Family Storytime: Unicorns

#Unicorns, April 20, 2017

I love that 2017 has been the year of the unicorn.  Throughout the years, unicorns have always been my favorite mythical creature. Needless to say, I am thrilled that there are so many great unicorn picture books out there in the world.  

I had a blast putting together this storytime.  I would love to hear what books, songs, or flannels you have used if you have done your own unicorn storytime! 

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Books

A funny book that tries to talk the reader out of wanting a pet unicorn. As if!

Two "frenemies" that find a common ground and become the best of friends.

Octicorn thinks of some reasons why they are pretty awesome. A great self-acceptance story!

Song - "There's a Unicorn on Your Head!"

This song was a spur of the moment creation that I wrote down and saved for the day that I planned for a unicorn storytime!  This song is great with a unicorn puppet!  

There's a Unicorn on Your Head!
to the tune of: If You're Happy & You Know It

There's a unicorn on your head on your head.
There's a unicorn on your head on your head.
There's a unicorn on your head,
there's a unicorn on your head.
There's a unicorn on your head on your head!

There's a unicorn on your shoe on your shoe.
There's a unicorn on your shoe on your shoe.
Whatcha gonna do?
There's a unicorn on your shoe.
There's a unicorn on your shoe on your shoe!

There's a unicorn on your ear on your ear.
There's a unicorn on your ear on your ear.
It's really hard to head,
when there's a unicorn on your ear.
There's a unicorn on your ear on your ear!

There's a unicorn on your nose on your nose.
There's a unicorn on your nose on your nose.
Oh goodness knows,
there's a unicorn on your nose.
There's a unicorn on your nose on your nose!

There's a unicorn on your hand on your hand.
There's a unicorn on your hand on your hand.
Isn't it real grand,
when there's a unicorn on your hand?
There's a unicorn on your hand on your hand.

Recorded Music

These are the songs that we listened or danced to in storytime.  If you are interested in checking out these songs, there are links to Amazon where you can listen to a sample and purchase these great songs!

Pre-storytime song: Uni the Unicorn

Hello song: Hola, Hello

Danced to "Everybody is Jumping"

Danced to "Let's Dance"

Danced to "Jump, Jump!"

Danced to "I Really Love to Dance (Remix)"

Post-storytime song: "Space Unicorn"

Other Activities

I started doing a "pre-storytime" activity to incorporate Every Child Ready to Read skills and a little pre-storytime fun. This activity is self-guided and gives caregivers and their kiddos something fun to do while they wait for storytime to begin. For this storytime, I projected a really cute unicorn themed I-Spy page from from And Next Comes L Blog.  Caregivers and kiddos enjoyed looking for the different unicorns!