Book read:
Go away Big Green Monster! by Ed Emberly
Monsters Galore (modified from Storytime Katie)
Monsters galore, can you roar? (roar)
Monsters galore, can you soar? (fly)
Monsters galore, can you snore? (pretend to sleep)
Monsters galore, fall on the floor! (fall down)
The Goldfish by Laurie Berkner
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)
Green Says Go (from Storytime Katie)
Green says "Go!" (march quickly)
Go! Go! Go!
Yellow says "Slow!" (march slowly)
Slow! Slow! Slow!
Red says "Stop!"
Stop! Stop! Stop! (stop)
Go! Go! Go!
Slow! Slow! Slow!
Stop!
Craft: We decorated a print out of a gumball machine with round stickers.
Literacy tip of the week: Playing with letter sounds is a great way to prepare your child for learning to read.
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Thursday, January 24, 2019
Baby Storytime 1/24/19
Book read:
Baby Love by Angela DiTerlizzi
We're clapping all together (to the tune of "Farmer in the Dell")
We're clapping all together,
We're clapping all together.
Hi-ho the derry-o.
We're clapping all together.
Other actions can include stomping, shaking, bouncing, etc.
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
Hippety Hop (from Perry Public Library)
Hip, hip, hippety hop, (bounce baby)
Hippety, hippety hop,
We'll hop around the room today,
Until it's time to stop! (stop)
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)
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)
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: Anything you read your baby exposes them to words and language. Feel free to read aloud to them from materials of all kinds.
Baby Love by Angela DiTerlizzi
We're clapping all together (to the tune of "Farmer in the Dell")
We're clapping all together,
We're clapping all together.
Hi-ho the derry-o.
We're clapping all together.
Other actions can include stomping, shaking, bouncing, etc.
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
Hippety Hop (from Perry Public Library)
Hip, hip, hippety hop, (bounce baby)
Hippety, hippety hop,
We'll hop around the room today,
Until it's time to stop! (stop)
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)
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)
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: Anything you read your baby exposes them to words and language. Feel free to read aloud to them from materials of all kinds.
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
Winter Blues Storytime 1/22/19 and 1/23/19
Book read:
What's the matter Bunny Blue? by Nicola Smee
Other book suggestions:
Baby Bear sees blue by Ashley Wolff
Have you seen my new blue socks? by Eve Bunting
Blue by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
If you like blue (to the tune of "Did you ever see a lassie?")
If you like blue, like blue, like blue,
If you like blue clap your hands!
If you like blue, like blue, like blue,
If you like blue jump up and down!
Other actions can include stomp your feet, spin all around, etc.
The Boat on the Waves (to the tune of "The Wheels on the Bus")
The boat on the waves goes rock, rock, rock,
Rock, Rock, Rock. (stand and rock back and forth)
The boat on the waves goes rock, rock, rock,
All around the lake.
The wind in the sails goes swish, swish, swish,
Swish, Swish, Swish. (swing arms back and forth)
The wind in the sails goes swish, swish,
All around the lake.
The waves on the lake go up and down,
up and down, up and down, (alternate bending knees and standing up)
The waves on the lake go up an down,
All around the lake.
Blueberry Roll (from Canton Public Library)
Five little blueberries sitting in a bowl,
One fell down and it started to ROLL!
It rolled off the table and under my seat.
How many blueberries are there left to eat?
Repeat and count down to zero
My blue sailboat by Laurie Berkner
One little fish (with scarves, from Jbrary)
One little fish,
Swimming in the water,
Swimming in the water,
Swimming in the water,
Bubble, bubble, bubble,
Pop, pop, pop!
Literacy tip of the week: Counting rhymes such as "Blueberry Roll" help prepare kids to understand sequences of events, such as those that occur in a story.
What's the matter Bunny Blue? by Nicola Smee
Other book suggestions:
Baby Bear sees blue by Ashley Wolff
Have you seen my new blue socks? by Eve Bunting
Blue by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
If you like blue (to the tune of "Did you ever see a lassie?")
If you like blue, like blue, like blue,
If you like blue clap your hands!
If you like blue, like blue, like blue,
If you like blue jump up and down!
Other actions can include stomp your feet, spin all around, etc.
The Boat on the Waves (to the tune of "The Wheels on the Bus")
The boat on the waves goes rock, rock, rock,
Rock, Rock, Rock. (stand and rock back and forth)
The boat on the waves goes rock, rock, rock,
All around the lake.
The wind in the sails goes swish, swish, swish,
Swish, Swish, Swish. (swing arms back and forth)
The wind in the sails goes swish, swish,
All around the lake.
The waves on the lake go up and down,
up and down, up and down, (alternate bending knees and standing up)
The waves on the lake go up an down,
All around the lake.
Blueberry Roll (from Canton Public Library)
Five little blueberries sitting in a bowl,
One fell down and it started to ROLL!
It rolled off the table and under my seat.
How many blueberries are there left to eat?
Repeat and count down to zero
My blue sailboat by Laurie Berkner
One little fish (with scarves, from Jbrary)
One little fish,
Swimming in the water,
Swimming in the water,
Swimming in the water,
Bubble, bubble, bubble,
Pop, pop, pop!
Literacy tip of the week: Counting rhymes such as "Blueberry Roll" help prepare kids to understand sequences of events, such as those that occur in a story.
Thursday, January 17, 2019
Baby Storytime 1/17/19
Books read:
Baby Goes Beep by Rebecca O'Connell (board book set)
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
Where oh where are baby's fingers? (from Jbrary)
Where oh where are baby's fingers?
Where oh where are baby's toes?
Where oh where is baby's bellybutton?
Round and round it goes!
Dump Truck (from ALSC listserv)
Dump truck, dump truck (bounce baby on lap)
Bumping down the road.
Spilling gravel as we travel (rock child back and forth)
with our heavy load.
Dump truck, dump truck (bouncing)
DUMP! (tip child backwards)
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)
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: Singing is shown to release hormones that increase happiness so don't be shy to sing with your child as much as possible!
Baby Goes Beep by Rebecca O'Connell (board book set)
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
Where oh where are baby's fingers? (from Jbrary)
Where oh where are baby's fingers?
Where oh where are baby's toes?
Where oh where is baby's bellybutton?
Round and round it goes!
Dump Truck (from ALSC listserv)
Dump truck, dump truck (bounce baby on lap)
Bumping down the road.
Spilling gravel as we travel (rock child back and forth)
with our heavy load.
Dump truck, dump truck (bouncing)
DUMP! (tip child backwards)
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)
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: Singing is shown to release hormones that increase happiness so don't be shy to sing with your child as much as possible!
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
Letter S Storytime 1/15/19 and 1/16/19
Book read:
Touch the brightest star by Christie Matheson
Other book suggestions:
One Snowy Day by Diana Murray
Are you sleeping? by Constanze von Kitzing
Pete the Cat: I love my white shoes by Eric Litwin
ASL Sign of the Week: Star
Eeny Meeny Miney Mo (from Storytime Out Loud)
Eeny Meeny Miney Mo,
Let me hear your hands go,
Clap, clap, clap clap!
Sounds so good, sounds so fine.
Let me hear it one more time!
Clap, clap, clap clap!
Dance like snowflakes (from Jbrary)
Dance like snowflakes,
Dance like snowflakes,
In the air, in the air.
Whirling, twirling snowflakes,
Whirling, twirling snowflakes,
Everywhere, everywhere.
Other verses: Spin like snowflakes, Fall like snowflakes
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.
1, 2 Shake It On Your Shoe (from Jbrary)
1, 2, shake it on your shoe.
3.4 shake it on the floor.
5. 6 shake it really quick.
7, 8 hold it up straight.
9, 10 shake it with your friends!
Itsy Bitsy Spider
Craft: We decorated an "S is for Spider" Bingo Dauber printable.
Literacy tip of the week: Fingerplays, such as the "Itsy Bitsy Spider", are a great way to develop the finger strength needed for writing.
Touch the brightest star by Christie Matheson
Other book suggestions:
One Snowy Day by Diana Murray
Are you sleeping? by Constanze von Kitzing
Pete the Cat: I love my white shoes by Eric Litwin
ASL Sign of the Week: Star
Eeny Meeny Miney Mo (from Storytime Out Loud)
Eeny Meeny Miney Mo,
Let me hear your hands go,
Clap, clap, clap clap!
Sounds so good, sounds so fine.
Let me hear it one more time!
Clap, clap, clap clap!
Dance like snowflakes (from Jbrary)
Dance like snowflakes,
Dance like snowflakes,
In the air, in the air.
Whirling, twirling snowflakes,
Whirling, twirling snowflakes,
Everywhere, everywhere.
Other verses: Spin like snowflakes, Fall like snowflakes
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.
1, 2 Shake It On Your Shoe (from Jbrary)
1, 2, shake it on your shoe.
3.4 shake it on the floor.
5. 6 shake it really quick.
7, 8 hold it up straight.
9, 10 shake it with your friends!
Itsy Bitsy Spider
Craft: We decorated an "S is for Spider" Bingo Dauber printable.
Literacy tip of the week: Fingerplays, such as the "Itsy Bitsy Spider", are a great way to develop the finger strength needed for writing.
Thursday, January 10, 2019
Baby Storytime 1/10/19
Book read:
The littlest things give the loveliest hugs by Mark Sperring
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.
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)
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.
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.
This Is The Way (with scarves, from Mel's Desk)
This is the way we wash our arms,
Wash our arms, wash our arms.
This is the way we wash our arms,
When we're in the bathtub.
(repeat using legs, tummy, head, etc)
Literacy tip of the week: The more you talk to and read with your baby the more their vocabulary will increase.
The littlest things give the loveliest hugs by Mark Sperring
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.
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)
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.
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.
This Is The Way (with scarves, from Mel's Desk)
This is the way we wash our arms,
Wash our arms, wash our arms.
This is the way we wash our arms,
When we're in the bathtub.
(repeat using legs, tummy, head, etc)
Literacy tip of the week: The more you talk to and read with your baby the more their vocabulary will increase.
Wednesday, January 9, 2019
Bear Storytime 1/8/19 and 1/9/19
Book read:
Bear sees colors by Karma Wilson
Other book suggestions:
Going on a bear hunt by Michael Rosen
A library book for Bear by Bonny Becker
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see? by Bill Martin
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.
The bear went over the mountain
The bear went over the mountain
The bear went over the mountain
The bear went over the mountain,
To see what he could see.
Repeat with other actions: stomping, running, jumping, etc.
Bears are Sleeping (to the tune of "Frere Jacques") (from King County Library System)
Bears are sleeping,
Bears are sleeping (pretend to sleep)
In their lairs,
In their lairs.
Soon it will be springtime,
Soon it will be springtime.
Wake up bears! Wake up bears! (pretend to wake up)
Two little black bears (from Jbrary)
Two little black bears, sitting on a hill.
One named Jack. One named Jill.
Run away Jack. Run away Jill. (hand behind back)
Come back Jack. Come back Jill. (bring hands to front)
Repeat with other actions and opposites
Craft: We decorated paper plate bear faces with yarn, cut out ears and stickers.
Literacy tip of the week: Fine motor games such as "Two little black bears" help develop the finger strength your child will need when they learn to write.
Bear sees colors by Karma Wilson
Other book suggestions:
Going on a bear hunt by Michael Rosen
A library book for Bear by Bonny Becker
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see? by Bill Martin
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.
The bear went over the mountain
The bear went over the mountain
The bear went over the mountain
The bear went over the mountain,
To see what he could see.
Repeat with other actions: stomping, running, jumping, etc.
Bears are Sleeping (to the tune of "Frere Jacques") (from King County Library System)
Bears are sleeping,
Bears are sleeping (pretend to sleep)
In their lairs,
In their lairs.
Soon it will be springtime,
Soon it will be springtime.
Wake up bears! Wake up bears! (pretend to wake up)
Two little black bears (from Jbrary)
Two little black bears, sitting on a hill.
One named Jack. One named Jill.
Run away Jack. Run away Jill. (hand behind back)
Come back Jack. Come back Jill. (bring hands to front)
Repeat with other actions and opposites
Craft: We decorated paper plate bear faces with yarn, cut out ears and stickers.
Literacy tip of the week: Fine motor games such as "Two little black bears" help develop the finger strength your child will need when they learn to write.
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