Hello Song:
(sung to the tune of "The Farmer in the Dell")
Put your hands on your head,
Put your hands on your knees,
Put your hands behind you now,
If you please.
Put your hands on your tummy,
Put your hands on your toes,
Put your hands upon your cheeks,
Put them on your nose.
Put your hands in the air,
Put your hands on your hair,
Clap your hands, one, two, three
Then fold them on your knees.
(sung to the tune of "The Farmer in the Dell")
Put your hands on your head,
Put your hands on your knees,
Put your hands behind you now,
If you please.
Put your hands on your tummy,
Put your hands on your toes,
Put your hands upon your cheeks,
Put them on your nose.
Put your hands in the air,
Put your hands on your hair,
Clap your hands, one, two, three
Then fold them on your knees.
Credit: The Very Ready Reading Program
Rhyme:
Alligator, alligator (open and close hands like an alligator's mouth)
Alligator pie.
If I don't get some,
I think I'm gonna cry. (pretend to cry)
You can take away the grass, (wiggle fingers like grass blowing)
You can take away the sky, (hands over head)
But don't take away
My Alligator pie. (do alligator's mouth again)
Credit: SurLaLune Fairy Tales
Book: There's an Alligator Under My Bed by Mercer Mayer
The alligator under his bed makes a boy's bedtime a hazardous operation, until he lures it out of the house and into the garage.
Activity Song: (Tune: The Wheels on a Bus)
The alligator's legs go crawl, crawl, crawl (make crawling motion with hands)
Crawl, crawl, crawl
Crawl, crawl, crawl
The alligator's legs go crawl, crawl, crawl
All through the swamp.
The alligator's tail goes swish swish swish (swish pointer finger)
Swish, swish, swish
Swish, swish, swish
The alligator's tail goes swish, swish, swish
All through the swamp.
The alligator's teeth go chomp, chomp, chomp, (open and shut hands)
Chomp, chomp, chomp
Chomp, chomp, chomp
The alligator's teeth go chomp, chomp, chomp,
All through the swamp.
Credit: 1,000 Fingerplays & Action Rhymes by Barbara A. Scott
Participation Book: A Frog in the Bog by Keith Baker
Children can read along with the repetitive lines
A frog in the bog grows larger and larger as he eats more and more bugs, until he attracts the attention of an alligator who puts an end to his eating.
Song/Hand Rhyme:
There was an alligator (make mouth with your fingers and thumb)
Who sat on a log (set your "mouth" on your arm)
He looked in the water (peek in the water)
And saw a little frog
In dove the 'gator (dive your "mouth" in the water)
Round went the log (roll your arms around each other)
Splash! Went the water (clap)
And away swam the frog! ("swim" away)
Credit: Unknown
Visual Props Story/Song:
5 little monkeys sitting in a tree (hold up 5 fingers)
Teasing Mr. Alligator, "can't catch me" (make a teasing face)
Along came Mr. Alligator (put hands together and slither)
Quiet as can be
And he snapped a monkey right out of the tree! (Snap hands together)
Credit: Unknown
Book: The Three Little Gators by Helen Ketteman
In this adaptation of the traditional folktale, three little gators each build their house in an east Texas swamp, hoping for protection from the big-bottomed boar.
Rhyme:
Alligator, alligator (open and close hands like an alligator's mouth)
Alligator pie.
If I don't get some,
I think I'm gonna cry. (pretend to cry)
You can take away the grass, (wiggle fingers like grass blowing)
You can take away the sky, (hands over head)
But don't take away
My Alligator pie. (do alligator's mouth again)
Credit: SurLaLune Fairy Tales
Book: There's an Alligator Under My Bed by Mercer Mayer
The alligator under his bed makes a boy's bedtime a hazardous operation, until he lures it out of the house and into the garage.
Activity Song: (Tune: The Wheels on a Bus)
The alligator's legs go crawl, crawl, crawl (make crawling motion with hands)
Crawl, crawl, crawl
Crawl, crawl, crawl
The alligator's legs go crawl, crawl, crawl
All through the swamp.
The alligator's tail goes swish swish swish (swish pointer finger)
Swish, swish, swish
Swish, swish, swish
The alligator's tail goes swish, swish, swish
All through the swamp.
The alligator's teeth go chomp, chomp, chomp, (open and shut hands)
Chomp, chomp, chomp
Chomp, chomp, chomp
The alligator's teeth go chomp, chomp, chomp,
All through the swamp.
Credit: 1,000 Fingerplays & Action Rhymes by Barbara A. Scott
Participation Book: A Frog in the Bog by Keith Baker
Children can read along with the repetitive lines
A frog in the bog grows larger and larger as he eats more and more bugs, until he attracts the attention of an alligator who puts an end to his eating.
Song/Hand Rhyme:
There was an alligator (make mouth with your fingers and thumb)
Who sat on a log (set your "mouth" on your arm)
He looked in the water (peek in the water)
And saw a little frog
In dove the 'gator (dive your "mouth" in the water)
Round went the log (roll your arms around each other)
Splash! Went the water (clap)
And away swam the frog! ("swim" away)
Credit: Unknown
Visual Props Story/Song:
5 little monkeys sitting in a tree (hold up 5 fingers)
Teasing Mr. Alligator, "can't catch me" (make a teasing face)
Along came Mr. Alligator (put hands together and slither)
Quiet as can be
And he snapped a monkey right out of the tree! (Snap hands together)
Credit: Unknown
Book: The Three Little Gators by Helen Ketteman
In this adaptation of the traditional folktale, three little gators each build their house in an east Texas swamp, hoping for protection from the big-bottomed boar.
Closing
Song:
I came to my storytime (sway from side to side throughout and point to self)
At the library today,
I came to my storytime
To sing and laugh and play.
I listened to some picture books,
Sang songs, said some rhymes.
I hope I can come back again,
Because I had a very good time!
I want to come back,(clap!)
I want to come back,(clap!)
I want to come back to storytime!
I want to come back,(clap!)
I want to come back,(clap!)
To my storytime!
I came to my storytime (sway from side to side throughout and point to self)
At the library today,
I came to my storytime
To sing and laugh and play.
I listened to some picture books,
Sang songs, said some rhymes.
I hope I can come back again,
Because I had a very good time!
I want to come back,(clap!)
I want to come back,(clap!)
I want to come back to storytime!
I want to come back,(clap!)
I want to come back,(clap!)
To my storytime!
Credit: The Very Ready Reading Program