Halloween Songs and Books!

We presented a very large storytime downtown for our Halloween program! We had over 386 people attend! We danced to some REALLY great Halloween songs and read some wonderful books that I wanted to share!
Here are the songs we danced to:
It's Showtime by The Learning Station on the CD, Get Funky and Musical Fun with the Learning Station

This is a classic song we play at almost every Riverwalk storytime program before the show begins.

Goo Goo Ga Ga by Joe Scruggs on the CD, Traffic Jams

We presented a puppet show to go along with this hilarious song about a baby that mesmerizes a Troll and a Witch with her adorable baby speak.

Pumpkin Twist from the CD, Halloween with Victor R. Vampire & Friends

If you are looking for some fun songs that will get kids dancing and involved in the party, consider The Pumpkin Twist.

Spooky Loo on the CD, Wee Sing for Halloween

This is a really fun action song too! Here are the lyrics:

Here we go Spook-y Loo, Here we go Spook-y Light,
Here we go Spook-y Loo, All on a Hal-low-een night.

1. You put your right hand in, You put your right hand
out, You give you right hand a shake, shake, shake, And you turn your-self a-bout. Oh,

(Chorus after each verse)

2. ...left hand...
3. ...right hand...
4. ...left foot...
5. ...head...
6. ...whole self...

Tippytoes by Marcia Louis on the CD, Dancin' With Mr Bones

This is a really fun song where we went on tippytoes, went walking, marching, and running! The song speeds up as you change movements. We had signs for the words "Happy Halloween!" and "BOO!". We each held up a sign when the word was said. The children loved the "BOO" part in this song and you could tell they enjoyed participating!

Halloween Dance on the CD Golden Records Spooky Halloween Hits

This is the classic 60's hit that we ended the Halloween Riverwalk with! In this song you shake your hands like a skeleton, you put your arms up like a goblin, and dance like a fairy! It's a really great song to get kids moving.

Books we read at the Halloween on the Riverwalk:
Ghost Face based off the book, Monkey Face by Frank Asch

This was the prop story about the ghost named Casper who drew a picture of his dad. He came along and met a vampire, a spider, and other friends who had him change the picture to add something unique. For example, the vampire Capser met suggested that he add fangs to the picture. The spider suggested to Casper that the drawing was missing not one, but 8 legs! Casper added all these things to the drawing and brought it home to his dad who LOVED the drawing, just because it was made by Casper, just for him.

Go Away Big Green Monster by Ed Emberley

This is a classic book where we scare each part of the monster such as the scraggly purple hair, green monster face, etc. Kids love to yell at "GO AWAY" during this story!

Spooky Box by Mark Gonyea

This story is one of my new favorite books! We turned this book into a prop story with 1 big black spooky box decorated with spider webs and inside that box contained 2 more spooky boxes! We all read a list of different spooky things that could be inside the box such as evil puppets, a squid far from home, or snakes! We added our own ending to the song by listening to some animal sounds to give us clues as to what was inside the spooky box. Inside our boxes were a bat and a cat!

The Three Bears' Halloween by Kathy Duval

This was our puppet show this year. This story is about 3 bears who go trick or treating on Halloween. Papa Bear puts on his funny ears, Mama Bear dons a curly wig, and Baby Bear wears a black mask (in the book he wears a tiger suit but we modified it for our puppet show). Eventually Baby Bear sees a witch and yells, "Someone is a big, bad witch," but many children in our audience recognized the Goldilocks puppet under the witch's costume. The ending is when Goldilocks takes her mask off and reaveals that she isn't really a big, bad witch at all!

Happy Halloween!



Bathtime Storytime for 2s and 3s

I did not get the chance to perform this storytime with the 2 and 3 year olds because I was very sick last week. My coworker lead the program for me on Tuesday but here is what I had planned:

1. Regular Opening Song (to tune of the Mulberry Bush)

This is the way our hands say hello,
With a clap, clap-clap, Clap, clap-clap
This the way our hands say hello,
With a clap, clap-clap, clap-clap

This is the way our knees say hello,
With a tap tap-tap,
Tap tap-tap
This is the way our knees say hello,
With a tap tap-tap, tap-tap

This is the way we wave hello,
Wave hello, wave hello
This is the way we wave hello,
So early in the morning

3. Blow bubbles and sing the song "Hello Bubble" brought to you by Jbrary!

Lyrics:
Hello Bubbles, hello bubbles
Come and land, come and land
Right in the middle, right in the middle
of my hand, of my hand

Goodbye bubbles, goodbye bubbles
time to go, time to go
I can help you, I can help you
with a blow, with a blow

3. Book: Bath Time by Eileen Spinelli, illustrated by Janet Pederson

4. Flannelboard: Five Rubber Duckies by Miss Sarah (me!)
This rubber ducky is number one.
He went swimming in the bath just for fun.
With a wiggle, wiggle, wiggle,
And a Squeak! Squeak! Squeak!
One rubber ducky came swimming back.

This rubber ducky is number two.
He walks around like others do.
With a wiggle, wiggle, wiggle,
And a Squeak! Squeak! Squeak!
Two rubber duckies came swimming back.

This rubber ducky is number three.
He’s hiding now-where can he be?
With a wiggle, wiggle, wiggle,
And a Squeak! Squeak! Squeak!Two rubber duckies came swimming back.

This rubber ducky is number four.
She ate a fish, but she wants some more.
With a wiggle, wiggle, wiggle,
And a Squeak! Squeak! Squeak!
Four rubber duckies came swimming back.

This rubber ducky is number five.
He flapped his wings and tried to fly.
With a wiggle, wiggle, wiggle,
And a Squeak! Squeak! Squeak!
Five rubber duckies came swimming back.

5. Song: Bob McGrath - Soap Song

6. Book: Big Red Tub

7. Flannelboard Story: 5 Hippos in a Bath Tub

One hippo in the bathtub,
Going for a swim.
Knock, knock (slap knees twice)
Splash, splash (clap hands twice)
Come on in! (motion ‘come’ with hands)

Continue until 5 Elephants…..
Five hipposs in the bathtub
Going for a swim
Knock, knock
Splash, splash
They all fell in!

Idea taken from Sunflower Storytime and changed elephants to hippos since we had a hippo die-cut shape!


8. Song: Raffi - Bathtime
You could blow bubbles during this great Raffi song OR you could sing "Goodbye Bubble" (same as the opening Hello Bubble song shared above by Jbrary)



9. Closing Song (to tune of the Mulberry Bush)

This is the way our hands say goodbye,
With a clap clap-clap,Clap, clap-clap
This is the way our hands say goodbye,
With a clap clap-clap, clap-clap

This is the way our knees say goodbye,
With a tap, tap-tap,Tap tap-tap
This is the way our knees say goodbye,
With a tap tap-tap, tap-tap

This is the way we wave goodbye,Wave goodbye, wave goodbye,This is the way we wave goodbye,Goodbye until next time

10. Give children a duck stamp on their hand!

Additional Songs:

The Night I had a Dream by Laurie Berkner

 



 Louis Lion Sings Good Night -  Boys in the Bath (Track 5)

Carole Peterson - I Brush My Teeth (Track 7 from Baloney!)

Any song from the Seseme Street CD, Splish Splash Bath Time Fun

Other Books to consider:

Bathtime Piggly Wiggly by Christyan and Diane Fox

Bubbles, Bubbles by Kathi Applet, illustrated by Fumi Kosaka

My Blue Boat by Chris Demarest

Who's in the Tub by Sylvia Jones, illustrated by Pascala Constantin

Other Rhymes to Use:


Bubbles
a small bubble (make a circle with your hands)
a medium sized bubble (make a larger circle with your hands)
a great big bubble i see (make a large circle with your arms)
now let’s count them, are you ready?
1 –2 – 3 (make 3 circles again)
pop! (clap hands loudly once)

(From Sunflower Storytime)

Evan’s Bath Song by Rachel Bartkowiak
(To the tune of Rockabye, Baby)
Splishin’ and splashin’
In the bathtub.
When we take a bath
We clean and we scrub.
With a washcloth
And a little shampoo,
And when it’s all over
We smell good as new.
Splishin’ and splashin’
That’s what we do.
Don’t forget Ducky.
He likes it, too.
Watching’ the bubbles
Dance in the tub.
Oh, how we love bath time
Rub-a-dub-dub!
From Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives

This is the Way We Take a Bath

(tune: Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush)

This is the way we wash our hands
Wash our hands, wash our hands,
This is the way we wash our hands
So early in the morning.

This is the way we wash our hair
Wash our hair, wash our hair,
This is the way we wash our hair
so early in the morning.

This is the way we wash our feet
wash our feet, wash our feet
This is the way we wash our feet
So early in the morning

The Toothbrush Song
(Tune: Row, Row, Row Your Boat)
Brush, brush, brush your teeth
Brush them everyday.
We put toothpaste on our brush
To help stop tooth decay.
Floss, floss, floss your teeth.
Floss them every day!
Using the string to clean between
Keeps the plaque away!
Clean, clean, clean your teeth.
Clean them every day!
Your teeth will sparkle for years to come
In the most beautiful way!
Brush, brush, brush your teeth.
Brush them every day!
Happy, healthy teeth you'll have
If it's done this way.
(From: Can Teach)