If you want me to read a book, clap your hands.
If you want me to read a book, clap your hands.
If you want me to read a book, listen up and take a look.
If you want me to read a book, clap your hands.
(Stomp your feet; sit so still)
Credit: Adapted from Literary Hoots
Book: Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
A band of mischievous monkeys steals every one of a peddler's caps while he takes a nap under a tree.
Rhyme:
These are grandma's glasses
This is grandma's hat
This is the way she folds her hands
And lays them in her lap
Here are grandpa's glasses
And here is grandpa's hat
And here's the way he folds his arms
And takes a little nap.
Credit: Storytime Katie
Book: I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen
A bear almost gives up his search for his missing hat until he remembers something important.
Song: "My Hat"
My hat it has three corners (join thumbs and index fingers to form triangle)
Three corners has my hat (raise three fingers)
If it did not have three corners (raise three fingers and shake head)
It would not be my hat. (join thumbs and index fingers to form triangle and place on top of head)
Credit: SurLaLune Storytime
Flannel Board Story: The Hat by Jan Brett
When Lisa hangs her woolen clothes in the sun to air them out for winter, the hedgehog, to the amusement of the other animals, ends up wearing a stocking on his head.
Read the story then ask the children to match the piece of clothing to the animal.
Song: "Silly Hat Song" (Tune: "This Old Man")
On my head, I wear my hat.
It is such a silly hat
That my head will wiggle waggle to and fro
Where else can my silly hat go?
Credit: SurLaLune Storytime
Book: A Boy and His Bunny by Sean Murphy
One morning, a boy wakes up with a rabbit on his head and, although his mother is skeptical he soon discovers that he can be fed, ride a bobsled, and even look cool with a rabbit on his head.
Closing Song:
Oh it's time to say goodbye to all my friends (clapclap)
It's time to say goodbye to all my friends (clapclap)
Storytime is done today (wave goodbye)
So come again another day
It's time to say goodbye to all my friends (clapclap)
Credit: Adapted from Literary Hoots