Perry Public Library  Storytime

Rhyme Time!

Stories we shared:

            Mary Had a Little Lamb:  by Sarah Josepha Hale             Big Fat Hen:  by Keith Baker     

            To market to market:  by Anne Miranda                           If the Shoe Fits:  by Alison Jackson        

Other books you may enjoy sharing:

            (also look under Easy 398.8 for collections of nursery rhymes)

            Talkaty Talker /  Molly Manley                                         A Beautiful Feast for a Big King Cat / J. Archambault       

Little Bo-Peep / Paul Galdone                                         The completed hickory dickory dock / J. Ayelsworth

            Hush little baby / M. Zemach                                          Cat goes fiddle I fee / P. Galdone

            I love you as much / L. Melmed                                       Over in the meadow / O. Wadsworth

            Three little kittens / P. Galdone                                       Trot Trot to Boston / C. Ra

            Jesse Bear / N. Carlstrom                                               Feathers for lunch/ L. Ehlert

            Humpty Dumpty / L. Cousins                                          Roll Over / M. Peek

            Hand Rhymes / M. Brown                                               Five Ugly Monsters / T. Arnold

            Jake Baked the cake / B. Hennesey                                Owl and the Pussycat / E. Lear

            Barnyard Dance / S. Boynton                                          Jamberry / B. Degen

            Miss Spider’s Tea Party / David Kirk                                And the dish ran away with the spoon / Janet Stevens

            Humpty Dumpty Egg-splodes / Kevin O’Malley                 Baa baa black sheep / Iza Trapani

            Grand old duke of York / Maureen Roffey             Whatever happened to Humpty Dumpty / David Greenberg

Songs and rhymes to share:

 Eency Weency Spider             Twinkle Twinkle Little Star                  I’m a little Teapot 

Little Boy Blue                                                                         Little Bo-Peep

Little boy blue, come blow your horn                                            Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep            (pretend to look)

The sheep's in the meadow                                                         And doesn't know where to find them  (shake head “no”)

The cow's in the corn                                                                  Leave them alone and they'll come home

Where is the little boy who tends the sheep?                                Wagging their tails behind them  (wiggle bottom)

He's under the haystack fast asleep

(rest head on hands)                                                      1-2 Buckle My Shoe    

                                                                                                1-2 Buckle my shoe  (stamp feet)

Hickory Dickory Dock                                                               3-4 Shut the door  (pretend to slam door)

Hickory dickory dock      (run fingers up legs)                                5- 6 Pick up sticks  (pretend to pick up)

The mouse ran up the clock        (run fingers up body)                   7-8 Lay them straight  (spread hands over floor)

The clock struck one      (clap hands once)                                  9-10 A big fat hen!  (jump up high)

The mouse ran down      (run fingers down body)

Hickory dickory dock      (run fingers down legs)                            Hey Diddle Diddle

….the clock struck two                                                               Hey diddle diddle 

the mouse said boo!                                                                   The cat and the fiddle  (pretend to play violin)

…the clock struck three                                                             The cow jumped over the moon  (arc arm over head)

the mouse said whee!                                                                 The little dog laughed   (pretend to laugh)

…the clock struck four                                                               To see such sport

there is no more                                                                         And the dish ran away with the spoon  (run fingers)

Little Miss Muffet                                                                      This Little Piggy   (count on fingers or toes)

Little Miss Muffet                                                                       This little piggy went to market

Sat on a tuffet                                                                            This little piggy stayed home

Eating her curds and whey                                                          This little piggy had roast beef

Along came a spider                                                                  This little piggy had none

And sat down beside her                                                            And this little piggy cried wee wee wee

And frightened Miss Muffet away!                                                All the way home

 back to children's department

back to storytimes 

back to library homepage