Signing Songs
Scott Bahlmann
These are the songs that I use in my Book Babies programs to introduce sign language. I rotate through five programs, and each contains one of these songs.
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Bear Storytime
Scott Bahlmann
Book: It’s the Bear – Jez Alborough
Activity: Somethinglocks…
Book: Bears on Chairs – Shirley Parentheau
Activity: The Cool Bear Hunt
Book: …the Big Hungry Bear – Don and Audrey Wood
Activity: Where is Bear?
Book: Snow Bears – Martin Waddell
Letter V Storytime
Scott Bahlmann
Book: How I Spent my Summer Vacation – Mark Teague
Activity: How to Paint a Valentine
Book: The Sleepless Little Vampire – Richard Egielski
Activity: Little Volcano
Book: Vulture View – April Pulley Sayre
Activity: The Little Little Girl with the Big Big Voice
Book: The Ugly Pumpkin – Dave Horowitz
Fairy Tale Storytime
Scott Bahlmann
Book: Waking Beauty – Leah Wilcox
Activity: Princess and the Mattresses
Book: Paper Bag Princess – Robert Munch
Activity: Pinocchio
Book: Interrupting Chicken – David Ezra Stein
Activity: Somethinglocks
Book: The End – David LaRochelle
Letter T Storytime
Scott Bahlmann
Book: It’s a Tiger – David LaRochelle
Activity: TV with T-Rex
Book: Treasure Bath – Dan Andreasen
Activity: I Had a Little Turtle
Book: Where is My Teddy – Jez Alborough
Activity: The Bears Toothache
Book: Tickle the Duck – Ethan Long
Back to School Storytime
Scott Bahlmann
Opening: Shake My Sillies Out – Raffi
Book: Foxy – Emma Dodd
Activity: Little Cuckoo Clock
Book: Oliver and his Alligator – Paul Schmid
Activity: If You're Wearing Any Red
Book: Little Lola – Julie Saab
Activity: There’s a Dog in School
Book: Ollie’s School Day – Stephanie Calmenson
Activity: Books
Shark Storytime
Scott Bahlmann
Book: Shark Kiss, Octopus Hug – Lynn Rowe Reed
Activity: 5 little fishes
Book: The Three Little Fish and the Big Bad Shark – Ken Geist
Activity: Baby shark
Book: Shark and Lobster’s Amazing Undersea Adventure - Viviane Schwartz
Activity: Shark in the Park
Book: I’m a Shark – Bob Shea
Robot Storytime
Scott Bahlmann
Book: Rolie Polie Olie – James Joyce
Activity: Build a Bot
Book: Boy + Bot - Ame Dyckman
Activity: Lights on the Robot
Book: Fix This Mess – Ted Arnold
Activity: Robot Zot
Book: Robot Burp Head Smartypants – Annette Simon
The Five Senses Storytime
Scott Bahlmann
Book: I Feel a Foot – Maranke Rinck
Activity: The Bear Went Over the Mountain
Book: The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear – Don and Audrey Wood
Activity: Do you like?
Book: Hattie and the Fox – Mem Fox
Activity: A Beautiful Girl
Book: Rain – Manya Stojic
Letter S Storytime
Scott Bahlmann
Book: Some Smug Slug by Pamela Duncan Edwards
Rhyme: Baa-Baa Black Sheep
Book: I'm a Shark by Bob Shea
Activity: Spider on the Floor
Book: I Spy Under the Sea by Edward Gibbs
Activity: Sammy the Snake
Book: Pete the Cat...Shoes by Eric Litwin
Activity: Streamers
Night and Day Storytime
Scott Bahlmann
Book: Daytime, Nighttime by William Low
Rhyme: Hey Diddle, Diddle
Book: Let's Sing a Lullaby With the Brave Cowboy by Jan Thomas
Activity: Flap Any Way You Want To
Book: Wow! Said the Owl by Tim Hopgood
Activity: The Napping House
Book: Night Light by Nicholas Blechman
Activity: Parachute Play
Letter R Storytime
Scott Bahlmann
Book: Rain by Linda Ashman
Song: The Itsy Bitsy Spider
Book: Rrralph by Lois Ehlert
Activity: Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Book: Rabbityness by Jo Empson
Activity: Rainbow
Book: Dinosaur Roar by Paul and Henrietta Stickland
Activity: Rhythm (Instruments)
Letter Q Storytime
Scott Bahlmann
Book: Little Quack's New Friend by Lauren Thompson
Song: Five Little Ducks
Book: Quick as a Cricket by Don and Audrey Wood
Activity: Quickly Roll Your Hands
Book: Little Raccoon's Big Question by Miriam Schlein
Activity: Q Words Quilt
Book: Quiet Night by Marilyn Singer
Activity: Quail Craft
Birds Storytime
Scott Bahlmann
Book: Do Like a Duck Does by Judy Hindley
Song: Two Little Blackbirds
Book: I Hatched! by Jill Esbaum
Activity: Shakey Egg
Book: There Is a Bird on Your Head by Mo Willems
Story: House for Birdie
Book: The Baby BeeBee Bird - Diane Redfield Massie
Activity: Instruments
Messy Storytime
Scott Bahlmann
Book: Toad by Ruth Brown
Story: Dini Dinosaur
Book: I Ain't Gonna Paint No More by Karen Beaumont
Activity: Bubble Gum
Book: Icky Sticky Monster by Jo Lodge
Song: What Did You Put In Your Pocket
Book: Big Smelly Bear by Britta Teckentrup
Activity: Bubbles
Letter P Storytime
Scott Bahlmann
Book: Please Say Please! by Margery Cuyler
Song: Five Pigs So Squeaky Clean
Book: The Pigs Picnic by Keiko Kasza
Song: The Pirate Song
Book: Pretty Pru by Polly Dunbar
Activity: The Princess and the Pea
Book: The Pigeon Wants a Puppy by Mo Willems
Activity: 'Popcorn' on Parachute
Pigeon Wants to Find a Job
Scott Bahlmann
Adapted from the book by Mo Willems for a Community Helpers storytime theme.
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Scott Bahlmann
Book: Hardworking Puppies by Lynn Reiser
Activity: Tools We Work With
Book: Fire Fighter PiggyWiggy by Christyan and Diane Fox
Song: Hurry, Hurry, Drive the Firetruck
Book: Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems
Activity: Pigeon Wants to Find a Job
Book: Smash! Mash! Crash! There Goes the Trash by Barbara Odanaka
Activity: Instruments
Seasons Storytime
Scott Bahlmann
Book: How Will We Get to the Beach by Brigitte Luciani
Song: There's Something In My Garden
Book: That Pup! by Lindsay Barrett George
Activity: A Leaf is On My Nose
Book: A Kitten Tale by Eric Rohman
Song: Planting Seeds/Mr. Golden Sun
Book: Home For a Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
Activity: Flowers on Parachute
Letter O Storytime
Scott Bahlmann
Book: Tickly Octopus by Ruth Galloway
Story: I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean
Book: Owl Babies by Martin Waddell
Activity: Flap Any Way You Want To
Book: Opposnakes by Salina Yoon
Song: Open Up the Barn Door
Book: Are You Ready to Play Outside? by Mo Willems
Activity: Streamers