I found an old thin board and bought a meter of felt and duct taped it on. You don't have to spend big bucks. One of their favourite things are felt board stories and games and songs. Any time I see finger puppets I have to pick some up and I have tons of those. We do the old standards for small toddlers like Wheels on the Bus, Itsy Bitsy Spider, Shake your sillies out, all the standards, and I try to mix it up.

Then on holidays you can google a song and for instance I have a St. Patrick's Day song to the tune of I'm a Little Teapot. There are all kinds of different stories you can google for the holidays too. I printed out leprachauns and the pot of gold and get all the children involved.

I have little ducks so the children can get involved in the 5 Little Ducks Song, the same for monkeys. I make it different every week because I use weekly themes, so I read the books I pick up at the library for the theme every day while the children are seated at the dining room table so they stay in one spot for an entire book.