Perry Public Library Storytime

Let’s Count!

 

 

Stories we shared:

Bea’s 4 Bears / Martha Weston                 Mouse Count / by Ellen Stoll Walsh                   One Gorilla / by Atsuko Morozumi                                  
 

More stories to share:

Warthogs in the kitchen/  by Pamela Edwards                              Turtle Splash / by Cathryn Falwell

Counting Kisses / by Karen Katz                                                 The Three Pigs / David Wiesner

Five little monkeys jumping on the bed /  Eileen Christelow            Numbers / Guy Smalley

Five ugly monsters  / Tedd Arnold                                                Count –a-saurus/ Nancy Blumenthal

Ten Little Animals / Laura Coats                                                  Roll Over / Merle Peek

Balancing Act / Merle Peek                                                        One Hungry monster / Susan O’Keefe

Right Number of Elephants / Jeff Sheppard                                   Countdown to Spring / Janet Schulman

Counting Our Way to Maine / Maggie Smith                                 Amazing Anthony Ant / Lorna Philpot

Paddington’s 123 / Michael Bond                                                One Day two dragons / Lynne Bertrand

Hippos Go berserk /  Sandra Boynton                                          Grandma went to market / Stella Blackstone

One Crow / Jim Ayelsworth                                                         Baseball Counting Book / Barbara McGrath

Counting Wildflowers / Bruce McMillan                                        One ballerina Two / Vivian French

Circus 123 / Megan Halsey                                                         9 Magic Wishes / Shirley Jackson

10 Bears in my bed / Stan Mack                                                 Moja Means One / Muriel Feelings

Ten Oni Drummers / Matthew Gollub                                           The Numbers / Monique Felix

 

Songs and rhymes to share:

Baa Baa Black Sheep              Hickory Dickory Dock               This Old Man               1-2 Buckle My Shoe

 

Roll Over                                                                     One Elephant

There were 10 in the bed (hold up 10 fingers)                                      One elephant went out to play,    (hold up 1 finger)

And the little one said  (wiggle pinky)                                                     Upon a spider’s web one day      (make spider with fingers)

Roll over!  Roll over!  (roll hands)                                                              He had such enormous fun         (stretch arms out wide)

So they all rolled over and one fell out                                                    That he called for another elepant to come

(drop hand to floor)                                                                           (wave hand to self “come here”)  

There were 9 in the bed…                                                                      Two elephants ….  (keep counting as far as you can go)

            (repeat above from 9 down to 1)                                                 …They had such enormous fun   (stretch arms out wide)

And the little one said…                                                                          But there were no more elephants left to come

Alone at last! (stretch arms out wide)                                                            (shrug shoulders, shake head “no”)

 

Five Little Monkeys                                                      Where are the Bees?  

Five little monkeys jumping on the bed                              Here is a beehive           (make a fist)

            (bounce fingers on opposite palm)                       But where are the bees? (shrug shoulders)

One fell off and bumped his (or her) head                         They’re hiding inside (point to fist)

            (tap head)                                                              Where nobody sees

Mama called the doctor and the doctor said...                  Soon they’ll come out of their hive

            (pretend to talk on the phone)                             1 -  2 -  3 -  4 - 5  (open fist one finger at  a time)

"No more monkeys jumping on the bed!"                          Buzzzzzzzzzzzzz!  (fly fingers around and tickle a friend)

            (shake index finger)

 also…

5 little monkeys sitting in a tree,

teasing Mr. Crocodile, “Can’t catch me!”

Along came Mr. Crocodile, quiet as can be,

And SNAP!…(clap hands once loudly)

4 little monkeys…