Baby & Me Storytime

Presented by practicum student Bridget Mueting at Bellevue Public Library on Tuesday, April 2, 2013.

Book:
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle 

Songs:

           The more we get together, together, together
The more we get together, the happier we'll be
For your friends are my friends
And my friends are your friends,
The more we get together the happier we'll be.
(now change to these additional verses)

The more we read together...
The more we sing together...
The more we play together...
(end by repeating the first verse)

Fruits Are Very Good For Me

(sung to Old Macdonald)

Fruits are very good for me

EE- I- EE - I - OOOH

And so I eat them happily

EE- I- EE - I - OOOH

With an apple here, and an apple there

Here an apple, there and apple, everywhere an apple, apple

Fruits are very good for me

EE- I- EE - I – OOOH

(The fruit may be changed for additional verses)

 

                        Flutter, Flutter Butterfly

          (sung to Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star)

Flutter, flutter butterfly,

Floating in the springtime sky.

Floating by for all to see,

Floating by so merrily.

Flutter, flutter butterfly,

Floating in the springtime sky.

 

                        Caterpillar to Butterfly

         (sung to Farmer in the Dell)

I climb up a tree, I climb up a tree

Hi-ho-the-derry-oh, I climb up a tree.

I nibble on a leaf, I nibble on a leaf.

Hi-ho-the-derry-oh, I nibble on a leaf.

I spin a cocoon, I spin a cocoon.

Hi-ho-the-derry-oh I spin a cocoon.

I sleep inside, I sleep inside

Hi-ho-the-derry-oh, I sleep inside.

I wake and come out, I wake and come out

Hi-ho-the-derry-oh I wake and come out

I swoop through the sky, I swoop through the sky

Hi-ho-the-derry-oh I swoop through the sky

I land on a flower, I land on a flower,

Hi-ho-the-derry-oh

It’s great to be a butterfly-oh

I land on a flower and sigh.

 

     Now It's Time to Say Goodbye

     (Sung to “She’ll be Coming Round the Mountain)

Now it’s time to say goodbye to all our friends, “Goodbye!”
clap hands to beat and wave during ‘goodbye’
Now it’s time to say goodbye to all our friends, “Goodbye!”
Now it’s time to say goodbye,
Wave your hands,
Wink your eye,
Now it’s time to say goodbye to all our friends, “Goodbye!”

 


Activities:


Rub-a-dub-dub, one child in a tub,
(rub knuckles gently up and down child's chest)
Tell me what you see.
One foot with toes,
(point to parts of child's body)
A hand, a nose,
As clean as they can be!
(rub hands together)

Rub -a-dub-dub, one child in a tub,
(rub knuckles gently up and down child's chest)
Tell me what you see.
Two ears, a cheek,
(point to parts of child's body)
So clean they squeak,
(gently rub child's cheeks)
A chin, a tummy, a knee.
(point to parts of child's body)

Rub -a-dub-dub, one child in a tub,
(rub knuckles gently up and down child's chest)
Tell me what you see.
Legs and arms,
So clean and warm.
Do they have a hug for me?




Our ExploreTime Activity this week was bean bags!!


Each Baby & Me Storytime includes activities that support one or more of the five early literacy practices identified as essential in helping your child develop the skills they need before they can learn to read. The five practices – singing, talking, reading, playing and writing –were developed for Every Child Ready to Read®, an initiative of the Association for Library Services for Children (ALSC) and the Public Library Association (PLA).


Library News:
This week we welcomed new friends Hunter and Seojin.  It was fun to have you join us today! 

Reminder: Next week will be our last week of Baby & Me Storytime until we resume in June.  I hope you can join us for our final storytimes for this school year - on Tuesday, April 9 and Wednesday, April 10!

My thanks to Bridget Mueting for planning and presenting today's Baby & Me Storytime!  You have done well, Bridget, and I know you'll make a wonderful Children's/YA Librarian!

~ Mrs. B.