Family Storytime: Pets

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This week's family storytime basket theme was Pets.  I had a blast planning and facilitating this storytime.  The action rhyme Kitty Cat Pounce and Bark, George were crowd favorites!  

This storytime made me miss the family doggo, Curley the Wonderdog.  I'm looking forward to seeing his sweet little face in a few days.  Here is a photo of Curley so that you can all bask in his complete and total adorable-ness.  If I was an editor for We Rate Dogs, I would give Curley a 20/10.  

Pre-Storytime Activity: I-Spy

I found a really fabulous I-Spy Cats and Dogs from And Next Comes L Blog.

Letter of the Week

Books

Puppets: I Went to the Pet Store

Credit: Verona Storytime

I went to the pet store and made a special wish.
The pet that I wanted was a very special (fish)!

I went to the pet store, I went there at a jog,
To get a pet with a wagging tail, it was a little (dog)!

I went to the pet store, it had become a habit.
The pet I wanted now was a soft, fluffy (rabbit)!

I went to the pet store, I’m sure this sounds absurd,
But the pet I wanted was a colorful flying (bird)!

I went to the pet store, it was no mistake.
What I really wanted now was a hissing green (snake)!

Action Rhyme

Gertie the Goldfish
Credit: The Door to Door Librarian

Gertie the Goldfish goes
smack, smack, smack
She looks at me and goes like
smack, smack, smack,
She doesn’t laugh, doesn’t sing
doesn’t do anything
Just blows big kisses like this
Smack, smack, smack, smack

Puppy Roll
Credit:  Canton Public Library
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Five little puppies all digging a hole (hold up five fingers)
One fell in and started to roll… (roll your hands)
She rolled to the bottom, she didn’t get hurt.
How many puppies are left digging dirt? (count how many puppies are left)

Four little puppies all digging a hole (hold up five fingers)
One fell in and started to roll… (roll your hands)
he rolled to the bottom, he didn’t get hurt.
How many puppies are left digging dirt? (count how many puppies are left)

Three little puppies all digging a hole (hold up five fingers)
One fell in and started to roll… (roll your hands)
She rolled to the bottom, she didn’t get hurt.
How many puppies are left digging dirt? (count how many puppies are left)

Two little puppies all digging a hole (hold up five fingers)
One fell in and started to roll… (roll your hands)
he rolled to the bottom, she didn’t get hurt.
How many puppies are left digging dirt? (count how many puppies are left)

One little puppy all digging a hole (hold up five fingers)
They fell in and started to roll… (roll your hands)
They rolled to the bottom, they didn’t get hurt.
How many puppies are left digging dirt? (count how many puppies are left)

Can You?
Credit: Sunflower Storytime

Can you hop like a rab­bit?
Can you jump like a frog? Can you wad­dle like a duck?
Can you wag your tail like a dog?
Can you fly like a bird?
Can you swim like a fish?
Can you sit back down and be still like this?

Kitty Cat Pounce!
Credit:  Literary Hoots
*This was a crowd favorite today!   We had so much fun we did this action rhyme twice

Kitty cat, kitty cat, sneaks out of the house.
Kitty cat, kitty cat, creeps up to a mouse,
And … POUNCE!
Kitty cat, kitty cat, creeps up to a bird.
Kitty cat, kitty cat, is not even heard
And … POUNCE!
But the mouse ran, and the bird flew away,
So kitty cat found a ball of yarn to play
And … POUNCE!

Songs

We Wave Hello Like This & We Wave Goodbye Like This
Credit: Jbrary
​To the tune of "The Farmer in the Dell"

When Pets Wake Up in the Morning
Credit: TCPL Kids
To the tune of "Jolly Good Fellow"

When dog wakes up in the morning
When dog wakes up in the morning
When dog wakes up in the morning
he always says “Bow-wow!”
 
When cat wakes up in the morning
When cat wakes up in the morning
When cat wakes up in the morning
She always says “Me-ow!”

When mouse wakes up in the morning
When mouse wakes up in the morning
When mouse wakes up in the morning
They always say “squeak-squeak”
 
When turtle wakes up in the morning
When turtle wakes up in the morning
When turtle wakes up in the morning
He always goes back to sleep!

Mice!
Credit: TCPL Kids
​To the tune of "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes"

Ears and whiskers, tails and feet
Tails and feet!
Ears and whiskers, tails and feet
Tails and feet…
Pet my fur and make me squeak!
Ears and whiskers, tails and feet,
Tails and feet!

If You're a Cat and You Know It
Credit: Verona Storytime
To the tune of "If You're Happy and You Know It"

If you’re a cat and you know it say meow, meow.
If you’re a cat and you know it say meow, meow.
If you’re a cat and you know it and you really want to show it
If you’re a cat and you know it say meow.

If you’re a cat and you know it lick your paws
If you’re a cat and you know it lick your paws
If you’re a cat and you know it and you really want to show it
If you’re a cat and you know it lick your paws

If you’re a cat and you know it purr like this (purr)
If you’re a cat and you know it purr like this (purr)
If you’re a cat and you know it purr like this (purr)
If you’re a cat and you know it and you really want to show it
If you’re a cat and you know it purr like this (purr)

If you’re a cat and you know it pounce like this
If you’re a cat and you know it pounce like this
If you’re a cat and you know it pounce like this
If you’re a cat and you know it and you really want to show it
If you’re a cat and you know it pounce like this