Wee Read - Raindrops

Early Literacy Tip of the Week:

Talk about tasks in a sequence, such as how to make a cake.

Good Morning

Hello, How are You?

Sing with Me

Sung to: “Here We Go ‘Round the Mulberry Bush”

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

Open Shut Them

Book One

What the Baby Hears by Laura Godwin

Rain is Falling Down (with scarves)

Rain is falling down. Splash!

Rain is falling down. Splash!

Pitter patter, pitter patter:

Rain is falling down. Splash!

Sun is peeking out, Peek!

Sun is peeking out, Peek!

Peeking here, peeking there:

Sun is peeking out, Peek!

--Manly Library

Wind, Oh Wind (with scarves)

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

Peek-a-Boo (with scarves)

Tune: Are You Sleeping?

Peek-a-boo, peek-a-boo

I see you, I see you

I see your button nose,

I see your tiny toes.

Peek-a-boo, I see you!

--Jim Thomas

I Wiggle My Fingers

Book Two

Saffy Looks for Rain by Paola Opal

I Hear Thunder

Sung to “Frere Jacques”

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

Sometimes I Am Tall

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

Read Together

Spring Peeps by Cindy Eng

The More We Get Together

Wee Read - Spring

Early Literacy Tip of the Week:

Ways to tell if your baby is using a syllable as a word: 1. He uses the word in different contexts 2. She uses the word in new situations 3. The word is used consistently. The word is “real” if it means something to your baby.

Good Morning

Hello, How are You?

In the Morning

Sung to: “For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow”

The sun comes up in the morning,

The moon goes down in the morning,

The sun comes up in the morning,

It’s time to say good day!

--Children’s Programming Monthly v. 1 no. 5 pg. 5 by Kathy MacMillan

Open Shut Them

Book One

Wake Up! Wake Up! by Nancy Davis

Shake Your Shakers

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

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

Put Your Egg on Your Head

Sung to: “There’s a Spider on the Floor”

Use egg shakers

Put your egg on your head, on your head.

Put your egg on your head, on your head.

Put your egg on your head

Put your egg on your head.

Put your egg on your head, on your head.

continue with toes, tummy, etc.

--Librarian Lisa’s Storytimes

I Wiggle My Fingers

Book Two

One Little Spoonful by Aliki

Humpty Dumpty Up

Humpty Dumpty up,

And Humpty Dumpty down.

Humpty Dumpty left,

Humpty Dumpty right,

Humpty Dumpty all around.

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall;

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.

Poor Humpty Dumpty (smiling).

--Jim Thomas

Touch Your Nose

Touch your nose, touch your chin

That's the way this game begins.

Touch your eyes, touch your knees

Now pretend you're going to sneeze!

Aaachooooo!

Touch your hair, touch one ear.

Touch your two red lips right here.

Touch your elbow where it bends,

And that's the way this touch game ends.

--Dorothy from The Wielded Pen

Read Together

Saffy and Ollie by Paola Opal

The More We Get Together

Wee Read - Eggs

Early Literacy Tip: Develop your baby’s listening skills by using puppets and props to tell a story instead of reading it.

Books

 That's Not My Bunny by Fiona Watt

Baby Loves Spring by Karen Katz

Spring Peeps by Cindy Eng

Read-Together Book

Songs/Rhymes

I’ll Touch My Chin

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

We used the egg shakers for the first time. They were a big hit! See this post about how I made them.

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 Shakers

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

Put Your Egg on Your Head

Sung to: “There’s a Spider on the Floor”

Put your egg on your head, on your head.
Put your egg on your head, on your head.
Put your egg on your head
Put your egg on your head.
Put your egg on your head, on your head.
continue with toes, tummy, etc.

--Librarian Lisa’s Storytimes

Blue Bird, Blue Bird

Blue bird, blue bird

On my window,

Blue bird, blue bird

On my window.

Blue bird, blue bird

On my window,

Oh, Mommy, I’m tired.

--Jim Thomas

Flannel Friday - Five Little Flowers

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Five Little Flowers

One little flower had nothing much to do,
Out popped another one, then there were two.
Two little flowers were smiling at the bee,
Out popped another one, then there were three.
Three little flowers were growing by the door,
Out popped another one, then there were four.
Four little flowers were glad to be alive,
Out popped another one, then there were five.

-- PreschoolEducation.com

Storytime - Rabbits

April 22nd was Bunny Day at the library in honor of Easter and Spring!

Books

Flora’s Blanket by Debi Gliori

Toddler

Scrubba Dub by Vancy Van Laan

Toddler

My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann

Preschool

 

A Boy and His Bunny by Sean Bryan

Preschool

 

Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! by Candace Fleming

Preschool

Special Songs/Rhymes

Funny Bunny Hop

Funny, little bunny goes hop, hop, hop!
Funny little bunny, please stop,stop,stop!
Wiggle your ears and crinkle your nose.
Then wiggle, wiggle, wiggle right down to your toes.

-- PreschoolEducation.com 

Here’s a Little Bunny

Here’s a little bunny with ears so funny,

(make fist with two fingers up)

And here’s his hole in the ground.

          (put hand on waist, elbow out)

When a noise he hears,

          (cup hand to ear)

He picks up his ears,

And jumps in his hole in the ground!

          (hop rabbit into hole)

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

Did you Ever see a Bunny?

Sung to: "Did You Ever See a Lassie?"

Did you ever see a bunny, a bunny, a bunny,
Did you ever see a bunny, that hops -- like this?
He hops, and hops, and hops, and hops,
Did you ever see a bunny, that hops like this?

Change to hops slow, fast, backwards, etc.

-- PreschoolEducation.com 

Felt Boards

Tired Bunnies

“Come my bunnies, it’s time for bed.”

That’s what the mother bunny said.

“But first I’ll count you just to see,

If you have all come back to me.

Bunny 1, Bunny 2, Bunny 3, oh dear,

Bunny 4, Bunny 5, yes, you’re all here.

You’re the sweetest things alive,

My bunnies 1,2,3,4,5.”

-- I’m a Little Teapot!: Presenting Preschool Storytime by Jane Cobb. Point Roberts, WA: Black Sheep Press, 1996.

"B-U-N-N-Y"

Sung to: "Bingo"
I know a rabbit with big long ears
and BUNNY is its name -o
B U N N Y, B U N N Y, B U N N Y
and BUNNY is its name-o

-- PreschoolEducation

  

 

Craft

Bunny Headbands

Such an easy craft to make and the kids look absolutely adorable wearing it. I wanted to sing "The Bunny Pokey" after class (you put your ears in, tail in, etc.), but there wasn't enough time.