Book read:
Babies can sleep anywhere by Lisa Wheeler
Hands are Clapping (from Reading With Red)
Hands are clapping,
Clap, clap, clap,
Hands are clapping,
Clap, clap, clap,
Hands are clapping,
Clap, clap, clap,
Clap your hands my darling!
Other actions: Feet are stomping, Fingers are tapping, etc.
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
I'm a little cuckoo clock (from KCLS)
Tick tock, tick tock, (rock back and forth)
I'm a little cuckoo clock!
Tick tock, tick tock,
It's one o'clock!
CUCKOO! (jump once)
Tick tock, tick tock,
I'm a little cuckoo clock!
Tick tock, tick tock,
It's two o'clock!
CUCKOO! CUCKOO! (jump twice)
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.
Acka backa soda cracker (from Northport Library)
Acka backa soda cracker
Acka backa boo! (rock or bounce baby)
Acka backa soda cracker,
I love you! (give baby a hug)
Acka backa soda cracker,
Acka backa boo!
Acka backa soda cracker,
Up goes you! (lift baby)
Wheels on the bus
Row, row, row your boat (with parachute)
The Elevator Song (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: Songs and books teach your baby about
the world. For instance the elevator song teaches them about the
concepts of "up" and "down".
Thursday, November 30, 2017
Tuesday, November 28, 2017
Noisy November Storytime 11/27/17 and 11/28/17
Books read:
Toot toot beep beep by Emma Garcia
Say Zoop! by Herve Tullet
Other book suggestions:
Dog's Noisy Day by Emma Dodd
Noisy Nora by Rosemary Wells
Hands are Clapping (from Reading With Red)
Hands are clapping,
Clap, clap, clap,
Hands are clapping,
Clap, clap, clap,
Hands are clapping,
Clap, clap, clap,
Clap your hands my darling!
Other actions: Feet are stomping, Fingers are tapping, etc.
I'm a little cuckoo clock (from KCLS)
Tick tock, tick tock, (rock back and forth)
I'm a little cuckoo clock!
Tick tock, tick tock,
It's one o'clock!
CUCKOO! (jump once)
Tick tock, tick tock,
I'm a little cuckoo clock!
Tick tock, tick tock,
It's two o'clock!
CUCKOO! CUCKOO! (jump twice)
Popcorn calling me by Laurie Berkner
My Grandfather Clock by Bob McGrath (with rhythm sticks)
Bread and Butter (modified from http://projectiamaby.blogspot.com/2015/03/baking-theme-toddler-storytime.html)
Bread and butter, toast and jam.
Tap your sticks as fast as you can!
Other verses: slowly as you can, loud as you can, soft as you can.
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?
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.
Craft: We decorated paper bags and filled them with beans to create shakers.
Literacy tip of the week: Playing with noises is an important way your child will explore the sounds in language.
Toot toot beep beep by Emma Garcia
Say Zoop! by Herve Tullet
Other book suggestions:
Dog's Noisy Day by Emma Dodd
Noisy Nora by Rosemary Wells
Hands are Clapping (from Reading With Red)
Hands are clapping,
Clap, clap, clap,
Hands are clapping,
Clap, clap, clap,
Hands are clapping,
Clap, clap, clap,
Clap your hands my darling!
Other actions: Feet are stomping, Fingers are tapping, etc.
I'm a little cuckoo clock (from KCLS)
Tick tock, tick tock, (rock back and forth)
I'm a little cuckoo clock!
Tick tock, tick tock,
It's one o'clock!
CUCKOO! (jump once)
Tick tock, tick tock,
I'm a little cuckoo clock!
Tick tock, tick tock,
It's two o'clock!
CUCKOO! CUCKOO! (jump twice)
Popcorn calling me by Laurie Berkner
My Grandfather Clock by Bob McGrath (with rhythm sticks)
Bread and Butter (modified from http://projectiamaby.blogspot.com/2015/03/baking-theme-toddler-storytime.html)
Bread and butter, toast and jam.
Tap your sticks as fast as you can!
Other verses: slowly as you can, loud as you can, soft as you can.
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?
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.
Craft: We decorated paper bags and filled them with beans to create shakers.
Literacy tip of the week: Playing with noises is an important way your child will explore the sounds in language.
Tuesday, November 21, 2017
I'm Hungry Storytime 11/20/17 and 11/21/17
Books read:
I won't eat that by Christopher Silas Neal
Who's Hungry? by Dean Hacochen
ASL Sign of the Week: Eat
If you're hungry and you know it
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!
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)
Peanut Butter and Jelly (adapted from KCLS)
First you take the peanuts and you smash them,
You smash them,
For your peanut, peanut butter..
And Jelly!
Peanut, peanut butter,
And Jelly!
Then you take the grapes and you stomp them,
You stomp them,
For your peanut, peanut butter..
And Jelly!
Peanut, peanut butter,
And Jelly!
Last you take them both and you spread them,
You spread them,
For your peanut, peanut butter..
And Jelly!
For your peanut, peanut butter,
And Jelly!
Spaghetti Legs by Jim Gill (on CD: "Jim Gill Sings the Sneezing Song")
Patacake Pizza Man (with scarves, modified from Storytime Katie)
Patacake, patacake, Pizza Man,
Bake me a pizza as fast as you can,
Roll it, (wave scarf in a circle)
Toss it (1 , 2 , 3 ) (toss three times)
And put in it in the oven for you and me!
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 glued cut outs of food to paper plates.
Literacy tip of the week: Cooking with your children is a great opportunity to talk about what you are doing and introduce new vocabulary.
I won't eat that by Christopher Silas Neal
Who's Hungry? by Dean Hacochen
ASL Sign of the Week: Eat
If you're hungry and you know it
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!
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)
Peanut Butter and Jelly (adapted from KCLS)
First you take the peanuts and you smash them,
You smash them,
For your peanut, peanut butter..
And Jelly!
Peanut, peanut butter,
And Jelly!
Then you take the grapes and you stomp them,
You stomp them,
For your peanut, peanut butter..
And Jelly!
Peanut, peanut butter,
And Jelly!
Last you take them both and you spread them,
You spread them,
For your peanut, peanut butter..
And Jelly!
For your peanut, peanut butter,
And Jelly!
Spaghetti Legs by Jim Gill (on CD: "Jim Gill Sings the Sneezing Song")
Patacake Pizza Man (with scarves, modified from Storytime Katie)
Patacake, patacake, Pizza Man,
Bake me a pizza as fast as you can,
Roll it, (wave scarf in a circle)
Toss it (1 , 2 , 3 ) (toss three times)
And put in it in the oven for you and me!
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 glued cut outs of food to paper plates.
Literacy tip of the week: Cooking with your children is a great opportunity to talk about what you are doing and introduce new vocabulary.
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