Time For a Story
If You're Ever on Safari
Five Little Monkeys
The More We Read Together
If you’re ever on safari,
Safari, safari
If you’re ever on safari,
You might see a zebra.
A big one, a big one,
A small one, a small one.
If you’re ever on safari,
You might see a zebra.
You might see an ostrich…
You might see an elephant…
You might see a lion…
Time For a Story
The more we read together,
Together, together,
The more we read together,
The happier we’ll be.
For your books are my books,
And my books are your books
The more we read together,
The happier we’ll be.
Five little monkeys
Jumping on the bed.
One fell off and bumped his head.
Mama called the doctor and the doctor said
No more monkeys jumping on the bed.
Four little monkeys…
Three little monkeys…
Two little monkeys…
One little monkey…
Welcome to StoryTime!
Open, Shut Them
Time For a Story
Open, shut them,
Open, shut them,
Give a little clap.
Open, shut them,
Open, shut them,
Lay them in your lap.
100 Animals
I went on safari, and what did I see?
100 animals looking at me.
There were
10 tall giraffes, eating from the trees.
10 silly monkeys, scratching on their knees.
10 sleeping snakes, lying in the sun.
10 pink flamingos, line up one-by-one.
10 giant elephants, each one with a snout,
10 leaping tigers, darting in and out.
10 tired hyenas, trying to get some sleep.
10 happy hippos, in the water deep.
10 roaring lions, walking two by two.
10 galloping zebras, under skies of blue.
Animals in the Jungle
The monkeys in the jungle say ooh, ooh, ooh,
ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh,
The monkeys in the jungle say ooh, ooh, ooh, all day long.
The parrots in the jungle say squawk, squawk, squawk,
Squawk, squawk, squawk, squawk, squawk, squawk,
The parrots in the jungle say squawk, squawk, squawk, all day long
The tigers in the jungle say grrr, grrr, grr,
grrr, grrr, grr, grrr, grrr, grr,
The tigers in the jungle say grrr, grrr, grr, all day long.
Today's Books
Hello Everybody
Hello, Everybody
And how are you?
How are you?
How are you?
Hello, everybody,and how are you?
How are you today?
Five Pre-Reading Practices
Help your child start learning from birth.
Behavior Guidelines
- Talking to encourage brain development
- Singing to increase awareness of sounds
- Reading to create proficient readers
- Writing to learn letters & print have meaning
- Playing to understand the world
- Discuss StoryTime with your child so he or she will know what to expect.
- Arrive on time so your child can benefit from the entire program.
- Turn off cell phones so the program may continue without interruption.
- Step outside momentarily if your child becomes upset or disturbs the program.
- Model good listening behavior during the stories.
- Parent participation is key to the success of this program!