Great Shake Out Earthquake Prep for Laptimers

Rockin’ the World

A Toddler's Version of an Earthquake Drill

~A theme specific baby Laptime done in conjunction with The Great Utah Shake Out, the largest earthquake drill in Utah history.

(A light hearted approach to teaching babies and toddlers the basics of Earthquake preparedness.)

Over and Under
Amy's altered version of Open Them Shut Them


OVER 

 ~ arms round over your head

UNDER

 ~ tuck hands under your legs

 
OVER UNDER
Give a little clap

OVER UNDER
OVER UNDER

Fold them in your lap
~ fold hands in lap

Creep them Creep them,
Up and under your chin...
~ fingers crawl up baby's tummy

Now open your mouth wide
~open mouth

But do not let them in!
~hands behind back!

Over Under by Marthe Jocelyn
OPL Link

Do you have PIGGIES?!!! We’ll need our piggies soon.

Let’s warm them up shall we?

Piggies by Don and Audrey Wood
OPL Link
Tell this one like a a fingerplay with a mixture of American Sign Language signs; dirty, clean, cold, hot and just funny finger actions; hands out fingers wiggling madly








 

Three Little Pigs

. . . or at least Amy’s puppet version

Storyteller:  There once were three little pigs and their house was not big. It was time to move out on their own. 

Now we all know how this story works out; there was the first little pig with his straw, the second little pig and his bag of sticks, and out third little pig with his bricks. And the pigs each built their own houses . . . 

Piggie Works with one Hammer  

~sung to the tune of Johnny Works with One Hammer to 'build' the houses

Johnny works with one hammer, 

 ~Hammer with one hand

One hammer, one hammer,

Johnny works with one hammer,
Now he works with two.

Two hammers
~Hammer with both hands

Three hammers
~Hammer with both hands and one foot

Four hammers
~Hammer with both hands and both feet

Five hammers

~ Both hands, both feet -- and nod head.

Six hammers
~ Both hands, both feet, head -- and careful, don't bite your tongue--stick out your TONGUE

Then he fell asleep!
~ Fall back -- extreme exhaustion ;)

           

Da Da DUMM!!!

 

    Wolf: Hello there kiddo’s, Wolfs the name, and Pigs the game.

Storyteller: Er, excuse me, but we don’t allow wolves here

 

    Wolf: What?? Uhm, well how about this! (eyeglasses with mustache)

Storyteller: No, no. Not good enough. I can still see your big wolf ears.

    Wolf: Well, okay, (TURN AROUND) tada! (has a clown wig on!)

Storyteller: Weeellll, for the purposes of this story, it might just do . . . on with the story

Piggies: (sing) Oh we’re not afraid of big bad wolf, the big bad wolf la la la la la la

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK

    Wolf: Little pig little pig let me come in.

Piggie 1: Not by the hair of my chinny chin. ACK! I have no hair! He’s coming IN!!  I gotta RUN!!!

Storyteller: And what did that wolf do? He HUFFS and he PUFFS (have all the kids help) and blows that straw house in. Good thing that Piggie ran away…to his brother’s house of sticks…

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK

   Wolf: Little pig little pig let me come in.

Piggie 2: Not by the hair of my chinny chin. ACK! I’m too young for a hairy chin! He’s coming IN!!  Let's RUN!!!

 

Storyteller: And what does that wolf do? Well, he HUFFS and he PUFFS (remember to have the kids help) and blows that stick house in. Good thing those Piggies ran away…to thier brother’s house of bricks…

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK

    Wolf: Little pig little pig let me come in.

Piggie 3: Not by the hair of MY chinny chin. AHA! (Third pig--think Superman stance--has a fake beard on) You ain’t a-comin' in here!

    Wolf: Mary, Larry, and Harry, it’s almost time for our movie to start. 

Don't tell me you forgot about asking me for a ride. 

Silly pigs, it’s a good thing you three have a friend like me.

Silly old Wolf. Sillier Pigs!

Oh NO!  I, I feel a shaking, and a moving and a groovy grooving . . . just like those little piggie houses. What’s happening? I think, I think . . .

It’s time to SHAKE YOUR SILLIES OUT!

Shake My Sillies Out by Raffi
OPL Link

(form More Singable Songs by Raffi)

Oh, oh, it’s still a shaking! I think it’s an Earthquake!

Drop 

  COVER 

~ pretend to get under something--you remember UNDER.

…and HOLD ON!
~ and shake shake shake

 

and now . . .T I C K L E

 ~‘cause every earthquake drill needs a little tickle.

 

Grown-ups, I have treated this earthquake drill lightly. 

In reality, earthquake drills are serious and life saving.

So plan, practice and above all, hug those you love.

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Need a Storytime length instead of a Laptime short? 

Add these to stretch out the time: 

Earthquack! by Margie Palatini
OPL Link 










 

Henny Penny by Vivian French, (OPL Link) or Paul Galdone (OPL Link)





 









 
Chicken Little by Rebecca Emberley
OPL Link

Perfect Party Pig Day

Guess what day it is today?

It's Pigalific Pigarific Porcine Pig day!

Happy Pig Day! by Mo Willems
OPL Link

Okay everybody, let's get those piggies out . . .

Piggies by Audrey and Don Wood
OPL Link (told as a fingerplay, have book on display for taking home)

A long long time ago, pigs looked just like they do now, except for one thing . . .

Long-Nosed Pig by Keith Faulkner

(told with puppets - make sure you get some fun voice in there!)

And that is why you never hear a pig say anything but. . . 

OINK!

Two Mother Pigs

Two mother pigs

      Both thumbs up

Each had four babies, and that made ten

      Show 4 fingers on each hand

These four babies were black and white

      One hand

These four babies were black as night     

      Other hand

All eight babies loved to play

      Wiggle fingers

So they rolled and they rolled in the mud all day

      Roll hands

But at night, with their mother,

they curled up in a heap

       First, palms up

And they squealed and they squealed ,

until they went to sleep.

      Tuck thumbs under fingers

Now those were some pigs. One of my favorite pigs is, 

Piggie Pie Po by Audrey and Don Wood

OPL Link (read one chapter for a Laptime, all for a Storytime- also consider doing some bubbles here, a bubble dance or other action activity)

My oh my, that little piggie is one swell pig!

Those bubbles from Piggie Pie Po's bath remind me of another pig song. . . 

Higglety Pigglety Pop!

Higglety, pigglety pop!

The dog has eaten the mop

The pig’s in a hurry

The cat’s in a flurry

Higglety, pigglety, pop!

There's just something about that POP :)

Now, for a song that never fails to make me giggle,

This Little Piggy

This little piggy went to market

This little piggy stayed home

This little piggy ate roast beef

This little piggy had none

And this little piggy went

Wee wee wee all the way home

      Tickle tickle tickle

You really have to watch those piggies, they are awfully close to the parts that get tickled.

To Market

To market to market to buy a fat pig

Home again, home again, jiggity jig

To market to market to buy a fat hog

Home again, home again, jiggity jog

To market to market to buy a plum bun

Home again, home again, market is done

Home again, home again, we are done. 

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Additional Material

Fingerplays and Songs

I Had a Little Piggy

I had a little piggy and I fed him from trough,

And he grew so big and fat that his tail popped off

So I took me a hammer

And I took me a nail

And I gave that piggy a wooden tail.

Pettitoes

The pettitoes are little feet

And the little feet are not big

  Hands close together

Great feet belong to the grunting hog

  Hands apart= large

And the pettities to the little pig

 Wee Wee Wee

Piggie Wig and Piggie Wee

  Long fingerplay, consider only for storytime-aged kids

Five Pigs So Squeaky Clean
Sing it to “Five Green and Speckled Frogs”
(From Mels Desk found here)

Five pigs so squeaky clean
Cleanest you’ve ever seen
Wanted to go outside and play
Oink! Oink!
One jumped into the mud
Land-ed with a thud
Then there were four clean squeaky pigs

Books

Laptime

Olivia by Ian Falconer

OPL Link (if done right is okay for Laptime, might be best for Storytime)

There is a Bird on Your Head by Mo Willems

OPL Link

or We Are In aBook by Mo Willems

OPL Link

Three Little Pigs 

(any short version you like)

Storytime

To Market, To Market by Anne Miranda

OPL Link

Three Pigs by David Wiesner

OPL Link

Wait! No Paint! by Bruce Whatley

OPL Link 

Pig, Pigger, Piggest by Rick Walton

OPL Link

True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka

OPL Link

Bedtime

Please can I go back to bed? Pretty please with sugar on top?

Whatever do you do if you wake up in the morning and all you want to do is go back to bed!


Well?
What do you do?


You go to bed of course!
But first, we need to have a bedtime bath...


Bath Time by Eileen Spinelli
OPL link


Oh dear, that was one FULL bathtub! Good thing mom know just what to do.
Ooooo - what cute little piggie toes you have my dear, what cute little piggie fingers you have too!


Piggies by Audrey Wood
(I do this as a fingerplay - it works wonderfully)
OPL link


Okay, time to get out and dry off.
Now what is it that we do?
You got it - we brush our teeth!


Brush Your Teeth
(I used a shark puppet to show some good teeth here!)
- check out the Raffi cd!
OPL link

When you wakeup in the mornin' at a quarter to one
and you want to have a little fun
You brush your teeth
chh, chh, chh, chh, cha, cha, cha, cha!

...two, and you just don't know what to do
...three, and want the biggest smile for me
...four, and someone's knockin' upon your door
...five, and you're so happy to be alive

Let me see those shiney clean teeth! Open wide!
Wow, I'm blinded! You all did a superb job brushing those teeth.
Now it's off to bed with some snuggy fuzzy pj's and a bedtime story.


Wide-Mouthed Frog by Faulkner
OPL link


Are you all snuggled in bed now?
Good.
You want more? How about a little song?


Slippery Fish

Slippery fish, slippery fish
- Slide palms backwards and forwards - slipping
Swimming through the water,
Slippery fish, slippery fish
Gulp! Gulp! Gulp!
-hands to face, dismay, surprise, shock

Oh, NO! I've been eaten by an...
Octopus, Octopus,
- arms out and slowly waving up and down like an octopus

Swimming in the water,
Oh, Octopus, Octopus...
Gulp! Gulp! Gulp!
-hands to face, dismay, surprise, shock

Oh, NO! I've been eaten by a...
Great big shark, great big shark
-arms open and shut from the elbow to the hands, fingers interlock when they meet for sharp teeth.

Swimming in the water
Great big shark, great big shark
Gulp! Gulp! Gulp!
-hands to face, dismay, surprise, shock

Oh, NO! I've been eaten by a ...
Humongous whale, humongous whale
-arms open and shut in a huge 'whale-mouth' motion

Swimming in the water,
Humongous whale, humongous whale
Gulp! Gulp! Gulp!
-hands to face, dismay, surprise, shock

Oh, NO!!! Oh ..
-look around, look...who ate it...

YOU ate it!
-look of utter surpise on your face as you gesture to a child


Speaking of Fish - I'm wanna kiss that little fish-fish face of yours!
Uh-oh, no kissing? Are you sure?


Pout Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen
OPL link


Five in the Bed
(I used a penguin, a shark, a frog, a pig, and for the little one - a hedgehog)

Five in the bed and the little one said,
Roll over, roll over
So they all rolled over and one fell out.
(puppets roll over and OFF the table/bed)


Hmmm.
Are you asleep yet?
No?
Me either.

(wait)

How about now?
Phoowy.
How long does it take to fall asleep?


Tick Tock

Tick tock
Tick tock
Tick tock
Goes my daddy's big clock.
(repeat)

But my mommy's little clock goes
tick tick tick tick tick!
(and TICKLE those kids!)

...repeat this one again, particularly if you see that it's new for a lot of the kids/parents

Are you out of bed little one?
You need a kiss?
Oh, how could we have forgotten a goodnight kiss!?


Kissy Kissy Baby

Kissy, Kissy, fingers,
Kissy, Kissy, toes,
Kissy, Kissy, baby,
On your kissy nose

I Love to kiss your fingers,
I Love to kiss your toes,
I Love to kiss my baby,
On your kissy nose!


Are you ready to go to sleep now?
No?
Why not?
Ah, you are afraid there is a monster.


Go Away, Big Green Monster! by Edward Emberley
(flannel board story or book)
OPL link


Now no more monsters!
Let's rub your back and sing a quiet song


Sleep My Treasure
Let's Play Music - a MUST musical program for your 4 to 5 year olds, IMHO
- now rock slowly back and forth, if mama or daddy are near, have them come rock their children...

Sleep my treasure,
Close to mother.
Hush my baby do,
To your cradle comes a moonbeam.
Shining just for you.

...repeat for a father verse


Good night now, sleep tight.

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More:

If Animals Kissed Good Night by Ann Paul
OPL link

Tickle it up Time

A Tickle Me, Gitchy Gotchya Yes and No Laptime
(Play Tickle Time from Sandra Boynton's Rhinoceros Tap --OPL Link to CD here--as you open the program)

Gitchy gitchy Goo, Gitch-a gitchy gitchy Goo, Goo Goo gitchy...
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Hi everbody! Welcome to Laptime today! Oh, I hope you are ready.


Uh-oh. Before we start, I have to give you a warning, you see, today is a tickle storytime. Uh-huh, it's gonna be a true 'til you're blue tickle me time.

Hmmm, hold on, I'm missing something. 
Oh, dear. Oh no. Where did I put them . . . 
~tap you fingers thoughtfully against your chin, thinking...

Aha! Found them . . . my tickle-ingers, 
~look at your fingers, suddenly, almost as if a thought bubble appears over your head!...Your fingers!

My ickly tickly pigerifically tickling fingers. 
Also known as piggies . . .

Piggies?
Did you bring your piggies?
I found my piggies.
Oh, Yes Yes! I see them . . . Piggies!
hands out, madly wiggle your fingers. Exaggerate the YES nodding. Repeat, Yes. Yes.

I've got two fat piggies...
now launch into a telling,with both of your hands...

 

Piggies by Audrey and Don Wood
OPL Link

Use American Sign Language for 'hot', 'cold', 'dirty', 'clean', etc.
Have your fingers 'kiss' each other in smart, looooong and silly ways too.

Oooh, look at all those piggies, lovely sleeping little piggies. But wait . . . knock, knock wake up little piggies . . . 

Finger yawns so wide -- Yes, Yes -- Open them . . .

Open Them Shut Them

Open them, shut them,
Open them, shut them
~ open and shut fingers-in fists
Give a little clap
~ clap

Open them, shut them,
Open them, shut them
~open and shut fingers-in fists

Fold them in your lap
~ fold hands in lap

Creep them Creep them,
All the way to your chin...
~ fingers crawl up baby's tummy

Now open your mouth wide
~open mouth

But do not let them in!
~hands behind back!


No, no, don't let those piggies in!
Hmm, is everybody having fun yet?
No? Not yet?
~exaggerate the No head and finger shake, repeat No No.
I think we need to go looking for some missing funny bones, Yes?
~exaggerated Yes Yes, again.


Round the World

Round and round and round the world we go
~ spiral finger round
Round and back again
~ finger tightening the circles
Round and round and round the world we go
~ spiraling down to belly

To catch a grouchy bear
Where are we going to find him...
Oh, there and there and there!
~ tickle -gently poke and tickle


Or do you think you lost your funny bone here? Yes?


Funny Bones by Charles Reasoner



Well now that would be funny! To lose your head? Do you think that would really happen? No, No. Of course not! 


Ooo, can I tell you what gives me the sillies? No? Yes?
~emphasis on he No and the Yes.


Criss Cross Applesauce

Criss cross applesauce
~ draw an 'x' on child's back

Spiders crawling up your spine
~ fingers crawl up child's back to neck

Cool Breeze
~gently blow on child's neck

Tight squeeze
~ hug them

Gives my baby the sillies!
~ TICKLE!


I love to hear you laugh! Something else brings a smile to my face: It's thinking of my garden on a nice summer day . . . Yes?


Slowly Slowly Creeps the Garden Snail

Slowly, slowly creeps the garden snail
~start at child's feet and have fingers crawl up their sides

Slowly, slowly up the wooden rail
~end up with fingers on top of child's head

---Dramatic pause, deep breath. Shake your finger in a NO NO, but your head nods YES YES. Wait for it----

Quickly, quickly, quickly goes the little mouse
~fingers race around child's belly like a scampering mouse

Quickly, quickly, quickly all around the house!
~ tickle tickle tickle!


EEEEK!!!! No No No mice!
            CATCH THAT MOUSE!


Little Baby Mousey

Little tiny baby mousey,
~Walk fingers up baby's arm

From the barny to the housey,
In the pantry, under the shelf,

Found some cheese and helped himself!
~tickle under baby's arm or chin


Bzzzzzz, Bzzzt, Buzzz, Bzzz, BzzzZZzzzzZZZZzzzzz.
~Follow an imaginary bee with your eyes.

What is that? Buzzz, Bzzz, BzzzZZzzzzZZZZ Bzzzzzt
~Clap hands together (catch it)

Yes, yes! I got it! Oh, I'm...


I'm Bringing Home a Baby Bumble Bee

I'm bringing home a baby bumble bee
Won't my mommy be so proud of me!
~swing clasped hands from side to side as you sing

I'm bringing home a baby bumble bee
Ouch! He stung me!
~ stunned look, open hands

I'm squishing up a baby bumble bee
Won't my mommy be so proud of me!
~squish hands and mash that offending bee up

I'm squishing up a baby bumble bee...
Ewww, it's all yucky!
~ look at 'icky' hands


I'm wiping off a baby bumble bee
Won't my mommy be so proud of me!
~ wipe hands on pants

I'm wiping off a baby bumble bee
Ugh, it's all over me!
~look really sick/ill over the mess

Oh, I'm licking off a baby bumble bee
Won't my mommy be so proud of me!
~pretend to lick palms, you CAN make faces - 'this is so gross' faces ;) This has to SOUND like you are licking off the bee, just talk with your tongue out, it works GREAT!

I'm licking off a baby bumble bee
Uuhhh, that's really yucky!
~shudder, make more icky faces and say...

My mommy won't be proud of me!
~grin mischieviously, wag finger & shake head; 'no no'


Well, bees aren't really my type of food. No, no. Do you know what IS my type of food? Pizza! Yes, yes.


Pete's a Pizza by William Steig
OPL Link
This is a great fun book that you pat, roll and pretend your child is the pizza!

Ah, now that IS my favorite kind of food!
Yes, yes.



Shall we keep cooking? I know let's make Raisin Bread!


How to Make Raisin Bread

How do you make raisin bread?
You roll it,
~roll baby back and forth

You roll it,
You roll it,
You roll it,

An then you put the raisins in!
~give little tickle pokes all over
if you are at home, this is a great time to blow belly button raspberries for a dessert topping!

Oh No, no. I think my tummy is all done in. 
Time for big hugs --Yes, Yes--and goodbye kiddos!
 
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MORE Tickly stuff if you need it


Eye Winker
~point to each part as you say it

Eye winker
Tom tinker
Nose smeller
Mouth eater
Chin chopper
Chin chopper
Chin chopper
Chin!
~and tickle baby under chin

Speaking of your little body parts, let me see those Tickly-ickly TOES!


Toe-sy Woe-sy
~tickle and tap each body part

Toe-sy Woe-sy
Wee footy
Shin chappy
Knee nappy
Bulgie wulgie
Neckie peckie
Chinny winny
Nosy posy
Eye winky
Brow brinky
Over the crown we go
~tickle over the head and down back
Down, down, down the back, start over again!


Dance Your Fingers
~ dance and tickle your way all around your baby

Dance your fingers up
Dance your fingers down
Dance your fingers to the side
Dance'em all around!

Dance'em on your tummy
Dance'em on your head
Dance'em on your shoulders
And dance'em off to bed.


We've All Got Belly Buttons by David Martin










Tickle  Tum by Nancy Van Laan
OPL Link



Baby Butterfly
(from Let's Play Music)

I'm bringing home a baby butterfly now, 
that bumblebee didn't like me somehow,
(shake finger in a no-no)


So I'm bringing home a baby butterfly now, 
Won't my daddy be so very proud of me now!


An Extra Little Note

Simple concepts and lots of action are what you need to keep these littlest of the littles entertained, engaged, and happy. I have added the YES / NO emphasis to this Tickle Laptime to show how easy it is to incorporate a learning concept into a toddler storytime. All while still appealing to the adults--something we have to consider here in a library where we won't get patrons coming back if they are bored silly when they get here.

And so, seriously now, let's get down to the business of laughing and playing and having a whole bucketful of fun with your child at Laptime. Sit that cute little baby on your lap and get prepared to giggle your way to a happy happy day!

...and 

Yes, at Laptime in the library, you sit with both you and your child looking at the storyteller.

But, The BEST way is to be doing these at home--turn that child around, cuddle that toddler sitting sideways on your lap, or lay those infants on the floor (couch or bed) so they can be looking up at you. Now you can get started on some unforgettable moments of bonding.

After all, as the author Andrew Clements said in a speech I heard a few years ago:

"It’s not the material but the delivery system!"