Baby & Me Storytime: 11/3 & 11/5

This Baby & Me Storytime was presented at Bellevue Public Library on November 3 & 5, 2015.

Book:
Hugs & Kisses by Roberta Grobel Intrater

Songs:

Hello, Friends!

(tune: "Goodnight Ladies")

Hello friends.

Hello friends.

Hello friends.

We're glad you came today!

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are. 

Goodbye, Friends!
(tune: "Goodnight Ladies")

Goodbye friends.
Goodbye friends.
Goodbye friends.
We're glad you came today!

You Are My Sunshine

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine,
You make me happy when skies are gray.
You'll never know, dear, how much I love you.
Please don't take my sunshine away!

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:

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 knees and my nose,

And everybody knows I love my toes.



Here is Baby Ready for a Nap

Here is baby ready for a nap.
I'll lay you down here in my lap.
I'll cover you up so you won't peep,
And rock you 'til you're fast asleep.

Our activity this week was Jigsaw Puzzles!

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).

Autumn Leaves

This Toddler Storytime was presented at Bellevue Public Library on November 4, 2015.

Each Toddler Storytime includes activities that support all five of the 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).

Writing: 

See The Green Box below!

  Reading:

Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert

When Autumn Falls by Kelli Nidey, illustrated by Susan Swan

Singing:


Hello, Friends!
(tune: "Goodnight Ladies")

Hello friends.
Hello friends.
Hello friends.
We're glad you came today!


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!)

Goodbye, Friends!
(tune: "Goodnight Ladies")

Goodbye friends.
Goodbye friends.
Goodbye friends.
We're glad you came today!

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?

Our Green Box activities included sidewalk chalk and the parachute.

Talking:
As children and adults arrived I invited them to pick up some of the colorful autumn leaves I had scattered on the floor.  I encouraged them to talk about the colors, shapes, and feel of the leaves.  As I read "Leaf Man" by Lois Ehlert, I encouraged the adults to talk with their young ones about the wonderful illustrations they were seeing.  A variety of leaves were used to make images reminiscent of fish, birds, butterflies, cows, gourds, and more!  I love hearing parents and caregivers using rich language with their youngsters. 


Playing:

During Storytime everyone picked up a handful of leaves and used them as we danced to a beautiful piece of music called "The Trees Weep Leaves" by David Huntsinger.

Parachute Play!
The weather was nice enough to take the parachute out onto the library lawn.  We had an impromptu physics lesson which involved figuring out how low we had to hold the parachute so that the brisk autumn breeze didn't take control!

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