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