I use this powerpoint during Rhyme Time toddler storytime for ages 2-3.5 at the Westerville Public Library. it includes the words to the songs, rhymes, books, and activities we will be focusing on that week.

1. Rhyme Time
Storytime for Ages 2-3.5

2. Clap Your Hands
Clap your hands
Clap your hands
Everybody clap your hands
Clap your hands, clap your hands,
Clap your hands, clap your hands
Everybody clap your hands
Continue with:
Stomp your feet
Wave hello
Brush your teeth
Touch your nose
Clap your hands

3. Open Shut Them
Open, shut them; open, shut them;
Let your hands go clap, clap, clap.
Open, shut them; open, shut them;
Drop them in your lap, lap, lap.
Walk them, walk them, walk them, walk them,
Right up to your chin, chin, chin.
Open up your little mouth,
But do not let them in!

4. Alphabet Song

5. Letter of the Day

6. Letter of the Day
Can you make a M in the air with your finger?
Can you trace a m on the ground?

7. Early Literacy Tip: Reading
• Toddlers need to move
• Keep books short and
simple
• Choose engaging books:
bright colors, animals,
flaps, machines that
make sounds
• Ask questions!

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. Book: There’s a Monster in Your Book

10. 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

11. Zoom, Zoom, Zoom
Zoom, zoom, zoom,
We’re going to the moon.
Zoom, zoom, zoom,
We’ll get there very soon.
5, 4, 3, 2, 1…..
Blast off!

12. Slippery Fish
Slippery fish, slippery fish, swimming ing the water,
Slippery fish, slippery fish, Glub, Glub, Glub! (clap)
Oh, no! It's been eaten by an ...
Continue with:
Octopus…squirting in the water
(wave arms up and down)
Great white shark…lurking in the water
(clap hands like shark mouth)
Humongous whale…spouting in the water
(make arms big)
Glub, glub, glub!

13. Itsy Bitsy Spider

14. Book Retelling: Dear Zoo

15. Little Mouse, Little Mouse
Little mouse, little mouse
are you in the
__________________
house?

16. Hello Shakers!

17. Shake them up high!
Shake them down low!
Shake them in the middle!
Shake them fast!
Shake them slow.
Shake Your Shakers

18. We shake and shake and shake and stop.
We shake and shake and shake and stop.
We shake and shake and shake and shake
and shake and shake and shake
STOP!
Tap, Bounce
We Shake and Stop

19. Egg shakers up
Egg shakers down
Egg shakers dancing all around the
town
Shake them on your shoulders
Shake them on your head
Shake them on your tummy and
Put them into bed. Shhh! (quiet)
Egg Shakers Up

20. Music Time: Milkshake Song
You take a little milk
And you take a little cream
You stir it all up
You shake it and you’ll sing
Milkshake, milkshake, shake it up, shake it up,
Milkshake, milkshake, shake it all up.
Milkshake, milkshake, shake it up, shake it up,
Milkshake, milkshake, shake it all up.
Repeat

21. Goodbye Shakers!

22. Skinnarmarink
One little finger
One little finger
One little finger
Tap, tap, tap.
Point your finger up.
Point your finger down.
Put it on your head. Head!
Continue with:
Nose
Chin
Arm
Leg
Foot
Closing Song: One Little Finger

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

24. Discovery Time
Water Play
Activities:
• Water painting
• Water beads
• Floating tests
• Foam Shapes on Windows
• Water Beads
Questions to Ask:
• What does it feel like?
• Does it float?
• How many shapes are there?