Jungle Storytime (Orig. 8/2020)
This jungle storytime is perfect for the upcoming Tails & Tales Summer Quest theme! You can watch the storytime here.
Opening Songs:
As usual, our opening songs consist of:
The More We Get Together (using baby signs)
Shake My Sillies Out by Raffi
Flannel Board:
We LOVE this bath-time version of "Down in the Jungle"- found on Let's Play Kids Music.
Down in the jungle where nobody goes,
There’s a big fat elephant washing his toes,
With a rub-a-dub here, and a rub-a-dub there,
That’s the way he washes his toes!
(Chorus:
Boom, boogie, boom, boogie, boogie woogie boom
Boom, boogie, boom, boogie, boogie woogie boom
Rub-a-dub here, and a rub-a-dub there,
That’s the way he washes his ____!)
Down in the jungle where there’s nobody there,
There’s a great big lion washing his hair,
With a rub-a-dub here, and a rub-a-dub there,
That’s the way he washes his hair!
CHORUS
Down in the jungle, if you look in the trees,
There’s a cheeky monkey washing his knees,
With a rub-a-dub here, and a rub-a-dub there,
That’s the way he washes his knees!
CHORUS
Down in the jungle if you care to check,
There’s a very tall giraffe washing his neck,
With a rub-a-dub here, and a rub-a-dub there,
That’s the way he washes his neck!
CHORUS
Let us know if you'd like a stencil for our hand drawn flannel board!
BOOK:
We read "Over in the Jungle" by Marianne Berkes. We loved this story because it is a counting book AND each page rhymes, which are two great ways to keep the attention spans of younger readers.
More Books:
We typically read one book for preschool storytime, but here are some other great jungle stories!
