Even though I presented this storytime on June 23 (after Father’s Day) I still wanted to celebrate dads in some way.

MOVEMENT: Welcome Song*

MOVEMENT: Peek-a-Boo*

BOUNCE: Ride a Little Pony*

BOOK:

I Love My Daddy Because… by Laurel Porter-Gaylord, pictures by Ashley Wolff

MOVEMENT: “Clap, Tap and Bend” from It’s Toddler Time by Carol Hammett and Elaine Bueffel

FLANNELBOARD:
D-A-D-D-Y

Idea taken from What Happens in Storytime.

There’s someone who takes care of me
And Daddy is his name-o.
D-A-D-D-Y
D-A-D-D-Y
D-A-D-D-Y
And Daddy is his name-o

For the next verse, replace the D with a hand to represent a clap.
There’s someone who takes care of me
And Daddy is his name-o.
clap-A-D-D-Y
clap-A-D-D-Y
clap-A-D-D-Y
And Daddy is his name-o.

Repeat until you are clapping for all 5 letters.

There are also other ways you can start this song:
I have the best father in the world… (from What Happens in Storytime)
I have a very special friend…
There is a man who I love… (from Briggs, Toddler Storytimes II)

BOUNCE: “Smooth Road to London Town” from A Smooth Road to London Town: Songs from the Parent-Child Mother goose Program by Kathy Reid-Naiman. 

BOOK:

Daddy Hug by Tim Warnes, illustrated by Jane Chapman

TICKLE: Round and Round the Garden*

NURSERY RHYME FLANNELBOARD:
Jack Be Nimble

Flannelboard from Little Folk Visuals

MOVEMENT: “Itsy Bitsy Spider” from Children’s Favorite Songs Volume 3 from Walt Disney

MOVEMENT: “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” from Songs for Wiggleworms by the Old Town School of Folk Music

MOVEMENT: Storytime’s Over*

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL IDEAS:

Book: Just Like You by Emma Dodd (This doesn’t specify if it is a father, mother, grandparent, so…)
Book: Daddy Hugs by Nancy Tafuri
Book: Up! by Kristine O’Connell George, illustrated by Hiroe Nakata
Book: Faster, Faster by Leslie Patricelli

HOW IT WENT:
Fun, but since I’m writing this belatedly, I don’t have much more than that to say.

ATTENDANCE: 51 people

* For these songs, please see my page Storytime Movements & Music