Circus Storytime

Preschool Storytime

Chicken Chuck by Bill Martin Jr.
Dad Runs Away with the Circus by Etgar Keret
You See a Circus. I see... by Mike Downs
Deep in the Jungle by Dan Yaccarino

Other Circus books

The Circus Surprise by Ralph Fletcher
Patrick at the Circus by Geoffrey Hayes
Dimity Dumpty: the Story of Humpty’s Little Sister by Bob Graham
Moses Goes to the Circus by Isaac Millman
Emeline at the Circus by Marjorie Priceman
Dumbo by Mathew Price
Spot Goes to the Circus by Eric Hill

Action Rhymes

Silly Clowns

Five silly clowns, jumping all around,
Jump so high, then touch the ground.
One silly clown said, "I can't stay,"
So he turned around and hopped away.
Repeat with four, three, two, one.

Stand Up Tall

(Repeat action rhyme several times, increasing speed each time)

Stand up tall, hands in the air (All stand and raise hands in the air)
Now sit down in your chair (Sit down)
Clap you hands (Clap three times)
Make a frown (Frown)
Smile and smile (Smile)
And flop like a clown! (Wiggle and shake body and arms)

Songs


We Are Clowns Today (tune - The Farmer in the Dell)


We are clowns today,
We are clowns today
Heigh - ho the derry - oh,
We are clowns today.


Additional Verses:
We do tricks today....
We make faces today....
We fall down today....

Did You Ever See A Clown Sung to: "Did You Ever See A Lassie?"


Did you ever see a clown,
A clown, a clown?
Did you ever see a clown
Move this way and that?
Did you ever see a clown
Move this way and that?
Move this way and that way,
Move this way and that way.
Did you ever see a clown
Move this way and that?
(Have child form circle. One child in middle should perform actions. Take turns.)

Let's All Go to the Circus Today Sung to: "Mary Had A Little Lamb"


Let's all go to the circus today,
The circus today, the circus today,
Let's all go to the circus today
And watch the animals play.

Other Verses:
See the lions jump through the hoops...
At the circus today
See the big seals spinning balls...
At the circus today
See the little dogs jump and twirl...
At the circus today