Outreach Storytime Birds

This is a story time we used for outreach. The order and number of the stories changes depending on the age and attention span of the group.

Book: Tickle the Duck by Ethan Long.

Book: Penguin Story by Antoinette Portis.

Book: Don't Let the Pigeon Ride the Bus by Mo Willems.

Book: Owl Babies by Martin Waddell

Book: Barnyard Banter by Denise Fleming. We used a goose puppet with this story. The goose would peek out from behind the book each time the book asked "but where's goose?" At the end goose came out and gave a big "honk." Then we let the kids pet the goose.

Song: I Know a Chicken from Laurie Berkner's Whaddaya Think of That? We handed out egg shaped shakers to use with this song.

Song: A Bird Is on Your Nose to the tune of The Farmer in the Dell
A bird is on your nose, on your nose.
Hi-ho watch me blow, a bird is on your nose.

Repeat with other body parts. We handed out feathers that the kids could use to fly from body part to body part.

Poem: My Mother Makes Me Chicken by Jack Prelutsky.
My mother makes me chicken,
her chicken makes me cough.
I wish that when she made it,
she took the feathers off.

End this poem by coughing into your hand and blowing out a bunch of feathers. So funny!

Song: The Little Bird Song
Way up in the sky, (Raise arms above head)
the little birdies fly, (Flap hands)
While down in the nest, (Cup hands)
the little birdies rest. (Press hands together on cheek to “sleep”)
With a wing on the left, (Fold hand under arm to make “wing”)
and a wing on the right, (Fold hand under arm to make “wing”)
The little birdies sleep
all through the night. (Press hands together on cheek to “sleep”)
(pause)
Shhhhh! You might wake up the birds! (Spoken with finger to lips)
(pause)
The bright sun comes up, (Raise arms above head)
the dew falls away, (Wiggle fingers as you bring your hands - downward)
Good Morning, Good Morning! (Make hands “talk” like birds’ beaks)
the little birdies say.

by Patrick