Read
Available through hoopla Digital
- Goodnight Already! by Jory John (read-along)
- Fiona, It's Bedtime from Zonderkidz
- Pete the Cat and the Bedtime Blues by Kimberly & James Dean (read-along)
Watch
These videos are available on Kanopy Kids for free and unlimited streaming. Click on the titles to be re-directed to the videos.
- Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late! (8 mins.) - The pigeon is back! This time he does not want to go to sleep! Do you think we should let him stay up late?
- Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site (10 mins.) - Down in the big construction site, tough trucks work with all their might. But now it's time to say goodnight! Say goodbye to the day with your favorite construction vehicles.
Sing
Sleeping Bunnies
(kids lie on the floor pretending to sleep)
See the little bunnies sleeping, ‘til it’s nearly noon
Come and let us gently wake them with a merry tune
Oh, how still. Are they ill?
Wake up soon.....
(kids wake up and hop around the room like bunnies)
Hop little bunnies, hop hop hop!
Hop little bunnies, hop hop hop!
Hop little bunnies, hop hop hop!
Hop little bunnies, hop...and...stop!
(repeat as many times as you like!)
Watch Video of Song Online
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Twinkle, twinkle, little star (open and close hands like flashing motion)
How I wonder what you are (shrug shoulders and put hands out palm up)
Up above the world so high (point up to the sky)
Like a diamond in the sky (put your thumbs together, and pointer fingers together, to make a diamond shape)
Twinkle, twinkle, little star (open and close hands like flashing motion)
How I wonder what you are! (shrug shoulders and put hands out palm up)
Watch Video of Song Online
Activity
Star Twirler Craft
https://www.redtedart.com/paper-plate-star-twirler/
Supplies:
- Paper Plate (or thin cardboard or paper cut into a circle if not available)
- Blue or black paint, markers, or crayons
- Yellow paper (or white paper colored yellow) cut into star shapes
- Scissors
- Glue
- String to hang the twirler (optional)
Steps:
- Color or paint the paper plate blue or black to resemble the night sky (cover all the white space!)
- After it dries, cut the paper plate in a large spiral (as shown in the picture)
- Glue stars to the spiral
- Attach a string to hang your twirler!
Bedtime Yoga
Stretch and relax your body to get ready for bed by participating in yoga for young children with Cosmic Kids Yoga. Watch on Youtube: Tommy the Bedtime Turtle: a Cosmic Kids Yoga Adventure! (17 mins.)
More Books
Books on Hoopla
- Bears in Beds by Shirley Parenteau (read-along)
- Fancy Nancy Saturday Night Sleepover by Jane O’Connor (read-along)
- Hush, Little Dragon by Boni Ashburn
- Olive the Sheep Can't Sleep by Clementina Almeida (*bonus borrow*, includes tips for making bedtime easier)
Books on Overdrive/Libby (note: These titles may have a waiting list.)
- A Bedtime for Bear by Bonny Becker
- Bedtime for Peppa by Scholastic
- Dr. Seuss' Sleep Book by Dr. Seuss
- Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney
- Max and Ruby's Bedtime Book by Rosemary Wells
Keep Learning
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