Baby & Me Storytime

These Baby & Me Storytimes were presented at Bellevue Public Library on Tuesday, November 19 and Thursday, November 21, 2013.

Book:
My Turn to Learn: Numbers by Natalie Marshall

I love this new series of board books!  The format, size, and layout are great for little hands.  They also seem to be quite sturdy!  Others in this "My Turn to Learn" series are "Colors", "Opposites" and "Shapes".

Songs:

My Little Baby Is
(tune: "Someone's in the Kitchen With Dinah")

My little baby is ____________ (child's name)
Cutest little baby I know-o-o-o.
My little baby is _____________ (child's name)
And I love him/her so!


Clap Your Hands
(tune: "This Old Man")

Clap your hands,
One, two, three!
Play a clapping game with me!
Now your hands have gone away.
Bring them back so we can play!
(last time: “We’ll play this game another day!”)


Activities:

Everybody Knows I Love My Toes
(by Barbara Allyn, copyright SOCAN) 

Everybody knows I love my toes.
Everybody knows I love my toes.
I love my noggin', my knees,
my neck and my nose,
And everybody knows I love my toes!

Everybody knows I love my eyes.
Everybody knows I love my eyes.
I love my legs, my lips,
my neck and my nose,
And everybody knows I love my toes!

Everybody knows I love my feet.
Everybody knows I love my feet.
I love my skin, my chin,
my neck and my nose,
And everybody knows I love my toes!




Good Morning, Friends!

Good morning, friends!
Good morning, friends!
And how are you today?
I trust you had a good night's sleep,
And now you're ready to play!

We used this chant for our introductions this week.  After chanting, "Good morning, friends", we went around the circle, repeating the chant for each child, inserting their name in place of the word "friends".

Popcorn!

Pop! Pop! Pop!
(clap in rhythm each time you say "pop")
Pour the corn into the pot.
(rub palms of hands together briskly)
Pop! Pop! Pop!
(clap in rhythm each time you say "pop")
Take and shake it 'til it's hot.
(rub palms of hands together)
Pop! Pop! Pop!
(clap in rhythm each time you say "pop")
Lift the lid. What have you got?
(rub palms of hands together)
Pop... pop... pop...
(clap in rhythm each time you say "pop")
POPCORN!(raise arms or lift baby gently into the air!)

Our playtime activity this week was Bean Bags!  These are such versatile toys!  The ones we use come in a variety of shapes and colors, with a different upper and lower case letter printed on each one.  They are fun to hold, light weight, easy to throw, and - unless you are raising the next Nolan Ryan - a thrown bean bag will not cause injury!  Some of our Thursday children enjoyed putting bean bags on my feet, then standing back as I kicked it into the air!  Others liked stacking the bean bags and others were content to toss them around or play with the empty bean bag box!

Here are some photos from Tuesday:


(Coming soon!)







And here are some pictures and a video from Thursday's group:

Library News:
A reminder that we will NOT have any morning Storytimes next week, due to the Thanksgiving holiday.  The only remaining events for November are Legos on Saturday, November 23 from 1-2 PM and Papa Bear & Me Storytime on Tuesday, November 26 at 7 PM.

I wish all of you a wonderful Thanksgiving!

  ~ Mrs. B.