Book read:
Tap the Magic Tree by Christie Matheson
ASL Sign of the Week: Book
Come along and march with me (from Storytime Underground)
Come and march along with me,
Along with me.
Come and march along with me,
So early in the morning.
(Other actions can include spinning, hopping, bouncing, flying, etc)
All my friends like dancing (modified version of "Mama's Little Baby", to the tune of "Shortening Bread")
All my friends like dancing,
Dancing, dancing,
All my friends like dancing with me!
All my friends like jumping,
Jumping, jumping,
All my friends like jumping high!
Other verses can include running fast, spinning round, etc.
Monkey See, Monkey Do (from Perry Public Library)
Monkey see, monkey do,
Little monkey in the zoo,
Little monkey in the tree,
Can you (insert action) like me?
The Freeze by Greg and Steve (on Kids in Motion)
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 by Laurie Berkner
Craft: We decorated an Letter S (for storytime!) with stickers.
Literacy tip of the week: Peeling stickers is a great way to develop your child's fine motor skills. This will become very important when they are learning to write.
Saturday, February 20, 2016
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Dance Storytime 2/16/16 and 2/17/16
Books read:
Dancing Feet by Lindsay Craig
Hilda Must Be Dancing by Karma Wilson
Other book suggestions:
Dancing with Dinosaurs by Jane Clarke
Baby Danced the Polka by Karen Beaumont
Duck Sock Hop by Jane Kohuth
ASL Sign of the Week: Dance
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
Dancing Animals (from Librarian Lisa's Storytimes)
This is the way the bunnies hop,
The bunnies hop,
This is the way the bunnies hop,
So early in the morning!
(Other actions can include any other animal and accompanying movement)
Dance anyway you want to (modified from Ms. Meg's Storytime)
Dance anyway that you want to,
Dance anyway that you want to,
Dance anyway that you want to,
But stop when I say FREEZE!
Other verses can include jumping as high as you can, dancing as fast as you can, spinning, etc
I really love to dance by Laurie Berkner
Dance your fingers (from Storytime Katie)
Dance your fingers up,
Dance your fingers down,
Dance your fingers side to side,
Dance them round and round,
Dance them on your shoulders,
Dance them on your head,
Dance them on your tummy,
And put them right to bed!
Craft: We made dancing elephants.
Literacy tip of the week: Music and dance are a great way for your child to explore sounds and language. As the clap and stomp to a beat they are learning to recognize the sounds that make up words.
Dancing Feet by Lindsay Craig
Hilda Must Be Dancing by Karma Wilson
Other book suggestions:
Dancing with Dinosaurs by Jane Clarke
Baby Danced the Polka by Karen Beaumont
Duck Sock Hop by Jane Kohuth
ASL Sign of the Week: Dance
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
Dancing Animals (from Librarian Lisa's Storytimes)
This is the way the bunnies hop,
The bunnies hop,
This is the way the bunnies hop,
So early in the morning!
(Other actions can include any other animal and accompanying movement)
Dance anyway you want to (modified from Ms. Meg's Storytime)
Dance anyway that you want to,
Dance anyway that you want to,
Dance anyway that you want to,
But stop when I say FREEZE!
Other verses can include jumping as high as you can, dancing as fast as you can, spinning, etc
I really love to dance by Laurie Berkner
Dance your fingers (from Storytime Katie)
Dance your fingers up,
Dance your fingers down,
Dance your fingers side to side,
Dance them round and round,
Dance them on your shoulders,
Dance them on your head,
Dance them on your tummy,
And put them right to bed!
Craft: We made dancing elephants.
Literacy tip of the week: Music and dance are a great way for your child to explore sounds and language. As the clap and stomp to a beat they are learning to recognize the sounds that make up words.
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Books and Songs We Love Storytime 2/10/16
Books read:
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, what do you see? by Bill Martin
We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
Other book suggestions:
If you give a mouse a cookie by Laura Numeroff
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin
If you're happy and you know it
Head, shoulders, knees and toes
The Grand Old Duke of York
The grand old Duke of York,
He had ten thousand men.
He marched them up to the top of the hill (lift arms in the air)
And he marched them down again (touch ground)
And when they're up, they're up. (lift arms)
And when they're down their down. (touch ground)
But when they're only halfway up (raise hands halfway)
They're neither up nor down. (reach up then down)
Wheels on the Bus
BINGO
Here we go up, up, up (with parachute, from Reading with Red)
Here we go up, up, up! (lift chute)
Here we go down, down, down! (drop chute to floor)
Here we go back and forth! (sway chute from side to side)
And here we go round and round! (walk in a circle)
Ring around the Rosie (done with parachute)
Craft: We made valentine's wreaths from paper plates and torn red/pink construction paper.
Literacy tip of the week: Singing the words to a favorite book is a great way to enliven a familiar story. It is also a great way to help your child hear the songs that make up words.
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, what do you see? by Bill Martin
We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
Other book suggestions:
If you give a mouse a cookie by Laura Numeroff
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin
If you're happy and you know it
Head, shoulders, knees and toes
The Grand Old Duke of York
The grand old Duke of York,
He had ten thousand men.
He marched them up to the top of the hill (lift arms in the air)
And he marched them down again (touch ground)
And when they're up, they're up. (lift arms)
And when they're down their down. (touch ground)
But when they're only halfway up (raise hands halfway)
They're neither up nor down. (reach up then down)
Wheels on the Bus
BINGO
Here we go up, up, up (with parachute, from Reading with Red)
Here we go up, up, up! (lift chute)
Here we go down, down, down! (drop chute to floor)
Here we go back and forth! (sway chute from side to side)
And here we go round and round! (walk in a circle)
Ring around the Rosie (done with parachute)
Craft: We made valentine's wreaths from paper plates and torn red/pink construction paper.
Literacy tip of the week: Singing the words to a favorite book is a great way to enliven a familiar story. It is also a great way to help your child hear the songs that make up words.
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
G is for Groundhog Storytime 2/2/16 and 2/3/16
Books read:
Get out of my bath! by Britta Teckentrup
Bark George by Jules Feiffer
Other book suggestions:
Where is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox
Goodnight, goodnight construction site by Sherri Duskey Rinker
Llama, llama Gram and Grandpa by Anna Dewdney
ASL Sign of the Week: Letter G
Here we go up, up, up (from Reading With Red)
Here we go up, up, up! (reach up)
Here we go down, down, down! (touch floor)
Here we go back and forth! (sway side to side)
And here we go round and round! (turn around)
The Grand Old Duke of York
The grand old Duke of York,
He had ten thousand men.
He marched them up to the top of the hill (lift arms in the air)
And he marched them down again (touch ground)
And when they're up, they're up. (lift arms)
And when they're down their down. (touch ground)
But when they're only halfway up (raise hands halfway)
They're neither up nor down. (reach up then down)
The Alligator Jump (modified from Storytime with Ms. Tara)
Alligators jump, (jump)
Alligators slide, (slide back and forth)
All the alligators move from side to side.
Alligators jump, (jump)
Alligators giggle, (pretend to laugh)
All the alligators like to turn around and wiggle! (shake your behind)
The Goldfish by Laurie Berkner
My Grandfather Clock by Bob McGrath
Groundhog in a hole (adapted from "Jack in the Box" by Jbrary)
Groundhog in the hole,
Sits so still,
Will he come out?
Yes he will!
Craft: G is for glue, so we glued paper to a print out of the letter G.
Literacy tip of the week: Having fun with letter sounds is a wonderful way to help develop your child's knowledge of the sounds that make up words. This will come in handy when they learn to read!
Get out of my bath! by Britta Teckentrup
Bark George by Jules Feiffer
Other book suggestions:
Where is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox
Goodnight, goodnight construction site by Sherri Duskey Rinker
Llama, llama Gram and Grandpa by Anna Dewdney
ASL Sign of the Week: Letter G
Here we go up, up, up (from Reading With Red)
Here we go up, up, up! (reach up)
Here we go down, down, down! (touch floor)
Here we go back and forth! (sway side to side)
And here we go round and round! (turn around)
The Grand Old Duke of York
The grand old Duke of York,
He had ten thousand men.
He marched them up to the top of the hill (lift arms in the air)
And he marched them down again (touch ground)
And when they're up, they're up. (lift arms)
And when they're down their down. (touch ground)
But when they're only halfway up (raise hands halfway)
They're neither up nor down. (reach up then down)
The Alligator Jump (modified from Storytime with Ms. Tara)
Alligators jump, (jump)
Alligators slide, (slide back and forth)
All the alligators move from side to side.
Alligators jump, (jump)
Alligators giggle, (pretend to laugh)
All the alligators like to turn around and wiggle! (shake your behind)
The Goldfish by Laurie Berkner
My Grandfather Clock by Bob McGrath
Groundhog in a hole (adapted from "Jack in the Box" by Jbrary)
Groundhog in the hole,
Sits so still,
Will he come out?
Yes he will!
Craft: G is for glue, so we glued paper to a print out of the letter G.
Literacy tip of the week: Having fun with letter sounds is a wonderful way to help develop your child's knowledge of the sounds that make up words. This will come in handy when they learn to read!
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