Book:
Songs:
Let's Shout Hooray!
(tune: Old McDonald)
At storytime we have (child's name) today.
We're so glad, let's shout hooray!
Pop! Goes the Weasel
All around the cobbler's bench,
The monkey chased the weasel.
The monkey thought t'was all in fun.
POP! goes the weasel!
A penny for a spool of thread,
A penny for a needle.
That's the way the money goes.
POP! goes the weasel!
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are.
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!
Enjoy saying good morning to a variety of places on your baby's body!
Bounce, Tickle and Kiss!
I bounce you here... (rest) (rest)
I bounce you there... (rest) (rest)
I bounce you, bounce you everywhere!
I tickle you here... (rest) (rest)
I tickle you there... (rest) (rest)
I tickle you, tickle you everywhere!
I kiss you here... (rest) (rest)
I kiss you there... (rest) (rest)
I kiss you, kiss you everywhere!
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 musical instruments! We enjoyed experimenting with jingle bells, triangle, wood blocks, guiro, rhythm sticks, sand blocks, cymbals and maracas! There was lots of joyful noise-making in the Storytime Room this week! It is so important to expose your child to music and singing. The rhythms we hear in music are also present in our spoken language, so hearing and emphasizing those rhythms are important to a child's language development. Every Child Ready to Read® recommends sharing music with your child as a way to help them hear the smaller parts of words. Music often lengthens words which allows us more chances to hear syllables and, eventually, their individual sounds. The example I use is "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star". Try reciting the song, then singing it. The spoken words "twinkle", "little", "wonder", "above" and "diamond" become "twin-kle", "litt-le", "won-der", "a-bove" and "dia-mond".
Last Tuesday's small but mighty group of 4 grew to thirteen this week! It was the perfect size group for lots of playing, singing and conversing! Hopefully the numbers will continue to even out in the weeks ahead! One of the newest children at Storytime is Estella. We are so glad to have her and Mommy join us!
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