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: Looking for a Moose by Phyllis Root
Four children set off into the woods to find a moose.
Song: "Fred the Moose" from #1 Best Kids Songs! by Learning Station
Book: Moose on the Loose by Kathy-Jo Wargin
This is a fun rhyming book that poses questions to the audience/reader about how they would deal with a moose on the loose, or in the yard, or in the house. Great book for storytime and audience participation.
Rhyme: "Mr. Moose"
Mr. Moose is very tall (put hands to head for antlers)
His antlers touch the sky (hands high up in the air)
They make a real good rest place (put hands out to sides)
For birdies passing by (flap arms like wings)
Credit: MRCPL Family Zone
Book: Ernest, the Moose Who Doesn't Fit by Catherine Rayner
A rather large moose who cannot fit on the page teams up with his little chipmunk friend to find a solution. This is such a great book really about friendship and the ending really engages an audience.
Flannel Board: "Five Sleepy Moose"
Five sleepy moose on a great big hill.
The first one said, "I like lying still."
The second one said, "I'm about to yawn!"
The third one said, "Please don't wake me up until dawn."
The fourth one said, "My eyes are starting to close."
The fifth one said, "It's time for a doze."
So they pulled up their covers and all said, "Goodnight!"
Then the five sleepy moose were out like a light.Credit: DTDL Storytimes
Book: Moose Tracks by Karma Wilson
The narrator remembers where all the other tracks, feathers, and other traces came from, but he can not figure out who left the moose prints. Another great ending in this book but do the kids get it?
Song: "Moosey Pokey"
You put your right hoof in.
You put your right hoof out.
You put your right hoof in,
And you shake it all about.
You do the moosey pokey
and you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about.
Left hoof; antlers; whole selfCredit: DTDL Storytimes
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