Princess Storytime

Welcome

Tune: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

Welcome, welcome everyone!

Now you’re here, we’ll have some fun,

First we’ll clap our hands just so,

Then we’ll bend and touch our toes,

Welcome, welcome everyone!

Now you’re here we’ll have some fun.

Magic Finger

Magic finger in the air
(Spin finger above head)


Magic finger in my hair
(Twirl finger in hair)
Magic finger on my hips
(Place finger on hip)
Magic finger on my lips

(Place finger on lips and become quiet)

Story

Princess Party by Joy Allen

I'm a Little Princess

Tune: I'm a Little Teapot

I’m a little princess, here’s my crown.
Here are my slippers, here is my gown.
If the dragon finds me, I won’t cry.
Feed his some cookies and wave goodbye!

I'm a little prince and here's my crown.

Here is my sceptre and here is my gown

If the dragon finds me, I won't cry

Feed him some cookies and wave goodbye.

Story

Fancy Nancy by Jane O’Connor

White Coral Bells
White coral bells upon a slender stalk
Lillis of the Valley deck my garden walk,
Oh don't you wish you could hear them ring?
That will happen only when the fairies sing.

Clap, Clap, Clap Your Hands

To “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”

Clap, clap, clap your hands,

Clap them all around.

Clap them loud, then clap them soft,

Now don’t make a sound.

Stamp, stamp, stamp your feet…

Prince with Feathered Cap
Here is a Prince with Feathered Cap,
(pretend to take off hat and bow)


Here are his boots, which go tap tap tap,
(tap feet)


Here is the Princess with a Crown
(pretend to hold crown over head)

Here is her lovely gown
(hold out gown and curtsy)


Here is the castle tall and wide
(spread out hands and arms tall and wide)


Where they can play safely inside!
(wrap arms around self and hug)

Story

Falling for Rapunzel by Leah Wilcox

Ten Little Gentleman

Ten little gentlemen standing in a row

Bow little gentlemen, bow down low,

Walk little gentlemen,

Right across the floor

And don’t forget gentlemen,

Please close the door.

Stories About Bedtime

Stories for Princesses

Princess Party by Joy Allen

Cinderella by Marcia Brown

Pinkalicious by Victoria Kann and Elizabeth Kann

Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China by Ai-Ling Louie

Princess Penelope by Todd Mack

Fancy Nancy by Jane O’Connor

Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude by Kevin O’Malley

Alice the Fairy by David Shannon

Falling for Rapunzel by Leah Wilcox

Come to the Fairies’ Ball by Jane Yolen

Early Literacy Corner

From their early years, children are read stories. They learn that this kind of writing is different from speaking, that stories sound different from everyday speech. Stories have words like “once upon a time” and “many years ago.” They come to understand that a story is a special, organized way of relating a series of events. By reading stories to your young child, using unfamiliar words until they become familiar, and discussing what happened first, next, after that, and finally—you are providing the foundation for story writing. From read-aloud stories, you can teach your young child to write by demonstrating the concepts of print.

--From Raising Young Children Well: Insights and Ideas for Parents and Teachers, edited by Sandra Radzanower Wolkoff, Neala Schwartzberg, and Jane Meckwood-Yazdpour