Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Opposites Storytime 11/29/16 and 11/30/16

Books read:
Big Bear, Small Mouse by Karma Wilson
I'm The Biggest Thing in the Ocean by Kevin Sherry

Other book suggestions:
The little mouse, the red ripe strawberry and the big hungry bear by Don Wood
Ten little fingers and ten little toes by Mem Fox
Not Quite Black and White by Jonathan Ying

ASL Signs of the Week: Big and Little

This is Big (from Mel's Desk)
This is big, big, big. (arms wide)
This is small, small, small. (bring arms together)
This is short, short, short. (crouch down)
This is tall, tall, tall. (reach high)
This is fast, fast, fast. (run fast)
This is slow, slow, slow. (run slowly)
This is yes, yes, yes. (shake head yes)
This is no, no, no. (shake head no)

I can run as fast as you (from A Library Geek)
I can run as fast as you,
I can run as fast as you,
I can run as fast as you,
Running on the spot!

Other verses:
I can walk as slow as you.
I can jump as high as you.
I can crouch as low as you. 

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 they're down. (touch ground)
But when they're only halfway up (raise hands halfway)
They're neither up nor down. (reach up then down)  

10 Little Bubbles (while popping bubbles, to the tune of "Ten Little Indians")
One little,
Two little,
Three little bubbles,
Four little,
Five little,
Six little bubbles.
Seven little,
Eight little,
Nine little bubbles.
Ten little bubbles in the air.

Mama's Sleeping (with shakers, 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.
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 noisy!

Craft: We placed green stickers on a template of a pea pod labeled with "In" and "Out". 

Literacy tip of the week: Opposites are a great way to help kids differentiate between objects in their environment. Eventually this practice will apply to differentiating between letters!

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

I'm Hungry Storytime: 11/22/16 and 11/23/16

Books read:
Bear Wants More by Karma Wilson
The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear

Other book suggestions:
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Peanut Butter and Cupcake by Terry Border

ASL Sign of the Week: Eat

If you're hungry and you know it

Toaster Song (from Literary Commentary)

I'm toast in the toaster and I'm getting really hot, (bounce)
Tick tock, Tick tock, (rock back and forth)
Up I pop! (jump)

Way up high in the apple tree (modified from Literary Commentary)
Way up high in the apple tree, (lift arms)
10 little apples smiled at me!
I shook that tree as hard as I could, (shake back and forth)
Down came the apple, (wave hands towards ground)
Boy was it good!

I feel so crazy I jump in the soup by Laurie Berkner 

Bananas Unite (from Jbrary)

Bananas unite! (hands connected above head)
Peel bananas, peel bananas! (move hands down)
Chop bananas, chop bananas! (chopping motion)
Mash bananas, mash bananas! (mashing motion)
Go bananas! Go bananas! 

Milkshake Song (from Jbrary
You take a little a little milk, pour some milk.
And you take a little cream, pour some cream.
You stir it all up,
You shake and you'll sing..a 1,2,3,4..

Milkshake, milkshake, shake it all up!
Milkshake, milkshake, shake it all up!
Milkshake, milkshake, shake it all up! 

Popcorn Kernels (with scarves, from Jbrary
Popcorn kernels, popcorn kernels,
In the pot. In the pot.
Shake them, shake them, shake them.
Shake them, shake them, shake them.
Till they pop! Till they pop!

Craft: We made collages with pictures of food cut from magazines.

Literacy tip of the week: Talk about the names of different foods as you and your child share a meal. You never know what new vocabulary the discussion will introduce! 

Thursday, November 17, 2016

Baby Storytime 11/17/16

Book read: 
Peek-a-zoo! by Marie Torres Cimarusti

ASL Sign of the Week: Thank you

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.
Lean to the left, lean to the right, now hug that baby nice and tight!
Other actions include: jumping high, spinning round, dancing fast, flying high, etc)

This Old Road (done as lap bounce, modified from Everything Preschool)
This old road is hard and bumpy, (bounce on lap)
Makes the turkeys very jumpy.
Driver, driver, not so jerky, (rock back and forth)
Or we might just loose a turkey! (lean back)

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.

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 (while popping bubbles, to the tune of "Ten Little Indians")

One little,
Two little,
Three little bubbles,
Four little,
Five little,
Six little bubbles.
Seven little,
Eight little,
Nine little bubbles.
Ten little bubbles in the air.

Literacy tip of the week: Shakers are a great way for babies to learn about cause and effect. They shake the shaker and it makes a noise! 

Turkey Storytime 11/15/16 and 11/16/16

Books read:
Turkey Trouble by Wendi Silvano
I'm a Turkey by Jim Arnosky

Other book suggestions: 
Gobble Gobble by Cathryn Falwell
This is the Turkey by Abby Levine 

ASL Sign of the Week: Turkey

This Old Road (done as lap bounce, modified from Everything Preschool)
This old road is hard and bumpy, (bounce on lap)
Makes the turkeys very jumpy.
Driver, driver, not so jerky, (rock back and forth)
Or we might just loose a turkey! (lean back)

I'm a little turkey (from Perpetual Preschool)
(to the tune of "I'm a little teapot")
I'm a little turkey, fluffy and round.
My wings flap when I turn around. (flap arms like wings)
I've got feathers on my back.
And a big orange beak that goes click clack! (Put hands in front of mouth like a beak and clap together)

Did you ever see a turkey? (to the tune of "Did you ever see a Lassie?", modified from Library Village
Did you ever see a turkey, a turkey a turkey?
Did you ever see a turkey (insert action) this way and that?
(Insert action) this way and that way, and this way and that way?
Did you ever see a turkey (insert action) this way and that? 

Turkey Pokey (version of Hokey Pokey, from HCPL Kidsite)
You put your right wing in,
You take your right wing out.
You do they Turkey Pokey and you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about.
(For more verses substitute left wing, beak, claws, tail feathers and turkey body) 

Turkey wore his rainbow feathers (sung to "Mary Wore Her Red Dress", from Everything Preschool)  
Turkey wore his red feather, red feather, red feather.
Turkey wore his red feather all day long!
(continue further verses with other colors)

Final verse: 
Turkey wore his rainbow feathers, rainbow feathers, rainbow feathers.
Turkey wore his rainbow feathers all day long!

We made a stuffed turkey "fly" on our parachute.

Craft: We decorated a feather print out with craft feathers. 

Literacy tip of the week: Ask your child to make predictions about the story as you read with them. This will help increase their understanding of the book. It will also help them develop their narrative skills.

Thursday, November 10, 2016

Baby Storytime 11/10/16

Book read:
Overboard by Sarah Weeks

ASL sign of the week: Play

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!
Additional verses: tap your knees, shake your feet, touch your shoulders

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.

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)

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 (while popping bubbles, to the tune of "Ten Little Indians")
One little,
Two little,
Three little bubbles,
Four little,
Five little,
Six little bubbles.
Seven little,
Eight little,
Nine little bubbles.
Ten little bubbles in the air.

Literacy tip of the week: Tilting songs and activities (like those that can be incorporated into books like Overboard) help develop a baby's vestibular system, which impacts sight, balance and hearing.

Cookie Storytime 11/8/16 and 11/9/16

Books read:
Mr. Cookie Baker by Monica Wellington
The cow loves cookies by Karma Wilson

Other book suggestions: 
Who ate all the cookies? by Karen Beaumont
If you give a mouse a cookie by Laura Numeroff

ASL sign of the week: Cookie

If you like cookies and you know it
If you like cookies and you know it clap your hands. (clap hands)
If you like cookies and you know it clap your hands.
If you like cookies and you know it, and you really want to show it,
If you like cookies and you know it clap your hands.

If you like cookies and you know it stomp your feet. (stomp feet)
If you like cookies and you know it stomp your feet.
If you like cookies and you know it and you really want to show it,
If you like cookies and you know it stomp your feet.

If you like cookies and you know it shout "Hooray!"
If you like cookies and you know it shout "Hooray!"
If you like cookies and you know it and you really want to show it,
If you like cookies and you know it shout "Hooray!"

Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes 

The Gingerbread Man (to the tune of "The Muffin Man", modified from Preschool Education)

Do you know the Gingerbread Man,
The Gingerbread Man, the Gingerbread Man?
Oh, do you know the Gingerbread Man who ran and ran and ran?
Additional verses can suggest other actions.

Five Little Gingerbread Men (from Step by Step Childcare)
Five little gingerbread men in a row.
Not gonna eat one, no, no, no. (shake finger side to side)
But they look so sweet, from head to toe. (touch head, then toes)
Crunch, munch! (slap thighs on crunch, clap hands on munch)
UH OH! (put hands over mouth)

Four little gingerbread men in a row.
Not gonna eat one,no, no, no.
But they look so sweet, from head to toe.
Crunch, munch!
UH OH!

Count down till all gingerbread men are gone.

No little gingerbread men in a row.
Wasn't gonna eat one, no, no, no.
But they looked so sweet, it's sad to tell.
Crunch, munch, Oh well! (shrug shoulders)

Bread and Butter (modified from http://projectiamaby.blogspot.com/2015/03/baking-theme-toddler-storytime.html)
Bread and butter, toast and jam.
Tap your rolling pins as fast as you can!
Other verses: slowly as you can, loud as you can, soft as you can.

Craft: Toddlers glued tissue paper on a cookie printable. Preschoolers colored the same template.

Literacy tip of the week: You can incorporate literacy into so many daily activities, including baking. For instance, explaining what you are doing as you bake with your child can introduce them to new words and vocabulary.