Baby & Me ~ February 4, 2016

This Baby & Me Storytime was presented at Bellevue Public Library on February 4, 2016.
* Because of a snow storm and closed schools, storytime on February 2 was canceled.

Book:
Pat-a-Cake  illustrated by Annie Kubler

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. 

I Can Make My Hands Go Clap

(tune: “Muffin Man”)

I can make my hands go clap,

Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap.

I can make my hands go clap.

They're a part of me!

Additional verses: 

I can make my:

...feet go tap...

...eyes go blink...

...arms go hug...

...hands go wave...

...lips go kiss..

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!

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

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

Rhymes:

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”)

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)

Our activity this week was Bean Bags!

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).