Spider Storytime

Books:

I'm a Shark by Bob Shea
The Itsy Bitsy Spider by Iza Trapani
Little Miss Muffet by Iza Trapani

Additonal books:
Aaaarrgghh! Spider! by Lydia Monks
Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock by Eric Kimmel

Songs:

There's a Spider on the Floor

(We used scarves with this song. We pretended the scarf was a spider and slowly moved it up our bodies with the song)

There's a spider on the floor, on the floor.
There's a spider on the floor, on the floor.
Who could ask for anything more, than a spider on the floor.
There's a spider on the floor, on the floor.

Now the spider's on my leg, on my leg.
Now the spider's on my leg, on my leg.
Oh, I wish I had some Raid for this spider on my leg!
Now the spider's on my leg, on my leg.

Now the spider's on my chest, on my chest!
Now the spider's on my chest, on my chest!
Oh, I'd squish him in my vest, if it didn't make a mess!
Now the spider's on my chest, on my chest!

Now the spider's on my neck, on my neck!
Now the spider's on my neck on my neck!
Oh, I'm gonna be a wreck, I've got a spider on my neck!
Now the spider's on my neck on my neck!

Now the spider's on my face, on my face!
Now the spider's on my face, on my face!
Oh, what a big disgrace, I've got a spider on my face!
Now the spider's on my face, on my face

Now the spider's on my head, on my head!
Now the spider's on my head, on my head!
Oh, I wish that I were dead. I've got a spider on my head!
Now the spider's on my head, on my head!
But he jumps out!

Now there's a spider on the floor, on the floor.
There's a spider on the floor, on the floor.
Who could ask for anything more, than a spider on the floor.
There's a spider on the floor, on the floor.

The Itsy Bitsy Spider

The Itsy Bitsy Spider crawled up the water spout.

Down came the rain, and washed the spider out.

Out came the sun, and dried up all the rain,

And the Itsy Bitsy Spider went up the spout again.

 

The Big Gigantic Spider 

(we used the same motions but instead of little fingers we held our arms out wide for the crawling giant spider)

The big gigantic spider crawled up the water spout.

Down came the rain, and washed the spider out.

Out came the sun, and dried up all the rain,

The big gigantic spider crawled up the spout again.

This was a fun storytime. I decided that since there was plenty of  Halloween themed storytimes happening at my library this week, my storytime didn't need to be Halloween specific, just a little creepy. I was afraid it would get redundant doing the Itsy Bitsy Spider, the Big Gigantic Spider, and the book Itsy Bitsy Spider all in a row, but it was actually pretty fun and the kids didn't seem to think it was too much. All of the books went over well, especially I'm a Shark, but you can't go wrong with Bob Shea. I was sad we didn't have time to read Aaaaargh! Spider! because it's a fun book.