Monsters, Aliens and Octopi, Oh My!
Laptime Travels around the World and Beyond
- printable handout -
On you mark! Get set! GO!
Let's go exploring!
The Kids go Marching One by One
I you've just got babies and only a few toddlers, don't actually go marching, just tap you legs to keep the beat. For a Storytime you can use rhythm sticks though!
The kids go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah
The kids go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah
The kids go marching one by one,
The little one stops to suck his thumb
And they all go marching down around the town
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The kids go marching two by two, hurrah, hurrah
The kids go marching two by two, hurrah, hurrah
The kids go marching two by two,
The little one stops to tie his shoe
And they all go marching down around the town
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The kids go marching three by three, hurrah, hurrah
The kids go marching three by three, hurrah, hurrah
The kids go marching three by three,
The little one stops to climb a tree
And they all go marching down around the town
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Whew, that was some good marching there.
How far do you think we traveled?
I've Been to Harlem
I like to roll my arms for this song ...over, over, over...
I've been to Harlem
I've been to Dover
I've traveled this whole wide world over, over, over
Three times over,
Drink all the lemonade and turn the glasses over.
Well, we've been all over the world, but what about outer space?
Zzzzzrrroooomm! putt-putt-putt-putt CRASH!
What was that?
Did you just see a space ship zoom by?
Let's go investigate.
Oh dear, I think it's a, a, a monster, or a space alien, or maybe it's a, a, a hungry alien monster!
Hungry Monster by Phyllis Root
OPL link
(I just tell this story since the book is too small to read to a group. I use a puppet monster(or dragon or alien) a daisy, a rock and a little tree. I like to have a few older children hold the rock, the flower, the tree and the banana - older kids that will not be scared by the monster) 
That was a little scary there.
Glad we were able to be friends with that alien monster.
Do you think he will take us for a trip in his rocket ship?
Take a Trip in my Rocket Ship
Zoom, zoom, zoom, I'm going to the moon.
If you want to take a trip
Climb aboard my rocket ship...
step into a ship, crouch down as you countdown
5
4
3
2
1
BLAST-OFF
Jump!
Zoooooom, Vrooooooommmmmm, Zoooooom
fly around, arms out like a plane -have kids do the same it they are old enough.
We're Off to Look for Aliens by Colin McNaughton
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You can read the book for Storytime, but just sing the Universe verse for Laptime
p.s. this book can be sung to 'Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush'
...Here we go round the Universe the Universe the Universe...
Here we are! We're on the MOON!
Some important safety notes -
We can't breath on the moon without some special equipment.
Put on your helmet, step into your jumpsuit...
mime putting on a helmet, make breathing sounds, give a thumbs up...
Let's go see what the moon is made of, I hear that it's made of cheese!
Nope, not cheese. Just sandy dust, but let's keep exploring...
Reach for the Stars
Bend and stretch and reach for the stars
There goes Jupiter, there goes Mars.
Bend and stretch and reach for the sky,
Stand on tip-e-toe, oh so high!Wait a minute? What was THAT?
That was a COW! How did a cow get up here?
Hey Diddle Diddle
I like to have the puppets/stuffed animals for this part - not the dish or spoon though...
Hey diddle diddle,The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon,
The little dog laughed to see such fun,
And the dish ran away with the spoon
Silly old cow.
And where did that dish and spoon get to, I can't seem to find them at all!
Let's keep exploring!
I've also heard that there might be a man that lives here on the moon!
Stomp. Pouf. Stomp. Jump!
ACK!!! I don't see a man, but I DO see a Great Big Green MONSTER!!
Go Away Big Green Monster by Ed Emberley
OPL link
I use the felt story or the book is large enough and simple enough for a LT - or get creative and make a felt green Alien.and don't come back unless I say so!
Whew! I'm glad that Big Green Monster is gone.
Look, I can see the Earth from here.
If you've got a picture of the Earth, or a globe, use it :)
Is this what the moon sees every night?
What the Sun Sees, What the Moon Sees by Nancy Tafuri
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I just read the moon part. This book is big enough with short enough text to be a successful read at Laptime
And look all around, look at all these stars...
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Twinkle twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are
Up above the world so high
Like a diamond in the sky
Twinkle twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are.
Oh dear, I'm starting to get sleepy.
I think it's time to head back home.
Take a Trip in my Rocket Ship
Zoom, zoom, zoom, I'm going to my home.
If you want to take a trip
Climb aboard my rocket ship...
step into a ship, crouch down as you countdown
5 4 3 2 1 BLAST-OFF !
Jump! N
ow go 'flying' again, invite the kids to join you...
...brace yourselves!
Get ready, were going into the sea,
and just like the old time astronaughts used to do...
aaaaSPLASHAaaaaa
Still got your breathing masks on? Good job!
Let's go swimming!
Down, down, down into the sea.
thumbs up again, start 'swimming'
Bubble Hop Stop
I have a 'bubble gun' that was a big hit- just walk through the crowd shooting bubbles as you repeat the rhyme.
One bubble, 2 bubbles, 3 bubbles, top.
4 bubbles, 5 bubbles, 6 bubbles, hop
7 bubbles, 8 bubbles, 9 bubbles, pop
10 bubbles floating down, time to stop.
Look around, what do you see?
Baby Octopus
Skip to My Lou tune
Eight long arms and two big eyes
Salty tears when he cries
Lives down deep in the bottom of the sea
Can you guess what he can be?
See him wiggle, see him slide
Try to catch him, he will hide
Give him a kiss so he won't fuss
He's a baby octopus!
Oh no! Here comes his mama!
Mrs. Octopus
This is an altered version of Five Green and Speckled Frogs that a young patron Carly made up
Five little fishies swimming in the sea,
Teasing Mrs. Octopus,
You can’t catch me, you can’t catch me
Along comes Mrs. Octopus, quiet as can be…
And SNAPS that fishie right out of the sea!
Four little fishies swimming in the sea
…repeat until…
No more fishies swimming in the sea
…Mrs. Octopus has a full tummy!
Look up, up, up. There's our boat!
Swim, swim, swim. Hop in and ...
Row Row Row Your Boat
Row, row, row your boat gently in the sea,
Merrily, merrily, merrily life is fun for me.
Ah, home again.
Thank you all for being such brave travelers.
See you next time!
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More - just in case you need it:
All Around the World from the
CD Pillow Full of Wishes by Cathy Fink; Marcy Marxer
OPL link
Little Rabbit Foo Foo by Michael Rosen
OPL link
Dance by the Light of the Moon by Joanne Ryder
OPL link
- Can be sung to the tune of Buffalo Gals
Ticklemonster and Me by Max Haynes
My Monster Mama Loves Me So by Laura Leuck
OPL link
Zoom! Zoom! Zoom! I'm off to the Moon by Dan Yaccarino
Moon Plane by Peter McCarty
OPL link
Going Around the Sun: Some Planetary Fun by Marianne Berkes
OPL link
In the Space of the Sky by Richard Lewis
OPL link
Moonstruck by Gennifer Choldenko
Moongame by Frank Asch
OPL link
Mooncake by Frank Asch
OPL link
And if the Moon Could Talk by Kate Banks
OPL link
I'll Catch the Moon by Nina Crews
OPL link
Over in the Ocean: In a Coral Reef by Marianne Berkes
OPL link
Zoom Zoom Zoom Going
to the Moon
(aka: Take a Trip in my Rocket Ship version 2)
Zoom, zoom,
zoom,
I'm going
to the moon, moon, moon,
You can
come too, too, too
Going to
the moon, moon, moon.
If you want
to take a trip
Climb
aboard my rocket ship...
step into a ship, crouch down as you
countdown
5
4
3
2
1
BLAST-OFF
Jump!
Jump Jump Jump
Jump - jump – jump –
Jump over the moon;
Jump all the morning
And all the noon.
If You Ever, Ever, Never
If you ever, ever, ever, met a whale, whale, whale
You must never, never, never touch its tail, tail, tail, tail
For if you ever, ever, ever, touch its tail, tail, tail
You will never, never, never, meet another whale, whale, whale
Once I Caught a Fish Alive
1,2,3,4,5!
Once I caught a fish alive
6,7,8,9,10!
Then I let him go again
Why did you let him go?
Because he bit my finger so
Which finger did he bite?
The little finger on the right!
Baby Fish
Baby fish do do do do
Baby fish do do do do
Mommy fish do do do do
Mommy fish do do do do
Daddy fish do do do da da
Daddy fish do do do da da
Giant whale bu bu bu bu
Giant whale bu bu bu bu
Bu da dum!
