"Green Things Galore" Preschool Storytime

Check our calendar for the next Antioch or other JCL Location Storytime, hope to see you there!

1. HAVE FUN WITH BOOKS

Here are the books we read at storytime:

Small Green Snake by Libba Gray © 1994

Green Wilma, Frog in Space by Tedd Arnold © 2009

Go, Little Green Truck! by Roni Schotter © 2016

The Donkey Egg by Janet Stevens © 2019

Booklist: JoCoLibrary - Preschool - Green Things

2. NOTICE PRINT ALL AROUND YOU

Check out our Staff Picks for Notice Print All Around You.

3. TALK, TALK, TALK ​

Check out our Staff Picks for Talk, Talk, Talk.

4. TELL STORIES ABOUT EVERYTHING ​

Read and watch charming classic stories with Bookflix!

5. LOOK FOR LETTERS EVERYWHERE

Try some fun alphabet activities from the Antioch Youth Services Pinterest page.

6. TAKE TIME TO RHYME, SING AND PLAY WORD GAMES

Here are the rhymes and songs from today:

Welcome To Storytime! [tune: Twinkle, Twinkle]

​Welcome, welcome everyone,

Now we're here, let's have some fun.

First we'll sing the ABC's,

then we'll read and sing with me.

Welcome, welcome, everyone,

Now we're here let's have some fun.

Green Grass Grows all Around

There was a hole (there was a hole) in the middle of the ground

The prettiest hole, that you ever did see.

Oh, the hole in the ground and the green grass grows

all around, all around,

And the green grass grows all around.

And in the hole (and in that hole) there was a seed

The prettiest seed, that you ever did see.

Oh, the seed in the hole and the hole in the ground

And the green grass grows all around, all around

The green grass grows all around.

And from that seed (from that seed), there grew a tree

The prettiest tree, You ever did see

Oh, the tree from the seed,

And the seed in the hole, and the hole in the ground

And the green grass grows 

all around, all around, and the green grass grew all around

And on that tree (On that tree), There was a branch

The prettiest branch That you ever did see

Oh, the branch was on the tree

And the tree from the seed,

And the see in the hole,

And the hole in the ground,

And the green grass grew all around, all around,

and the green grass grew all around.

And on that branch (and on that branch)

There was a nest, The prettiest nest

That you ever did see.

Oh, the nest on the branch 

And the branch on the tree

And the tree from the seed,

And the seed in the hole,

And the hole in the ground,

And the green grass grows all around, all around, 

and the green grass grew all around

And in that nest, There was an bird

The prettiest bird That you ever did see

Oh the bird in the nest

and the nest on the branch 

And the branch on the tree 

And the tree from the seed,

And the seed in the hole,

And the hole in the ground,

And the green grass grows all around, all around, 

and the green grass grew all around.

Over in the Meadow 

Over in the meadow, in the sand, in the sun

Lived an old mother toady and her little toady one.

Jump said the mother, I jump said the one

so they jumped and they jumped in the sand in the sun.

Over in the meadow where the steam was blue.

Lived an old mother fishy and her little fishes two.

Swim said the mother, we swim said the two

So they swam and they swam where the streams runs blue.

Over in the meadow, in a hole in a tree

Lived an old mother blue bird and her little birdies three.

Sing said the mother, we sing said the three

So they sang and they sang in their hole in the tree.



Over in the meadow, by the reeds by the shore,

Lived and old mother muskrat and her little ratties four.

Dive said the mother, we dive said the four.

So they dived and they splashed by the reeds on the shore.



Over in the meadow, in a snug beehive.

Lived and mother honey bee and her little honeys five.

Buzz said the mother, we buzz said the five

So they buzzed and they buzzed in their snug beehive.

Five Green and Speckled Frogs

Five Little Speckled Frogs Sat on a speckled log (Hold five fingers on top of your Other arm)

Eating the most delicious bugs. Yum! Yum!

One jumped into the pool  (jump a finger off the log into the pool)

Where it was nice and cool

Now there are Four green speckled frogs (Hold up four fingers)

Four Little Speckled Frogs

Sat on a speckled log

Eating the most delicious bugs. Yum! Yum!

One jumped into the pool

Where it was nice and cool

Now there are Three green speckled frogs

Three little speckled frogs

Sat on a speckled log

Eating the most delicious bugs. Yum! Yum!

One jumped into the pool

Where it was nice and cool

Now there are Two green speckled frogs

Two little speckled frogs

Sat on a speckled log

Eating the most delicious bugs. Yum! Yum!

One jumped into the pool

Where it was nice and cool

Now there is one green speckled frog

One little speckled frog

Sat on a speckled log

Eating the most delicious bugs. Yum! Yum!

It jumped into the pool

Where it was nice and cool

Now there is no more speckled frogs. Glub, Glub.

The More We Read Together [Tune: The More We Get Together]

The more we read together, together, together,

The more we read together, the better it is!

'Cause reading and singing and talking together,

Is how you learn the six skills for reading by six.