This is a book baby we used for outreach. The order and number of the stories changes depending on the age and attention span of the group.
Book: What Will Fat Cat Sit On? by Jan Thomas
Book: Peek-a-Moo! by Marie Torres Cimarusti
Book: Piggies by Audrey Wood
Book: Hooray for Fish by Lucy Cousins
Song: Old MacDonald Had a Farm. We used finger puppet animals with this one.
Fingerplay: Five Little Sea Creatures
Five little sea creatures
On the ocean floor;
The shark swam away
Now there are four.
Four little sea creatures
Living in the sea;
The octopus crept away
Now there are three.
Three little sea creatures
Wondering what to do;
“Good-bye,” said the starfish
Now there are two.
Two little sea creatures
Not having much fun;
Off swam the seahorse 
Now there is one.
One little hermit crab
Sad and all alone,
Back came the starfish
Back came the sea horse
Back came the octopus
Back came the shark
Then all five went home
Rhyme: Slowly, Slowly
Slowly, slowly, very slowly
Creeps the garden snail.
Slowly, slowly, very slowly
Up the wooden rail.
(Walk hand slowly up baby’s tummy)
Quickly, quickly, very quickly
runs the little mouse.
Quickly, quickly, very quickly
All around the house
(Tickle baby throughout)
Rhyme: The Elephant
An elephant goes like this & that
(sway body)
He’s terribly big and terribly fat.
(raise arms from sides)
He has no fingers
(wiggle fingers)
He has no toes,
(point to toes)
But goodness gracious what a nose!
(hold arm in front of face like a trunk)
Rhyme: The Itsy Bitsy Spider
The itsy bitsy spider
climbed up the water spout.
Down came the rain
and washed the spider out.
Up came the sun
and dried up all the rain.
And the itsy bitsy spider
climbed up the spout again.
by Patrick
