Baby & Me ~ February 9 & 11, 2016

This Baby & Me Storytime was presented at Bellevue Public Library on February 9 & 11, 2016.

Book:
Hug You, Kiss You, Love You by Joyce Wan 

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!

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 (blustery) (Tuesday)/ (windy) (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:

Pizza, Pizza Pumpernickel

Pizza, pizza pumpernickel,

(gently pat child's legs in rhythm on the underlined syllables)

My little baby shall have a tickle.

(continue patting child's leg )

One on the nose,

(gently tickle child's nose)

And one on the toes,

(tickle toes)

And one on the tummy

(gently pat child's leg in rhythm on the underlined syllables)

where the pizz-a goes!

(gently pat child's tummy in rhythm on the underlined syllables)

I Saw a Snake Go By One Day

(© Lois Simmie)  

I saw a snake go by one day (make snake motion with arm)
Riding in his Chevrolet (hands on steering wheel)
He was long (extend arms to show "long")
And he was thin (arms show "thin")
And he didn't have a chin. (point to chin)

He had no chin,
But what the heck (shrug)
He had lots and lots and lots of neck! (touch or tickle baby's neck)

Our activity this week was Board Books!

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).