Baby Lap Time, 10/18/12

Rhyme: Cheek Chin

Rhyme: This is Big Big Big

Book: Big Fat Hen by Keith Baker (1999)

Song: Where is Big Toe? 
I almost always sing this song at the end of story time, and it made me smile when one of the nannies, who is especially on the ball, said, "Already?" when I announced the next song. I love it when they pay attention - and that'll teach me to deviate from routine!


Song: All the Little Babies

Flannel Board Song: Mary Had a Little Lamb
Mary had several little lambs. Their fleece was white as snow, red as a rose, blue as the sky, and green as grass.

Song: Tony Chestnut

Book: The Wee Little Woman by Byron Barton


Song with Puppets: Do You Know the Little...?  
I changed "mission bay" - the name of the library whose website I got the song from to the name of my neighborhood, which the parents all loved.

Song: I'm a Little Teapot


Song: Itsy Bitsy Spider

Song: ABCs

Song: If You're Happy and You Know It 

I use the same hello and goodbye songs at almost every session. Click here for the tunes and words. For descriptions of each of my story times, click here.

Pajama Story Time, 10/17/12

Book: Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Jon Klassen
This is my new favorite preschool read-aloud. I love this book, and so does everyone else I've shared it with. 

Book: The Quilt Story by Tony Johnston and Tomie dePaola
This was one of my favorite books when I was a kid. I used to read it to myself over and over again in the mornings before anyone else in the house was awake. I still love that page where  the mice move into the blanket and chew up the shooting star. The kids seemed to like it, too, though I made sure to explain that the quilt belonged to two different girls, something that was not always clear to me.

Song: Sing a Happy Song


Rhyme: Two Little Teddy Bears

Book: Flora's Blanket by Debi Gliori
Every family can relate the bedtime hunt for a favorite toy or blankie, even though the kids in this group claimed it has never happened to them. 

Song: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star 

Song: Moon Moon Moon

Book: A Hat for Minerva Louise by Janet Stoeke
I have never read Minerva Louise books in story time because I always think the humor is too subtle. This one is one of the more straight-forward ones, and it did get some good laughs.

Song with Puppets: Goodnight by the Laurie Berkner Band


I use the same hello and goodbye songs at almost every session. Click here for the tunes and words. For descriptions of each of my story times, click here.

Drop-In Story Time, 10/19/12

 

Book: This is Not a Pumpkin by Bob Staake
This is a crowd-pleaser. Even the adults thought the ending was fun.

Flannel Board Song: Five Little Pumpkins Round
This was a huge, huge hit. They loved it last year, and they're still enjoying it this year!

Book: Corn Aplenty by Dana Meachen Rau, illustrated by Melissa Iwai
I have to stop reading paperbacks at story time. I can't hold them up!

Rhyme: Corn Grows Tall

Book: Apples, Apples by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld, illustrated by Christopher Santoro

Rhyme: Way Up High in the Apple Tree

Letter of the Day: Letter I

• Song: I'm a Little Ice Cube 
• Flannel Board: Three Ice Cream Cones
• Song: Itsy Bitsy Spider 

Songs with Ukulele: ABCs / Twinkle Twinkle Little Star / Baa Baa Black Sheep

Song: Sing a Happy Song

Song: Bumpin’ Up and Down in My Little Red Wagon

Song: The Wheels on the Bus

Song: Chickadee
 
I use the same hello and goodbye songs at almost every session. Click here for the tunes and words. For descriptions of each of my story times, click here.