Holi Storytime

Introduction	Tickle The Moon Tickle the Moon Tickle your toes. Clap your hands And tickle your nose. Reach up high. Reach down low. Turn around, And say hello! Source: Storytime Katie has a closing version she found on pinterest. I wanted an opening song, so my coworker reworked it to make an opening song.
Action Rhyme	The Colors I See Red, red is the color I see. If you are wearing red then show it to me. Stand up, turn around. Show me your red then sit back down.Yellow, yellow is the color I see. If you are wearing yellow then show it to me. Stand up, turn around. Show me your yellow then sit back down.Blue, Pink, Green Source: Johnson County Library
Book	Festival of Colors by Kabir Sehgal
Flannel	Rainbow Kittens Six little kittens found a box of paint. They jumped right in…their mother will faint! The first little kitten came out all red. “I’ll be orange,” the second kitten said. The third little kitten turned bright yellow. “I’ll be green,” said the next little fellow. The fifth kitten said, “My favorite is blue.” “Purple for me,” said the sixth with a mew. Dancing home the kittens go To show their mother a KITTEN RAINBOW! Source: Read Rabbit Read
Book	Holi by Rebecca Pettiford
Action Rhyme	One Bright Scarf One bright(different color) scarf waiting for the wind to blow (hold in hand) Wiggle it high (wiggle scarf above head) Wiggle it low (wiggle scarf by knees) Shake it fast (wiggle scarf quickly) Shake it slow (wiggle scarf slowly) Put it behind your back, Where did it go? (bring out empty hands) Source: Loons and Quines @ Librarytime The kids really got a kick out of it when I made the scarves disappeared behind my back. They all wanted to know how I did it.
Action Song	Color, Color up and Down (with scarves) Color, color up and down, Color, color all around. Color, color knees and toes, Color, color on your nose. Color, color on your friend Color, color we hope the fun never ends Source: I have used this rhyme several times, but I no longer remember the original source. I did modify it for our Holi Storytime.
Dance Song	Holi Song
Goodbye Song	Tickle the Stars Tickle the Stars Tickle your toes Turn around And tickle your nose Reach down low Reach up high Storytime’s over So wave goodbye! Source:My own modification