Book read: Do Cows Meow by Salina Yoon
A Bouncing We Will Go (from Jbrary)
A bouncing we will go,
A bouncing we will go,
High ho the derry-o
A bouncing we will go!
Other verses include a hugging we will go, a rocking we will go, a clapping we will go, etc.
Grand Old Duke of York (from Perry Public Library)
Oh, the Grand Old Duke of York, (bounce baby)
He had ten thousand men.
He marched them up to the top of the hill, (lift baby)
And he marched them down again. (bring baby down)
And when they're up, they're up, (lift baby)
And when they're down, they're down, (bring baby down)
And when they're only halfway up, (bring baby halfway up)
They're neither up nor down. (lift baby down then up)
My Pony Macaroni (from Eugene Library)
I have a little pony (bounce baby)
His name is Macaroni.
He trots and trots and then he STOPS! (stop)
My funny little pony!
Giddyup, Giddyup (from King County Library System)
Giddyup, giddyup ride to town, (bounce baby on your lap)
Giddyup, giddyup, up and down.
Giddyup fast, (bounce quickly)
Giddyup slow, (bounce slowly)
Giddyup, giddyup, WHOA! (dip baby backwards)
Motorboat, motorboat
Motorboat, motorboat go so slow, (move baby's legs slowly)
Motorboat, motorboat, go so fast, (speed up)
Motorboat, motorboat, step on the gas! (stretch baby's legs out)
I'm a little cuckoo clock (from Born to Read)
Tick tock, tick tock, (rock baby back and forth)
I'm a little cuckoo clock.
Tick tock, tick tock,
It's one o'clock! (lift baby once)
Tick tock, tick tock,
I'm a little cuckoo clock.
Tick tock, tick tock,
It's two o'clock! (lift baby twice)
Wheels on the Bus
Popcorn (from Perry Public Library with parachute)
Popcorn, popcorn (lift parachute)
Sitting in the pot.
Shake it, shake it (shake parachute)
Pop! Pop! Pop! (lift parachute 3 times)
Row, row, row your boat (with parachute)
The Elevator Song (done with parachute, from Jbrary)
Oh the city is great and the city is grand.
There's a whole lot of people on a little piece of land.
And we live way up on the 57th floor.
This is what we do when we go out the door:
We take the elevator up and the elevator down.
We take the elevator up and the elevator down.
And we turn around.
Literacy tip of the week: Encourage your baby to point to objects in a book as you read. This helps keep them engaged with the story. It also helps build their fine motor skills.
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Tools Storytime 5/27/14 and 5/28/14
Book read:
Tap Tap Bang Bang by Emma Garcia
Other book suggestions:
The Toolbox by Anne Rockwell
I Love Tools by Philemon Sturges
Construction Worker Song (from Everything Preschool)
This is the way we pound out nails, pound our nails (pound fists)
This is the way we pound our nails, so early in the morning.
Other verses:
Saw wood (move arms in sawing motion)
Shake paint (shake hands up and down)
Drill a hole (move hands in a circle)
Paint the walls (move hands side to side)
Five Little Nails (from Mel's Desk)
Five little nails, standing straight and steady
Here I come with my hammer ready!
Bam, bamm bam! That nail goes down.
Now there's just four nails left to pound.
(count down)
My Daddy Works With One Hammer (from I Read to Relax)
My daddy works with one hammer, one hammer, one hammer (pound one fist)
My daddy works with one hammer, and then he works with two! (pound both fists)
My daddy works with two hammers, two hammers, two hammers,
My daddy works with two hammers, and then he works with three! (pound fists and stomp one foot)
My daddy works with three hammers, three hammers, three hammers,
My daddy works with three hammers, and then he works with four! (pound fists and stomp feet)
My daddy works with four hammers, four hammers, four hammers,
My daddy works with four hammers, and then he needs a nap! (pretend to sleep)
Whose Tool Is This Flannelboard
Hello, my name is Joe (from the Storytime Spot)
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
"Are you busy?"
I said "No."
The cook said, "Do you mind stirring sauce with your right hand?" (stirring motion with right hand)
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,
"Are you busy?"
I said "No."
The cook said "Then do you mind chopping these veggies with your left hand?" (add chopping motion with left hand)
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,
"Are you busy?"
I said "No."
The cook said, "Do you mind opening the trash with your right foot (add motion with right foot)
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,
"Are you busy?"
I said "No."
The cook said, "Could you open the door with your left foot?" (add motion with left foot)
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,
"Are you busy?"
I said "No."
The cook said, "Could you lick these stamps with your tongue?" (stick out tongue)
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,
"Are you busy?"
I said "YES!"
Craft:
We colored tool boxes:)
Tap Tap Bang Bang by Emma Garcia
Other book suggestions:
The Toolbox by Anne Rockwell
I Love Tools by Philemon Sturges
Construction Worker Song (from Everything Preschool)
This is the way we pound out nails, pound our nails (pound fists)
This is the way we pound our nails, so early in the morning.
Other verses:
Saw wood (move arms in sawing motion)
Shake paint (shake hands up and down)
Drill a hole (move hands in a circle)
Paint the walls (move hands side to side)
Five Little Nails (from Mel's Desk)
Five little nails, standing straight and steady
Here I come with my hammer ready!
Bam, bamm bam! That nail goes down.
Now there's just four nails left to pound.
(count down)
My Daddy Works With One Hammer (from I Read to Relax)
My daddy works with one hammer, one hammer, one hammer (pound one fist)
My daddy works with one hammer, and then he works with two! (pound both fists)
My daddy works with two hammers, two hammers, two hammers,
My daddy works with two hammers, and then he works with three! (pound fists and stomp one foot)
My daddy works with three hammers, three hammers, three hammers,
My daddy works with three hammers, and then he works with four! (pound fists and stomp feet)
My daddy works with four hammers, four hammers, four hammers,
My daddy works with four hammers, and then he needs a nap! (pretend to sleep)
Whose Tool Is This Flannelboard
Hello, my name is Joe (from the Storytime Spot)
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
"Are you busy?"
I said "No."
The cook said, "Do you mind stirring sauce with your right hand?" (stirring motion with right hand)
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,
"Are you busy?"
I said "No."
The cook said "Then do you mind chopping these veggies with your left hand?" (add chopping motion with left hand)
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,
"Are you busy?"
I said "No."
The cook said, "Do you mind opening the trash with your right foot (add motion with right foot)
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,
"Are you busy?"
I said "No."
The cook said, "Could you open the door with your left foot?" (add motion with left foot)
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,
"Are you busy?"
I said "No."
The cook said, "Could you lick these stamps with your tongue?" (stick out tongue)
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,
"Are you busy?"
I said "YES!"
Craft:
We colored tool boxes:)
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Cow Storytime 5/20/14 and 5/21/14
Books read:
The Cow Who Clucked by Denise Fleming
Other book suggestions:
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type by Doreen Cronin
Chilly Milly Moo by Fiona Ross
Cows to the Rescue by John Himmelman
If You're a Cow and You Know It (to the tune of "If You're Happy and You Know It")
If you're a cow and you know it stomp your feet. (stomp feet)
If you're a cow and you know it stomp your feet.
If you're a cow and you know it and your face will surely show it.
If you're a cow and you know it stomp your feet.
Other verses include: shake you tail, eat grass, say "Moo!"
This Little Cow (from I Read to Relax)
This little cow eats grass. (chomp with fingers)
This little cow stomps hay. (stomp feet)
This little cow dances round. (turn in a circle)
This little cow runs away. (run in place)
This little cow does nothing but lay and sleep all day! (put hands by face as if sleeping)
MOO! (jump up)
Sleeping Game (adapted from Fairy Twins Book Time)
Children lay on floor as if sleeping. After saying "Sleeping, sleeping, all the cows are sleeping." Have them wake up and pretend to transform into something else. Some ideas include monkeys, airplanes, horses, etc.
Counting song (with "cow bells", from Libraryland)
One, two, shake it on your shoe.
Three, four, shake it on the floor.
Five, six, shake it realy quick.
Seven, eight, hold it up straight.
Nine, ten, shake it with your friends!
I Went to the Farm (from Early Years)
I went to the farm the other day (march in place)
I saw a cow across the way. (point)
And what do you think I heard it say? (cup hand to ear)
Moo! Moo!
(repeat with other animals and their sounds)
Old McDonald Had a Farm
Cows in the Bed (adapted from I Read to Relax)There were five in the bed and the big cow said,
"MOOve over, MOOve over."
They all rolled over and one fell out.
There were four in the bed and the big cow said,
"MOOve over, MOOve over."
continue till no more cows in the bed...
There was no one in the bed and the big cow said,
"Alone at last!"
Literacy tip of the week: Making animal sounds is a great way for your child to learn to identify the parts of language. For instance the hiss of a snake is the "s" sound.
Craft:
We used our bingo daubers to make rainbow spotted cows :)
The Cow Who Clucked by Denise Fleming
Other book suggestions:
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type by Doreen Cronin
Chilly Milly Moo by Fiona Ross
Cows to the Rescue by John Himmelman
If You're a Cow and You Know It (to the tune of "If You're Happy and You Know It")
If you're a cow and you know it stomp your feet. (stomp feet)
If you're a cow and you know it stomp your feet.
If you're a cow and you know it and your face will surely show it.
If you're a cow and you know it stomp your feet.
Other verses include: shake you tail, eat grass, say "Moo!"
This Little Cow (from I Read to Relax)
This little cow eats grass. (chomp with fingers)
This little cow stomps hay. (stomp feet)
This little cow dances round. (turn in a circle)
This little cow runs away. (run in place)
This little cow does nothing but lay and sleep all day! (put hands by face as if sleeping)
MOO! (jump up)
Sleeping Game (adapted from Fairy Twins Book Time)
Children lay on floor as if sleeping. After saying "Sleeping, sleeping, all the cows are sleeping." Have them wake up and pretend to transform into something else. Some ideas include monkeys, airplanes, horses, etc.
Counting song (with "cow bells", from Libraryland)
One, two, shake it on your shoe.
Three, four, shake it on the floor.
Five, six, shake it realy quick.
Seven, eight, hold it up straight.
Nine, ten, shake it with your friends!
I Went to the Farm (from Early Years)
I went to the farm the other day (march in place)
I saw a cow across the way. (point)
And what do you think I heard it say? (cup hand to ear)
Moo! Moo!
(repeat with other animals and their sounds)
Old McDonald Had a Farm
Cows in the Bed (adapted from I Read to Relax)There were five in the bed and the big cow said,
"MOOve over, MOOve over."
They all rolled over and one fell out.
There were four in the bed and the big cow said,
"MOOve over, MOOve over."
continue till no more cows in the bed...
There was no one in the bed and the big cow said,
"Alone at last!"
Literacy tip of the week: Making animal sounds is a great way for your child to learn to identify the parts of language. For instance the hiss of a snake is the "s" sound.
Craft:
We used our bingo daubers to make rainbow spotted cows :)
Thursday, May 15, 2014
Baby Storytime 5/15/14
Book read:
Baby Parade by Rebecca O'Connell
Acka Backa Soda Cracker (from Northport Library)
Acka backa soda cracker,
Acka back boo! (rock or bounce baby)
Acka backa soda cracker,
I love you! (give baby a hug)
Acka backa soda cracker,
Acka back boo!
Acka backa soda cracker,
Up goes you! (lift baby)
Clap, Clap, Clap (to the tune of Row, Row, Row Your Boat, from Perry Public Library)
Clap, clap, clap your hands, clap them now with me,
Clap your hands, let me see,
Clap them now with me!
(other verses: tap your knees, shake your feet, touch your shoulders)
Pop Goes the Weasel
All around the mulberry bush, (bounce baby)
The monkey chased the weasel.
The monkey thought was all in fun.
Pop goes the weasel! (lift baby up)
A penny for a spool of thread,
A penny for a needle,
That's the way the money goes,
Pop goes the weasel!
Motorboat, Motorboat
Motorboat, motorboat, go so slow (move baby's legs slowly)
Motorboat, motorboat, go so fast (speed up)
Motorboat, motorboat, step on the gas! (stretch legs out)
I'm a little cuckoo clock (from Born to Read)
Tick tock, tick tock, (rock baby)
I'm a little cuckoo clock!
Tick tock, tick tock,
It's one o'clock!
CUCKOO! (lift baby once)
Tick tock, tick tock,
I'm a little cuckoo clock!
Tick tock, tick tock,
It's two o'clock!
CUCKOO! CUCKOO! (lift baby twice)
Wheels on the Bus
The Elevator Song (done with parachute, from Jbrary)
Oh the city is great and the city is grand.
There's a whole lot of people on a little piece of land.
And we live way up on the 57th floor.
This is what we do when we go out the door:
We take the elevator up and the elevator down.
We take the elevator up and the elevator down.
And we turn around.
Row, row, row your boat (with parachute) (from Laughter and Literacy)
If you're happy and you know it (with parachute, from Laughter and Literacy)
If you're happy and you know it, lift it high!
If you're happy and you know it, shake it fast!
If you're happy and you know it, shake it slow!
If you're happy and you know it shake it low!
The chute is on my head (to the tune of "The Farmer in the Dell", from Laughter and Literacy)
The chute is on my head, the chute is on my head!
Hi ho the dairy-o, the chute is on my head!
The chute goes up and down, the chute goes up and down!
Hi ho the dairy-o, the chute goes up and down!
The chute goes fast and slow, the chute goes fast and slow!
Hi ho the dairy-o, the chute goes fast and slow!
The chute is on my head, the chute is on my head!
Hi ho the dairy-o the chute is on my head!
Literacy tip of the week: To help hold your baby's interest, try choosing books for them that feature things they will find familiar (such as other babies).
Baby Parade by Rebecca O'Connell
Acka Backa Soda Cracker (from Northport Library)
Acka backa soda cracker,
Acka back boo! (rock or bounce baby)
Acka backa soda cracker,
I love you! (give baby a hug)
Acka backa soda cracker,
Acka back boo!
Acka backa soda cracker,
Up goes you! (lift baby)
Clap, Clap, Clap (to the tune of Row, Row, Row Your Boat, from Perry Public Library)
Clap, clap, clap your hands, clap them now with me,
Clap your hands, let me see,
Clap them now with me!
(other verses: tap your knees, shake your feet, touch your shoulders)
Pop Goes the Weasel
All around the mulberry bush, (bounce baby)
The monkey chased the weasel.
The monkey thought was all in fun.
Pop goes the weasel! (lift baby up)
A penny for a spool of thread,
A penny for a needle,
That's the way the money goes,
Pop goes the weasel!
Motorboat, Motorboat
Motorboat, motorboat, go so slow (move baby's legs slowly)
Motorboat, motorboat, go so fast (speed up)
Motorboat, motorboat, step on the gas! (stretch legs out)
I'm a little cuckoo clock (from Born to Read)
Tick tock, tick tock, (rock baby)
I'm a little cuckoo clock!
Tick tock, tick tock,
It's one o'clock!
CUCKOO! (lift baby once)
Tick tock, tick tock,
I'm a little cuckoo clock!
Tick tock, tick tock,
It's two o'clock!
CUCKOO! CUCKOO! (lift baby twice)
Wheels on the Bus
The Elevator Song (done with parachute, from Jbrary)
Oh the city is great and the city is grand.
There's a whole lot of people on a little piece of land.
And we live way up on the 57th floor.
This is what we do when we go out the door:
We take the elevator up and the elevator down.
We take the elevator up and the elevator down.
And we turn around.
Row, row, row your boat (with parachute) (from Laughter and Literacy)
If you're happy and you know it (with parachute, from Laughter and Literacy)
If you're happy and you know it, lift it high!
If you're happy and you know it, shake it fast!
If you're happy and you know it, shake it slow!
If you're happy and you know it shake it low!
The chute is on my head (to the tune of "The Farmer in the Dell", from Laughter and Literacy)
The chute is on my head, the chute is on my head!
Hi ho the dairy-o, the chute is on my head!
The chute goes up and down, the chute goes up and down!
Hi ho the dairy-o, the chute goes up and down!
The chute goes fast and slow, the chute goes fast and slow!
Hi ho the dairy-o, the chute goes fast and slow!
The chute is on my head, the chute is on my head!
Hi ho the dairy-o the chute is on my head!
Literacy tip of the week: To help hold your baby's interest, try choosing books for them that feature things they will find familiar (such as other babies).
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Truck Storytime 5/13/14 and 5/14/14
Books read:
Tip Tip Dig Dig by Emma Garcia
I Stink by Kate McMullan
Other book suggestions:
Roadwork by Sally Sutton
Trucks: Whizz, Boom, Rumble by Patricia Hubbell
I'm Driving In My Car (from Miss Sarah's Storytimes)
I'm driving in my car, I'm driving in my car.
Beep beep, toot toot, I'm driving in my car. (honk horn)
I'm driving very fast, I'm driving very fast. (turn wheel quickly)
Beep beep, toot toot, I'm driving very fast.
I'm driving very slow, I'm driving very slow. (turn wheel slowly)
Beep beep, toot toot, I'm driving very slow.
The lights are turning red, and I must stop my car (put hand up to signal stopping)
Beep beep, toot toot, I must stop my car.
The lights are turning green, and I can go again.
Beep beep, toot toot, I can go again.
Green Says Go (from Storytime Katie)
Green says "Go!" (march quickly)
Go! Go! Go!
Yellow says "Slow!" (march slowly)
Slow! Slow! Slow!
Red says "Stop!"
Stop! Stop! Stop! (stop)
Go! Go! Go!
Slow! Slow! Slow!
Stop!
Hurry, hurry (to the tune of "Ten Little Indians")
Hurry, hurry drive the fire truck, (x3) (pretend to drive)
Hurry, hurry ring the bell (x3)
Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding.
Hurry, hurry climb the ladder (x3) (pretend to climb)
Hurry, hurry squirt the water (x3) (pretend to spray water)
Wheels on the Truck (version of "Wheels on the Bus", done with parachute)
The wheels on the truck go round, and round. (walk round with parachute)
The wipers on the truck go swish, swish, swish. (make wave with parachute)
The people on the truck go up and down, up and down. (move parachute up and down)
Driver on the truck says come on in, come on in. (walk in)
The driver on the truck says move on back, move on back. (step out)
My Old Truck (to the tune of "Here we Go Round the Mulberry Bush", adapted from Storytime Sparks)
My old blue truck goes bumping along, bumping along, bumping along.
My old blue truck goes bumping along, all the way to town.
Other verses (change verb each time):
zipping along, creeping along, bouncing along.
Literacy tip of the week: Let your child pick books about topics they are interested in. This will help develop your child's love of reading.
Craft: We made stoplights :)
Tip Tip Dig Dig by Emma Garcia
I Stink by Kate McMullan
Other book suggestions:
Roadwork by Sally Sutton
Trucks: Whizz, Boom, Rumble by Patricia Hubbell
I'm Driving In My Car (from Miss Sarah's Storytimes)
I'm driving in my car, I'm driving in my car.
Beep beep, toot toot, I'm driving in my car. (honk horn)
I'm driving very fast, I'm driving very fast. (turn wheel quickly)
Beep beep, toot toot, I'm driving very fast.
I'm driving very slow, I'm driving very slow. (turn wheel slowly)
Beep beep, toot toot, I'm driving very slow.
The lights are turning red, and I must stop my car (put hand up to signal stopping)
Beep beep, toot toot, I must stop my car.
The lights are turning green, and I can go again.
Beep beep, toot toot, I can go again.
Green Says Go (from Storytime Katie)
Green says "Go!" (march quickly)
Go! Go! Go!
Yellow says "Slow!" (march slowly)
Slow! Slow! Slow!
Red says "Stop!"
Stop! Stop! Stop! (stop)
Go! Go! Go!
Slow! Slow! Slow!
Stop!
Hurry, hurry (to the tune of "Ten Little Indians")
Hurry, hurry drive the fire truck, (x3) (pretend to drive)
Hurry, hurry ring the bell (x3)
Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding.
Hurry, hurry climb the ladder (x3) (pretend to climb)
Hurry, hurry squirt the water (x3) (pretend to spray water)
Wheels on the Truck (version of "Wheels on the Bus", done with parachute)
The wheels on the truck go round, and round. (walk round with parachute)
The wipers on the truck go swish, swish, swish. (make wave with parachute)
The people on the truck go up and down, up and down. (move parachute up and down)
Driver on the truck says come on in, come on in. (walk in)
The driver on the truck says move on back, move on back. (step out)
My Old Truck (to the tune of "Here we Go Round the Mulberry Bush", adapted from Storytime Sparks)
My old blue truck goes bumping along, bumping along, bumping along.
My old blue truck goes bumping along, all the way to town.
Other verses (change verb each time):
zipping along, creeping along, bouncing along.
Literacy tip of the week: Let your child pick books about topics they are interested in. This will help develop your child's love of reading.
Craft: We made stoplights :)
Thursday, May 8, 2014
Baby Storytime 5/8/14
Book read: All of Baby Nose to Toes by Victoria Adler
Pop Goes the Weasel
All around the mulberry bush, (bounce baby)
The monkey chased the weasel.
The monkey thought was all in fun.
Pop goes the weasel! (lift baby up)
A penny for a spool of thread,
A penny for a needle,
That's the way the money goes,
Pop goes the weasel!
A Bouncing We Will Go (from Jbrary)
A bouncing we will go,
A bouncing we will go,
High ho the derry-o
A bouncing we will go!
Other verses include a hugging we will go, a rocking we will go, a clapping we will go, etc.
Rickety Rocking Horse (from Perry Public Library)
Rickety, rickety rocking horse, (bounce baby)
Over the fields we go (lift baby)
Rickety, rickety rocking horse,
Giddy up, Giddy up, (bounce baby)
WHOA! (lean backwards)
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
Acka Backa Soda Cracker (from Northport Library)
Acka backa soda cracker,
Acka back boo! (rock or bounce baby)
Acka backa soda cracker,
I love you! (give baby a hug)
Acka backa soda cracker,
Acka back boo!
Acka backa soda cracker,
Up goes you! (lift baby)
I'm a little cuckoo clock (from Born to Read)
Tick tock, tick tock, (rock baby)
I'm a little cuckoo clock!
Tick tock, tick tock,
It's one o'clock!
CUCKOO! (lift baby once)
Tick tock, tick tock,
I'm a little cuckoo clock!
Tick tock, tick tock,
It's two o'clock!
CUCKOO! CUCKOO! (lift baby twice)
Wheels on the Bus
The Elevator Song (done with parachute, from Jbrary)
Oh the city is great and the city is grand.
There's a whole lot of people on a little piece of land.
And we live way up on the 57th floor.
This is what we do when we go out the door:
We take the elevator up and the elevator down.
We take the elevator up and the elevator down.
And we turn around.
Row, row, row your boat (with parachute)
Literacy tip of the week: Each book you read to your child introduces new and different words. You reinforce your baby's knowledge of these words when you read a book repeatedly.
Pop Goes the Weasel
All around the mulberry bush, (bounce baby)
The monkey chased the weasel.
The monkey thought was all in fun.
Pop goes the weasel! (lift baby up)
A penny for a spool of thread,
A penny for a needle,
That's the way the money goes,
Pop goes the weasel!
A Bouncing We Will Go (from Jbrary)
A bouncing we will go,
A bouncing we will go,
High ho the derry-o
A bouncing we will go!
Other verses include a hugging we will go, a rocking we will go, a clapping we will go, etc.
Rickety Rocking Horse (from Perry Public Library)
Rickety, rickety rocking horse, (bounce baby)
Over the fields we go (lift baby)
Rickety, rickety rocking horse,
Giddy up, Giddy up, (bounce baby)
WHOA! (lean backwards)
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
Acka Backa Soda Cracker (from Northport Library)
Acka backa soda cracker,
Acka back boo! (rock or bounce baby)
Acka backa soda cracker,
I love you! (give baby a hug)
Acka backa soda cracker,
Acka back boo!
Acka backa soda cracker,
Up goes you! (lift baby)
I'm a little cuckoo clock (from Born to Read)
Tick tock, tick tock, (rock baby)
I'm a little cuckoo clock!
Tick tock, tick tock,
It's one o'clock!
CUCKOO! (lift baby once)
Tick tock, tick tock,
I'm a little cuckoo clock!
Tick tock, tick tock,
It's two o'clock!
CUCKOO! CUCKOO! (lift baby twice)
Wheels on the Bus
The Elevator Song (done with parachute, from Jbrary)
Oh the city is great and the city is grand.
There's a whole lot of people on a little piece of land.
And we live way up on the 57th floor.
This is what we do when we go out the door:
We take the elevator up and the elevator down.
We take the elevator up and the elevator down.
And we turn around.
Row, row, row your boat (with parachute)
Literacy tip of the week: Each book you read to your child introduces new and different words. You reinforce your baby's knowledge of these words when you read a book repeatedly.
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Mother's Day Storytime 5/6/14 and 5/7/14
Books read:The Mommy Book by Todd Parr
Mommy, Where are you? by Leonid Gore
Other book suggestions:
Is your mama a llama? by Deborah Guarino
Lllama Llama mad at Mama by Anna Dewdney
Does a Kangaroo have a Mother too? by Eric Carle
I love Mommy (to the tune of "Frere Jacques", from Harris County Library )
(we did this song using the ASL signs for "Mom" "Love" and "Yes")
I love Mommy, I love Mommy
Yes I do, Yes I do.
Mommies are for hugging (hug self or mom)
Mommies are for kissing, (blow a kiss)
I love you, yes I do. (point to mother)
Mama Don't Allow (from Perpetual Preschool)
Mama don't allow no "jumping" around here.
Mama don't allow no "jumping" around here.
I don't care what Mama's going to say,
I'm gonna do it anyway!
Other actions include clapping, spinning, dancing, etc.
If you Love Mommy and You Know It (to the tune of "If You're Happy and You Know It")
If you love Mommy and you know it blow a kiss. (blow kiss)
If you love Mommy and you know it blow a kiss.
If you love Mommy and you know it then your face will surely show it
If you love Mommy and you know it blow a kiss!
Additional verses include giving a hug an jumping for joy.
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
Shake the Mango Tree (found here)
(Adapted to suit the color of our shaker eggs)
Shake shake the mango tree,
Mango (color), Mango (color) (kids raise correct colors of eggs)
Shake Shake the mango tree,
One for you and one for me! (point to friends and self)
Shake shake the mango tree!
Mommy, Mommy (from Step By Step Childcare)
Mommy, mommy let's sweep the floor (pretend to sweep)
Mommy, mommy let's go to the store (pretend to drive a car)
Mommy, mommy let's bake a cake (pretend to mix a cake)
Mommy, mommy let's take a break (wipe forehead, say "whew")
Mommy, mommy loves me so (draw heart in the air)
Mommy, mommy watch me grow (stretch high in the air)
Mommy, mommy turn out the light (make clicking sound and pretend to turn off light)
Mommy, say "Goodnight!" (pretend to sleep)
Parachute Play
We used our new parachute to play "Mama Says" and other games.
Literacy tip: The bonding experience of sharing stories with a love done helps contribute to your child's love of reading.
Craft: We made pictures for our loved ones :)
Mommy, Where are you? by Leonid Gore
Other book suggestions:
Is your mama a llama? by Deborah Guarino
Lllama Llama mad at Mama by Anna Dewdney
Does a Kangaroo have a Mother too? by Eric Carle
I love Mommy (to the tune of "Frere Jacques", from Harris County Library )
(we did this song using the ASL signs for "Mom" "Love" and "Yes")
I love Mommy, I love Mommy
Yes I do, Yes I do.
Mommies are for hugging (hug self or mom)
Mommies are for kissing, (blow a kiss)
I love you, yes I do. (point to mother)
Mama Don't Allow (from Perpetual Preschool)
Mama don't allow no "jumping" around here.
Mama don't allow no "jumping" around here.
I don't care what Mama's going to say,
I'm gonna do it anyway!
Other actions include clapping, spinning, dancing, etc.
If you Love Mommy and You Know It (to the tune of "If You're Happy and You Know It")
If you love Mommy and you know it blow a kiss. (blow kiss)
If you love Mommy and you know it blow a kiss.
If you love Mommy and you know it then your face will surely show it
If you love Mommy and you know it blow a kiss!
Additional verses include giving a hug an jumping for joy.
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
Shake the Mango Tree (found here)
(Adapted to suit the color of our shaker eggs)
Shake shake the mango tree,
Mango (color), Mango (color) (kids raise correct colors of eggs)
Shake Shake the mango tree,
One for you and one for me! (point to friends and self)
Shake shake the mango tree!
Mommy, Mommy (from Step By Step Childcare)
Mommy, mommy let's sweep the floor (pretend to sweep)
Mommy, mommy let's go to the store (pretend to drive a car)
Mommy, mommy let's bake a cake (pretend to mix a cake)
Mommy, mommy let's take a break (wipe forehead, say "whew")
Mommy, mommy loves me so (draw heart in the air)
Mommy, mommy watch me grow (stretch high in the air)
Mommy, mommy turn out the light (make clicking sound and pretend to turn off light)
Mommy, say "Goodnight!" (pretend to sleep)
Parachute Play
We used our new parachute to play "Mama Says" and other games.
Literacy tip: The bonding experience of sharing stories with a love done helps contribute to your child's love of reading.
Craft: We made pictures for our loved ones :)
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