Family Storytime Theme: Fire-Breathing Dragons

Opening: “Hello” with sign language
Hello, friends. (x3)
It’s time to say hello.
Puppet Meet & Greet: Meet Woolly (monkey puppet)
Early Literacy Tip: “Read aloud with animation. Listen to your own voice and don’t be dull, or flat, or boring. Hang loose and be loud, have fun and laugh a lot.” – Mem Fox’s 10 Read-Aloud Commandments
Book 1: There Was an Old Dragon by Penny Parker Klostermann
Transition: “Five Little Ducks”
Five little ducks
Went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother duck called with a
“Quack, quack, quack”
But only four little ducks came swimming back.
Four little ducks…
Three little ducks…
Two little ducks…
One little duck…
Sad mother duck
Went out one day
Over the hill and far away
The sad mother duck said
“Quack, quack, quack.”
And the five little ducks came swimming back.
Wiggles: “See the Little Bunny Sleeping”
See the little bunnies sleeping
til it’s nearly noon
Come and let us gently wake them
with a merry tune
Oh, how still.
Are they ill?
Wake up soon!
Hop little bunnies,
hop, hop, hop
Hop little bunnies,
hope, hop, hop
Hop little bunnies,
hop, hop, hop
Hop little bunnies,
hope, hop, hop
Book 2: Waking Dragons by Jane Yolen
Transition: “I Really Love to Dance” – Laurie Berkner Band, Buzz Buzz (with shaker eggs) 
Book 3: Who Wants a Dragon? by James Mayhew
Closing: “Goodbye” with sign language
Goodbye, friends. (x3)
It’s time to say goodbye.