Storytime - Let's Read a Story

Toddler

Books: Chu’s Day by Neil Gaiman and I Can Do It Too by Karen Baicker.

Songs / Rhymes: “Good Morning”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Open, Shut Them”, “Roll, Roll Sugar Babies”, “Five Little Monkeys Swinging from the Tree” on the felt board, “Come Under My Umbrella” with the parachute, “Row Boat, Row Boat” with the parachute, “Ring Around the Rosie” with the parachute, and “The More We Get Together”.

Special Activity: Instead of a craft, the toddlers played with the parachute.

Preschool

Books: Chu’s Day by Neil Gaiman and Do Pigs Have Stripes? by Melanie Walsh.

Songs / Rhymes: “Welcome to the Library”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Hi There, So Glad You Came”, “Open, Shut Them”, “The Hokey Pokey”, “Five Little Monkeys Swinging from the Tree” on the felt board, “I Wiggle My Fingers”, and “The More We Get Together”.

Craft: Water Color Pictures. Materials: water color paints, paint brushes, white paper, and water. The preschoolers used the water colors to paint some beautiful pictures!

Songs

Roll Roll Sugarbabies

Roll, roll sugarbabies (arms roll)
Roll, roll sugarbabies.
Push, pull,
Clap, clap, clap!

--Rain Makes Applesauce

Five Little Monkeys Swinging From a Tree

Five little monkeys swinging from a tree

Teasing Mr. Alligator, “You can’t catch me!”

When along comes Mr. Alligator annnnd SNAP!

Continue until there are no monkeys left.

--Traditional

Come Under My Umbrella (parachute)

Come under my umbrella,

Umbrella, umbrella.

Gently wave the parachute up and down.

Come under my umbrella,

It’s starting to storm.

Move parachute faster.

There’s thunder and lightning

And wind and rain.

Come under my umbrella,

It’s starting to storm.

--MCLS Kids

Row Boat, Row Boat

Row boat, row boat go so slow.

(wave the chute slowly)

Row boat, row boat go so fast.

(shake the chute fast)

Row boat, row boat the waves are getting worse.

(shake fast again)

Row boat, row boat put it in reverse.

(stop the chute by pulling towards you)

--Read, Sing, Play

Ring Around the Rosie

Ring around the rosie,

A pocket full of posie,

Ashes, ashes, we all fall down!

--Traditional

Walk around in a circle with the parachute.

Flannel Friday - Money Money Money

TGIFF!

The week before taxes were due, we had a preschool storytime about money. We talked about the different values of money, what we use money for (one preschooler suggested "stuff"), and how we can get money.

"Three Little Dollars" was originally "Three Little Nickels" from CanTeach. I changed the lyrics for my purposes, but you can find the original lyrics by visiting the link included after the song. The pictures of money came from Wikimedia Commons. The cookies, crayons, and piggy bank all came from morgueFile. The pictures were laminated and used on the magnetic board.

Three Little Dollars

Three little dollars in a wallet new,

I bought a box of crayons,

And then there were two.

Two little dollars, and before the day was done,

I bought some cookies,

And then there was one.

One little dollar, I heard it plainly say,

“I’m going into the piggy bank for a rainy day!”

--CanTeach

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Wee Read - Shake It Up

Early Literacy Tip of the Week: A few things to look for when choosing a book for your baby: bold, clear pictures of familiar items in baby's world; rhythm and repetition; very few words or repeating words (books little ones can learn by heart).

Good Morning

Hello, How are You?

My Hands Upon My Head

My hands upon my head I place,

On my shoulders on my face,

On my knees, and at my side.

Then behind me they will slide,

Then I raise them up so high

Till they nearly reach the sky

Now I clap them -- one, two, three.

Then I fold them silently.

--Allentown Public Library

Open Shut Them

Book One

Baby Dance by Ann Taylor

Shake Your Eggs

use shaker eggs
Shake your eggs and shake them high.
Shake your eggs and shake them low.
Shake your eggs and shake them high.
Shake your eggs around you go.

--Librarian Lisa’s Storytimes

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

An Egg is On My Nose 

Sung to: “The Farmer in the Dell”

Use egg shakers
An egg is on my nose,

an egg is on my nose,
Heigh-ho, the derry-o,

an egg is on my nose.
(Repeat using other body parts)

--Storytime Source Page

I Wiggle My Fingers

Book Two

Ben Loves Bear by David McPhail

Little Cheek

Little cheek, little chin,

This is where the food comes in.

Little eyes, little nose,

Now I’ll kiss your little toes.

--Manly Library

Head and Shoulders, Baby

Head and shoulders baby, 123

Head and shoulders baby, 123

Head and shoulders, head and shoulders,

Head and shoulders baby, 123

Repeat with: Knees and ankles, tummy and back, shake 'em all.

--Sharing Soda

Read Together

Rokko by Paola Opal

The More We Get Together

Storytime - It Must Be Love

Toddler

Books: Hugs and Hearts by Toni Trent Parker and A Kiss Like This by Mary Murphy.

Songs / Rhymes: “Good Morning”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Open, Shut Them”, “If You Love Me and You Know It”, “If You Have a Red Heart” game, and “The More We Get Together”.

Craft: I Love You Valentines. Materials: die cut construction paper hearts in red and pink, die cut construction paper hands in purple, crayons, glue, and tape. The toddlers glued their hearts together and then glued on their hands. When they were finished, their caregivers folded down the middle and ring fingers of the hands so that they said “I love you” in American Sign Language. The idea came from The Best Kids' Crafts and More.

Special Activity: I gave every child a different colored heart. When I sang the name of the color, the children with that color heart brought it to the front of the class to give to me.

Preschool

Books: Hugs and Hearts by Toni Trent Parker and The I Love You Book by Todd Parr.

Songs / Rhymes: “Welcome to the Library”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Hi There, So Glad You Came”, “Head and Shoulders”, “Open, Shut Them”, “If You Love Me and You Know It”, “If You Have a Red Heart” game, and “The More We Get Together”.

Craft: I Love You Valentines. See above.

Special Activity: We also played "If You Have a Red Heart". See above.

Songs

If You Love Me and You Know It

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

If you love me and you know it, clap your hands.
If you love me and you know it, clap your hands.
If you love me and you know it,
Then your face will surely show it.
If you love me and you know it, Clap your hands.

Other Verses:
Say "I Love you"
Blow me a kiss
Give me a hug

--PreschoolEducation

Who Has a Red Heart? Game

Sung to: Mary Wore a Red Dress

Who has a red heart, red heart, red heart?

Who has a red heart?

Bring it to me now.

Use different color hearts.

--Miss Mollie

Wee Read - Polar Bears

Early Literacy Tip of the Week: Repeat words - this strengthens the neural pathways used for language.

Good Morning

Hello, How are You?

Up, Down, Turn Around

Up, down

Turn around.

Touch the sky,

And touch the ground.

Tickle your tummy,

Tickle your nose,

Blow a kiss,

And say “Hello!”   

--Jim Thomas

Open Shut Them

Book One

Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? by Eric Carle

Cheek Chin

Cheek, chin, cheek, chin

Cheek, chin, nose.

Cheek, chin, cheek, chin

Cheek, chin, toes

Cheek, chin, cheek, chin,

Up baby goes!

--Sharing Soda

Roll Roll Sugarbabies

Roll, roll sugarbabies (arms roll)
Roll, roll sugarbabies.
Push, pull,
Clap, clap, clap!

--Rain Makes Applesauce

Row, Row, Row Your Boat

Row, row, row your boat,

Gently down the stream.

Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,

Life is but a dream!

--Traditional

I Wiggle My Fingers

Book Two

Polar Bear Morning by Lauren Thompson

This is the Way

This is the way we

Bounce, bounce, bounce.

Bounce, bounce, bounce.

Bounce, bounce, bounce.

This is the way we bounce, bounce, bounce

Early in the morning. Wheeee!

--Manly Library

Warm Hands Warm

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

Read Together

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, Peek-a-Boo! by Judith Moffat

The More We Get Together