Baby & Me Storytime

Presented at Bellevue Public Library on Tuesday, January 8 and Wednesday, January 9, 2013.

Book:

Mama Mama by Jean Marzollo, illustrated by Laura Regan





Songs:

Hello Friends!
(tune: "Goodnight Ladies")
Hello friends.
Hello friends.
Hello friends.
We're glad you came today!

(After singing the song I invite an adult to introduce him/herself and their child.  We repeat the song, substituting the child's name for the word "friends".  We do this until everyone has been introduced and all the children have been serenaded!)


Hands Up High
First we wave our hands up high,
Hands up high, hands up high.
First we wave our hands up high.
Then we clap them!

Then we roll our hands down low,
Hands down low, hands down low.
Then we roll our hands down low.
Then we hide them!
 

You Are My Sunshine
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine,
You make me happy when skies are gray.
You'll never know, dear, how much I love you.
Please don't take my sunshine away.



Activities:

Good Morning Toes

Good morning toes,
Good morning toes
And how are you today?
I trust you had a good night’s sleep
And now you’re ready to play.
 
Good morning knees…
Good morning tummy…
Good morning hands…
Good morning cheeks…
(lay child in front of you and touch each of baby’s body parts)

Icka Backa Soda Cracker
Icka backa soda cracker,
Icka backa boo!
Icka backa soda cracker
Up goes you!
(bounce baby side to side, then lift up on “up goes you”)

Icka backa soda cracker,
Icka backa boo!
Icka backa soda cracker
I love you!
(bounce baby side to side, then hug on “I love you”)

 

Our Hands Say Goodbye
Our hands say goodbye with a clap, clap, clap.
Our feet say goodbye with a tap, tap, tap.
Clap, clap, clap,
Tap, tap, tap.
We roll our hands around and say... "Let's do it again!"

Our hands say goodbye with a clap, clap, clap.
Our feet say goodbye with a tap, tap, tap.
Clap, clap, clap,
Tap, tap, tap.
We roll our hands around and say... "Goodbye!"



Our ExploreTime Activity this week was board books!  Board books, with their thick pages and sturdy binding, are ideal for babies! We have a large selection for use during Storytime and an even larger selection for checkout!   Consider going on a Picture Walk with your child, especially if there is quite a lot of text in your child's book.  Every Child Ready to Read® encourages the use of Picture Walking for its many benefits. My Baby & Me Storytime blog entry from 10/3/12 has more information about picture walking.

We had 2 babies and 2 moms join us for our first-ever Tuesday Baby & Me Storytime, and a total of 41 babies and parents on Wednesday!  Hopefully the numbers will even out in the weeks ahead!  We welcomed several new little ones today: Henry, Brilyn, and Milo (as well as two others who did not get registered, so I don't want to make a mistake on their names.  I will welcome them by name next week!)  We also celebrated with two of our friends who are having birthdays.   Easton's birthday is today and Lucas' is on Friday!  HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you both! 

Thank you for the privilege of interacting with your precious little ones each week.  It is such a pleasure to see your little ones grow and develop and share their unique personalities with us!