Perry Public Library Storytime

 

Star Light Star Bright…

 

 

Stories we shared:

            Zoom! Zoom! Zoom! I’m off to the moon!  By Dan Yaccarino           Grandfather Twilight:  by Barbara Berger 

            Laura’s Star:  by Klaus Baumgart                                                Bilby Moon:  by Margaret Spurling

            Moondance: by Frank Asch                                                        Moon’s Wish:  by Anna G. Hines

            Astronaut Piggy Wiggy:  by Christyan Fox

 

Other books you may enjoy sharing:

            What is the Sun?  by Reeve Lindbergh                                         Night Call:  by Jeanne Modesitt

Star Light Star Bright:  by Karen Davis                                         Twinkle twinkle Little Star:  by Iza Trapani           

            On a starry night:  by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock                             Alex Remembers:  by Helen Griffith

            Shine Sun!  by Carol Greene                                                       Like butter on pancakes:  by Jonathan London

            Star Grazers:  by Christine Widman                                            Wake up sun!  by David Lee Harrison

            The sun’s day:  by Mordicai Gerstein                                           Poppleton Everyday:  by Cynthia Rylant

            The lost children:  by Paul Goble                                                 Star Boy:  by Paul Goble

            Magic School Bus lost in the solar system:  by Joanna Cole         Blast off: poems about space:  by Lee Bennett Hopkins                       

             I want to be an astronaut:  by Byron Barton                                  Stargazers:  by Gail Gibbons

            Astronaut critter:  by Mercer Mayer                                             What is a star?  By Chris Arvetis

            Stars:  by Seymour Simon                                                          Our stars:  by Anne Rockwell

                                   

Songs and rhymes to share:

Twinkling Stars                                                                        Wish on a Star

At night I see the twinkling stars              (wiggle fingers)               Star light star bright

And the great big shining moon     (arms circle overhead)              First star I see tonight

My mama tucks me into bed       (fists under chin)                        I wish I may, I wish I might

And sings this goodnight tune                                                     Have the wish I wish tonight

            (sing Twinkle Twinkle)

                                                                                                        Tiny Star

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star                                                      There’s a tiny little star

Twinkle twinkle little star                                                                 Way up in the sky          (hold fist up)

How I wonder what you are                                                         A tiny little star

Up above the world so high                                                         Up so very high              (raise fist higher)

Like a diamond in the sky                                                                She twinkles brightly      (open fist & wiggle fingers)

Twinkle twinkle little star                                                             Through the night

How I wonder what you are                                                         But during the day

                                                                                                     She’s out of sight           (hide hand behind back)

The Stars

I watch the stars come out at night                                              Mister Sun

(look up)                                                                        Oh Mister Sun, Sun, Mister golden Sun

I wonder where they get their light                                                            (arms circle overhead)

(shrug shoulders)                                                           Please shine down on me

I don’t think they’ll ever fall                                                                      (tap chest with hands)

(shake head “no”)                                                           Oh Mister Sun, Sun, Mister golden Sun

So I’ll reach up and pick them all!                                                            (arms circle overhead)

(pretend to pick stars from the sky)                                 Hiding behind a tree

                                                                                                            (cover eyes)

Reach for the stars                                                                   These little children are asking you

Bend and stretch           (bend low)                                                         (point to others)

Reach for the stars         (stretch high)                                         To please come out so we can play with you

Here comes Jupiter        (swing right arm to the left)                                  (clasp hands together)

There goes Mars            (swing left arm to the right)                      Oh Mister Sun, Sun, Mister golden Sun

Bend and stretch           (bend low)                                                         (arms circle overhead)

Reach for the sky           (stretch high)                                         Please shine down on me

Stand on tiptoe              (stand on toes)                                                  (tap chest with hands)

Oh so high!                    (reach to ceiling)

 

Star Chart for March


Please note that East and West are NOT the "wrong way round"
if you hold the chart over your head to correspond to the view of the sky.

 

Stars                                                                                                    Hey diddle diddle
Over there the sun gets up,         (Extend arm horizontally.)                       Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle
And marches all the day.            (Raise arm slowly.)                                 The cow jumped over the moon
At noon, it stands right overhead             (Point straight up.)                    The little dog laughed, to see such sport,
At night, it goes away.                (Lower arm slowly and drop down.)           And the dish ran away with the spoon

 

Moon Ride                                                                                The Man in the Moon 

Do you want to go up with me to the moon?                                  The man in the moon looked out of the moon               

           (Point to friend, self, then to sky)                                      Looked out of the moon and said…

Let's get in our rocket ship and blast off soon!                               ‘Tis time for all good children on Earth

            ( Pretend to climb in ship, swish hands quickly)                To think about going to bed!

Faster and faster we reach to the sky       (Jump and reach)

Isn't it fun to be able to fly?             (stretch arms out)                     A riddle….

We're on the moon, now all take a look     (Look down)                Higher than a house, higher than a tree                            

Sit back down, and I'll read you a book     (All sit down)                Oh whatever can that be?…..a star!

 

 

 

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