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:
Play this Book by Jessica Young © 2018
Farmer Joe and the Music Show by Tony Mitton © 2009
Beware the Mighty Bitey by Heather Pindar © 2019
The Bear Went Over the Mountain by Iza Trapani © 2012
Booklist: JoCoLibrary - Preschool - Music
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.
Have You Ever Played a Guitar? [tune: Did You Ever See a Lassie? ]
Have you ever played a guitar, a guitar, a guitar?
Have you ever played a guitar and strummed it like this?
Strummed this way and that way and this way and that way.
Have you ever played a guitar and strummed it like this?Have you ever played the drum, the drum, the drum?
Have you ever played the drum and beat it like this?
Beat slow and fast and slow and fast.
Have you everplayed a drum and beat it like this?Have you ever played a piano, a piano, a piano?
Have you ever played a piano and tapped keys like this?
Tapped white keys and black keys and white keys and black keys.
Have you ever played a piano and tapped keys like this?
Lou, Lou, skip to my Lou
Lou, Lou, skip to my Lou
Lou, Lou, skip to my Lou
Skip to my Lou, my darlin!Can't get a red bird, blue bird'll do.
Can't get a red bird, blue bird'll do.
Can't get a red bird, blue bird'll do.
Skip to my Lou, my darlin!
Lou, Lou, skip to my Lou
Lou, Lou, skip to my Lou
Lou, Lou, skip to my Lou
Skip to my Lou, my darlin!
Flies in the sugarbowl, shoo, shoo, shoo.
Flies in the sugarbowl, shoo, shoo, shoo.
Flies in the sugarbowl, shoo, shoo, shoo.
Skip to my Lou, my darlin!
Lost my partner, what'll I do
Lost my partner, what'll I do
Lost my partner, what'll I do
Skip to my Lou, my darlin!
Lou, Lou, skip to my Lou
Lou, Lou, skip to my Lou
Lou, Lou, skip to my Lou
Skip to my Lou, my darlin!
I'll find another one, prettier, too.
I'll find another one, prettier, too.
I'll find another one, prettier, too.
Skip to my Lou, my darlin!
Lou, Lou, skip to my Lou
Lou, Lou, skip to my Lou
Lou, Lou, skip to my Lou
Skip to my Lou, my darlin!
source: https://www.lyricsondemand.com/miscellaneouslyrics/childsongslyrics/skiptomyloulyrics.html
There's a hole at the bottom of the sea, There's a hole at the bottom of the sea.
There's a hole, there's a hole. There's a hole in the bottom of the sea!There's a shark in the hole in the bottom of the sea.
In the dark in the hole in the bottom of the sea.
There's a hole, there's a hole. There's a hole in the bottom of the sea!There's an eel and a shark in the hole in the bottom of the sea.
He's concealed from the shark in the hole in the bottom of the sea.
There's a hole, there's a hole. There's a hole in the bottom of the sea!There's an squid and an eel and a shark in the hole in the bottom of the sea.
Who hid from the eel and the shark in the hole in the bottom of the sea.
There's a hole, there's a hole. There's a hole in the bottom of the sea!There's an crab and a squid and an eel and a shark in the hole in the bottom of the sea.
Claws that grab at the squid and the eel and the shark in the hole in the bottom of the sea.
There's a hole, there's a hole. There's a hole in the bottom of the sea!There's an snail and a crab and a squid and an eel and a shark in the hole in the bottom of the sea.
Leave a trail past the crab and the squid and the eel and the shark in the hole in the bottom of the sea.
There's a hole, there's a hole. There's a hole in the bottom of the sea!There's a weed and a snail and a crab and a squid and an eel and a shark in the hole in the bottom of the sea.
Grows past the weed and the crab and the squid and the eel and the shark in the hole in the bottom of the sea.
There's a hole, there's a hole. There's a hole in the bottom of the sea!The sun feeds the weed feeds the snail feeds the crab feeds the squid feeds the eel feeds the shark in the hole in the bottom of the sea.
The sun feeds the weed feeds the snail feeds the crab feeds the squid feeds the eel feeds the shark in the hole in the bottom of the sea.
There's a hole, there's a hole. There's a hole in the bottom of the sea!
There's a hole, there's a hole. There's a hole in the bottom of the sea!
The Bear Went Over the Mountain
The bear went over the mountain, the bear went over the mountain,
the bear went over the mountain to see what she could see
And all that she could see, and all that she could see,
Was the other side of the mountain, the other side of the mountain ,
the other side of the mountain was all that she could see.The bear went across the river, The bear went across the river ,
the bear went across the river to see what she could see
And all that she could see, and all that she could see,
was the other side of the river , was the other side of the river ,
was the other side of the river was all that she could see.The bear went through the forest, the bear went through the forest,
the bear went through the forest, to see what she could see.
And all that she could see, and all that she could see,
Was the other side of the forest, the other side of the forest,
the other side of the forest was all that she could see.The bear climbed up the big tree, the bear climbed up the big tree.
The bear climbed up the big tree, to see what she could see.
And all that she could see, and all that she could see was the forest, river and mountain
The forest, river and mountain , the forest, river and mountain was all that she could see.
Was all that she could see!
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.
