Storytime Songs and Stories
Theme : Opposites
Book Titles
Tiny Little Fly by Michael Rosen
Am I Big or Little? by Margaret Bridges Park
Mine’s Bigger than Yours! by Jeanne Willis
Where is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox
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This is Big
This is big, big, big
(stretch hands far to sides)
This is small, small, small
(cup hands together)
This is short, short, short
(hold palms close vertically)
This is tall, tall, tall
(hold palms far apart vertically)
This is fast, fast, fast
(roll hands quickly)
This is slow, slow, slow
(roll hands slowly)
This is yes, yes, yes
(nod head)
This is no, no, no
Little Turtle
There was a little turtle
(put hands on top of one another)
He lived in a box
(make box)
He swam in a puddle
(swimming motion)
He climbed on the rocks
(climbing motion)
He snapped at a mosquito (clap)
He snapped at a flea (clap)
He snapped at a minnow (clap)
And he snapped at me (clap)
He caught the mosquito
(cup hands together)
He caught the flea
(cup hands together)
He caught the minnow
(cup hands together)
But he didn’t catch me!
(shake finger “no”)
Incy Wincy Spider
Incy Wincy Spider climbed up the water spout,
Down came the rain and washed poor incy out.
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain,
So incy wincy spider climbed up the spout again.
I’m a Little Teapot
I’m a little teapot, short and stout,
Here is my handle, here is my spout,
When I get all steamed up, hear me shout,
Tip me over and pour me out.
Little Duck
I saw a little duck go hop, hop, hop
(hop three times)
I told the little duck to stop, stop, stop
(hold up hand for stop)
I went to the window to say, ‘How do you do?’
(handshake)
He wagged his little tail and away he flew!
(shake tail and fly away)
Grand Old Duke of York
Oh, the grand old duke of york,
He had ten thousand men:
He marched them up to the top of a hill,
And he marched them down again.
And when they were up, they were up,
And when they were down, they were down
And when they were only half way up
They were neither up nor down.