Wee Read - Patty Cake

Early Literacy Tip of the Week:

Babies under six months can learn to tune out irritating noises and focus on their caregivers’ voices. --Kt Paxton “Enhancing Language Development in Childhood”

Good Morning

Hello, How are You?

What Shall We Do with a Lazy Baby?

What shall we do with a lazy baby?

What shall we do with a lazy baby?

What shall we do with a lazy baby?

Early in the morning.

Roll her on the bed and tickle all over

Roll her on the bed and tickle all over

Roll her on the bed and tickle all over

Early in the morning.

Heave ho and up she rises,

Heave ho and up she rises,

Heave ho and up she rises,

Early in the morning.

--Jbrary

Open Shut Them

Book One

All of Baby Nose to Toes by Victoria Adler

See Saw Margery Daw

--Babies in the Library by Jane Marino. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, 2003.

Dance to Your Daddy

Sung to: "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star"

--Babies in the Library by Jane Marino. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, 2003.

Patty Cake

Patty cake, patty cake, baker’s man,

Bake me a cake as fast as you can

Roll it

And pat it

And mark it with a “B”

And put it in the oven for baby and me.

--Traditional

I Wiggle My Fingers

Book Two

The Stars Will Still Shine by Cynthia Rylant

Up, Up, Up in the Sky Like This

Sung to: "Little Cabin in the Woods"

Up, up, up in the sky like this

Down, down, down for a great big kiss

Up like this, down for a kiss

There goes baby, there goes baby, there goes baby, baby mine.

--Jbrary

All the Little Babies

Sung to: “Short’nin’ Bread”

All the little babies love bouncing, bouncing
All the little babies just to love bounce!

All the little babies love bouncing, bouncing
All the little babies just to love bounce!

Lean to the left, lean to the right

Hug that baby nice and tight!

--Katie at Sharing Soda

Read Together

Peek-A-Baby by Karen Katz

The More We Get Together

Wee Read - Baby It's Cold Outside

Early Literacy Tip of the Week:

Get your little one actively involved in telling the story by pointing to objects in the book and naming them.

Good Morning

Hello, How are You?

Boots, Jacket, Scarf, and Hat

Sung to: “Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes”

Boots, jacket, scarf, and hat,

Scarf and hat.

Boots, jacket, scarf, and hat,

Scarf and hat.

In wintertime we dress like that.

Boots, jacket, scarf, and hat,

Scarf and hat.

--Mel’s Desk

Open Shut Them

Book One 

No Two Alike by Keith Baker

Where is Baby? (with scarves)

Sung to: “Where is Thumbkin?”

Where is baby? Where is baby?

There you are! There you are!

I’m so glad to see you, I’m so glad to see you

Peek-a-boo! Peek-a-boo!

--ALSC

If You're Happy and You Know It (with scarves)

Sung to: "If You're Happy and You Know It"

wave your scarf, throw your scarf

hide your scarf, scrunch your scarf in your hands

--Story Time with the Library Lady

Mix a Pancake

--from Lapsit Services for the Very Young II by Linda L. Ernst. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc, 2001.

I Wiggle My Fingers

Book Two 

Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? by Bill Martin, Jr.

Four Little Snowflakes

One little snowflake with nothing to do,

Along came another and then there were… two!

Two little snowflakes laughing with me,

Along came another and then there were…three!

Three little snowflakes looking for some more,

Along came another and then there were…four!
Four little snowflakes having so much fun!

Out came the sun, and then there were none!

--Loons and Quines at Librarytime

My Mittens

Mittens for the snow time,

          (Fingers flutter down like snow)

When the world is white,

Mittens for my two hands

          (Hold up two hands)

Mittens left and right,

(Wave left hand, then right hand)

Mittens with a thumb in place,

          (Thumbs up)

Mittens warm and snug,

          (Hug baby)

Mittens make me feel like

A bug inside a rug

          (Hug baby snug)

--Michigan Library Association

Read Together 

What’s On My Head? by Margaret Miller

The More We Get Together

Storytime - Chinese New Year

Toddler

Books: My First Chinese New Year by Karen Katz and Ten Mice for Tet by Pegi Deitz Shea and Cynthia Weill

Songs / Rhymes: “Good Morning”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Let’s Go Riding”, “Open, Shut Them”, “Chinese New Year”, “If You’re Happy and You Know It”, “Four Red Dragons” on the felt board, “I Wiggle My Fingers”, and “The More We Get Together”.

Craft: Horses for the New Year. Materials: Chinese New Year horses printout (on red paper), gold glitter, crayons, and glue. The toddlers colored in their horses and then covered their pictures in glue. I sprinkled gold glitter over the glue to make their horses festive for the new year. The horse printout came from OnColoring.com.

Preschool

Books: Max Celebrates Chinese New Year by Adria F. Klein and Bringing in the New Year by Grace Lin

Songs / Rhymes: “Welcome to the Library”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Hi There, So Glad You Came”, “Let’s Go Riding”, “Open, Shut Them”, “Chinese New Year”, “The Hokey Pokey”, “I Wiggle My Fingers”, and “The More We Get Together”.

Craft: Horses for the New Year. Materials: Chinese New Year horses printout (on red paper), gold sequins, crayons, and glue. The preschoolers colored in their horses and then covered their pictures in glue. They used their fine motor skills (developing their writing muscles!) to apply the sequins to the glue.

Songs/Rhymes

Let's Go Riding

Sung to: "Are You Sleeping?"

Let's go riding, let's go riding,

Saddle up. Saddle up.

Everybody ready? Everybody ready?

Giddyup! Giddyup!

--PreschoolEducation

Chinese New Year

Sung to “Mary Had a Little Lamb

See the dragon dance and prance

Dance and prance, dance and prance

See the dragon dance and prance

On Chinese New Year’s Day!

Hear the firecrackers pop, pop, pop

Pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop

Hear the firecrackers pop, pop, pop

On Chinese New Year’s Day!

-- PerpetualPreschool.com

Five Red Dragons

Five red dragons

Making such a roar
One danced away

And then there were four 

Four red dragons

Dancing 'round a tree
One danced away

And then there were three
Three red dragons

Dancing 'round you
One danced away

And then there were two
Two red dragons

Dancing in the sun
One danced away

And then there was one
One red dragon

Having lots of fun

She danced away
And then there were none

Wee Read - Snowflakes, Snowflakes

Early Literacy Tip of the Week:

Provide feedback - if a baby says "ma-ma-ma" answer her attempts at speech with "Yes, mama is right here."

Good Morning

Hello, How are You?

The Winter Pokey
Sung to: "The Hokey Pokey"

You put your mittens in,
you take your mittens out,
you put your mittens in
and you shake it all about.

You do the winter pokey
and you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about.

Additional verses:
You put your boots in . . .
You put your hat in . . .
You put your snowsuit in . . .

--PreschoolEducation

Open Shut Them

Book One

Snow! by Christine Ford

Putting on Mittens

Sung to: "The Farmer in the Dell"

The Thumb in the Thumb place
Fingers all together
This is the song we sing
When it is mitten weather.

--PreschoolEducation.com

Warm Hands Warm

--from Lapsit Services for the Very Young II by Linda L. Ernst. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc, 2001.

Four Little Snowmen

Four little snowmen riding on a sled
One fell off and bumped his head
Frosty called the doctor and the doctor said,
“No more snowmen riding on that sled!”
(Continue in this fashion until you get to zero)

--PreschoolEducation

I Wiggle My Fingers

Book Two

Baby Loves Winter! by Karen Katz

Two Little Snowflakes
Way up high in the winter sky,
Two little snowflakes caught my eye.
Down to the ground they fell without a sound.
And before very long,
It was snowing all around.

--PreschoolEducation

Snowflakes, Snowflakes

Snowflakes, snowflakes,

Dance around (wiggle fingers)

Touch the ground (touch floor)

Snowflakes, snowflakes,

In the air (flutter fingers upward)

Snowflakes, snowflakes,

Everywhere (flutter fingers outward)

-- PreschoolEducation.com

Read Together

What Do You Do? by Mandy Stanley

Storytime - Oh Baby!

Toddler

Books: Bouncing Babies by Mike Brownlow and How Do You Make a Baby Smile? by Philemon Sturges

Songs / Rhymes: “Good Morning”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “All the Little Babies Love Bouncing”, “Open, Shut Them”, “Patty Cake”, “Ten Little Babies” on the felt board, “I Wiggle My Fingers”, “Wind, Oh Wind” with scarves, “If You’re Happy and You Know It” with scarves, “Mix a Pancake” with scarves, and “The More We Get Together”.

Craft: There was no craft today. We played with scarves instead.

Preschool

Books: The Difference Between Babies and Cookies by Mary Hanson and First Brother or Sister by Monica Hughes (non-fiction title).

Songs / Rhymes: “Welcome to the Library”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “All the Little Babies Love Bouncing”, “Open, Shut Them”, “Patty Cake”, “Ten Little Babies” on the felt board, and “The More We Get Together”.

Special Activity: The preschoolers paired up to sing “Patty Cake”. They clapped each other’s hands and worked together to make the song even more fun! We also played a game with a giant, inflatable die. Each number represented an action that a baby would do. The preschoolers ate, crawled, talked, cried, had stinky diapers, and slept, just like babies!

Craft: There was no craft today. We played the game instead.

Songs/Rhymes

All the Little Babies

Sung to: “Short’nin’ Bread”

All the little babies love bouncing, bouncing
All the little babies just to love bounce!

All the little babies love bouncing, bouncing
All the little babies just to love bounce!

Lean to the left, lean to the right

Hug that baby nice and tight!

--Katie at Sharing Soda

Patty Cake

Patty cake, patty cake, baker’s man,

Bake me a cake as fast as you can

Roll it

And pat it

And mark it with a “B”

And put it in the oven for baby and me.

--Traditional

Ten Little Babies

Sing to: Ten Little Indians

One little two little three little babies

Four little five little six little babies

Seven little eight little nine little babies

Ten baby girls and boys!

--Mel's Desk

*To make the song more interactive, change last line to ten little babies eating/crying/with stinky diapers/sleeping...shh!

Wind, Oh Wind

-- Mother Goose on the Loose by Betsy Diamant-Cohen. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., 2006.

If You're Happy and You Know It (with scarves)

Sung to: "If You're Happy and You Know It"

shake your scarf

wave your scarf

throw your scarf

play peek-a-boo

hide your scarf

scrunch your scarf in your hands

hide it behind your back

--Story Time with the Library Lady

Mix a Pancake

--from Lapsit Services for the Very Young II by Linda L. Ernst. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc, 2001.

Wee Read - Shake Your Shakers

Early Literacy Tip of the Week:

Going for a walk and talking about all of the things you see, hear, and smell stimulates your baby’s language development, his attention span, and his observation skills. It will also strengthen your emotional connection. --TheBump.com

Good Morning

Hello, How are You?

I Touch My Eyes

--Mother Goose on the Loose by Betsy Diamant-Cohen. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., 2006.

Open Shut Them

Book One

When Autumn Falls by Kelli Nidey

One, Two, Shake It On Your Shoe

One, two, shake it on your shoe.

Three, four, shake it on the floor.

Five, six, stir and mix.

Seven, eight, stand up straight.

Nine, ten, wave to all your friends.

--Lisa's Library Land

Shake Your Egg With Me

Sung to: “London Bridge”

use shaker eggs

Can you shake your egg with me,

Shake your egg along with me

It’s as easy as can be

Now put it on your knee!

Repeat with head, tummy, etc.

--Nancy Stewart

Shake Your Shaker

Shake your shaker in the air, in the air,

Shake it here and everywhere.

Shake it up,

And shake it down.

Shake it, shake it all around the town.

Shake your shaker in the air, in the air.

--Lisa's Library Land

I Wiggle My Fingers

Book Two

Hot, Cold, Shy, Bold by Pamela Harris

Reach for the Ceiling

--from Lapsit Services for the Very Young II by Linda L. Ernst. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc, 2001.

I’ll Touch My Chin

--Mother Goose on the Loose by Betsy Diamant-Cohen. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., 2006.

Read Together

Counting Kisses by Karen Katz

The More We Get Together

Storytime - Snowmen

Toddler

Books: Snow! by Christine Ford and Snowy Blowy Winter by Bob Raczka

Songs / Rhymes: “Good Morning”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “If You’re Happy and You Know It”, “Open, Shut Them”, “The Hokey Pokey”, “Four Little Snowmen Riding on a Sled” on the felt board, “I Wiggle My Fingers”, and “The More We Get Together”. 

Craft: Make a Snowman. Materials: snowman printout, cotton balls, crayons, glue, and tape. The toddlers colored in their snowmen and then used their fine motor skills to glue the cotton balls to him. The snowman printout came from Early Learning Activities.

Preschool

Books: Sneezy the Snowman by Maureen Wright

Songs / Rhymes: “Welcome to the Library”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “If You’re Happy and You Know It”, “Open, Shut Them”, “The Hokey Pokey”, “Four Little Snowmen Riding on a Sled” on the felt board, and “The More We Get Together”.

Special Activity: I brought in Snow in a Can. You can check out the post I made about it here.

Craft: There was no craft today. I sent home a snowman worksheet and homemade playdoh so the preschoolers could make their own snowmen. I used this recipe courtesy of Mommy Moment. 

Songs/Rhymes

If You’re Happy and You Know It

If you’re happy and you know it,

Clap your hands.

If you’re happy and you know it,

Clap your hands.

If you’re happy and you know it,

And you really want to show it,

If you’re happy and you know it,

Clap your hands.

Repeat with stomp your feet, shout hooray, do all three.

--Traditional

The Hokey Pokey

You put one arm in,

You take one arm out.

You put one arm in,

And you shake it all about.

You do the Hokey Pokey,

And you turn yourself around.

That’s what it’s all about!

Substitute different body parts. For more advanced children, use left and right.

--Traditional

Four Little Snowmen

Four little snowmen riding on a sled
One fell off and bumped his head
Frosty called the doctor and the doctor said,
“No more snowmen riding on that sled!”
(Continue in this fashion until you get to zero)

--PreschoolEducation