Bird Storytime

1 Bread and Butter Chant
2 2 Little Dickie Birds Rhyme
3 Ducks Key – Where Can It Be? by Martin Waddell
4 Six Little Ducks Song
5 Parrot on my Shoulder Felt Story
6 Little Red Hen Story
7 Hickety Pickety Song
8 Five Little Chicks by Nancy Tafuri
9 Charlie Chick by Nick Denchfield
10 Mr Owl Rhyme
11 Little Bird Rhyme
12 Rockin Robin Music with instruments


1
Bread and Butter

This chant goes in the rhythm of a clap on both knees, then a normal clap. This rhythm continues throughout the rhyme except when “saying” hello or goodbye

Bread and Butter
Marmalade and Jam
Let’s say Hello
As quietly as we can
Hello
Quietly

Bread and Butter
Marmalade and Jam
Let’s say Hello
As loudly as we can
Hello
Loudly

Bread and Butter
Marmalade and Jam
Let’s say Hello
As slowly as we can
Hello
Slowly

Bread and Butter
Marmalade and Jam
Let’s say Hello
As fast as we can
Hello
Fast

Bread and Butter
Marmalade and Jam
Let’s say Hello
As high as we can
Hello
In high voice

Bread and Butter
Marmalade and Jam
Let’s say Hello
As low as we can
Hello
In a very low voice


2
Two Little Dickie Birds

Hold up one finger on each hand to be the birds

Two little dickie birds sitting on a wall
One named Peter, one named Paul
Wiggle each finger as it is mentioned
Fly away Peter
Put one hand behind your back
Fly away Paul
Put other hand behind your back
Come back Peter
Bring one hand back to the front
Come back Paul
Bring other hand back to the front


4
Six Little Ducks by Raffi

Six little ducks that I once knew
Fat ones, skinny ones, fair ones, too
But the one little duck with the feather on his back
He led the others with a quack, quack, quack

Quack, quack, quack,
Quack, quack, quack
He led the others with a quack, quack, quack

Down to the river they would go
Wibble, wobble, wibble, wobble, to and fro
But the one little duck with the feather on his back
He led the others with a quack, quack, quack

Quack, quack, quack,
Quack, quack, quack
He led the others with a quack, quack, quack

Back from the river they would come
Wibble, wobble, wibble, wobble, ho, hum, hum
But the one little duck with the feather on his back
He led the others with a quack, quack, quack

Quack, quack, quack,
Quack, quack, quack
He led the others with a quack, quack, quack.


5
Parrot On My Shoulder

We use two felt parrot mitts for this.

Two little parrots on my shoulder preched
Bring hands up with parrot mitts on each shoulder
One flew away and then there was one
Put one mitt behind your back
The other flew away and then there were none
Put both mitts behind your back

One flew back and said "Hello Polly!"
Bring one mitt back to shoulder
The other flew back and said "I'd like a cracker by golly!"
Bring other parrot back


6
Little Red Hen

We have felt pictures of the animals to go along with this story, children love the repetition and ending

One day the little red hen found some seeds on the ground. The little red hen had an idea. She would plant the seeds.
The little red hen asked her friends, "Who will help me plant the seeds?"
"Not I," said the lazy frog.
"Not I," said the sleepy rat.
"Then I will do it myself!" said the little red hen. So the little red hen planted the seeds all by herself.

When the seeds had grown, the little red hen asked her friends, "Who will help me cut the wheat?"
"Not I," said the lazy frog.
"Not I," said the sleepy rat.
"Then I will do it myself!," said the little red hen. So the little red hen cut the wheat all by herself.

When all the wheat was cut, the little red hen asked her friends, "Who will help me take the wheat to the mill to be ground into flour?"
"Not I," said the lazy frog.
"Not I," said the sleepy rat.
"Then I will do it myself!," said the little red hen. So the little red hen brought the wheat to the mill all by herself, ground the wheat into flour, and carried the heavy sack of flour back to the farm.

The tired little red hen asked her friends, "Who will help me bake the bread?"
"Not I," said the lazy frog.
"Not I," said the sleepy rat.
"Then I will do it myself!," said the little red hen. So the little red hen baked the bread all by herself.

When the bread was finished, thelittle red hen asked her friends, "Who will help me eat the bread?"
"I will," said the lazy frog.
"I will," said the sleepy rat.
"Oh No You Won’t!" said the little red hen. "I will eat it myself!" And she did.


7
Hickety Pickety

Hickety Pickety by black hen
She lays eggs for gentlemen
Sometimes 5 and sometimes 10
Hickety Pickety my black hen


8
Five Little Chicks

We have five felt board chicks we use with this

Said the first little chicken,
With a strange little squirm,
"I wish I could find
A fat little worm."

Said the next little chicken,
With an odd little shrug:
"I wish I could find
A fat little bug."

Said a third little chicken,
With a small sigh of grief,
"I wish I could find
A green little leaf!"

Said the fourth little chicken,
With a faint little moan,
"I wish I could find
A wee gravel stone."

"Now, see here!" said the mother,
From the green garden patch,
"If you want any breakfast,
Just come here and scratch!"


10
Mr Owl

We have a fantastic owl puppet with a swivel head we use for this

Late at night when you're in bed,
Mr. Owl perks up his head.
He looks left and he looks right,
In the dark all through the night.
Hear him hoot when you're in bed,
When Mr. Owl perks up his head.


11
Little Bird

Once I saw a little bird
Come hop, hop, hop;
So I cried, "Little bird,
Will you stop, stop, stop?"
I was going to the window,
To say, "How do you do?"
But he shook his little tail
And far away he flew.


12
Rockin Robin

I hand out little instruments, rattles, drums etc and let the kids (and parents) rock along with this

Tweedily deedily dee, Tweedily deedily dee,
Tweedily deedily dee, Tweedily deedily dee,
Tweedily deedily dee, Tweedily deedily dee,
Tweedily deedily dee, Tweedily deedily dee,
Tweet, tweet, tweet tweet

He rocks in the treetops all day long,
Hoppin' and a-boppin' and a-singin' his song.
All the little birds on J-Bird Street,
Love to hear the robin go tweet, tweet, tweet.

Rockin' robin (tweet, tweet, tweet);
Rock, rock, rockin' robin (tweet, tweedle-dee);
Go rockin' robin, we're really gonna rock tonight.

Every little swallow, every chickadee,
Every little bird in the tall oak tree,
The wise old owl, the big black crow,
Flappin' their wings singin' go bird, go.

Rockin' robin (tweet, tweet, tweet);
Rock, rock, rockin' robin (tweet, tweedle-dee);
Go rockin' robin, we're really gonna rock tonight.

The pretty little raven at the bird man stand
Taught him how to do the bop and it was grand,
He started goin' steady and "bless my soul,"
He out-bopped the buzzard and the oriole.

Rockin' robin (tweet, tweet, tweet);
Rock, rock, rockin' robin (tweet, tweedle-dee);
Go rockin' robin, we're really gonna rock tonight.

He rocks in the treetops all day long,
Hoppin' and a-boppin' and a-singin' his song.
All the little birds on J-Bird Street,
Love to hear the robin go tweet, tweet, tweet.

Tweedily deedily dee, Tweedily deedily dee,
Tweedily deedily dee, Tweedily deedily dee,
Tweedily deedily dee, Tweedily deedily dee,
Tweedily deedily dee, Tweedily deedily dee,
Tweet, tweet, tweet tweet