Preschool – Picnic

Craft:

Take-Home Worksheet:

Preschool – Bees and Flowers (2026)

Introduction	“Welcome” by Miss Carole
Daily Report	Month, Date, Day, Season, Weather
ASL	Flower
Book
Counting	Five Dandelions Tune : Five Little Ducks Five dandelions in the grass so green. (show five fingers) Little yellow flowers as pretty as you’ve seen. (make a fist) One turned to fluff, and then it blew away. (blow on finger) Four dandelions were left that day! Repeat. Source: Songs, Poems, and Fingerplays by The Mailbox
Book
Action Rhyme	Bumble Bee Beanbag Rhyme Bumble Bee In the Sky Buzz your wings And up you fly Back and forth, To and fro, Up, up, up And Away You go! Source: Adapted from Storytime Magic by Kathy MacMillan
Yoga Move	Flower pose
Action Rhyme	Flower Fun Hand each child a flower and have them: Jump over the flower. Put the flower on their head. Dance around your flower. Source: The Mailbox
Action Rhyme	Balance the Bee Have each child balance their bee on their head and then try to walk around. When I say “Bzzz!” have the kids drop their bee. Repeat with a different body part. Source: The Mailbox
Action Rhyme	Flight of the Bumble Bee (with streamers) Hand each child a crepe streamer and place three different “hives” around the room. Start playing the music and have kids “fly” their bees around the room. When the music stops, kids have to find a hive, rip a piece of crepe paper, and place it in the hive.
Dance Song	“I’m a Little Seed” by Miss Carole
Dance Song	Ring Around the Rosie by Caspar Babypants
Closing Songs	ABC’s and Counting to 10.
Goodbye song	Skidamarink By Old Town School of Folk Music

Craft:

Toddlers – Bees and Flowers (2026)

Introduction	“Hello Everybody” by Miss Carole
Daily Report	Month, Season, Weather
Yoga Move / ASL	Flower Pose
Book
Finger Rhyme	Flower Petal Countdown Tune: Sally’s Camel. [Child’s name]’s flower has five petals. [Child’s name]’s flower has five petals. [Child’s name]’s flower has five petals. So blow, wind, blow. (kids blow on their petals) Source: Slight changes from Songs, Poems, and Fingerplays
Book
Action Rhyme	Bumble Bee Beanbag Rhyme (with pom-poms) Bumble Bee In the Sky Buzz your wings And up you fly Back and forth, To and fro, Up, up, up And Away You go! Source: Adapted from Storytime Magic by Kathy MacMillan
Action Rhyme	Bees Here (with pom-poms) Bees here, Bees there, Bees, Bees EVERYWHERE ! BZZZ, BZZZ, BZZZ ! Bees on my shoulders, Bees on my toes, Bees on my belly and, Bees on my nose! Bees on my arms, Bees on my lips, Bees on my knees and Bees on my hips ! Bees here, Bees there, Bees, Bees EVERYWHERE ! BZZZ, BZZZ, BZZZ! Source: King County Library System
Action Rhyme	A Bee is On My Toe (with pom-poms) Tune: Farmer in the Dell A bee is on my toe. A bee is on my toe. Heigh-ho, just watch me blow. A bee is on my toe. (blow gently on toe) (refrain: On my nose; On my head; On my ear) Source: King County Library System
Action Rhyme	Little Seed Tune: Pop Goes the Weasel I’m a seed that’s in the ground. I get sunshine and water. I grow a stem, two leaves and then… Pop! I’m a flower Source: King County Library System
Dance Song	“I’m a Little Seed” by Miss Carole
Dance Song	“Ring Around the Rosie” by Caspar Babypants
Closing Songs	ABC’s and Counting to 10.
Goodbye song	Skidamarink By Old Town School of Folk Music

Craft:

Toddlers – Picnic

Introduction	Hello Everybody by Miss Carole
Daily Report	Month, Season, Weather
Weekly Rhyme	Clap, Clap, Clap Your Hands
ASL	Outside
Book	Watermelon Seed by Greg Pizzoli
Food Identification	What’s in my Picnic Basket? Pull out food and silly items for kids to identify whether each item belongs at a picnic.
Book	I Love Bugs! by Philemon Sturges
Weekly Rhyme	This is Big, Big, Big (Short Version)
Prepositional Body Work	Hand each child a plastic ant. Have kids try to balance the ant on different body parts. On their head In their pocket *Out of their pocket
Movement Rhyme	The Ants Go Marching The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah. The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah. The ants go marching one by one. The little one stops to suck his thumb. And they all go marching down to the ground to get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! The ants go dancing one by one, ta-da! ta-da! The ants go jumping one by one, pop pop, pop pop The ants go spinning one by one, dizzy, dizzy. My own adaptation with different movements from the original rhyme.
Finger Rhyme	Watermelon Has One Black Seed Tune: Do You Know the Muffin Man? Watermelon has one black seed, One black seed, One black seed. Watermelon has one black seed, Pretty watermelon. Count up to three. Source: King County Library System
Dance Song	Hot Potato by The Wiggles/Lenny Pearce
Dance Song	Spaghetti Legs by Jim Gill
Closing Songs	ABC’s and Counting to 5
Goodbye song	Skidamarink By Old Town School of Folk Music

Craft:

Take-Home Worksheet

Preschool: Bugs and Mud

Introduction	Welcome by Miss Carole
Daily Report	Month, Date, Day, Season, Weather
Book
Imaginary Rhyme	Mud Walk Have kids put on their pretend boot and start to walk to an imaginary puddle of mud. Have them step in the mud and become “stuck”. Try to pull their boots out of the mud, but their hands get stuck. Knees. Head. All the way to floor. Adapted from a rhyme in The Mailbox.
Book
Action Rhyme	Flies Fly The fly flew over my head. The fly flew under my chin. The fly flew between my feet. The fly flew down my nose. The fly flew beside my cheek. The fly flew beneath my eyes. The fly flew in front of my tummy. The fly flew above my eyebrows. The fly landed on my right hand. The fly blew behind my left knee. The fly flew up my whole body. Source: The Mailbox Bugs Each kid received a popsicle stick with a stamp of a fly. They moved the stick around based on the rhyme.
Movement Activity	Snail, Worm, Cricket Using bug cards, have kids practice moving like the bug on the card. Slowly increase the speed of the switching of the cards as kids become more comfortable with the movement. Source: The Mailbox
Movement	Surprise! I am a little caterpillar. (have kids curl) In my cocoon, I go to sleep. (make sleeping sounds) And I won’t move about for days! (stop moving) But I know I’ll surprise you soon. And do you know just why? (yell why!) When the time is right for me, I’ll be a butterfly! (Burst out) Source: Adapted the gross motor movement from The Mailbox.
Creativity	Make a Bug Hand each kid a bag with play-dough, pipe-cleaners, and eyeballs. Have them make their own bug.
Closing Songs	ABC’s and Counting to 10.
Goodbye song	Skidamarink By Old Town School of Folk Music

Craft:

Toddlers: Bugs and Mud

Introduction	Hello Everybody by Miss Carole
Daily Report	Month, Season, Weather
Yoga Move / ASL	Dead Bug
Book
Nursery Rhyme	Shoo Fly, Don’t Bother Me Shoo fly, don’t bother me. Shoo fly, don’t bother me. Shoo fly, don’t bother me, ‘cause I belong to somebody! I feel, I feel, I feel like the morning star. I feel, I feel, I feel like the morning star. Shoo fly, don’t bother me. Shoo fly, don’t bother me. Shoo fly, don’t bother me, ‘cause I belong to somebody! I handed out popsicle that had a stamp of the fly at the end of it. The kids made the popsicles fly around.
Book
Action Rhyme	Caterpillar Caterpillar Tune: Frere Jacques Caterpillar. Caterpillar. On the floor. On the floor. First you wiggle this way. Then you wiggle that way. Crawl, crawl, crawl. Crawl, crawl, crawl. Slight adaption from Elizabeth McKinnon’s Poem.
Action Rhyme	The Spider Spins Its Web Tune: Farmer in the Dell The spider spins its web, The spider spins its web, Round and round it goes, The spider spins its web. The spider catches flies, The spider catches flies, Stuck in sticky webs, The spider catches flies. The spider runs around, The spider runs around, Up, down, all around. The spider catches runs around. The spider climbs a wall. The spider climbs a wall. Creeping quietly, The spider climbs a wall. Source:Twinkl
Color Recognition Activity	Bugs in the Grass Hand out different color bugs to the kids. When I call a color, have the kids place their bug in the grass. Source: The Mailbox
Caregiver Activity	What’s in the Mud?! Hand each child a playdough and a few items. Have the kids work on hiding items and then finding them again.
Closing Songs	ABC’s and Counting to 10.
Goodbye song	Skidamarink By Old Town School of Folk Music

Craft:

Interactive Movie Script: The Minecraft

Throughout the Movie:

Whenever this happens…	Do this!
Someone combines the orb and crystal.	Combine your blocks together.
Minecraft World switches between night and day.	Hold up your sun or moon die-cut.
Garbage Man wears sunglasses.	Put your sunglasses on.
Dennis receives a bone.	Eat a bone.
Malgosha executes a pig.	Squeal like a pig.
Someone says, “General Chungus.”	Shout, “CHUNGUS!”

Follow Along with the Movie:

When this happens…	Do this!
Steve says he yearns for the mines.	Yell, “We yearn for the mines!”
The bidding war for the storage unit.	Yell out how much you would pay for it.
Henry puts on his name tag.	Put your name tag on.
Henry is about to start his jetpack.	Countdown with the kids.
Chuggy the Chip falls off the building.	Make exploding sounds.
Steve sings “Steve’s Lava Chicken.”	Sing along.
Steve shows how to craft weapons.	Create your own weapon idea on your scratch art.
Steve shows Garbage Man the diamonds.	Hold up your diamond.
Steve and Garbage Man fight the chicken and baby zombie.	Sling your chicken.
Travis shoots the iron golem.	Yell, “Travis!”
Malgosha tries to sneak attack Steve while dying.	Slowly melt all the way to floor.
The villager asks Marlene to marry him.	Reply “yes” in villager talk.

Minecraft Props — 50 sets

Prop	Quantity per person
Magnetic Blocks (100)	2
Moon/Sun Die-Cut Sets (50)	1
Sunglasses (50)	1
Graham Cracker Bones ()	3
Diamond (50)	1
Name Tag (50)	1
Scratch Art Set (50)	1
Chicken Sling (50)	1

Jurassic Trail

Our summer reading kick-off was an after-hours library party! We took over the whole library and provided multiple stations and activities for families.

Decorations: We spent the week decorating. We have learned that breaking it up by chunks helps save our sanity.

Our first task was the ceiling. We purchased dinosaur pictures and swirls to hang among our year-round stars. To help create dimension, I created asteroids.

We took inspiration from Jurassic World and had dinosaurs hiding around the children’s area.

For the library’s entrance, we placed our inflatable dinosaurs. We found out too late that one of the dinosaurs was a balloon. We placed it on a ledge to prevent patron interaction. Finally, we placed dinosaur prints all over the entrance to appear as if the dinosaurs had run into the library.

We had a variety of activities:

Station 1: Large Meeting Room

Dinosaur movie: Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs.

Jurassic Snack: Prehistoric Popcorn

Photo Booth

Glitter Tattoos

Craft: Dinosaur Fossils

Station 2: Children’s Department

Scavenger Hunt

Choose your dinosaur

Dinosaur Craft: Triceratops

Dinosaur Egg Hunt

Photo Op: Dino Sam
Kids had the opportunity to take a picture with Dino Sam at set hours. I was unable to snag a picture.

Station 3: Adult Department

Safari Hats

Craft: 3-D Dinosaurs

Dinosaur Bracelets

Amber Stone

Dinosaur Eggs

Balloon Twisting

DJ
We had a DJ blasting music for the entire program. They had ribbon sticks for the kids to use.

Station 4: Patio

Swamp Bubbles!

Preschool Pretend and Play: Lambs and Sheep

Craft: Out Like a Lamb

Tales for Two: Lambs & Sheep

Opening	Hello Everybody, Yes Indeed by Miss Carole
Warm-Up Activity	The Very Hungry Caterpillar: What Can You Do Game?
Calendar	What is the weather and season?
ASL	We learned the sign for sheep.
Weekly Rhyme	This is Big, Big, Big This is big, big, big. This is small, small, small. This is short, short, short. This is tall, tall, tall. This is fast, fast, fast. This is slow, slow, slow. This is yes, yes, yes. This is no, no, no. This is up, up, up. This is down, down, down. This is square, square, square. This is round, round, round. This is left, left, left. This is right, right, right. This is a great big hug and a kiss goodnight. Sing it once without sign langue. Add sign language the second time.
Book	Never Touch the Lazy Lambs by Cara Jenkins
Vocal Recognition	What animal am I? I made different animal sounds and had the kids tell me if it was a lamb or a different animal.
Gross Motor Skills	Find the Sheep Worksheet I adapted a Canva sheet for this project. There were several different farm animals, but the kids had to find all the sheep.
Fine Motor Skills	I’ve Lost My Sheep! I hung up six different colored sheep around the room (even on the ceiling)! I would name a certain color and the kids had to tell me where it was.
Activity (with Scarf)	Winds and Breezes I handed out scarves (could use streamers) and kids demonstrate strong lion winds and soft lamb breezes.
Dance Song	Ba Ba Black Sheep by Lenny Pearce
Cool Down	Alphabet; Count to 10
Goodbye Song	Skidamarink by Old Town School of Folk Music

Craft: Out Like a Lamb

Opening	Welcome by Miss Carole
Vocal Activity	I Baa, You Baa I was going to have the kids copy how I made the baa sound. However, we identified what a baby sheep, baby goats, and baby llamas are called. We also worked on their sounds.
Calendar	What is the day of the week, month, season and weather.
ASL	Learn sheep in ASL.
Interactive Book	The Sheep Needs Your Help! (A Draw & Erase Adventure) by David LaRochelle
	This Is Big, Big, Big This is big, big, big. This is small, small, small. This is short, short, short. This is tall, tall, tall. This is fast, fast, fast. This is slow, slow, slow. This is yes, yes, yes. This is no, no, no. This is up, up, up. This is down, down, down. This is square, square, square. This is round, round, round. This is left, left, left. This is right, right, right This is a great big hug and a kiss goodnight. Sing it once without sign language. Add sign language the second time. Source:
Identification Rhyme	Naming the Baby Tune: The Muffin Man What do we call a baby sheep, A baby sheep, a baby sheep? What do we call a baby sheep? It’s called a lamb! Source: Sing a Song of Seasons by The Mailbox
Book
Gross Motor Activity	Sheep Lacing I handed out this template with a piece of yarn and a Q-tip. The adults tied the yarn on to the Q-tip. The kids then laced their sheep. I played Lenny Pearce’s Baa Baa Black Sheep while caregivers work with their kids.
Counting Activity	I’ve Lost My Sheep I hung up six different colored sheep around the room (even on the ceiling)! I would name a certain color and the kids had to tell me where it was.
Dance Song	Kid’s Preschool Nursery Rhymes Song Dubstep Techno by DJ Vyral
Cool Down Song	Alphabet Song; Count to 12
Goodbye Song	Skidamarink by Old Town School of Folk Music

LIBRIONYIAN

LiBrionyian – n. the ramblings of a librarian named Briony

Preschool – Picnic

Preschool – Bees and Flowers (2026)

Toddlers – Bees and Flowers (2026)

Toddlers – Picnic

Preschool: Bugs and Mud

Toddlers: Bugs and Mud

Interactive Movie Script: The Minecraft

Jurassic Trail

Preschool Pretend and Play: Lambs and Sheep

Tales for Two: Lambs & Sheep

Introduction	Welcome by Miss Carole
Daily Report	Month, Day, Season, Weather
ASL	Outside
Book	Don’t Feed the Bears by Kathleen Doherty
Shapes	Picnic Shapes Have three different plate shapes with different food shapes. Kids tell me what food shape matches what plate. Inspiration: Turner Tot
Book
Weekly Rhyme	This is Big, Big, Big (Long Version)
Group Activity	Ant Invaders Have the kids help create a cheeseburger by identifying the ingredients. Then hide the ant and have the kids tell you where it is hiding. Source: The Mailbox
Prepositional Work/Caregiver Activity	Button Ants Hand out each child a button and an ant. Have kids place their ant in relation to the button based on the preposition paper.
Action Rhyme	Watermelon, Watermelon Tune: Are you Sleeping? Watermelon, watermelon, Red and Green! Red and Green! Let’s take all the seeds out. Let’s take all the seeds out. And count them! And count them! Source: The Mailbox
Action Rhyme	Ants at the Picnic Tune: Skip To My Lou Chorus: Ants at the picnic, what’ll I do? Ants at the picnic, what’ll I do? Ants at the picnic, what’ll I do? Guess I’ll eat real fast! (Pretend to gobble food) Ants, ants, ants on my feet, (shake feet) Ants, ants, ants on my knees, (shake knees) Ants, ants, ants in my pants, (jump around) Gotta’ get rid of those ants! (Repeat chorus) Ants, ants, ants on my hands, (shake hands) Ants, ants, ants on my arms, (shake arms above your head) Ants, ants, ants down my shirt, (shake shirt) Gotta’ get rid of those ants! (Repeat chorus) Ants, ants, ants on my ears, (shake head, brush ears) Ants, ants, ants on my tongue, (shake tongue) Ants, ants, ants in my hair, (shake hair) Gotta’ get rid of those ants! (Repeat chorus) Source: Storytime Around the Year by Kimberly K. Faurot
Activity Song	Scampering Ants Have the kids crawl around the floor while I play music. When the music stops, the kids have to quickly go hide in a nest. Source: Busy Bees: Fun for Two’s and Threes
Dance Song	The Ants Go Marching by Doggyland (with bean bag) Have kids try to dance with the beanbag on their head without dropping it.
Dance Song	Peanut Butter Jelly Time by Party City
Closing Songs	ABC’s and Counting to 10.
Goodbye song	Skidamarink By Old Town School of Folk Music