Stories about Stories

This one gets a little meta.  Everyone loves a good story within a story, so what not have a whole storytime about stories about stories.  (See what I mean-mind blowing!)

This is a great storytime to do for National Library Week, since one story will only lead children to another story featured in the first story.  I'm getting confused, so right to the storytime.

Stories about Stories

Preschool Storytime

Opening Song:  Bendable, Strectchable by Georgiana Stewart

Opening Rhyme: My Hands

Make my hands go up, make my hands go down.  Make my hands go to the side, now go round and round.  

Dance them on my shoulders, dance them on by head, dance them on my belly and now put them to bed!

 

Book:  Chester by Melanie Watt

Rhyme:  Little mice

Little mice are creeping, creeping, creeping

Little mice are creeping through the house.

Little mice are sleeping, sleeping, sleeping

Little mice are sleeping through the house

Old gray cat is creeping, creeping, creeping

Old gray cat is creeping  through the house.

And the little mice run away!

Book:  Hurry Up and Slow Down by Layn Marlow

Rhyme:  Hop Little Bunnies

See those little bunnies sleeping, until it’s nearly noon

Come let us wake them, with our merry tune.

Oh so still!  Are they ill?

Wake up little bunnies, hop, hop, hop

Wake up little bunnies, hop, hop, hop

Wake up little bunnies, hop, hop, hop

Hop, hop, STOP!

Book:  An Undone Fairy Tale by Ian Lendler

Rhyme:  All Around the Castle

All around the castle, the knight chased the dragon

The dragon thought was all in fun,

Roar! went the dragon

 

Book:  Ivan the Terrier by Peter Catalanotto

Song:  The Books are Coming Home Again 
a Miss Tiff Original

(Sing this to the tune of The Ants are Marching Home, and print out book covers so the children can identify each character.  Also, have the kids join in on the hurrah's  and such!)

The books are coming home again hurrah, hurrah!

The books are coming home again hurrah, hurrah!

Curious George climbs up the self

The Little Red Hen says “I’ll do it myself”

They can hardly wait to go out again to read by a friend!

The books are coming home again hurrah, hurrah!

The books are coming home again hurrah, hurrah!

Olivia and the Pigeon too

Followed by Elmer and Little Boy Blue

They can hardly wait to go out again to read by a friend!

The books are coming home again hurrah, hurrah!

The books are coming home again hurrah, hurrah!

The Big Bad Wolf blew and blew

Shoe Baby said “How do you do?”

They can hardly wait to go out again to read by a friend!

The books are coming home again hurrah, hurrah!

The books are coming home again hurrah, hurrah!

Goodnight stars and goodnight air

Goodnight noises everywhere.  SHHHH…….

They can hardly wait to go out again to read by a friend!

 

Closing Song:  Thank You Clap

My hands say thank you with a clap, clap, clap

My feet say thank you with a tap, tap, tap

Clap, clap, clap

Tap, tap, tap

And now we say goodbye!