun)
Please shine down on me                                          (hand motions down & rest
hands on chest)

Song: Zoom, Zoom, Zoom
Zoom, zoom, zoom, we’re going to the moon,
Zoom, zoom, zoom, we’re going to the moon,
If you want to take a trip,
Climb aboard my rocket ship,
Zoom, zoom, zoom, we’re going to the moon,
In 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, blast off!

Verses: sun… stars… Endor…etc.

Song: You Are My Sunshine
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine.
You make me happy when skies are gray.
You’ll never know, dear, how much I love you.
Please don’t take my sunshine away.

Shake My Sillies Out by Raffi

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

For this week’s storytime theme is “colors”! Here are some wonderful books we might read in storytime:

Mister Kitty is Lost! by Greg Pizzoli

Festival of Colors by Kabir Sehgal & Surishtha Sehgal, illustrated by Vashti Harrison

The Color Monster Goes to School by Anna LLenas

Every Color Soup by Jorey Hurley

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 March we are learning how to say hello in Mandarin Chinese which is 你好 (Nǐ hǎo)! Then we repeat again with the signs for clap, hello, and weather.

10 Little Crayons by The Kiboomers
1 little, 2 little, 3 little crayons,
4 little, 5 little, 6 little crayons,
7 little, 8 little, 9 little crayons,
10 little crayons in a box.

Red and blue and yellow little crayons,
Orange and green and purple little crayons,
Brown, gray, black, and white little crayons,
10 little crayons in a box.

Song: If You’re Wearing ___________ (tune: Farmer in the Dell)
If you’re wearing _____,
If you’re wearing _____,
Stand up and turn around,
If you’re wearing _____.

Song: If You Want to Say Red say Rojo (tune: If You’re Happy and You Know It)
If you want to say red say rojo,
If you want to say red say rojo,
If you want to say red and show you know your colors,
If you want to say red say rojo,

Verses: orange/anaranjado/Naranjo… yellow/amarillo… green/verde… blue/azul… purple/morado… pink/rosado

Song: I See Colors (Tune: Frere Jacques)
I see blue, I see blue,
All around, all around.
Quickly, can you find it,
Quickly, can you find it?
Blue, blue, blue,
Blue, blue, blue.

Shake My Sillies Out by Raffi

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

For this week’s storytime theme we are celebrating Women’s History Month! Here are some wonderful books we might read in storytime:

Go, Girls, Go! written by Frances Gilbert, illustrated by Allison Black

Ambitious Girl by Meena Harris, illustrated by Marissa Valdez

Like So wirtten by Ruth Forman, illustrated by Raissa Figueroa

How to Love a Grandma by Jean Reagan, illustrated by Lee Wildish

Five Little Monkeys Jumping On the Bed by Eileen Christelow

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

We Are the Dinosaurs by The Laurie Berkner Band
(a children’s musician who started the modern “Kindie rock” movement in the late 90s/early 00s)

Song: Zoom, Zoom, Zoom
(We were able to go to the moon thanks to many wonderful women who worked in NASA like JoAnn Morgan, the first and only female engineer during Apollo 11, Katherine Johnson who calculated the flight path, and many more!)
Zoom, zoom, zoom,
We’re going to the moon,
Zoom, zoom, zoom,
We’re going to the moon,
If you want to take a trip,
Climb aboard my rocket ship,
Zoom, zoom, zoom,
We’re going to the moon,
Zoom, zoom, zoom,
We’re going to the moon,
In 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, blast off!

Song: Plane Song (tune: Bingo)
(In 1921, Bessie Coleman became the first African American woman to earn a pilot license. That’s 103 years ago! There’s also Amelia Earhart who was the first woman to fly across North America, and mysteriously disappeared in 1937 after attempting to fly around the world.)
I know something that flies in the air
And plane is its name-o,
P-L-A-N-E
P-L-A-N-E
P-L-A-N-E
And plane is its name-o!

See you there!

Family Storytimes starting September 1st: 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

There will be no storytimes during Spring Break (March 11th – 15th). Still come visit us for the fun activities and we’ll see you again for Family Storytime on March 20th! Baby Storytimes will resume on March 18th.

This week’s storytime theme is “rain”! Here are some wonderful books we might read in storytime:

Soaked! by Abi Cushman

Sometimes Rain words by Meg Fleming, illustrations by Diana Sudyka

Red Rubber Boot Day by Mary Lyn Ray, illustrated by Lauren Stringer

Boom!: Big, Big Thunder & One Small Dog Words by Mary Lyn Ray, pictures by Steven Salerno

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

SCARVES! Song: Rain is Falling (tune: Are You Sleeping?)
Rain is falling, rain is falling,                             (wave scarf up and down)
From the sky, from the sky,
Put up your umbrella, put up your umbrella, (place scarf on your head)
Nice and dry, nice and dry.

Song: What’s the Weather? (tune: Oh My Darling, Clementine)
What’s the weather? What’s the weather?
What’s the weather like today?
Is it rainy? Is it sunny?
What’s the weather like today?

Discuss what the weather is today!

Song: Itsy Bitsy Spider
The itsy, bitsy spider went up the water spout,
Down came the rain and washed the spider out,
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain,
And the itsy, bitsy spider went up the spout again.

Verses: big, big… eensy weensy

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! Mommy… daddy… big sister/brother, little sister/brother, baby, aunt, uncle, big/little cousin, grandpa, grandma, etc.

See you there!

Family Storytimes starting September 1st: 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 “pink”! Here are some wonderful books we might read in storytime:

The Watermelon Seed by Greg Pizzoli

Me and You by Geneviève Côté

A Girl and Her Gator by Sean Bryan, illustrations by Tom Murphy

The Book Hog by Greg Pizzoli

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

Song: Pink (tune: Are You Sleeping?)
Have them repeat after you
P-I-N-K, P-I-N-K
That spells pink, that spells pink,
Bubble gum is pink, bubble gum is pink,
Pink, pink, pink, pink, pink, pink.
 

What are some other things that are pink? Let’s sing about that.
Flamingos, watermelon, worm, flowers, piggies, etc.

Flannel: Five Clean and Squeaky Pigs (tune: Five Green and Speckled Frogs)
Five pigs so squeaky clean, cleanest you’ve ever seen,
Wanted to go outside and play, Oink! Oink!
One jumped into the mud, landed with a big THUD,
Then there were four clean squeaky pigs.

Song: Icky Sticky Bubble Gum
Icky sticky, icky sticky bubble gum, bubble gum, bubble gum,
Icky sticky, icky sticky bubble gum,
Has my hands stuck to my head! Oh no!
So let’s pull, and pull, and pull them away!

(Clasp hands together) Oh no… (start the song again and have gum stick to different body parts)

Fingerplay: Clap Your Hands
Clap, clap, clap your hands
As slowly as you can.
Clap, clap, clap your hands
As quickly as you can..

Verses: shake… roll… rub… wiggle your fingers… pound your fists… etc!

See you there!

Family Storytimes starting January 2nd-May 31st: 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 unless otherwise stated in the calendar

This week’s storytime we are celebrating Black History Month! Here are some wonderful books we might read in storytime:

A Library by Nikki Giovanni, illustrated by Erin K. Robinson

You Matter by Christian Robinson

What Does Brown Mean to You? by Ron Grady

I Am Enough by Grace Byers, pictures by Keturah A. Bobo

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

Song: Head and Shoulder by Ella Jenkins (known as The First Lady of Children’s Folk Song)

Flannel: Twinkle Twinkle Traffic Light (invented by Garrett Morgan in 1923 after witnessing an accident
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.

Rhyme: Peanut Butter and Jelly (Although he did not invent peanut butter [the Incans did], George Washington Carver made more than 300 different uses for peanuts like shampoo, paper, soap, and glue!)
Peanut butter, peanut butter, jelly, jelly.
First you take the peanuts, and you crush ‘em, crush ‘em.
Peanut butter, peanut butter, jelly, jelly.
Then you take the grapes, and you squish ‘em, squish ‘em.
Peanut butter, peanut butter, jelly, jelly.
Then you take the bread and you spread it, spread it.
Peanut butter, peanut butter, jelly, jelly.
Then you make a sandwich, and you eat it, eat it!
Peanut butter, peanut butter, jelly, jelly.

Song: Super Shaker Song by Culture Queen (a Children’s musician and arts manager from Baltimore, Maryland)

See you there!

Family Storytimes starting January 2nd-May 31st: 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 unless otherwise stated in the calendar

This week’s storytime we are featuring the author Mo Willems! Here are some wonderful books we might read in storytime:

Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! words and pictures by Mo Willems

Watch Me Throw the Ball! by Mo Willems

That is NOT a Good Idea! by Mo Willems

Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems

Leonardo the Terrible Monster by Mo Willems

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

Song: 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: babies/up and down… wipers/swish… horn/beep… door/open and shut…)

Flannel: 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)

Verses: go through the different colors of the fish felt

Song: If You’re a _____ and You Know It
If you’re an elephant and you know it, shake your ears
If you’re an elephant and you know it, shake your ears
If you’re an elephant and you know it and you really want to show it.
If you’re an elephant and you know it, shake your ears!

If you’re a pig and you know it, say oink, oink
If you’re a pig and you know it, oink, oink
If you’re a pig and you know it and you really want to show it.
If you’re a pig and you know it, oink, oink!

If you’re a pigeon and you know it, strut your stuff.
If you’re a pigeon and you know it, strut your stuff.
If you’re a pigeon and you know it, and you really want to show it
If you’re a pigeon and you know it, strut your stuff.

Song: Did You Ever See a Bunny? (tune: Did You Ever See a Lassie?)
Did you ever see a bunny, a bunny, a bunny,
Did you ever see a bunny, that hops so slow?
It hops, and hops, and hops, and hops,
Did you ever see a bunny, that hops so slow?

Verses: so fast… backwards… on one foot

See you there!

Family Storytimes starting January 2nd-May 31st: 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 unless otherwise stated in the calendar

This week’s storytime we are celebrating Lunar New Year! This year will be the Year of the Dragon. Here are some wonderful books we might read in storytime:

The Tray of Togetherness by Flo Leung

Red is a Dragon: A Book of Colors written by Roseanne Thong, illustrated by Grace Lin

Chloe’s Lunar New Year by Lily LaMotte, illustrated by Michelle Lee

12 Lucky Animals: A Bilingual Baby Book by Vickie Lee, illustrated by Joey Chou

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

Rhyme: Swing Your Dragon Tail
Turn around once and swing your dragon tail,
Turn around twice, flap your wings, and shake your scales,
Turn around three times, stomp your feet and roar,
Jump up high then sit down on the floor.

Flannel: 5 Little Dragons (tune: 5 Little Ducks)
5 little dragons went out one day,
Over the hills and far away,
Mother dragon said, “It’s time for your snack,”
And only four little dragons came back.

Repeat until none, then:
No little dragons went out one day,
Over the hills and far away,
Mother dragon said, “It’s a really good snack!”
And five little dragons came roaring back!

Song: Dragon Dance (tune: Mary Had a Little Lamb)
See the dragon hop, hop, hop.
Hop, hop, hop. Hop, hop, hop.
See the dragon hop, hop, hop,
On Lunar New Year’s Day!

Verses: shake its tail… dance around… stomp its feet… jump up and down… go to sleep…

Song: If You’re a Dragon and You Know It
If you’re a dragon and you know it, show your claws.
If you’re a dragon and you know it, show your claws.
If you’re a dragon and you know it, and you really want to show it,
If you’re a dragon and you know it, show your claws.

Verses: wiggle your tails… breathe out fire… ask them for other dragon traits and make up your own!

See you there!

Family Storytimes starting January 2nd-May 31st: 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 unless otherwise stated in the calendar

This week’s storytime theme is “cookies”! Here are some wonderful books we might read in storytime:

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff, illustrated by Felicia Bond

The Duckling Gets a Cookie!? words and pictures by Mo Willems

Tthe Smart Cookie by Jory John and Pete Oswald

Cookie Count: A Tasty Pop-Up by Robert Sabuda

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

Movement: Making Cookies
I am making cookie dough                                  point to self
Round and round the beaters go                      roll your arms
Add some flour from a cup                                 pour from cup
Stir and mix the batter up                                   pretend to stir

Roll them, cut them nice and neat                   pretend to roll and cut
Put them on a cookie sheet                                pretend to lay out on sheet
Bake them, count them, 1, 2, 3                         count with fingers
Then serve them to my friends for tea          pretend to eat cookies

Rhyme: Ten Little Cookies
Ten little cookies laying on a plate
Mom eats two and then there are 8.

When Dad comes home, two cookies he picks
Leaving on the plate only 6.

Brother comes home, slamming the door.
He eats two cookies, then there are 4.

When sister comes home, there are still a few
She eats a couple, then there are 2.

Baby wakes up. His nape is done.
He eats a cookie, then there is 1.

The cat jumps on the table and eats the last one.
Poor dog!  He’s too late.  He only gets a crumb.

Song: “C Is For Cookie” the Cookie Monster song!
“C” is for cookie, that’s good enough for me.
“C” is for cookie, that’s good enough for me.
“C” is for cookie, that’s good enough for me.
Oh, cookie, cookie, cookie starts with “C”!

Song: Down Around the Corner: Bakery Edition
Down around the corner at the bakery shop,
Were 5 little cookies with sugar on top,
Along came someone with some money to spend,
And they took a little cookie to share with a friend.

See you there!

Family Storytimes starting January 2nd-May 31st: 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 unless otherwise stated in the calendar