Infant Storytime: Ducks

Books We Shared

Flannel Boards We Shared

Six Little Ducks

Six little ducks
That I once knew
Fat ones, skinny ones,
Fair ones, too
But the one little duck
With the feather on his back
He led the others
With a quack, quack, quack

Quack, quack, quack,
Quack, quack, quack
He led the others
With a quack, quack, quack

Down to the river
They would go
Wibble, wobble, wibble, wobble,
To and fro
But the one little duck
With the feather on his back
He led the others
With a quack, quack, quack

Quack, quack, quack,
Quack, quack, quack
He led the others
With a quack, quack, quack

Back from the river
They would come
Wibble, wobble, wibble, wobble,
Ho, hum, hum
But the one little duck
With the feather on his back
He led the others
With a quack, quack, quack

Quack, quack, quack,
Quack, quack, quack
He led the others
With a quack, quack, quack

Five Little Ducks

Five little ducks went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mama duck said, “Quack, quack, quack, quack,”
but only four little ducks came swimming back…

Four little ducks went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mama duck said, “Quack, quack, quack, quack,”
but only three little ducks came swimming back…

Three little ducks went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mama duck said, “Quack, quack, quack, quack,”
but only two little ducks came swimming back…

Two little ducks went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mama duck said, “Quack, quack, quack, quack,”
but only one little duck came swimming back…

One little duck went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mama duck said, “Quack, quack, quack, quack,”
but no little ducks came swimming back…

No little ducks went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mama duck said, “Quack, quack, quack, quack,”
and all five ducks came swimming back.

Action Songs & Bounces We Shared

We share a lot of songs, bounces & rhymes during storytime!
You’ll find lyrics/words to those songs & rhymes we shared without CD accompaniment here.

Where is Thumbkin?

(Tune: Frere Jacques)

(hide hands behind your back)
Where is Thumbkin? Where is Thumbkin?
Here I am! Here I am! (bring out each hand with thumb sticking up)
How are you today, sir? Very well and thank you! (thumbs talk to each other)
Run away! Run away! (Hands hide again behind back)

Two Little Blackbirds

(Tune: I’m a Little Teapot)

Two little blackbirds sitting on a hill (show one finger on each hand)
One named Jack and the other named Jill
Fly away Jack and fly away Jill (hide hands one at a time behind your back)
Come back Jack and come back Jill (return hands to front one at a time)

Fleas

On my toe there is a flea
Now he’s climbing on my knee
Past my tummy, past my nose
On my head where my hair grows
On my head there is a flea
Now he’s climbing down on me
Past my tummy, past my knee
On my toe… Take that, you flea!

(Source: https://kcls.org/content/on-my-toe-there-is-a-flea/)

Treasure Hunt

Going on a Treasure Hunt
X marks the spot (draw an X on your child’s back)
Big circle (draw)
Little circle (draw)
Dot, dot, dot (poke 3x)
Spiders crawling up your back (walk fingertips up your child’s back)
Bite, bite, bite! (gently pinch shoulders)
Snakes slither up your back (drag fingertips up your child’s back)
Bite, bite, bite!
Tight squeeze (hug)
Cool breeze (blow on child’s neck)
Now you’ve got the… CHILLIES! (tickle)

Goodbye Babies (song in sign)

Click here for video: Goodbye Friends

Goodbye babies, goodbye babies
Goodbye babies, it’s time to say goodbye.