Little STEAMERS – All About Me

Opening Song	Welcome
Nursery Rhyme	Where Is Thumbkin? (Start with hands behind back.)Where is thumbkin? Where is thumbkin? Here I am (Bring right hand to front, with thumb up.) Here I am. (Bring left hand to front, with thumb up.) How are you today sir? Very well, I thank you. (Wiggle thumbs as if they’re “talking” to each other.) Run away (Hide right hand behind back.) Run away. (Hide left hand behind back.)
Book	Happy In Our Skin by Fran Manushkin
Action Rhyme	Feelings Song Original Author Unknown (Tune: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star)I have feelings, you do too, Let’s all sing about a few. I am happy, I am sad. I get scared, I get mad. I am proud of being me. That’s a feeling too, you see. I have feelings, you do too. We just sang about a few.Source: Kids Soup
Song	Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes

ACTIVITIES

Craft: Trace Me!

Boards

Craft: All About Me

Rainbow

Source: Supply Me

Craft: My Fingerprints

Fingerprints

Source: Buggy and Buddy

Little STEAMers: Colors

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	I Spy I found different objects around the room and the kids had to guess what object I was describing.
Book	The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt
Action Rhyme	Color Rhyme If your clothes have any red Put your finger on your head If your clothes have any blue Put your finger on your shoe. If your clothes have any green Wave your hand so you’ll be seen If your clothes have any yellow, Smile like a happy fellow If your clothes have any brown, Turn your smile into a frown. If your clothes have any black, Put your hands behind your back. If your clothes have any white, Clap your hands with all your might. Source: King County Library System
Dance Song	The Color Game Song by Jim Gill
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

Activities

Sensory Bags	The objective is to move the buttons into their respective color box or circle. Source: Hands On As We Grow
LEGOs	The children are suppose to recreate the shape with LEGOs. Source:Hands On As We Grow
Play-Doh	Play-Doh….enough said.
Pom Pom Buckets	This was a brilliant idea. The kids LOVED this station! Super easy and cost effective. Source: Happy Toddler Playtime

Little STEAMers: Food

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.
Book	Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin
Action Song	Spicy Salsa We did not have time for this song, but I have made a mental note to do it with the kids another time.
Song	Table Manners (Tune: Frere Jacques)Chewing quietly, chewing quietly Do not slurp, do not slurp, We must say excuse me, We must say excuse me When we burp, When we burp.Source: https://jbrary.com/family-storytime-making-food/
Activity	We made our own butter! I played a list of songs that involved shakes and wiggles (Shake it Off, Hot Potato, Milkshake). I would count to 10 and have the kids pass the jar to the next kid. It worked out great! We had butter by the third song.
Closing 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!

Activities

Craft	Taco Bar!
Touch	Rainbow Jello Soup This was the most popular station. It was also the messiest. Word of advice. Clean the big bin right away.
Sorting	I printed off the different food groups and assigned each one to a bucket. The kids then sorted the food to the appropriate food bin.
Imaginary Play	We have a play kitchen and I opened it up for the kids to play with.

Little STEAMers: Winter

Storytime Portion

Opening Song	Tickle the Sun 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.
What is Winter? What Do we need for winter?	I found simple Clipart pictures for discussion. My pictures included: Snow, a person imitating cold, mittens, coat, and a hat with mittens.
Rhyme	It Is Winter Tune: Are You Sleeping?”It is winter, It is winter, Oh, so cold! Oh, so cold! Icy, snowy weather, Long nights and short days, Winter’s here! Winter’s here!
Book	Supertruck by Stephen Savage
Flannel	Where is Snowball I hid the two snowballs and had the kids guess which mitten the snowball was under. If they found the yellow snowball, we talked about why you don’t eat yellow snow.
Rhyme	Jack Frost Where did you get that little red nose? Jack Frost kissed it I suppose. He kissed it once. He kissed it twice. Poor little nose it’s as cold as ice!
Book	Little Penguins by Cynthia Rylant
Action Song	We’re Marching in the Snow
Action Song	I’m a Little Snowman
Goodbye Song	Tickle the Clouds Tickle your toes Turn around And tickle your nose Reach down low Reach up high Storytime’s over So wave goodbye! Source: Storytime Katie

Activity Portion

Winter in a Bag	Source: A Little Pinch of Perfect
Ball Sort	Source:I Can Teach My Child
How Tall are you	I marked out 9 ft on a piece of duct tape. The kids had the option of either laying down and their grown up laying mittens next to them, or they could jump and see how many mittens it would take to measure the distance.
Counting	The kids would take a handful of buttons and work on matching the number of buttons to the number on a mitten. Source: Play to Learn Playschool