Evening Outdoor Storytime – Buzz, Buzz, Bug!

Have fun replicating this story time at home using this story time outline!

Warm Up Song: “Mr. Sun” by Raffi

Hello Song (using ASL):  Hello Friends

Hello friends,
Hello friends,
Hello friends,
It’s time to say hello.

Yoga Pose of the Week: Butterfly

Breath Play: Buzz Breath

As you sit in butterfly pose, imagine you’re buzzing around. Take a deep breath in. When you exhale, make a buzzing sound. Can you feel that letter Z sound tickle your tongue?

Book: Butterfly, Butterfly by Petr Horacek 

Nursery Rhyme: Little Miss Muffet

Little Miss Muffet (rock side to side)
Sat on a tuffet
Eating her curds and whey
Along came a spider (creep and crawl your fingers like a spider)
Who sat down beside her
And frightened Miss Muffet away (shout boo)

Mystery Box:

Today we had scarves in our mystery box.

Scarf Rhyme: Put Your Scarf in the Air

Tune: Happy and you Know It
Put your scarf in the air, in the air
Put your scarf in the air, in the air
Put your scarf in the air, now set it on your hair
Put your scarf in the air, in the air

Other Verses:
Put your scarf on your knees… be sure not to sneeze
Put your scarf on your tummy… now think of something yummy
Put your scarf on the floor… now pick it up once more

Scarf Song: “Flitter Flutter” by Johnette Downing

Movement Rhyme: Itsy Bitsy Spider

Itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout
Down came the rain
And washed the spider out
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain
And the itsy bitsy spider went up the spout again

Other verses:
The teeny tiny spider went up the water spout
The big humongous spider went up the water spout

Book: The Fly by Petr Horacek 

Movement Song: A Fly is on My Toe

Tune: The Farmer and the Dell
A fly is on my toe, a fly is on my toe
High ho just watch it go
A fly is on my toe (blow or shoo it off)

A fly is on my knee, a fly is on my knee
High ho, just watch it go
A fly is on my knee (blow or shoo it off)

Repeat by replacing toe and knee with other locations.

Circle Time:

We end our story time with some sort of group activity or dance. Today we danced with shakers to the song below!

Song: “Ants in your Pants” by Johnette Downing

Goodbye song: Goodbye friends

Goodbye friends,
Goodbye friends,
Goodbye friends,
It’s time to say goodbye.

Tags: ASL, breath, bugs, mystery box, read early read often, scarves, shakers, yoga