Book read:
We've All Got Bellybuttons by David Martin
ASL Sign of the Week: Bath
Let's Go Riding in an Elevator (from Jbrary)
Let's go riding in an elevator (hold baby in front of you)
An elevator, elevator. (rock back and forth)
Let's go riding in an elevator!
First floor (lift baby, raise up on each floor)
Second floor,
Third floor,
Fourth floor,
Down, down, down! (bring baby down to ground)
Hickory dickory dock (adapted from Perry Public Library)
Hickory dickory dock, (start with baby on ground)
The the mouse ran up the clock, (lift baby)
The clock struck one, (lift high once)
The mouse ran down. (bring baby down)
Hickory dickory dock. (tickle hands down baby's body)
Hop along (to the tune of "Row, row, row your boat", found here)
Hop, hop, hop along,
Or bounce on someone's knee.
Higher and higher and higher,
Bunny hop with me!
Motorboat, Motorboat
Patacake
Head and Shoulders Baby 1, 2, 3 (found at King County Library and Jbrary)
Head and shoulders baby 1, 2, 3.
Head and shoulders baby 1, 2, 3.
Head and shouders, head and shoulders,
Head and shoulders baby 1, 2, 3.
(Additional verses can included any two body parts. Examples: Eyes and Ears, Tummy and Back, Knees and Toes)
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, (rock baby back and forth)
I'm a little cuckoo clock.
Tick tock, tick tock.
It's two o'clock! (lift baby twice)
Wheels on the Bus
Literacy tip of the Week: Most songs can be done in a variety of ways. For instance "Hickory Dickory Dock can be done by lifting baby's whole body or just lifting their legs. Trying songs different ways will keep things interesting for you and your baby.
Friday, April 10, 2015
Chickens and Eggs Storytime 4/7/15 and 4/8/15
Books read:
Whose Chick Are You? by Nancy Tafuri
The Cow Who Laid an Egg by Andy Cutbill
Other book suggestions:
Roly Poly Egg by Kali Stileman
Feathers for Lunch by Lois Ehlert
Charlie Chick by Nick Denchfield
ASL Sign of the Week: Bird
If You're a Chicken and You Know It
If you're a chicken and you know it cluck like this,
If you're a chicken and you know it cluck like this,
If you're a chicken and you know it, then your face will surely show it.
If you're a chicken and you know it, cluck like this.
Additional actions: flap wings, scratch, peck
Shake, Shake, Shake (to the tune of "Do your ears hang low?", from Storytimes and More)
Can you shake your egg up high?
Can you shake your egg down low?
Can you shake it side to side?
Can you shake it by your toe?
Can you shake it really fast?
Can you shake it really slow?
Can you shake your egg?
I Know a Chicken (from Laurie Berker's CD "Whaddaya Think of That?")
Chick in the Egg (modified version of "Jack in the Box" found on Jbrary)
Jack in the box,
Sits so still.
Will he come out?
Yes he will!
So Many Eggs (from "Liven Up Your Storytimes" a 2010 ALA Presentation by Kathy MacMillan and Christine Kirkner)
Animal pictures are placed in plastic eggs, kids can come up and open each egg for the group as you say this rhyme:
I found a nest while walking one day.
"Look at all the eggs!" I had to say.
I waited and waited, and what did I see?
Crack! Who hatched? A baby ______ was looking at me!
Literacy tip of the Week: Acting out songs with lots of movement is a great way to develop your child's large motor skills.
Whose Chick Are You? by Nancy Tafuri
The Cow Who Laid an Egg by Andy Cutbill
Other book suggestions:
Roly Poly Egg by Kali Stileman
Feathers for Lunch by Lois Ehlert
Charlie Chick by Nick Denchfield
ASL Sign of the Week: Bird
If You're a Chicken and You Know It
If you're a chicken and you know it cluck like this,
If you're a chicken and you know it cluck like this,
If you're a chicken and you know it, then your face will surely show it.
If you're a chicken and you know it, cluck like this.
Additional actions: flap wings, scratch, peck
Shake, Shake, Shake (to the tune of "Do your ears hang low?", from Storytimes and More)
Can you shake your egg up high?
Can you shake your egg down low?
Can you shake it side to side?
Can you shake it by your toe?
Can you shake it really fast?
Can you shake it really slow?
Can you shake your egg?
I Know a Chicken (from Laurie Berker's CD "Whaddaya Think of That?")
Chick in the Egg (modified version of "Jack in the Box" found on Jbrary)
Jack in the box,
Sits so still.
Will he come out?
Yes he will!
So Many Eggs (from "Liven Up Your Storytimes" a 2010 ALA Presentation by Kathy MacMillan and Christine Kirkner)
Animal pictures are placed in plastic eggs, kids can come up and open each egg for the group as you say this rhyme:
I found a nest while walking one day.
"Look at all the eggs!" I had to say.
I waited and waited, and what did I see?
Crack! Who hatched? A baby ______ was looking at me!
Literacy tip of the Week: Acting out songs with lots of movement is a great way to develop your child's large motor skills.
Thursday, April 2, 2015
Baby Storytime 4/2/15
Book read:
Charlie Chick by Nick Denchfield
ASL Sign of the Week: More
Hop along (to the tune of "Row, row, row your boat", found here)
Hop, hop, hop along,
Or bounce on someone's knee.
Higher and higher and higher,
Bunny hop with me!
Let's Go Riding in an Elevator (from Jbrary)
Let's go riding in an elevator (hold baby in front of you)
An elevator, elevator. (rock back and forth)
Let's go riding in an elevator!
First floor (lift baby, raise up on each floor)
Second floor,
Third floor,
Fourth floor,
Down, down, down! (bring baby down to ground)
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
She'll be Coming Around the Moutain (from Jbrary)
She'll be coming around the mountain when she comes.
Yee Haw! (lift baby)
She'll be coming around the mountain when she comes.
Yee Haw! (lift baby)
She'll be coming around the mountain.
She'll be coming around the mountain.
She'll be coming around the mountain when she comes.
She'll be riding six white horses when she comes.
Whoa there! (lean back)
She'll be riding six white horses when she comes.
Whoa there! (lean back)
She'll be riding six white horses.
She'll be riding six white horses.
She'll be riding six white horses when she comes.
We'll all eat chicken and dumplings when she comes.
Yum! Yum! (rub tummy)
We'll all eat chicken and dumplings when she comes.
Yum! Yum! (rub tummy)
We'll all eat chicken and dumplings.
We'll all eat chicken and dumpling.
We'll all eat chicken and dumplings when she comes.
Baby Fell Into the Bathtub (modified from Perry Public Library)
Baby fell into the bathtub, (tip baby back as if falling)
Baby fell into the sink (repeat)
Baby fell into the raspberry jam (repeat)
And came out pink! (lift baby up)
Itsy Bitsy Spider
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
Literacy tip of the week: Your baby will learn to pay attention to their name very early on. If you use their name right before a new word, your baby is more likely to learn the new word.
Charlie Chick by Nick Denchfield
ASL Sign of the Week: More
Hop along (to the tune of "Row, row, row your boat", found here)
Hop, hop, hop along,
Or bounce on someone's knee.
Higher and higher and higher,
Bunny hop with me!
Let's Go Riding in an Elevator (from Jbrary)
Let's go riding in an elevator (hold baby in front of you)
An elevator, elevator. (rock back and forth)
Let's go riding in an elevator!
First floor (lift baby, raise up on each floor)
Second floor,
Third floor,
Fourth floor,
Down, down, down! (bring baby down to ground)
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
She'll be Coming Around the Moutain (from Jbrary)
She'll be coming around the mountain when she comes.
Yee Haw! (lift baby)
She'll be coming around the mountain when she comes.
Yee Haw! (lift baby)
She'll be coming around the mountain.
She'll be coming around the mountain.
She'll be coming around the mountain when she comes.
She'll be riding six white horses when she comes.
Whoa there! (lean back)
She'll be riding six white horses when she comes.
Whoa there! (lean back)
She'll be riding six white horses.
She'll be riding six white horses.
She'll be riding six white horses when she comes.
We'll all eat chicken and dumplings when she comes.
Yum! Yum! (rub tummy)
We'll all eat chicken and dumplings when she comes.
Yum! Yum! (rub tummy)
We'll all eat chicken and dumplings.
We'll all eat chicken and dumpling.
We'll all eat chicken and dumplings when she comes.
Baby Fell Into the Bathtub (modified from Perry Public Library)
Baby fell into the bathtub, (tip baby back as if falling)
Baby fell into the sink (repeat)
Baby fell into the raspberry jam (repeat)
And came out pink! (lift baby up)
Itsy Bitsy Spider
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
Literacy tip of the week: Your baby will learn to pay attention to their name very early on. If you use their name right before a new word, your baby is more likely to learn the new word.
Bunnies Storytime 3/31/15 and 4/1/15
Books read:
Peek-a-boo Bunny by Holly Surplice
Rhyming Dust Bunnies by Jan Thomas
The bunnies are not in their beds by Marisabina Russo
Other book suggestions:Bunnies! by Kevan Atteberry
Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! by Candace Fleming
Little White Rabbit by Kevin Henkes
ASL Sign of the Week: Bunny
Hop along (to the tune of "Row, row, row your boat", found here)
Hop, hop, hop along,
Or bounce on someone's knee.
Higher and higher and higher,
Bunny hop with me!
Joe the Bunny (from Step by Step Childcare)
I'm a little bunny, my name is Joe.
I hop fast, and I hope slow! (hop fast then slow)
Whenever I get sleepy, my ears droop low, (make droopy ears with hands)
But after my nap, up they go! (lift "ears" up)
Did you ever see a bunny? (to the tune of "Did you ever see a lassie?", inspired by the penguin version at Perpetual Preschool)
Did you ever see a bunny, a bunny, a bunny,
Did you ever see a bunny jump this way and that?
Jump this way and that way, and this way and that way.
Did you ever see a bunny jump this way and that?
Other actions can include, run dance, clap, spin, stomp, etc.
If you're hoppy and you know it (from Sunflower Storytime)
If you’re hoppy and you know it, hop around
If you’re hoppy and you know it, hop around
If you’re hoppy and you know it
And you really want to show it
If you’re hoppy and you know it, hop around.
…hop around
…shake your tail
…stomp your feet
…wiggle your nose
Bunny Hop song on CD
Funny Bunny Hop (from Preschool Education)
Funny little bunny goes hop, hop, hop!
Funny little bunny please stop, stop, stop!
Wiggle your ears and crinkle your nose.
Then wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, right down to your toes!
Bunny in the hole (adapted from "Jack in the Box" by Jbrary)
Bunny in the hole,
Sits so still,
Will he come out?
Yes he will!
Craft: We decorated a bunny template with cotton balls.
Literacy tip of the week: Rhyming stories help your child identify the sounds of language. This skill becomes increasingly important as your child is learning how to read.
Peek-a-boo Bunny by Holly Surplice
Rhyming Dust Bunnies by Jan Thomas
The bunnies are not in their beds by Marisabina Russo
Other book suggestions:Bunnies! by Kevan Atteberry
Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! by Candace Fleming
Little White Rabbit by Kevin Henkes
ASL Sign of the Week: Bunny
Hop along (to the tune of "Row, row, row your boat", found here)
Hop, hop, hop along,
Or bounce on someone's knee.
Higher and higher and higher,
Bunny hop with me!
Joe the Bunny (from Step by Step Childcare)
I'm a little bunny, my name is Joe.
I hop fast, and I hope slow! (hop fast then slow)
Whenever I get sleepy, my ears droop low, (make droopy ears with hands)
But after my nap, up they go! (lift "ears" up)
Did you ever see a bunny? (to the tune of "Did you ever see a lassie?", inspired by the penguin version at Perpetual Preschool)
Did you ever see a bunny, a bunny, a bunny,
Did you ever see a bunny jump this way and that?
Jump this way and that way, and this way and that way.
Did you ever see a bunny jump this way and that?
Other actions can include, run dance, clap, spin, stomp, etc.
If you're hoppy and you know it (from Sunflower Storytime)
If you’re hoppy and you know it, hop around
If you’re hoppy and you know it, hop around
If you’re hoppy and you know it
And you really want to show it
If you’re hoppy and you know it, hop around.
…hop around
…shake your tail
…stomp your feet
…wiggle your nose
Bunny Hop song on CD
Funny Bunny Hop (from Preschool Education)
Funny little bunny goes hop, hop, hop!
Funny little bunny please stop, stop, stop!
Wiggle your ears and crinkle your nose.
Then wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, right down to your toes!
Bunny in the hole (adapted from "Jack in the Box" by Jbrary)
Bunny in the hole,
Sits so still,
Will he come out?
Yes he will!
Craft: We decorated a bunny template with cotton balls.
Literacy tip of the week: Rhyming stories help your child identify the sounds of language. This skill becomes increasingly important as your child is learning how to read.
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