Book read: I went walking by Sue Williams
ASL Sign of the Week: More
We Hit the Floor Together (to the tune of "The Farmer in the Dell", from Abby Librarian)
We hit the floor together,
We hit the floor together,
We hit the floor together,
Because it's fun to do!
Repeat with different actions: clap hands, nod heads, sway side to side, say hello, etc.
Autumn leaves are falling down (adapted from Jbrary)
Autumn leaves are falling down, falling down, falling down, (flutter hands towards ground)
Autumn leaves are falling down, all around town.
The wind will blow them round and round, round and round, (spin)
The wind will blow them round and round, all around town.
Autumn leaves are dancing round, dancing round, dancing round (dance)
Autumn leaves are dancing round, all around town.
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)
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)
Itsy Bitsy Spider
I'm a little cuckoo clock (from KCLS)
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
10 Little Bubbles (to the tune of "Ten Little Indians")
One little,
Two little,
Three little bubbles (count on fingers)
Four little,
Five little,
Six little bubbles.
Seven little,
Eight little,
Nine little bubbles.
Ten little bubbles in the air.
Play "Peekaboo" with parachute
Literacy tip of the week: Let your baby touch and explore the book as you read with them. This is a great way for them to learn about books!
Thursday, September 29, 2016
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Letter F Storytime 9/27/16 and 9/28/16
Books read:
Hooray for Fish by Lucy Cousins
Froodle by Antoinette Portis
Other book suggestions:
Jump by Scott Fischer
Dancing Feet by Lindsey Craig
ASL Sign of the Week: F
My hands say hello (to the tune of "The Farmer in the Dell", from Abby the Librarian)
My hands say hello
My hands say hello
Every time I see my friends
My hands say hello
Repeat using other body parts.
Slippery Fish (from Jbrary, found here)
Slippery fish, Slippery fish, (move hands together like a fish)
Sliding through the water,
Slippery fish, Slippery fish,
GULP, GULP. GULP! (clap three times)
Oh no! It been eaten by an..
Octopus, Octopus, (wiggle arms)
Wiggling in the water,
Octopus, Octopus,
GULP, GULP, GULP!
Oh no! It's been eaten by a...
Great white shark, Great white shark, (hand on head like shark fin)
Lurking in the water,
Great white shark, Great white shark,
GULP, GULP, GULP!
Oh no! It's been eaten by a...
Humongous whale, Humongous whale, (hands out to side)
Spouting in the water,
Humongous whale, Humongous whale,
GULP, GULP, GULP!
BURP!
The Goldfish by Laurie Berkner
We Hit the Floor Together (from Abby Librarian)
We hit the floor together,
We hit the floor together,
Because it's fun to do!
Repeat with different actions: clap hands, nod heads, sway side to side, say hello, etc.
If you're a frog and you know it
If you're a frog and you know it hop like this (hop)
If you're a frog and you know it hop like this (hop)
If you're a frog and you know it and you really want to show it,
If you're a frog and you know it hop like this!
Other verses include: Say "ribbit" and catch a fly (bring hands together in front of you)
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 decorated a cut out of the letter F with feathers.
Literacy tip of the week: Talk with your child about things you see throughout the day. This is a great way to build their vocabulary!
Hooray for Fish by Lucy Cousins
Froodle by Antoinette Portis
Other book suggestions:
Jump by Scott Fischer
Dancing Feet by Lindsey Craig
ASL Sign of the Week: F
My hands say hello (to the tune of "The Farmer in the Dell", from Abby the Librarian)
My hands say hello
My hands say hello
Every time I see my friends
My hands say hello
Repeat using other body parts.
Slippery Fish (from Jbrary, found here)
Slippery fish, Slippery fish, (move hands together like a fish)
Sliding through the water,
Slippery fish, Slippery fish,
GULP, GULP. GULP! (clap three times)
Oh no! It been eaten by an..
Octopus, Octopus, (wiggle arms)
Wiggling in the water,
Octopus, Octopus,
GULP, GULP, GULP!
Oh no! It's been eaten by a...
Great white shark, Great white shark, (hand on head like shark fin)
Lurking in the water,
Great white shark, Great white shark,
GULP, GULP, GULP!
Oh no! It's been eaten by a...
Humongous whale, Humongous whale, (hands out to side)
Spouting in the water,
Humongous whale, Humongous whale,
GULP, GULP, GULP!
BURP!
The Goldfish by Laurie Berkner
We Hit the Floor Together (from Abby Librarian)
We hit the floor together,
We hit the floor together,
Because it's fun to do!
Repeat with different actions: clap hands, nod heads, sway side to side, say hello, etc.
If you're a frog and you know it
If you're a frog and you know it hop like this (hop)
If you're a frog and you know it hop like this (hop)
If you're a frog and you know it and you really want to show it,
If you're a frog and you know it hop like this!
Other verses include: Say "ribbit" and catch a fly (bring hands together in front of you)
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 decorated a cut out of the letter F with feathers.
Literacy tip of the week: Talk with your child about things you see throughout the day. This is a great way to build their vocabulary!
Thursday, September 22, 2016
Baby Storytime 9/22/16
Book read: Charlie Chick by Nick Denchfield
ASL Sign of the Week: Eat
My Little Baby (to the tune of Shortnin' Bread, modified from Verona Storytime)
My little baby loves bouncing, bouncing,
My little baby loves bouncing round.
My little baby loves bouncing, bouncing,
My little baby loves bouncing round.
Other actions include: jumping high, spinning round, dancing fast, flying high, etc)
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)
My Pony Macaroni (do three times with increasing speed) (from Born to Read)
I have a little pony, (bounce baby on lap)
His name is Macaroni.
He trots and trots and then he stops (stop bouncing)
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)
10 Little Bubbles (to the tune of "Ten Little Indians")
One little,
Two little,
Three little bubbles (count on fingers)
Four little,
Five little,
Six little bubbles.
Seven little,
Eight little,
Nine little bubbles.
Ten little bubbles in the air.
Let's pop, pop, pop those bubbbles, (clap hands as if popping bubbles)
Pop, pop, those bubbles.
Pop, pop, pop those bubbles,
Pop them everywhere!
Down at the Library (with parachute, from What Happens in Storytime)
Down at the library in the story room,
Sat babies and Ms. Kelly and a parachute.
Lift said Ms. Kelly, lift the chute!
And they lifted and lifted that parachute,
Other actions: shake, drop, let go
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 drop it low!
Literacy tip of the week: Bouncing is a great way to help babies physically feel the sounds that make up words.
ASL Sign of the Week: Eat
My Little Baby (to the tune of Shortnin' Bread, modified from Verona Storytime)
My little baby loves bouncing, bouncing,
My little baby loves bouncing round.
My little baby loves bouncing, bouncing,
My little baby loves bouncing round.
Other actions include: jumping high, spinning round, dancing fast, flying high, etc)
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)
My Pony Macaroni (do three times with increasing speed) (from Born to Read)
I have a little pony, (bounce baby on lap)
His name is Macaroni.
He trots and trots and then he stops (stop bouncing)
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)
10 Little Bubbles (to the tune of "Ten Little Indians")
One little,
Two little,
Three little bubbles (count on fingers)
Four little,
Five little,
Six little bubbles.
Seven little,
Eight little,
Nine little bubbles.
Ten little bubbles in the air.
Let's pop, pop, pop those bubbbles, (clap hands as if popping bubbles)
Pop, pop, those bubbles.
Pop, pop, pop those bubbles,
Pop them everywhere!
Down at the Library (with parachute, from What Happens in Storytime)
Down at the library in the story room,
Sat babies and Ms. Kelly and a parachute.
Lift said Ms. Kelly, lift the chute!
And they lifted and lifted that parachute,
Other actions: shake, drop, let go
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 drop it low!
Literacy tip of the week: Bouncing is a great way to help babies physically feel the sounds that make up words.
Shaker Storytime 9/20/16 and 9/21/16
Books read:
Tip Tip, Dig Dig by Emma Garcia
Ol' Mama Squirrel by David Ezra Stein
ASL Sign of the Week: Music
Everyone can shake (with shakers, modified from Jbrary)
Everyone can shake, shake, shake
Everyone can shake, shake, shake
Everyone can shake, shake, shake
And now it's time to stop.
Additional verses:
Everyone can tap, Everyone can clap, Everyone can wave, etc.
Shake it to the east (from Jbrary)
Shake it to the east, (shake to one side)
Shake it to the west, (shake to other side)
Shake it all around, (shake in a circle)
And take a rest.
Shake your shakers up, (shake high)
Shake your shakers down, (shake low)
Shake it, shake it, shake it!
And then settle down.
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)
We're going to the market (done with shakers, modified version of We're Going to the Zoo from ALA's 2014 Guerilla Storytime)
We're going to the market,
We're going to be there soon!
We're going to get some veggies, and other yummy food!
Shake it baby, shake it!
Shake it while you can!
Shake it like a milkshake, and pour it in the can!
Shake it to the bottom! Shake it to the top!
Shake it round and round and round!
Until I tell you stop!
Twist and Shout (by Beatles or others)
Mama's Sleeping (from Getting Giggles)
Mama's sleeping, don't wake her up. (shake shakers quietly)
Mama's sleeping, don't wake her up.
Mama's sleeping don't wake her up.
Mama's sleeping don't wake her up.
We must be very quiet!
Wake up Mama! It's time to play! (shake shakers loudly)
Wake up Mama! It's time to play!
Wake up Mama! It's time to play!
Let's be very noise!
Wimoweh (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) by Laurie Berkner
Craft: We colored a picture of shakers.
Literacy tip of the week: Shakers are a great way to help kids learn the parts that make up words. When they physically shake the shaker on each syllable of a word it reinforces this concept!
Tip Tip, Dig Dig by Emma Garcia
Ol' Mama Squirrel by David Ezra Stein
ASL Sign of the Week: Music
Everyone can shake (with shakers, modified from Jbrary)
Everyone can shake, shake, shake
Everyone can shake, shake, shake
Everyone can shake, shake, shake
And now it's time to stop.
Additional verses:
Everyone can tap, Everyone can clap, Everyone can wave, etc.
Shake it to the east (from Jbrary)
Shake it to the east, (shake to one side)
Shake it to the west, (shake to other side)
Shake it all around, (shake in a circle)
And take a rest.
Shake your shakers up, (shake high)
Shake your shakers down, (shake low)
Shake it, shake it, shake it!
And then settle down.
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)
We're going to the market (done with shakers, modified version of We're Going to the Zoo from ALA's 2014 Guerilla Storytime)
We're going to the market,
We're going to be there soon!
We're going to get some veggies, and other yummy food!
Shake it baby, shake it!
Shake it while you can!
Shake it like a milkshake, and pour it in the can!
Shake it to the bottom! Shake it to the top!
Shake it round and round and round!
Until I tell you stop!
Twist and Shout (by Beatles or others)
Mama's Sleeping (from Getting Giggles)
Mama's sleeping, don't wake her up. (shake shakers quietly)
Mama's sleeping, don't wake her up.
Mama's sleeping don't wake her up.
Mama's sleeping don't wake her up.
We must be very quiet!
Wake up Mama! It's time to play! (shake shakers loudly)
Wake up Mama! It's time to play!
Wake up Mama! It's time to play!
Let's be very noise!
Wimoweh (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) by Laurie Berkner
Craft: We colored a picture of shakers.
Literacy tip of the week: Shakers are a great way to help kids learn the parts that make up words. When they physically shake the shaker on each syllable of a word it reinforces this concept!
Thursday, September 15, 2016
Baby Storytime 9/15/16
Book read: Nose to Toes, You are Yummy! by Tim Harrington
ASL Sign of the Week: Book
We Hit the Floor Together (to the tune of "The Farmer in the Dell", from Abby Librarian)
We hit the floor together,
We hit the floor together,
We hit the floor together,
Because it's fun to do!
Repeat with different actions: clap hands, nod heads, sway side to side, say hello, etc.
Itsy Bitsy Spider
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)
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
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 drop it low!
10 Little Bubbles (to the tune of "Ten Little Indians")
One little,
Two little,
Three little bubbles (count on fingers)
Four little,
Five little,
Six little bubbles.
Seven little,
Eight little,
Nine little bubbles.
Ten little bubbles in the air.
Let's pop, pop, pop those bubbbles, (clap hands as if popping bubbles)
Pop, pop, those bubbles.
Pop, pop, pop those bubbles,
Pop them everywhere!
Literacy tip of the week: Bubbles are a great educational tool for babies. Young baby's can practice tracking them with their eyes, while older babies can develop their fine motor skills by popping them.
ASL Sign of the Week: Book
We Hit the Floor Together (to the tune of "The Farmer in the Dell", from Abby Librarian)
We hit the floor together,
We hit the floor together,
We hit the floor together,
Because it's fun to do!
Repeat with different actions: clap hands, nod heads, sway side to side, say hello, etc.
Itsy Bitsy Spider
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)
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
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 drop it low!
10 Little Bubbles (to the tune of "Ten Little Indians")
One little,
Two little,
Three little bubbles (count on fingers)
Four little,
Five little,
Six little bubbles.
Seven little,
Eight little,
Nine little bubbles.
Ten little bubbles in the air.
Let's pop, pop, pop those bubbbles, (clap hands as if popping bubbles)
Pop, pop, those bubbles.
Pop, pop, pop those bubbles,
Pop them everywhere!
Literacy tip of the week: Bubbles are a great educational tool for babies. Young baby's can practice tracking them with their eyes, while older babies can develop their fine motor skills by popping them.
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
Bear Storytime 9/13/16 and 9/14/16
Books read:
Bears! Bears! Bears! by Bob Barner
We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
Other book suggestions:
More Bears! by Kenn Nesbitt
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, what do you see? by Bill Martin
Bear Wants More by Karma Wilson
ASL Sign of the Week: Bear
If you're a bear and you know it
If you're a bear and you know it clap your paws.
If you're a bear and you know it clap your paws.
If you're a bear and you know it and you really want to show it,
If you're a bear and you know it clap your paws.
Other verses include shake your fur and give a growl.
My Teddy Bear (to the tune of "Skip to My Lou", from Vivian the Librarian)
I love to play with my teddy bear-air!
I love to play with my teddy bear-air!
I love to play with my teddy bear-air!
We can play most anywhere!
Other actions can include dancing, jumping, spinning, etc.
Rockabye a Bear by the Wiggles
Bear In a Cave (from TCPL Kids)
Here is a cave, inside is a bear. (curl into a ball)
Now he comes out to get some fresh air. (stand up)
He stays out all summer in sunshine and heat. (fan yourself)
He hunts in the forest for berries to eat.
When snow starts to fall, (hands fall like snow)
He hurries inside his warm little cave and there he will hide. (curl back into a ball)
When Spring comes again,
The snow melts away.
And out comes the bear ready to play. (stand up and growl)
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear
Teddy bear, teddy bear, turn around.
Teddy bear, teddy bear, touch the ground.
Teddy bear, teddy bear, touch your knees.
Teddy bear, teddy bear, sit down please.
Bouncy Bear (with stuffed bear on chute)
Bouncy, bouncy, bouncy bear!
Bounce him here, and bounce him there.
Fly him high up in the air!
Ring Around the Teddy (version of "Ring Around the Rosie" from Vivian the Librarian, done with parachute)
Ring around the teddy,
The bears are getting ready,
Picnic, picnic, we all fall down!
Craft: We made bear masks by putting cut out yarn and paper ears on paper plates.
Literacy tip of the week: When we pretend in songs and rhymes we are learning how to use our imagination, which is important when learning to read.
Bears! Bears! Bears! by Bob Barner
We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
Other book suggestions:
More Bears! by Kenn Nesbitt
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, what do you see? by Bill Martin
Bear Wants More by Karma Wilson
ASL Sign of the Week: Bear
If you're a bear and you know it
If you're a bear and you know it clap your paws.
If you're a bear and you know it clap your paws.
If you're a bear and you know it and you really want to show it,
If you're a bear and you know it clap your paws.
Other verses include shake your fur and give a growl.
My Teddy Bear (to the tune of "Skip to My Lou", from Vivian the Librarian)
I love to play with my teddy bear-air!
I love to play with my teddy bear-air!
I love to play with my teddy bear-air!
We can play most anywhere!
Other actions can include dancing, jumping, spinning, etc.
Rockabye a Bear by the Wiggles
Bear In a Cave (from TCPL Kids)
Here is a cave, inside is a bear. (curl into a ball)
Now he comes out to get some fresh air. (stand up)
He stays out all summer in sunshine and heat. (fan yourself)
He hunts in the forest for berries to eat.
When snow starts to fall, (hands fall like snow)
He hurries inside his warm little cave and there he will hide. (curl back into a ball)
When Spring comes again,
The snow melts away.
And out comes the bear ready to play. (stand up and growl)
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear
Teddy bear, teddy bear, turn around.
Teddy bear, teddy bear, touch the ground.
Teddy bear, teddy bear, touch your knees.
Teddy bear, teddy bear, sit down please.
Bouncy Bear (with stuffed bear on chute)
Bouncy, bouncy, bouncy bear!
Bounce him here, and bounce him there.
Fly him high up in the air!
Ring Around the Teddy (version of "Ring Around the Rosie" from Vivian the Librarian, done with parachute)
Ring around the teddy,
The bears are getting ready,
Picnic, picnic, we all fall down!
Craft: We made bear masks by putting cut out yarn and paper ears on paper plates.
Literacy tip of the week: When we pretend in songs and rhymes we are learning how to use our imagination, which is important when learning to read.
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