Happy July! A classic summer activity is going outside for a picnic and with this weather and the upcoming holiday I am sure you are ready to brush off that picnic blanket.
Opening Song: The More We Get Together
*We sing and clap to our opening song. All Stillwater Public Library
story times start with this song and the children learn that song means
story time is starting.
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.
Book: Bing: Go Picnic by Ted Dewan
Song: Here We Go on a Picnic (Sung to: "Mulberry Bush")
Here we go on a picnic today,
A picnic today, a picnic today.
Here we go a picnic today,
On such a beautiful ______ (day of the week)
This is the way we spread our cloth,
Spread our cloth, spread our cloth.
This is the way we spread our cloth,
On such a beautiful _____ (day of the week)
This the way we eat our lunch...
This is the way we play our games....
This is the way we clean it up...
After a delightful picnic.
We had fun on a picnic today,
Picnic today, picnic today.
We had fun on a picnic today,
On such a beautiful _____ (day of the week).
Book: One Hundred Hungry Ants by Elinor J. Pinczes
Song: The Ants go marching CD:
Toddler favorites too!
The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching one by one,
The little one stops to suck his thumb
And they all go marching down to the ground
To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The ants go marching two by two, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching two by two, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching two by two,
The little one stops to tie his shoe
And they all go marching down to the ground
To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The ants go marching three by three, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching three by three, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching three by three,
The little one stops to climb a tree
And they all go marching down to the ground
To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The ants go marching four by four, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching four by four, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching four by four,
The little one stops to shut the door
And they all go marching down to the ground
To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The ants go marching five by five, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching five by five, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching five by five,
The little one stops to take a dive
And they all go marching down to the ground
To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The ants go marching six by six, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching six by six, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching six by six,
The little one stops to pick up sticks
And they all go marching down to the ground
To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The ants go marching seven by seven, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching seven by seven, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching seven by seven,
The little one stops to pray to heaven
And they all go marching down to the ground
To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The ants go marching eight by eight, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching eight by eight, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching eight by eight,
The little one stops to shut the gate
And they all go marching down to the ground
To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The ants go marching nine by nine, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching nine by nine, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching nine by nine,
The little one stops to check the time
And they all go marching down to the ground
To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The ants go marching ten by ten, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching ten by ten, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching ten by ten,
The little one stops to say "THE END"
And they all go marching down to the ground
To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Book: We're Going on a Picnic! by Pat Hutchins
Craft: Make your own picnic
Cut out food pictures from magazines and glue them on a piece of paper to plan your own picnic.
Beyond Storytime: Go on a picnic and look for ants!
A list of Stillwater parks can be found at
stillwater.org
Other books to checkout:
The Best Picnic Ever by Clare Jarrett
The Most Perfect Spot by Diane Goode
Ready for Anything! by Keiko Kasza
