Storytime: Spring, Mud, and Chicks

A muddy, cold, early spring storytime for preschool (with some chicks thrown in for good measure).


Mud

by Mary Lyn Ray and pictures by Lauren Stringer

One Duck Stuck

by Phyllis Root and pictures by Jane Chapman

Cold Little Duck, Duck, Duck

by Carol Westberg Peters and pictures by Sam Williams

I'm Dirty

by Kate McMullan and pictures by Jim McMullan

Whose Chick Are You?

by Nancy Tafuri

Chicky Chicky Chook Chook

by Cathy MacLennan

And Songs...

Six Little Ducks

Six little ducks that I once knew;

(Hold up 6 fingers)

Fat ones, skinny ones, fair ones, too.

But the one little duck with the feather on his back.

(Hold up 1 finger)

He led the others with a quack, quack, quack.

(With every "quack", make a duck by touching your thumb to your fingers like you

have mittens on and you're trying to grab something)

Quack, quack, quack. Quack, quack, quack.

He led the others with a quack, quack, quack.

Down to the river they would go.

Wibble, wobble, wibble, wobble, to and fro.

(Place hands together palm to palm, and sway them)

But the one little duck with the feather on his back.

He led the others with a quack, quack, quack.

Quack, quack, quack. Quack, quack, quack.

He led the others with a quack, quack, quack.

Here Is a Bunny

Here is a bunny with ears so funny

(make bunny ears with one hand, by sticking up pointer and second finger)

And here is his hole in the ground

(in opposite hand touch pointer finger to thumb to make a hole, 

and twist your wrist so the hole faces up)

When a noise he hears, he pricks up his ears

(make those bunny ears nice and tall)

And jumps into his hole in the ground

(have your bunny ear fingers pretend to jump into your hole fingers)

Some Itsy Bitsy Spider always works well for your April showers, too!