Button, button, who’s got the button? I do! This story time is all about buttons! We will read a couple of books, sing a few songs, and play a game. There is also a button craft kit that you can pick up in the Youth Services department or at the drive-up window while supplies last.

Song: Clap and Sing Hello!

We clap and sing hello,
We clap and sing hello,
With our friends at story time,
We clap and sing hello!
(Wave and sing hello; stomp and sing hello.)

Movement: Open Shut Them

Open, shut them, open, shut them,
Give a little clap, clap, clap.
Open, shut them, open, shut them,
Put them in your lap, lap, lap.

Creep them, crawl them,
Creep them, crawl them,
Right up to your chin, chin, chin.
Open up your little mouth,
But do not put them in.

Source: (jbrary.com)

Book: The Good for Nothing Button

Written by Charise Mericle Harper

Published by Hyperion Books for Children

Flannel Board: Five Little Buttons

Five Little Buttons on my shirt
One popped off and rolled away….

Four Little Buttons on my shirt
One popped off and rolled away…

Three Little Buttons on my shirt…
One popped off and rolled away

Two Little Buttons on my shirt…
One popped off and rolled away

One little button on my shirt…
It popped off and rolled away

No more buttons on my shirt!
Oh no I need another shirt!

Source: LIBRIONYIAN

Movement: Remote Control

Remote Control Says…

Dance

Jump up and down

Sit

Make a silly face

Turn in a circle

Clap your hands

Stomp

Run in place

Reach to the ceiling

Source: LIBRIONYIAN

Literacy Tip:

On the move! Movement for children of all ages is important. From tummy time for babies to crawling and walking for toddlers to running and jumping for preschoolers, movement help children develop both large and small muscles. Children develop their large muscles through movements like: reaching, crawling, climbing and walking, which lead to the development of small muscle movements like holding a spoon or using a crayon… and buttoning a button! So rhymes that use motions, like the “Itsy Bitsy Spider,” acting out the stories that we read, such as “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt” and playing games, like “Button, Button, Whose Got the Button?” help support your child’s development.

Source: Zero to Three

Book: Pete the Cat and his Four Groovy Buttons

Written by Eric Litwin and James Dean

Published by Harper

Button Flower Craft

Supplies:

  • Blue paper
  • Green paper
  • Buttons
  • Glue dots for the buttons (children may need assistance)
  • Glue for the grass
  • Marker or crayon

Directions:

  1. Glue the green strip of paper on the bottom of the blue paper for grass.
  2. Use a glue dot one round button on the paper to be the flower center.
  3. Use a glue dots on the buttons around the center for the petals.
  4. Glue the flower shaped button on the blue paper.
  5. Draw lines with a maker or crayon for the stems.
  6. Glue the green buttons along the stem as leaves.

Hang on the refrigerator!

Source: The Best Ideas for Kids

Song: We Wave Goodbye Like This

We wave goodbye like this.
We wave goodbye like this.
We clap our hands for all our friends.
We wave goodbye like this.

(Repeat)

– Kris, Youth Services Specialist