Book: Squeak-a-lot by Martin Waddell
(found in Stories for Me! A Read-Aloud Treasury for Young Children)
Fingerplay: "Five Little Mice" with stick puppet
Five little mice came out to play (hold up five fingers)
Gathering crumbs along the way (pick up crumbs)
Out came a pussycat sleek and black (tip toe*)
Five little mice went scampering back (run fingers)
Count down until…
No little mice came out to play (shake head no)
Gathering crumbs along the way
Out came the pussycat sleek and black (tip toe)
He saw no mice so he took a nap (pretend to sleep)
[*I changed this from the original by adding a cat stick puppet who did the tiptoeing for me.]
Action Rhyme: "Boing Boing Squeak"
Boing, boing, squeak! (bounce, bounce, jump)
Boing, boing, squeak!
A bouncing mouse is in my house (marching)
He’s been there for a week
He came from out of nowhere
He quickly settled in
I’m thankful that he came alone
I heard he has a twin
Boing, boing, squeak! (bounce, bounce, jump)
Boing, boing, squeak!
He bounces in the kitchen (marching)
He bounces in the den
He bounces in the living room
Look, there he goes again
Boing, boing, squeak! (bounce, bounce, jump)
Boing, boing, squeak!
The mouse just keeps on bouncing (marching)
Every minute of the day
He bounces, bounces, bounces
But he does not go away
Boing, boing, squeak! (bounce, bounce, jump)
Boing, boing, squeak!
[I changed this slightly from the original version, adding more choruses of "Boing, boing, squeak" and the motions.]
Nursery Rhyme / Action Rhyme: “Hickory Dickory Dock”
Hickory Dickory Dock (palms together, rock hands back and forth)
The mouse ran up the clock (fingers run up arm)
The clock struck one (clap once)
The mouse ran down (fingers run down arm)
Hickory Dickory Dock (palms together, rock hands)
Repeat with:
The clock struck two (clap twice)
The mouse said “boo!” (peek-a-boo)
The clock struck three (clap three times)
The mouse went “whee!" (slide fingers down arm)
The clock struck four (clap four times)
The mouse said “no more” (shrug)
Book: Cat and Mouse by Ian Schoenherr
Shaker Song: “Shake Your Shaker”
(to the tune of "Old MacDonald")
Shake your shaker in the air, shake it in the air.
With a shake-shake here and shake-shake there,
Here a shake, there a shake, everywhere a shake-shake.
Shake your shaker in the air, shake it in the air.
Shake your shaker way down low, shake it way down low.
With a shake-shake here and a shake-shake there,
Here a shake, there a shake, everywhere a shake-shake.
Shake your shaker way down low, shake it way down low.
Shake your shaker way up high, shake it way up high.
With a shake-shake here and a shake-shake there,
Here a shake, there a shake, everywhere a shake-shake.
Shake your shaker way up high, shake it way up high.
Shaker Song: “Egg Shakers Up”
Egg shakers up,
And egg shakers down,
Egg shakers dancing all around the town.
Dance them on your shoulders
Dance them on your head
Dance them on your knee
And tuck them into bed (fold egg inside hands, under head)
Shaker Song: “We Tap the Floor Together”
We tap the floor together
We tap the floor together
We tap the floor together
Because it’s fun to do!
(Repeat: clap our hands, wave hello)
Flannelboard/Puppet Story: Lunch by Denise Fleming
[I based my script on the book, but this way my mouse puppet gets to eat the food!]
Fingerplay: “Slowly, Slowly”
Slowly, slowly, very slowly creeps the garden snail (inch thumb up one arm)
Slowly, slowly, very slowly up the garden rail (inch thumb up other arm)
Quickly, quickly, very quickly runs the little mouse (run fingers up one arm)
Quickly, quickly, very quickly to his little house (run fingers up other arm)
Flannelboard Game: “Little Mouse, Are You in the ___ House”
Book: Maisy Goes to the Library by Lucy Cousins
Scarf Song: “We Wave Our Scarves Together”
(to the tune of “For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow”)
We wave our scarves together
We wave our scarves together
We wave our scarves together
Because it’s fun to do!
Wave ‘em up high
Wave ‘em down low
Wave ‘em in the middle
Because it’s fun to do!
We throw our scarves together
We throw our scarves together
We throw our scarves together
Because it’s fun to do!
We throw ‘em up high
We throw ‘em down low
We throw ‘em in the middle
Because it’s fun to do!
Scarf Song: “Popcorn Kernels”
(to the tune of “Frere Jacques”)
Popcorn kernels, popcorn kernels (wave scarf)
In the pot, in the pot (hide scarf inside cupped hands)
Shake them, shake them, shake them (shake cupped hands)
Shake them, shake them, shake them
Til they pop! Til they pop! (throw scarf into the air)
Scarf Song: “One Bright Scarf”
One bright 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)
Where did it go? (put it behind back, bring out empty hands)
Closing Song: “The More We Get Together”
The more we get together, together, together
The more we get together, the happier we'll be
'Cause your friends are my friends
And my friends are your friends
The more we get together, the happier we'll be.
Craft, exploration, manipulatives:
Playdough
Lacing shapes
After preschool storytime was over, I shared a modified version with K-2 students attending Spring Break camp in the community center. For this group, I replaced some of the rhymes with the flannelboard story Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young.
Each mouse touches a different part of the Something, until the last mouse shows them how to put the pieces together into one whole creature - an elephant!
Inspiration for today's storytimes came from the lovely folks at:
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