Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Baby Storytime 9/25/13

Book read:
The Baby Goes Beep by Rebecca O'Connell

Songs:

Tick, Tock
Tick, tock, tick tock, I'm a little cuckoo clock. (rock baby back and forth on your lap)
Tick, tock, tick, tock,
It's one o'clock! (lift baby once)

Tick, tock, tick, tock, I'm a little cuckoo clock. (rock baby back and forth on your lap)
Tick, tock, tick, tock,
It's two o'clock! (lift baby twice)

Tick, tock, tick, tock, I'm a little cuckoo clock. (rock baby back and forth on your lap)
Tick, tock, tick, tock,
It's three o'clock! (lift baby three times)

Wheels on the Bus

Baby's Hokey Pokey from Baby Face CD

Ricktey Rocking Horse

Rickety, rickety rocking horse, (bounce baby on your knees)
Over the fields we go.
Ricktey, rickety rocking horse,
Giddy up, giddy up.
WHOA! (stop bouncing and lean back)

Toaster Song
I'm toast in the toaster and I'm getting really hot! (bounce baby on your knees)
Tick, tock, tick, tock, (rock back and forth with baby on your lap)
Up I pop! (lift baby up)

Literacy tip of the week:
Letting your baby hold books and turn pages on their own is a great way to help them learn what books are and how books work.

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Sail Into Storytime 9/24/13 and 9/25/13

Books read:
I love boats by Flora Mcdonnell
Sail away little boat by Janet Buell

Other book suggestions:
Boats by Anne Rockwell
Don't rock the boat by Sally Grindley

The Boat on the Waves (to the tune of "The Wheels on the Bus")
The boat on the waves goes rock, rock, rock,
Rock, Rock, Rock. (stand and rock back and forth)
The boat on the waves goes rock, rock, rock,
All around the lake.

The wind in the sails goes swish, swish, swish,
Swish, Swish, Swish. (swing arms back and forth)
The wind in the sails goes swish, swish,
All around the lake.

The waves on the lake go up and down,
up and down, up and down, (alternate bending knees and standing up)
The waves on the lake go up an down,
All around the lake.

Danced to "A Sailor Went to Sea" on the Wiggles CD "You make me feel like dancing"

Float around in canoes
(Have kids hold hands in a circle like in "Ring Around the Rosie")
Float around in canoes,
(move in circle clockwise)
We are wearing no shoes,
Upstream,
(move counterclockwise)
Downstream,
(move clockwise)
We all splish, splash!
(drop hands and fall to the ground)

Row, row, row your boat
Row, row, row your boat, (rowing motions)
Gently down the stream.
Merrily, merrily, merrily,
Life is but a dream. (pretend to sleep)

Rock, rock, rock your boat, (rock back and forth from foot to foot)
Rock in to and fro.
Watch out! Give a shout!
Into the water you go! (pretend to fall into the water)

Row, row, row your boat, (rowing motions)
Down the jungle stream.
If you see a crocodile,
Don't forget to scream! (scream)

Five Little Sailors (counting rhyme)
Five little sailors rowing out from shore,
One fell out and then there were four.
Four little sailors rowing out to sea,
One fell out and then there were three.
Three little sailors calling out "Yoohoo!",
One fell out and then there were two.
Two little sailors having lots of fun,
One fell out and then there was one.
One little sailor all alone.
He jumped in and they all swam home!

Literacy tip of the week
Rhyme is an important element in children's books and songs. Hearing and repeating two words that sound alike in a story helps teach that words are made up of smaller parts. It will even help your child learn to sound out words as they get older.

Craft: 
We worked on our fine motor skills by coloring boats :)


Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Sports Storytime 9/17/13 and 9/18/2013

Books read:
Goodnight Baseball by Michael Dahl
Hit the Ball Duck by Jez Alborough

Additional book suggestions:
Dino Sports series by Lisa Wheeler (Dino-Baseball, Dino-Soccer)
Other suggestions found at: http://storytimepreschooltoddlers.blogspot.com/2009/04/sports-and-games-storytime.html

This is the way...
This is the way we hit the ball, 
Hit the ball, hit the ball,
This is the way we hit the ball, 
When we play baseball.

This is the way we kick the ball, 
Kick the ball, kick the ball,
This is the way we kick the ball,
When we play soccer.

Substitute other sports related actions (ex. Run the bases, throw the ball, swing the bat)

Here is a ball (catching game)
Here is a ball I keep on the shelf.
I can toss it and catch it and bounce it myself. (do actions as indicated)
Here is a ball I toss to you.(throw ball to child)
Please catch it and toss it right back to me too.

(Note: These action related rhymes and songs are great for helping develop your child's large motor skills.)

My favorite fastest shoes (color identification song using cut out shoes)
I was walking along the street one day (march)
With my knees up high, can you walk this way?
But I stepped in something. What should I do?

My favorite, fastest shoes have turned the color blue!

I was hopping along the street one day (hop)
On just one foot, can you hop this way?
But I hopped in something. I'm filled with dread.

My favorite, fastest shoes have turned the color red!

I was twirling along the street one day (twirl)
Around and around, can you twirl this way?
But I twirled in something. I'm not a happy fellow.
My favorite, fastest shoes have turned the color yellow!

I tiptoed along the street one day. (tiptoe)
Way up on my toes, can you tiptoe this way?
But I tiptoed in something. I'm about to make a scene!

My favorite, fastest shoes have turned the color green!

I stood still on the street one day (stand in place)
With my feet like this, can you stand this way?
I stepped in nothing, but this isn't very fun.
My shoes are meant to run, run, run! (run)

Bouncing Ball
I'm bouncing, bouncing everywhere,
I'm bouncing, bouncing, like a ball.
I bounce and bounce until I fall.

Five Little Footballs (counting activity, using )
Five little footballs, trying hard to score. 
One makes a touchdown! 
Hear the crowd roar!

Four little footballs, trying hard to score.
One makes a touchdown!
Hear the crowd roar!

Countdown until there are no footballs left.

Sing "Take me out to the ballgame"

Literacy tip of the week: In school your child will be asked to make connections between similar stories and books. If a book you read to your child is similar to one you have already read with them, make sure to point this out. Ask them some simple questions about how the books are alike or different. One of the books we read this week, "Goodnight Baseball" is very similar to the classic "Goodnight Moon", so it provides a great example of this.

Craft: 
We decorated our football pictures with torn paper :)
 
 


Tuesday, September 10, 2013

All About Me Storytime 9/10/13 and 9/11/13

I am so glad storytime is back after our August break :) This week's theme is "All About Me".

The books read: 
The Things I can Do by Jeff Mack
I Like Me by Nancy Carlson

Other book suggestions:

I'm Gonna Like Me by Jamie Lee Curtis
I'm Me by Sara Sheridan

Songs and Activities

Touch game
Touch your nose,
Touch your chin
That's the way this game begins
Touch your eyes
Touch your knees
Now pretend you are going to sneez
Touch your hair
Touch one ear
Touch your two red lips right here
Touch your elbows where they bend
That's the way the touch game ends.

Head Shoulders Knees and Toes
Head and shoulders
Knees and toes
Knees and toes
Head and shoulders 
Knees and toes,
Knees and toes,
Eyes and ears and mouth and nose
Head and shoulders 
Knees and Toes

Note: Songs like these are great for developing motor skills, and for teaching identification of body parts.
  
I can!
Chanting "I can" followed by having the children repeat different actions. (ex. Running, Jumping, Spinning, Stomping Feet, Clapping Hands)

If you're happy and you know it 

Hello, My Name is Joe
Hello, my name is Joe and I work at the Pizza Factory.
I have a house and a dog and a family.
Now one day the cook said to me:
"Hey Joe are you busy?" I said "No".
The cook said "Then can you stir this sauce with your right hand (make stirring motion with right hand, continue through rhyme)

Hello, my name is Joe and I work at the Pizza Factory.
I have a house and a dog and a family.
Now one day the cook said to me:
"Hey Joe, are you busy?" I said "No."
The cook said "Then can you chop these veggies with your left hand?" (make chopping motion with left hand continue throughout rhyme)

Hello, my name is Joe and I work at the Pizza Factory.
I have a house and a dog and a family.
Now one day the cook said to me:
"Hey Joe, are you busy?" I said "No."

The cook said "Then can you close this trash can with your right foot? (make motion with right foot continue throughout rhyme)
Hello my name is Joe, and I work at the Pizza Factory. 
I have a house and a dog and a family.
Now one day the cook said to me:
"Hey Joe, are you busy?" I said "No."

The cook said "Then can you open this door with your left foot?" (make motion with left foot, continue throughout rhyme)
Hello, my name is Joe and I work at the Pizza Factory.
I have a house and a dog and a family.
Now one day the cook said to me:
"Hey Joe, are you busy?" I said "No".

The cook said "Then can you lick these stamps with your tongue? (continue with tongue out)
Hello, my name is Joe, and I work at the Pizza Factory.
I have a house and a dog and a family.
Now one day the cook said to me:
"Hey Joe, are you busy?" I said "YES!" 


Literacy Tip of the Week: When reading stories like "The Things I can Do", where the pictures don't match with the text is saying, make sure to point out the differences to your child as you read. In school they will be asked to think about choices authors have made to tell their stories, and these differences are one type of choice made by the author.

Craft:
We made pictures of ourselves with yarn and crayon :)