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

Curious Crazy Creatures and their Custodial Caretakers

Curious Crazy Creatures and their Custodial Caretakers
A wacky, zany and totally funny 30 minute Story time for 1st-6th graders as presented by our fabulous storyteller and fellow librarian Julie E.!

Resources:

Books:

My Little Sister Ate One Hair by Bill Grossman
OPL Link

Hattie and the Fox by Mem Fox

OPL Link

Edward the Emu by Sheena Knowles
OPL Link








Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing by Judi Barrett
OPL Link










Wait! No Paint by Bruce Whatley
OPL Link







Visuals:

Goose
Pig
Sheep
Horse
Cow
Hen
Fox
Doll clothes

Program:

1) Welcome, favorite animals, going to the zoo

2) Edward the Emu

3) Assign 7 children to be the animals

4) Hattie and the Fox

5) Practice, “but she didn’t!”

6) My Little Sister Ate One Hair

7) Song: Chicken Lips (For Our Children CD)
OPL Link


8) What kinds of clothes do animals wear? Why? Have some children try to put clothes on one of the animals

9) Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing

10) If there is still time left, Wait! No Paint

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Additional titles that come to mind:

Good Night Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann
OPL Link

My Little Sister Hugged an Ape by Bill Grossman
OPL Link


 




Hildegard Sings by Thomas Wharton
Out of print title, not available at the library





 
Sarah's Story by Bill Harley
OPL Link





 


 

Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros? by Shel Silverstein
OPL Link

Philadelphia Chickens: a too-illogical zoological musical revue by Sandra Boynton
OPL Link


 



Blue Moo: 17  Jukebox hits from way back never by Sandra Boynton
OPL Link

Amazing Cows: A book of bovinely inspired misinformation by Sandra Boynton
OPL Link






 

Chickens to the Rescue by John Himmelman
OPL Link

 
Chicken Butt by Erica Perl
OPL Link









 

Interrupting Chicken by David Stein
OPL Link

Check out an amazing example of telling Interrupting Chicken by one of Orem Library's volunteer storytellers, Mary D

 

Click Clack Moo by Doreen Cronin
OPL Link









Piggie Pie by Margie Palatini
OPL Link

Busy in the Barnyard

Moo, Neigh, Gallopy-Trot and Away we Go!

Let's go visit the barnyard!
~I like to play some warm-up music, my favorite is Cows from Philadelphia Chickens by Sandra Boynton
...cows, we're remarkable cows...


Barnyard, Barnyard
- this is a song I learned from Let's Play Music
- I cannot recommend taking these classes enough, if you have preshool-aged kids it's the best!
This song works great with a hand clapping beat.

Barnyard Barnyard
All around the barnyard
Here the cows say
Moo Moo
~clap clap


(repeat)

All around the barnyard
Moo Moo
~clap clap

Animals are talking
Moo Moo
~clap clap

Even though it sounds like
Moo Moo
~clap clap

Just a lot of squawking!
~shrug shoulders, hands up

Bababababababa ba
~pat your legs fast, then move back into clapping beat 'Barnyard, Barnyard'
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Now do it again, but with each of the other animals and their sounds

- oh, in the music classes you use different rhythms for the sounds, like...

Squeaky squeaky squeak squeak (mouse)
~clappy, clappy, clap clap
Hee Haw, Hee Haw (donkey)
~clap clap clap clap
Ba Ba Ba-ba-ba (lamb)
~clap clap clappy clap


Oh, there is Mr. Farmer! He's on his horse and headed out to do the field work,
on his way often he meets other people who are out enjoying a ride...


This is the Way the Farmer Rides

This is the way the farmer rides
~bounce baby in a trot on your knees

The farmer rides, the farmer rides. So early in the morning.
This is the way the farmer rides, the farmer rides, the farmer rides.
So early in the morning.

This is the way the gentleman rides
~bounce baby in an English trot

This is the way the lady rides
~bounce baby in a soft trot

This is the way the baby rides
~bounce baby in a silly, tickly jiggly trot

My goodness, that Mr. Farmer, he sure meets a lot of people out and about.
Well, while he is off gallavanting around the fields,
The Mrs is doing some cleaning!

Time to get the washing started...


We Are Clothes in the Washing Machine
- thanks Allison S!

We are clothes in the washing machine
-make a circle with your arms and wiggle the child inside

We wiggle and giggle until we are clean
Then our mama hangs us up to dry
-lift child's arms up

On a clothesline way up high!


You never knew laundry could be so much fun!
Now, Let's go out in the barnyard with the Mrs; better known as Mrs. Wishy Washy -
It's time to water the garden and feed the chicks - can you turn on the water?


Slowly, Slowly

Slowly, slowly, very slowly,
~ slowly creep fingers from childs feet to the top of their head
creeps the garden snail.
Slowly, slowly, very slowly,
~make sure you pause on the sides of child's neck here - VERY ticklish!
Up the wooden rail

Quickly, quickly, quickly, quickly
~and tickle the child all around their tummy!
Goes the little mouse,
Quickly, quickly, very, quickly
All around the house.


Oh, no! Look by the garden!
Cow! Pig! Not you too Duck! What are you doing?


Mrs. Wishy Washy by Joy Cowley
OPL catalog link
~ Get the book. Memorize the book. Get a puppet cow, pig and duck. Get a washbucket and a brown blanket for a 'mud puddle'. Now have some fun!


Those animals! Well, we don't have time for thier hi-jinks.
A barnyard is always busy.
Let's go feed the pigs and the poultry now.

Suuuuey! Come Pig!


I Had a Little Piggie

I had a little piggie
~hands apart to show a little pig
And I fed him from a trough
He grew so big and fat
~ move hands apart to show he got big
That his tail popped off!
~pop finger out of cheek!

So I got me a hammer
~hold up one hand holding a 'hammer'
And I got me a nail
~hold up other hand holding a 'nail'
And I gave that piggie a wooden tail.
~'hammer' the 'nail' - look of surprise!


Those piggies, they aren't named pigs for nothing!
Time for the chickens now, here chicky, chicky, chick!


Ten Fluffy Chicks

Five eggs
~hold up five fingers
and five eggs
~hold up second hand

That makes ten
Sitting on top is mother hen
~lock fingers together, knuckles up

Crackle, crackle, crackle
~clap hands

What do I see?
Ten fluffy chicks as yellow as can be!
~hold all 10 wriggling fingers


Five Little Chicks Went Out To Play
by Amy White

Five little chicks went out to play,
over the hills and far away.
When the mama hen said,
bawk, bawk, bawk
Four little chicks came waddling back.

Four little chicks went out to play...
(repeat until 'no little chicks' - do NOT do the daddy part yet...)


Oh, no! Where are all the little chicks! Let's see if we can find them...


Where Are My Chicks? by Sally Grindley
OPL catalog link


Well, I can tell you that the next day Mama Duck just called on the Daddy and....

When the daddy rooster said
Cock a DOODLE DOO!
Five little chicks came waddling back.

Whew, Mama Goose and Mama Hen should keep better track of those little goslings and chicks!
Well, after all that hullabaloo it's Lulu's Mama's job to put little ones to bed at night...


Goodnight Lulu by Paulette Bogan


and a goodnight to you too my chickadees!
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More...

Barnyard Song by Rhonda Greene
OPL catalog link