Baby & Me Storytime~ April 7 & 9, 2015

This Baby & Me Storytime was presented at Bellevue Public Library on April 7 & 9, 2015.

Book:

Splash! by Roberta Grobel Intrater 

Songs:

Hello, Friends!

(tune: "Goodnight Ladies")

Hello friends.

Hello friends.

Hello friends.

We're glad you came today!

The More We Get Together

The more we get together, together, together,
The more we get together the happier we'll be!
'Cause your friends are my friends,
And my friends are your friends.
The more we get together the happier we'll be!

You can make up your own verses for this song!  Think up other things that friends can do together!  Here are a few suggestions:
The more we... 
play together
dance together
read together
clap together




Come Along and Sing with Me
(tune: "London Bridge")

Come along and sing with me,
Sing with me, sing with me,
Come along and sing with me,
On a (chilly) (Tuesday)/ (rainy) (Thursday).

Additional verses:
Come along and 
tap with me...
dance with me...
wave with me...

Skinnamarink

Skinnamarink-a-dink-a-dink

Skinnamarink-a-doo

I love you!

Skinnamarink-a-dink-a-dink

Skinnamarink-a-doo

I love you!

I love you in the morning

And in the afternoon.

I love you in the evening

And underneath the moon, oh,

Skinnamarink-a-dink-a-dink

Skinnamarink-a-doo

I love you!

Rhymes:

Eight Little Piggies

Two little pigs lived in a pen, 

(hold up thumbs)

Each had 4 babies and that made ten.

(show both hands)

These four babies were snowy white,

(wiggle fingers on one hand)

These four babies were black as night

(wiggle fingers on other hand)

All eight babies loved to play,

(wiggle all fingers)

And they rolled and they rolled in the mud all day!

(roll hands)

Icka Backa Soda Cracker

Icka backa soda cracker,
Icka backa boo!
Icka backa soda cracker

Up goes you!

(bounce baby side to side, then lift up on “up goes you”)

Icka backa soda cracker,
Icka backa boo!
Icka backa soda cracker
I love you!
(bounce baby side to side, then hug on “I love you”)

Our activity this week was musical instruments!

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).