Baby & Me

This Baby & Me Storytime was presented at Bellevue Public Library on Tuesday, February 18 and Thursday, February 20, 2014.

Book:
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr., illustrated by Eric Carle

Songs:

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

My little baby is (child's name),
Cutest little baby I kno-o-o-ow.
My little baby is (child's name)
And I love you so!



Five Little Ducks

Five little ducks went out one day. (hold up five fingers) 
Over the hills and far away, (move hands in wave-like fashion for over hills and then hold hand to forehead "to look") 
Mother Duck said quack quack quack,quack (move hand like quacking) 
But only four little ducks came back. 

Four little ducks went out one day (hold up four fingers) 
Over the hills and far away, 
Mother Duck said quack quack quack,quack.
But only three little ducks came back. 

Three little ducks went out one day 
Over the hills and far away, 
Mother Duck said quack quack quack,quack.
But only two little ducks came back. 

Two ducks went out one day 
Over the hills and far away, 
Mother Duck said quack quack quack,quack. 
But only one little duck came back. 

One little duck went out one day 
Over the hills and far away, 
Mother Duck said quack quack quack,quack. 
But none of the five little ducks came  back. 

Well, sad Mother Duck went out one day, 
Over the hills and far away, 
Mother Duck said quack quack quack,quack.
And all of the five little ducks came back.


Activities:

Toast in the Toaster

I’m toast in the toaster, (gently bounce)
I’m getting very hot.
Tick, tock, tick, tock, (sway side to side)
Up I pop! (raise baby into the air)

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.

(lay baby in front of you and touch each of baby’s body parts. Additional verses can include Good morning knees…tummy…hands…cheeks…)

Our activity this week was Bean Bags!

Library News:
This week we welcomed new friends Trace, Tyson and Brighton!

Next week's Baby and Me Storytimes will be held on Tuesday, February 25 & Thursday, February 27, 2014!

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).