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Share a Story: Pants Storytime

July 6, 2019 | strande

 

Did you miss our Pants Storytime this week? Don't worry, here's what you missed, plus a few more suggestions so you can create your own pant-astic storytime at home, complete with songs and stories.

Don't need a full storytime? Borrow a rhyme when you need a short distraction, or check out these materials and spend a few minutes reading together.

From Storytime

 

IF YOU'RE WEARING PANTS (Tune: If You're Happy and You Know It)

If you’re wearing pants and you know it, clap your hands

If you’re wearing pants and you know it, clap your hands

If you’re wearing pants and you know it, and you really want to show it,

If you're wearing pants and you know it, clap your hands.

[continue with stomp your feet, peekaboo, shout hurray!]

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Potato pants! by illustrator Laurie Keller

 

HEAD, SHOULDERS, KNEES, AND PANTS

Head, shoulders, knees and pants; knees and pants.

Head, shoulders, knees and pants; knees and pants.

Eyes and ears and mouth and pants.

Head, shoulders, knees and pants; knees and pants.

Moosey Moose by Christopher Raschka
Where do pants go? by Rebecca Van Slyke

 

PANTS-A-POKEY

You put your right leg in, you put your right leg out,

You put your right leg in and you shake it all about.

You do the pants-a-pokey and you turn yourself about. That’s what it’s all about.

You put your left leg in, you put your left leg out,

You put your left leg in and you shake it all about.

You do the pants-a-pokey and you turn yourself about. That’s what it’s all about.

You zip the zipper up, you zip the zipper down,

You zip the zipper up, and you shake all over town.

You do the pants-a-pokey and you turn yourself about. That’s what it’s all about.

You bend your knees here, you bend your knees there,

You bend your knees here and make sure your pants fit square.

You do the pants-a-pokey and you turn yourself about. That’s what it’s all about.

 

More Songs and Stories to Enjoy

Green pants by illustrator Kenneth Kraegel
Pants for Chuck by illustrator Pat Schories
Panda pants by 1962- Jacqueline Davies

 

TEDDY BEAR, TEDDY BEAR

Teddy bear, teddy bear turn around; teddy bear, teddy bear touch the ground.

Teddy bear, teddy bear reach up high; teddy bear, teddy bear wink your eyes.

Teddy bear, teddy bear put on your pants; teddy bear, teddy bear do a little prance.

Teddy bear, teddy bear bend those knees; teddy bear, teddy bear sit down please.

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Mary wears what she wants by illustrator Keith Negley
Octopants by Suzy Senior
Pete with no pants by illustrator 1967- Rowboat Watkins

 

SUGGESTED ACTIVITY

Be on the lookout for different colored pants today. Describe the different colored pants you see.