May the 4th be with you! This week we are reading about Star Wars! Here are some wonderful books we might read in storytime and our recommendations for you to read at home:

Are You Scared, Darth Vader? by Adam Rex

Star Wars: I am a Pilot by Golden Books

Obi-123 written by Calliope Glass & Caitlin Kennedy, illustrated by Katie Cook

Goodnight Darth Vader by Jeffrey Brown

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: Zoom, Zoom, Zoom
Zoom, zoom, zoom, we’re going to Endor,
Zoom, zoom, zoom, we’re going to Endor,
If you want to take a trip,
Climb aboard my starfighter,
Zoom, zoom, zoom, we’re going to Endor,
In 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, blast off!

Flannel/Puppet: Five Blue Sorgan Frogs (tune: Five Green and Speckled Frogs)
Five blue Sorgan frogs,
Sat on a speckled log,
Eating some most delicious bugs.
Yum yum!
Grogu grabbed one frog out,
Stuffed it into his mouth,
Then there were four blue Sorgan frogs
Glub glub!

Fingerplay: 2 Little ____
Two little porgs playing in the snow,
One named Fast, and one named Slow.
Fly away Fast, fly away Slow.
Come back Fast, come back Slow.

Verses: X Wings flying in the sky/Low and High… wookies sitting on a wall/Big and Small

Song: Vader (tune: Bingo)
There was a Jedi who turned dark,
And Vader was his name-o.
V-A-D-E-R
V-A-D-E-R
V-A-D-E-R
And Vader was his name-o.

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