Books We Shared

Flannel Board Counting

Eight Little Planets

(Credit: http://missmegsstorytime.com/space/)

One little two little three little planets
Four little five little six little planets
Seven little planets and here’s the eight planet
Orbiting the sun.

Mercury Venus and the earth
Mars Jupiter and Saturn
Uranus and here is Neptune
orbiting the sun.

The Moon Might Be Milk

For my flannelboard I adapted a book by Lisa Shulman and illustrated by Will Hillenbrand called The Moon Might Be Milk.


Rhymes & Bounces & Songs We Shared without Music

We sing a lot of songs during storytime!  You’ll find lyrics to those songs without music here.

Treasure Hunt

Going on a Treasure Hunt, X marks the spot
Big circle, little circle, dot dot dot
Spiders crawl up your tummy,
Bite, bite, bite!
Snakes slither up your tummy,
Bite, bite, bite!
Tight squeeze, cool breeze,
Now you’ve got the chillies!

Little Space Shuttle

Tune: Bumping Up and Down in My Little Red Wagon

Bumpin’ up and down in my little space shuttle
Bumpin’ up and down in my little space shuttle
Bumpin’ up and down in my little space shuttle
Won’t you go to the moon with me?

My space suit’s on and my boots are ready
My space suit’s on and my boots are ready
My space suit’s on and my boots are ready
Won’t you go to the moon with me?

We step on the moon and we bounce up high
We step on the moon and we bounce up high
We step on the moon and we bounce up high
‘Cause it has really low gravity!

Zoom Zoom Zoom

Zoom zoom zoom, we’re going to the moon
Zoom zoom zoom, we’re going to the moon
If you want to take a trip, climb aboard my rocketship
Zoom zoom zoom, we’re going to the moon
Zoom zoom zoom, we’re going to the moon

(couldn’t find the original version I learned, but here’s a very similar one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMJ9pZ9W7jc)

Storytime’s Over

Hands up high! (Put your hands in air)
Now give a big sigh (sigh and bring hands down)
Our storytime’s over
So wave bye-bye (wave)

Goodbye Babies

Click here for video:  Goodbye Friends 

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



Music from CDs We Shared

Children love to sing and dance to music.  Here are some of the songs/bounces on CD that we used in storytime.

“Clap Everybody and Say Hello” from Sally Go Round the Sun by Kathy Reid-Naiman

“The Shaker Hop,” from Dancing Feet by Carole Peterson


Continue the Fun

Want more stories about space or the moon?  Check these out at your Pasadena Public Library branch: