Five Little Sunflowers

Flowers and gardens are some of my favorite storytime themes. I made these sunflowers using the sun pattern from some clip art I found online in shades of yellow and gold. I hand stitched a grid to represent the seeds.

Five Little Sunflowers
Five little sunflowers growing by my door,
I picked one for Grandma, now there are four.

Four little sunflowers, the prettiest I’ve seen,
I picked one for Grandpa, now there are three.

Three little sunflowers, just a lovely few,
I picked one for Mommy, now there are two.

Two little sunflowers reaching for the sun,
I picked one for Daddy, now there is one.

One little sunflower, a colorful little hero,
I picked it just for you! Now there is zero!

There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Shell

The beach and the ocean are a favorite storytime topic with my co-workers and myself. There is so much material to pick from that we have split the topic into two themes: ocean animals and the beach.

This is actually the first round of “There Was An Old Lady…” I have made. I’ve never really like the old ladys that I have seen. This version was written by Lucille Colandro. I recently came across an Etsy seller that had an old lady that I liked so I took my cue from her. All of the beach items came from clip art I got from Shutterstock.

Dinosaurs-Babies

Books

Dinosaur Binkit by Sandra Boynton
Dinosaur Dance! by Sandra Boynton
Dinosaurs by Simms Taback
How Do Dinosaurs Count to Ten? by Jane Yolen

Bounces, Rhymes & Fingerplays

All Around the Swamp
Sing to: The Wheels on the Bus

Pteranodon’s wings went flap, flap, flap
Flap, flap, flap,
Flap, flap, flap,
Pteranodon’s wings went flap, flap, flap
All around the swamp.

Triceratop’s horns went poke, poke, poke…
Apatosaurus’ mouth went munch, munch, munch…