Once every four years in February, we LEAP into an extra day! This week at HRLS Storytimes, come hear some books that will get you ready for some jumping, hopping, and leaping through the calendar. 

You can find more books by typing in the tag: #leapyear into our library catalog, and enjoy some songs to get you ready to bounce into our extra day. 

Leap Year Poem
Thirty days hath September,
April, June, and November.
All the rest have thirty-one,
Excepting February alone,
And that has twenty-eight days clear
And twenty-nine in each leap year. 

Happy Leap Year!
Some months have just 30 days; 
The rest have 31.
But one month has a neat surprise! 
In fact, it’s kind of fun!
The days of February number only 28,
But add one more for leap year,
And we get to celebrate!

 
Jack Be Nimble
Jack be nimble, (Bounce or hop to rhythm)
Jack be quick,
Jack jump over (Pick up baby or jump up)
The candlestick.

Hop With Me
(Tune of “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”)
Hop, hop, hop along
Or bounce on someone’s knee
Higher and higher and higher and higher
Bunny-hop with me!

Baby Bounce
Baby bounces high; 
(Older children jump; babies bounce on knee.)
Baby bounces low; 
(Jump low)
Baby blinks his eyes; 
(Blink eyes as you point to them)
Baby waves good-bye. 
(Wave good-bye)

Handy Spandy
Handy spandy, sugar and candy, 
We all jump in!
Handy spandy, sugar and candy, 
We all jump out!
Handy spandy, sugar and candy, 
We all jump up!
Handy spandy, sugar and candy, 
We all sit down!