Baby Storytime Sample

1. BABY STORYTIME
Ages 0-24 months

2. Wake up feet, wake up feet
Wake up feet and
wiggle, wiggle, wiggle
Wake up feet, wake up feet,
Wake and wiggle in the morning.
Continue with:
Legs, Arms, Hands
Wake Up Feet

3. Clap and Sing Hello
We clap and sing hello,
We clap and sing hello,
With all our friends at storytime,
We clap and sing hello!
Kick and sing hello
Wave and sing hello

4. What is Early Literacy?
What your child knows about reading and writing
before they learn how to read and write.

5. Early Literacy Tip: Play
Babies’ index fingers are
more sensitive than
other fingers. Encourage
using them to touch and
explore.

6. Book: Jump!

7. Music Time: Hurry, Hurry Drive the Firetruck
Hurry, hurry, drive the fire truck
Hurry, hurry, drive the fire truck
Hurry, hurry, drive the fire truck
Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding!
Climb the ladder
Squirt the water

8. Roly Poly
Roly Poly, Roly Poly
Up, up, up
Up, up, up
Roly Poly, Roly Poly
Down, down, down
Down, down, down
Roly Poly, Roly Poly,
Out, out, out
Out, out, out
Roly Poly, Roly Poly,
In, in, in
In, in in
Roly Poly, Roly Poly
Fast, fast, fast
Fast, fast, fast
Roly Poly, Roly Poly
Slow, slow, slow
Slow, slow, slow

9. Five Elephants in the Bathtub
One elephant in the bathtub
Going for a swim
Knock, knock (clap twice)
Splash, splash (slap knees twice)
Come on in! (wave)
2, 3, 4
5 … It all fell in!

10. Where is big toe? Where is big toe?
Here I am! Here I am!
Wiggle, waggle big toe,
Wiggle, waggle big toe,
Here I am. Here I am.
Elbow…bendy, bendy elbow
Tummy…squishy, squashy tummy
Two Eyes…winky, blinky two eyes
Two Hands…happy, clappy two hands
Where Is Big Toe?

11. Music Time: She’ll Be Coming Around the Mountain
She’ll be comin’ round the mountain when she comes
She’ll be comin’ round the mountain when she comes
She’ll be comin’ round the mountain
She’ll be comin’ round the mountain
She’ll be comin’ round the mountain
When she comes
Ridin’ six white horses when she
comes…whoa!
We’ll all go out to meet her…hi there!
We’ll be havin’ cake and ice cream when
she comes…yum yum

12. Giddy up, giddy up, ride to town.
Giddy up, giddy up, UP and DOWN.
Giddy up fast!
Giddy up slow.
Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up, WHOA! (lift)
Giddy Up

13. Grandfather’s Clock
Grandfather’s clock goes
tick, tock, tick, tock, tick, tock.
The kitchen clock goes tick tock,
tick tock, tick tock, tick tock.
But mommy’s little watch goes
tick tick tick tick tick, stop!
Grandfather’s Clock

14. Gregory Griggs, Gregory Griggs
Had 27 different wigs
He wore them up (lift baby up)
He wore them down
To please the people of the town.
He wore them east (tip baby to one side)
He wore them west (tip baby to the other side)
But which one did he love the best?
This one! (hug)
Greggory Griggs

15. I Went to the Zoo One Day
I went to visit the farm one day
I saw a _______ along the way!
And what do you think I heard him
say?
Moo!
I Went to Visit the Farm

16. Hello Mirrors!

17. Head, shoulders, knees, and toes,
Knees and toes.
Head, shoulders, knees, and toes,
Knees and toes.
Eyes and ears and mouth and nose,
Head, shoulders, knees, and toes,
Knees and toes.
Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes

18. Book: Baby Faces Peekaboo!

19. Skinnarmarink
Skinnamarinky dinky dink
Skinnamarinky do,
I love you!
Skinnamarinky dinky dink
Skinnamarinky do,
I love you!
I love you in the morning,
And in the afternoon
I love you in the evening,
Underneath the moon…
Skinnamarinky dinky dink
Skinnamarinky do,
I love you!
Music Time: Skinnamarink

20. Discovery Time
• Watch where your child’s
eyes go
• Narrate what they are doing
(use big words!)
• Give them time to respond
(5-12 seconds)