Tales for 2's & 3's: Favorites I

​I always like to bring in all of my favorite songs, action rhymes, and books during the last few weeks of the storytime session.  The kiddos really loved singing and playing “Come Along and Walk with Me.”  They left the laps of their caregivers so that they could wiggle, hop, and creep with me!  It definitely was the highlight of my day.

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Books

Songs

Welcome Song - Sing With Me

From The Richards Institute of Education and Research - Education Through Music

Sing with me altogether,
Sing with me altogether,
Sing with me altogether,
Won’t you be my darling?

Stomp with me altogether,
Stomp with me altogether,
Stomp with me altogether,
Won’t you be my darling


You can add in other actions like stomp, bounce, bend, twist, wink, tap, jump, wiggle, and tiptoe.

Come Along and Walk With Me

To the tune of Oats, Peas, Beans, and Barley Grow
From The Richards Institute of Education and Research - Education Through Music
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Come along and walk with me
Come along and walk with me
We’ll walk and walk and walk and walk
So come along and walk with me

Come along and jump with me
Come along and jump with me
We’ll jump and jump and jump and jump
So come along and jump with me

Come along and twist with me
Come along and twist with me
We’ll twist and twist and twist and twist
So come along and twist with me

Come along and bend with me
Come along and bend with me
We’ll bend and bend and bend and bend
So come along and bend with me

*You can add in other actions like tickle, wiggle, hop, and creep

 Scarf Songs & Activities

Take Your Scarf
From Getting Giggles

Take Your Scarf and Make It Into a Ball
Take your scarf and make it into a ball.
Make it very, very, small. 1, 2, 3! (throw scarves into the air. repeat over and over.)

Let’s All Twirl
from Storytime Kids
To the tune of Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush

Let’s all twirl with our scarves today,
Scarves today, 
Scarves today, 
Let’s all twirl with our scarves today, 
All around the room.

If You’re Happy and You Know It
From Preschool Express
Tune:  “If You’re Happy And You Know It”
 
If you’re happy and you know it, wave your scarf.
If you’re happy and you know it, wave your scarf.
If you’re happy and you know it, your face will surely show it.
If you’re happy and you know it, wave your scarf

Action Rhyme

Everybody
By Nicole Lawton
This is one of those action rhymes I came up with one night as I was *trying to fall asleep.  #LibrarianProblems

Everybody stomp, stomp, stomp
Everybody jump, jump, jump
Everybody slap, slap, slap (slap knees)
Everybody tap, tap, tap (tap head)
Everybody twist, twist, twist
Everybody bend, bend, bend
Everybody clap, clap, clap
Everybody sit, sit, sit

Puppet Fun

​Hickory dickory dare
The (animal) flew up in the air
Captain Brown soon brought him down
Hickory dickory dare

Letter of the Week: Pp

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