We Love to Read! Drop-In Story Time, 1/18/13

We Love to Read! Drop-In Story Time, 1/18/13

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Song: If You’d Like To Read a Book 

Book: In the Foggy Foggy Forest by Nick Sharatt

Song: I’m Going Down to the Library (with animal puppets)

Book: Each Peach Pear Plum by Janet and Allan Ahlberg

Flannel Board Song: Who are the characters in your story books?
To the tune of Who Are the People in Your Neighborhood?, we sung about favorite characters Spot, Max and Ruby, Thomas the Tank Engine, Pigeon, and Maisy.

Rhyme: This is Big Big Big

Rhyme: Blue is the Lake

Letter of the Day:  V

• One Violin (I wrote this one. It was inspired by the title of the picture book, Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin)
• Eating Veggies (We said this rhyme, using the characters from our story books and vegetables. The adults taked through the entire thing, but this was unusual - this rhyme normally works.)
• The Wheels on the Van

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

Song with ukulele: Itsy Bitsy Spider

Song: I'm a Little Teapot

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.

We Love to Read! Toddler Lap Time, 1/17/13

  We Love to Read! Toddler Lap Time, 1/17/13

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*Theoretically, the two toddler lap times I do each week are identical, but Thursday's session didn't feel very successful to me, so it's completely different from what I presented on Friday. Therefore, I'm making two separate posts.


Song: If You’d Like to Read a Book

Book: Book! by Kristine O'Connell George, illustrated by Maggie Smith

Song with Flannel Board: I’m Going Down to the Library
This song worked well with the big drop-in group on Tuesday, but bombed with the smaller group. 

Flannel Board Rhyme: Down Around the Corner 
We did this rhyme with picture books at the "children's bookstore." I won't be using this again - none of the groups seemed to connect with it. 

Book: Lola Loves Stories by Anna McQuinn, illustrated by Rosalind Beardshaw

Song: These Are My Glasses

Poem: Letter Parade! from Good For You! by Stephanie Calmenson
This was not a hit.

Song: ABCs

Activities with foam stars:

• Rhyme: Star Light, Star Bright
• Song: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
• Song: There's a Star Upon My Head

Song: I'm a Little Teapot

Song: Ring a Round a Rosie

Song: Head and Shoulders

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.