My Favorite Things!

This Toddler Storytime ~ featuring some of MY favorite things!~ was presented at Bellevue Public Library on December 3, 2014.

Books:

Put Me In The Zoo by Robert Lopshire

I Ain't Gonna Paint No More! by Karen Beaumont, illustrated by David Catrow

Songs:

Everybody Say Hello!
(tune: "London Bridge")

Everybody say hello, say hello, say hello,
Everybody say hello, hello Wesley!

(Wesley is my turtle puppet who pops out of my apron pocket whenever we sing this song.  Then he sits quietly on his rock and listens to the stories and sings along with us.  At the end of storytime he says goodbye to the children, gives them high fives, eats pretend food from their hands, blows kisses, and plays hide and seek!)


Put Your Finger On
(Here is a cute video of a little boy doing the actions to this song!  It may also help if you are not familiar with this song by Parachute Express.)

Put your finger on, put your finger on,
Put your finger on your...nose.
Put your finger on, put your finger on,
Put your finger on your...nose.

Turn around and clap, clap.
Turn around and clap, clap.
Turn around and clap, clap.
Turn around and clap, clap.

Jungle Bells

Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way!
Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh!
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way!
Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh!

Dashing through the snow
In a one-horse open-sleigh.
O'er the fields we go,
Laughing all the way!

Bells on bobtail ring,
Making spirits bright.
What fun it is to ride and sing
A sleighing song tonight!
 



Green Box Activity:

What's in the Green Box?
(tune: "Sally Wore a Red Dress")

What's in the green box,
The green box, the green box?
What's in the green box
For us to play?

"My Favorite Things" booklets



Each Toddler 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).

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