Baby & Me Storytime

Presented at Bellevue West High School Early Head Start on Thursday, March 14, 2013.

Book:
Play Baby Play! by Marilyn Janovitz

Songs:

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

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

(After singing the song I invite an adult to introduce him/herself and their child. We repeat the song, substituting the child's name for the word "friends". We do this until everyone has been introduced and all the children have been serenaded!)


My Little Baby
(tune: "Someone's in the Kitchen With Dinah")

My little baby is (baby's name),
Cutest little baby I kno-o-o-oh.
My little baby is (baby's name),
And I love you so!

This is the Way We Take a Bath

This is the way we take a bath,
Take a bath, take a bath.
This is the way we take a bath
So early in the morning.

2) This is the way we take a nap...
3) This is the way we peek-a-boo!...
4) This is the way we give a hug...
5) This is the way we clap our hands...


Activities:

Hello, Toes

Hello toes, hello toes.
And how are you today?
I trust you had a nice long nap,
And now you’re ready to play.
(lay baby in front of you and touch each of baby’s body parts)

Good morning knees…tummy…hands…cheeks…

When Cows Get Up In The Morning

When cows get up in the morning,
They always say "good day!"
When cows get up in the morning,
They always say"good day!"

"Moo, moo, moo",
That's how they say "good day!"
Moo, moo, moo,
That's how they say "good day!"

(Have fun gently bouncing or rocking with your little one as you enjoy this rhyme together!  What other animals can you include in this song?)



Our Hands Say Goodbye

Our hands say goodbye with a clap, clap, clap.
Our feet say goodbye with a tap, tap, tap.
Clap, clap, clap,
Tap, tap, tap.
We roll our hands around and say... "Let's do it again!"

Our hands say goodbye with a clap, clap, clap.
Our feet say goodbye with a tap, tap, tap.
Clap, clap, clap,
Tap, tap, tap.
We roll our hands around and say... "Goodbye!"

Today's ECRR Activity Highlight: TALKING!

Your little one will hear millions of words before she starts uttering them herself. It is important to expose her to lots of conversations as she learns the sounds, cadence and inflections of her language! Enjoy talking to your child as though you are having a two-way conversation. At first, she will just listen intently. Later, she will try to converse with you by cooing when you stop talking. Be sure to leave a few pauses as you talk. She will learn that this is her cue to "talk"! These "conversations" make for delightful experiences with your child!

Educator and best-selling author Jim Trelease shares some very convincing evidence here on the importance of reading and talking to your children. Of particular interest to me were the statistics found in the diagram "Total words (in millions) heard by child by age 4 (by family income)" and in the surrounding paragraphs.

Our ExploreTime Activity today was Bean Bags!
Our bean bag playtime can also be a great opportunity to talk with your child. As you are playing, ask your child questions such as, "Can you put the bean bag on your head?", "Look! Mommy has a bean bag on her nose!", "You have 2 red bean bags and one yellow bean bag!" "This bean bag is a rectangle." Lots of repetition is important in cementing these concepts in his mind, so talk, talk, talk away! Repetition will also help him understand the organization of our language. For example, your English-speaking child will learn that the acceptable way to describe this:

would be to say, "a black cat", while a child raised in France will look at the same picture and learn to say, "un chat noir" (a cat black). The reason English-speaking children do not say, "Mommy! Look at that cat black!", is because he has heard enough descriptive words to know that he should say black cat, red ball, blue book, yellow banana, etc.


My next Baby & Me Storytime at Bellevue West Early Head Start will be on April 11, 2013!

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)


Every Child Ready to Read^® @ your library^®, PLA and ALSC logos are registered trademarks of the American Library Association and are used with permission.

Nursery Rhymes

Presented at the Bellevue Public Library to Mrs. Hart's students from Aldersgate Preschool on Thursday, March 7, 2013.

Book:
Moo, Moo, Brown Cow, Have You Any Milk? by Phillis Gershator, illustrated by Giselle Potter

Songs:

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.



The Itsy Bitsy Spider

The itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout.
Down came the rain and washed the spider out.
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain
And the itsy bitsy spider went up the spout again.



Baa, Baa, Black Sheep

Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool?
Yes, sir, yes, sir, three bags full.

One for my master and one for my dame.
One for the little boy who lives down the lane.

Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool?
Yes, sir, yes, sir, three bags full.

Ring Around the Rosy

Ring around the rosy,
A pocket full of posies.
Ashes, ashes,
We all fall down!



There's a Wide-Eyed Owl

There's a wide-eyed owl,
(Use hands to make circles around eyes)
With a pointed nose,
(bring pointer fingers together in front of your nose to form a beak)
He has pointed ears,
(one finger at each temple to form ears)
And claws for toes.
(form hands into claws)
He sits in a tree,
And looks at you,
(Use hands to make circles around eyes)
Then flaps his wings and says,
(put hands under shoulders and flap arms)
"Whooo!  Whooo!  Whooo!"



Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

Five little monkeys jumping on the bed.
One fell off and bumped his head.
Mama called the doctor and the doctor said,
"No more monkeys jumping on the bed!"

Four little monkeys...
Three little monkeys...
Two little monkeys...
One little monkey...


Little Miss Muffet

Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet,
Eating her curds and whey.
Along came a spider who sat down beside her
And frightened Miss Muffet away!



Here is the Beehive

Here is the beehive,
But where are the bees?
Hidden inside where nobody sees...

Watch and you'll see them
Come out of the hive...

1,2,3,4,5! Bzzzzzzzzz!

I enjoyed leading the children in singing the ABC song and then, as a special treat, they sang the Snowman Song for me!

I'm glad so many parents and siblings could join us for our Nursery Rhyme storytime at the library!  Thanks for joining in and being part of our storytime experience!

~Mrs. B.

Pajama Storytime

Presented at Bellevue Public Library on Tuesday, March 12, 2013.

Books:

Polar Bear Night by Lauren Thompson, illustrated by Stephen Savage

 

Snowbaby Could Not Sleep by Kara LaReau, illustrated by Jim Ishikawa

Froggy Goes to Bed by Jonathan London, illustrated by Frank Remkiewicz

Kiss Good Night by Amy Hest, illustrated by Anita Jeram

Time for a song!

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.

Thanks for joining us for Pajama Storytime tonight!

 

Each Pajama 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).

Our next Pajama Storytime will be on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at 7 PM!

Baby & Me Storytime

Presented at Bellevue Public Library on Tuesday, March 12, 2013.

Book:
Play Baby Play! by Marilyn Janovitz

Songs:

Hello, Friends!
(tune: "Goodnight Ladies")
Hello friends.
Hello friends.
Hello friends.
We're glad you came today!

(After singing the song I invite an adult to introduce him/herself and their child. We repeat the song, substituting the child's name for the word "friends". We do this until everyone has been introduced and all the children have been serenaded!)

My Little Baby
(tune: "Someone's in the Kitchen With Dinah")

My little baby is (baby's name),
Cutest little baby I kno-o-o-oh.
My little baby is (baby's name),
And I love you so!


This is the Way We Take a Bath

This is the way we take a bath,
Take a bath, take a bath.
This is the way we take a bath
So early in the morning.

2) This is the way we take a nap...
3) This is the way we peek-a-boo!...
4) This is the way we give a hug...
5) This is the way we clap our hands...


Activities:

Good Morning, Toes
Good morning toes, good morning toes.
And how are you today?
I trust you had a good night’s sleep
And now you’re ready to play.
(lay baby in front of you and touch each of baby’s body parts)

Good morning knees…tummy…hands…cheeks…

When Cows Get Up In The Morning

When cows get up in the morning,
They always say "good day!"
When cows get up in the morning,
They always say"good day!"

"Moo, moo, moo",
That's how they say "good day!"
Moo, moo, moo,
That's how they say "good day!"

(Have fun gently bouncing or rocking with your little one as you enjoy this rhyme together!)



Our Hands Say Goodbye

Our hands say goodbye with a clap, clap, clap.
Our feet say goodbye with a tap, tap, tap.
Clap, clap, clap,
Tap, tap, tap.
We roll our hands around and say... "Let's do it again!"

Our hands say goodbye with a clap, clap, clap.
Our feet say goodbye with a tap, tap, tap.
Clap, clap, clap,
Tap, tap, tap.
We roll our hands around and say... "Goodbye!"

Today's ECRR Activity Highlight: TALKING!

Your little one will hear millions of words before she starts uttering them herself. It is important to expose her to lots of conversations as she learns the sounds, cadence and inflections of her language! Enjoy talking to your child as though you are having a two-way conversation. At first, she will just listen intently. Later, she will try to converse with you by cooing when you stop talking. Be sure to leave a few pauses as you talk. She will learn that this is her cue to "talk"!  These "conversations" make for delightful experiences with your child!

Educator and best-selling author Jim Trelease shares some very convincing evidence here on the importance of reading and talking to your children. Of particular interest to me were the statistics found in the diagram "Total words (in millions) heard by child by age 4 (by family income)" and in the surrounding paragraphs.

Our ExploreTime Activity today was Bean Bags!
Our bean bag playtime can also be a great opportunity to talk with your child.  As you are playing, ask your child questions such as, "Can you put the bean bag on your head?", "Look! Mommy has a bean bag on her nose!", "You have 2 red bean bags and one yellow bean bag!" "This bean bag is a rectangle."  Lots of repetition is important in cementing these concepts in his mind, so talk, talk, talk away!  Repetition will also help him understand the organization of our language.  For example, your English-speaking child will learn that the acceptable way to describe this:

would be to say, "a black cat", while a child raised in France will look at the same picture and learn to say, "un chat noir" (a cat black).   The reason English-speaking children do not say, "Mommy! Look at that cat black!", is because he has heard enough descriptive words to know that he should say black cat, red ball, blue book, yellow banana, etc.




Library News:
No Baby & Me Storytime tomorrow, Wednesday, March 13. Instead, I hope you can join us at 10:30 AM as Brian Henning from the Urban Prairie Puppet Company presents "Little Red Riding Hood". The show is free and open to everyone!

Our next Baby & Me Storytime will be on March 19 & 20, 2013!

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)

Every Child Ready to Read^® @ your library^®, PLA and ALSC logos are registered trademarks of the American Library Association and are used with permission.

Toddler Storytime - Trucks!

Presented at Bellevue Public Library on Thursday, March 7, 2013.

Books:

Trashy Town by Andrea Zimmerman & David Clemesha, illustrated by Dan Yaccarino

Help Mr. Gilly pick up all the trash in Trashy Town!  As he goes from place to place you can help him by repeating this rhyme: "Dump it in, smash it down, drive around the Trashy Town!" 







Trucks Roll! by George Ella Lyon, illustrated by Craig Frazier

 











Songs:
Storytime Has Ended
(tune: "Did You Ever See a Lassie?")

Storytime has ended, has ended, has ended.
Storytime has ended 'til we meet again.

(Children wave to each other as we continue)
'Til we meet, 'til we meet, 'til we meet, 'til we meet.
Storytime has ended 'til we meet again.


Activities:

Our Hands Say Hello!
Our hands say hello with a clap, clap, clap.
Our feet say hello with a tap, tap, tap.
Clap, clap, clap,
Tap, tap, tap.
Turn around and take a bow.
Sit right down. It's Storytime now!

I Have Ten Little Fingers

I have ten little fingers
And they all belong to me.
I can make them do things,
Would you like to see?

I can put them up high,
I can put them down low,
I can make them hide,
And I can fold them so.

Today's ECRR Activity Highlight: PLAYING!

It's fun to play Red Light/Green Light, especially when you imagine yourself behind the wheel of your favorite truck!  Today our Storytime children climbed aboard their dump trucks, earth movers, and firetrucks as we played this fun game. While being a great way to run off some energy, it is also an entertaining way to help children with their listening skills and/or reading skills.  You can play this at home using your voice to call out "Red light!" and "Green light!" or you can say "Stop!" and "Go!"  You could also draw simple stoplights or "stop" and "go" signs by hand or use images from a Google search.  To further your child's experience, consider "revisiting" Storytime with your child by asking him if he remembers the game we played today.  What two signs did Mrs. B have?  What colors were the signs?  What kind of truck did he drive while we played Red Light/Green Light?


Library News:
We registered a new friend, Rodney, today at Storytime! We hope you had fun and will be a regular participant at Toddler Storytime!

Our next Toddler Storytime will be Thursday, March 21, 2013!

No Toddler Storytime next week.  I hope you can join us on Wednesday, March 13 as Brian Henning from the Urban Prairie Puppet Company presents "Little Red Riding Hood" at 10:30 AM.  The show is free and open to everyone!


Each Toddler 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).

Every Child Ready to Read^® @ your library^®, PLA and ALSC logos are registered trademarks of the American Library Association and are used with permission.

Seussathon 2013: "Different-er Than the Rest!"

The Bellevue Public Library celebrated its 10th Annual Seussathon on Saturday, March 2, 2013.  March 2nd (Read Across America Day) marks the birthday of Theodore Seuss Geisel, known to millions of readers as Dr. Seuss.  Click here to learn more about the history of this event which was conceived and first presented at the Bellevue Public Library in 2004

The library receives wonderful support from local businesses in presenting programs and special events such as Seussathon.  This year our sponsors included Ace Rent-to-Own, Apples and More: A Learning Store,  Baker's Supermarket, The Cake Specialist, Chick-fil-A, Domino's Pizza, Drizzles, Mangelsen's, Pizza Hut, Shopko, and Village Inn.  Please join us in thanking these sponsors who helped provide everything from furniture to food and drinks to door prizes!

During the course of 8 hours the library played host to a record 303 people of all ages who stopped by to help us celebrate!  Below are photos from this year's event.

Be sure to visit Miss Tammy's blog for more great photos from our event!

Baby & Me Storytime

Presented at Bellevue Public Library on Tuesday, March 5 and Wednesday, March 6, 2013.

Book:
Pat-a-Cake by Annie Kubler

Songs:

Hello, Friends!
(tune: "Goodnight Ladies")
Hello friends.
Hello friends.
Hello friends.
We're glad you came today!

(After singing the song I invite an adult to introduce him/herself and their child. We repeat the song, substituting the child's name for the word "friends". We do this until everyone has been introduced and all the children have been serenaded!)


They're a Part of Me
(tune: "The Wheels on the Bus")

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!


My Little Baby
(tune: "Someone's in the Kitchen With Dinah")

My little baby is (baby's name),
Cutest little baby I kno-o-o-oh.
My little baby is (baby's name),
And I love you so!

Activities:

'Round and 'Round the Garden

'Round and 'round the garden
(gently rub baby's back or tummy with the palm of your hand)
Goes the little mouse.
Up, up, up, he creeps,
(walk fingers up baby's back or tummy)
Up into his house.
(gently tickle under baby's arm or chin)

'Round and 'round the garden
(gently rub baby's back or tummy with the palm of your hand)
Goes the teddy bear.
One step, two steps,
(fingers take two "steps" up baby's back or tummy)
Tickle you under there!
(gently tickle under baby's arm or chin)

I'm Toast in the Toaster

I'm toast in the toaster,
(bounce gently)
I'm getting very hot.
Tick, tock, tick, tock,
(sway side to side)
Up I pop!
(raise baby into the air


Our Hands Say Goodbye

Our hands say goodbye with a clap, clap, clap.
Our feet say goodbye with a tap, tap, tap.
Clap, clap, clap,
Tap, tap, tap.
We roll our hands around and say... "Let's do it again!"

Our hands say goodbye with a clap, clap, clap.
Our feet say goodbye with a tap, tap, tap.
Clap, clap, clap,
Tap, tap, tap.
We roll our hands around and say... "Goodbye!"

Our ExploreTime Activity this week was Puppets!  
Every Child Ready to Read® recommends introducing your baby to a variety of play activities, and puppets certainly fit the bill!  If you don't have puppets at home for your little one to enjoy here are some ideas on how you can make them easily and inexpensively at home.  Repetition is so important at this age, so don't feel you have to keep "reinventing the wheel" when playing with your little one.  Your baby will enjoy seeing the same cow puppet time after time, and learning that the cow always says "Moo".  When he's a toddler and you ask him if a cow says "Meow", you'll get the pleasure of seeing his face light up as he enthusiastically informs you: "Noooo, Mommy! A cow says Mooooooo!"

Library News:
On Tuesday we welcomed our new friend Eli to Storytime!  We also celebrated with Chloe who is having a birthday next week! On Wednesday we welcomed Gabe who came for the first time this school year.  We also enjoyed singing "Happy Birthday" to Katie, who is celebrating her 1st birthday today!!

Our next Baby and Me Storytime will be on Tuesday, March 12, 2013!
Reminder: Baby & Me Storytime will NOT be held next Wednesday, March 13, 2013.  We hope you will join us that day for "Little Red Riding Hood", a puppet show presented by Brian Henning of the Urban Prairie Puppet Company.  The show will start at 10:30 AM.

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).