Silly Stuff
Enjoy this Do-It-Yourself Storytime on Silly Stuff any time that is convenient for your family.
BOOKS:
Silly Tilly
• Written by Eileen Spinelli
• Illustrated by David Slonim
• Published by Two Lions
• Presented by
The barnyard animals get fed up with Tilly’s silly antics.
https://video.link/w/LYxac
Toddler Approved has instructions for making silly felt faces:
https://toddlerapproved.com/2010/01/felt-faces.html
Potato Pants
• Written and illustrated by Laurie Keller
• Published by Henry Holt & Company
• Presented by Mr. Crimins
Potato is excited to buy a stripy pair of potato pants but is afraid of the giant eggplant in the store.
https://video.link/w/BZxac
Babies to Bookworms has patterns, dancing, and fun with Potato Pants:
https://www.babiestobookworms.com/2018/11/05/patterns-dancing-and-fun-with-potato-pants/
That Is NOT a Good Idea!
• Written and illustrated by Mo Willems
• Published by Balzer & Bray
• Presented by Stratford Library
When a hungry fox meets a plump goose, her chicks warn, “That is NOT a good idea!”
https://video.link/w/jpQbc
Mo Willems has a whole event kit based on his book:
http://files.harpercollins.com/HCChildrens/OMM/Media/That%20Is%20Not%20a%20Good%20Idea!%20Event%20Kit%20%28%20%28Final%29.pdf
SONGS:
On Top of Spaghetti by Rock ‘n Learn
https://video.link/w/dbyac
The Silly Pizza Song by Signing Time (Rachel Coleman)
https://video.link/w/nkyac
Make a Silly Face by Bounce Patrol
https://video.link/w/qcyac
RHYMES AND FINGERPLAYS:
Shake Your Sillies Out
Shake, shake, shake your sillies out (shake your hands)
Shake, shake, shake your sillies out (shake your hands)
Shake, shake, shake your sillies out (shake your hands)
Wiggle your waggles away. (wiggle your behind like a tail)
Jump, jump, jump your jiggles out (jump up and down)
Jump, jump, jump your jiggles out (jump up and down)
Jump, jump, jump your jiggles out (jump up and down)
Wiggle your waggles away. (wiggle your behind like a tail)
Clap, clap, clap your crazies out (clap your hands)
Clap, clap, clap your crazies out (clap your hands)
Clap, clap, clap your crazies out (clap your hands)
Wiggle your waggles away. (wiggle your behind like a tail)
Jog, jog, jog your jitters out (jog in place)
Jog, jog, jog your jitters out (jog in place)
Jog, jog, jog your jitters out (jog in place)
Wiggle your waggles away. (wiggle your behind like a tail)
Shake, shake, shake your sillies out (shake your hands)
Shake, shake, shake your sillies out (shake your hands)
Shake, shake, shake your sillies out (shake your hands)
Wiggle your waggles away. (wiggle your behind like a tail)
The Lady with the Alligator Purse
Miss Lucy had a baby.
His name was Tiny Tim.
She put him in the bathtub
To see if he could swim.
He drank up all the water.
He ate up all the soap.
He tried to eat the bathtub,
But it wouldn’t go down his throat.
Miss Lucy called the doctor.
Miss Lucy called the nurse.
Miss Lucy called the lady
With the alligator purse.
“Cough!” said the doctor.
“Sneeze!” said the nurse.
“Tickle!” said the lady
With the alligator purse.
Out went the doctor.
Out went the nurse.
Out went the lady
With the alligator purse.
I Am Silly
(This is a counting movement activity. Start out slowly and repeat, going faster each time.)
I am silly, nutty, cuckoo (hold up the right hand in a fist.)
1-2-3-4-5 and (right hand – hold up fingers 1,2,3,4,5)
Switch! (put down right hand and put up left hand with 5 fingers up)
Cuckoo, nutty, silly am I (left hand up)
5-4-3-2-1and (put down fingers as you count down)
Switch! (put down left hand and put up right hand with 5 fingers up)
This is the Song That Never Ends by Shari Lewis
(tune can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PNah_fK1eo )
This is the song that never ends
It just goes round and round, my friend.
Some people started singing it not knowing what it was
And we’ll continue signing it forever just because
This is the song that never ends… (keep singing until you get tired of it!)
