Space - Preschool Storytime

Books
The Boy and the Moon, by James Christopher Carroll
How to Catch a Star, by Oliver Jeffers
Frog in Space, by Green Wilma

Songs/Action Rhymes
Zoom! 
Zoom Zoom Zoom!
We're going to the moon
Zoom Zoom Zoom
We'll get there very soon
If you want to take a trip
Climb aboard my rocket ship
Zoom Zoom Zoom
We're going to the moon
In 5-4-3-2-1-Blast Off!

If You're Going to the Moon
Tune of "If you're happy and you know it"
If you're going to the moon, wear your boots (stomp stomp)
If you're going to the moon, wear your boots (stomp stomp)
If you're going to the moon, this is what you have to do,
If you're going to the moon, wear your boots (stomp stomp)
If you're going to the moon, wear your gloves (clap your hands)
If you're going to the moon, wear your gloves (clap your hand)
If you're going to the moon, this is what you have to do,
If you're going to the moon, wear your gloves (clap your hands)
If you're going to the moon, wear your helmet (point to your head)
If you're going to the moon, wear your helmet (point to your head)
If you're going to the moon, this is what you have to do,
If you're going to the moon, wear your helmet (point to your head)
If you're going to the moon, shout blast off 
If you're going to the moon, shout blast off 
If you're going to the moon, this is what you have to do,
If you're going to the moon, shout blast off 


Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Twinkle twinkle little star (open and close hands to make 'twinkling stars' with fingers)
How I wonder what you are
Up above the world so high (circle arms over head)
Like a diamond in the sky (make a diamond shape with fingers)
Twinkle twinkly little star (open and close hands to make 'twinkling stars' with fingers)
How I wonder what you are 

I'm a Little Astronaut

Tune:  “I’m A Little Teapot”

I’m a little astronaut

Flying to the moon.

My rocket is ready,

We blast off soon.

I climb aboard

And close the hatch.

5-4-3-2-1, off we blast!

We're Flying into Space
Tune: The Farmer in the Dell
We're flying off to space
We're flying off to space
I think we'll see the moon out there
We're flying off to space
We're flying off to space
We're flying off to space
I think we'll see some planets out there
We're flying off to space
We're flying off to space
We're flying off to space
I think we'll see some stars out there
We're flying off to space
We're flying off to space
We're flying off to space
I think we'll see some aliens out there
We're flying off to space

 
Feltboards
View video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7T0yVlFJ78

Five little men in a flying saucer,
Flew round the world one day,
They looked left and right,
But they didn't like the sight,
So, one man flew away
Four little men in a flying saucer,
Flew round the world one day,
They looked left and right,
But they didn't like the sight,
So, one man flew away
Three little men in a flying saucer,
Flew round the world one day,
They looked left and right,
But they didn't like the sight,
So, one man flew away
Two little men in a flying saucer,
Flew round the world one day,
They looked left and right,
But they didn't like the sight,
So, one man flew away
One little man in a flying saucer,
Flew round the world one day,
They looked left and right,
But he didn't like the sight,
So, then he flew away
So, then he flew away

Five Little Aliens
Five little aliens went out to play,
over the moon to the milky way.
Mama alien went hep, hep, hep,
and 4 little aliens came floating back.
(Repeat for 4, 3, 2, 1)
No little aliens went out to play,
over the moon to the milky way.
Father alien went hep, hep, hep,
and 5 little aliens came floating back!

S-P-A-C-E
Tune: Bingo
Let's get in our rocketship and travel to space-e
S-P-A-C-E
S-P-A-C-E
S-P-A-C-E
And we'll zoom up real soon
(repeat by taking a letter away and clapping.  Repeat until all letters are gone and you are clapping out SPACE)