Baby & Me Storytime

Presented at Bellevue Public Library on Tuesday, October 29 and Thursday, October 31, 2013.

Book:

Wild Animals by DK

Songs:

Let's Shout Hooray!
(tune: "Old MacDonald")

At storytime we have (child's name) today.
We're so glad, let's shout hooray!


This Is the Way We Take a Bath

This is the way we take a bath,
Take a bath, take a bath.
This is the way we take a bath,
So early in the morning!

There are endless possibilities for other verses to share with your wee one!  Have fun using action words such as clap, tap, pat, rub, nod, blink etc.

...clap our hands...
...tap our nose...
...pat our head...
...rub our legs...
...nod our head...
...blink our eyes...


Rhymes:

As I Went Walking to Town One Day
 
As I went walking to town one day,

(walking motions with hands on lap – or - bounce child gently)
Oh it was a sunshiny day.
(make big sun with hands)
As I went walking to town one day,
I met a cow along the way.
And what do you think that cow did say?
Moooo!

(repeat using other animals and sounds)

Where Are Baby's Fingers?
Where, oh where are Baby's fingers?
Where, oh where are Baby's toes?
Where is Baby's belly button?
'Round and 'round it goes!

here, oh where are Baby's ears?
Where, oh where is Baby's nose?
Where is Baby's belly button?
'Round and 'round it goes!
 
Kissy, Kissy Fingers

Kissy, kissy fingers,
Kissy, kissy toes!
Kissy, kissy baby on your
kissy, kissy nose!

I love to kiss your fingers,
I love to kiss your toes!
I love to kiss you baby on your
kissy, kissy nose!

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 activity this week was Hand Puppets!


Library News:

We celebrated with Lillith who had a birthday recently.
Our next Baby and Me Storytime will be November 5 & 7 at 9:15 AM.

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).