Toddler Storytime: Play Day!

This Toddler Storytime was presented at Bellevue Public Library on November 1, 2017.

Each Toddler Storytime includes activities that support all or most 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).

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!

This week, with Storytime falling right after Halloween, I decided it was time for a Play Day!  With a variety of games, toys, and activities scattered around the room, the goal was to allow the children to move freely from one activity of interest to the next. 

Activities not shown in the photos below included Play Rug and Toy Cars, Flannel Stories, Counting and Sorting Bears, and Memory Games. 

Magnetic Letters

Rhythm Instruments

Magnetic Letters

Wooden Blocks

Floor Puzzle

Floor Puzzle & Sort and Link Animals

Rhythm Instruments

Wooden Blocks

Wooden Blocks

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