Baby Lap Time, 8/19

Our air conditioning hasn't been working, so our story room was basically an oven this morning. The air seems to be back now, thank goodness, but I'm still recovering!

This was also my last drop-in Baby Lap Time. These sessions will convert to Baby/Toddler Lap Times next Friday, and a separate registration-only Baby Lap Time will start in September. I'm hoping to make a post wrapping up the summer, and another introducing the Fall, but we'll see what time actually allows.

Here is today's Lap Time agenda:

Opening Song: Clap Along With Me

Rhyme: This is Big, Big, Big (twice)

Rhyme: Dance Your Fingers (twice)

Book: What Shapes Do You See? by Begin Smart Books
Not my greatest choice, but we had a hectic morning, and I didn't have time to make a better selection once I realized it wasn't right for my audience. It was fine, but not as baby-friendly as the books I usually do.

Song: Itsy Bitsy Spider (a cappella)

Song: Mary Had a Little Lamb (a cappella with puppet)

Song: I'm a Little Teapot

Song: Head and Shoulders

Book: I Like Bugs by Lorena Siminovich (2010)

Song: Flutter, Flutter Butterfly

Book: The Babies on the Bus by Karen Katz  (2011)

Song: ABCD Medley

Song: Chickadee

Goodbye Song: We Wave Goodbye Like This

Tales for Fours and Fives, 8/18

Only one child in the intended age group showed up today for the final Tales for Fours and Fives. The other 10 or so kids in attendance were ages 3 and under. But it was worth it to bore them with these longer books to see the way just that one little boy's face lit up. I'll be saving all three of the books below for school visits and story times for the local preschools!


Opening Song: Hello, how are you?

Book: Peter Spit a Seed at Sue by Jackie French Koller, illustrated by John Manders(2008)
The rhyme in this is sometimes difficult to read correctly, but the humor of the story is worth it. Silly, summer fun.

Song: Shake My Sillies Out

Book: If I Built A Car by Chris Van Dusen (2005)
In the style of Dr. Seuss, Van Dusen relates one boy's imaginings about the perfect car. This book won the 2006 E.B. White Read Aloud Award.

Song: The Wheels on the Bus (Raffi version)

Book: Prudence Wants a Pet by Cathleen Daly, illustrated by Stephen Michael King (2011)
Prudence wants a pet so badly, she begins adopting household objects and trying to teach them tricks.

Song: ABCD Medley

Song: Chickadee

Song: Skinnamarink

6 Cumulative Picture Books

	This is the House that Jack Built by Simms Taback I loved this book as a child, and Simms Taback's illustrations make me love it even more.
	Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema An African shepherd ends a severe drought.
	Drummer Hoff by Barbara and Ed Emberley This rhyming story is about a troop of soldiers and the steps they take to build and fire a cannon.
	Big Pumpkin by Erica Silverman The witch has grown a pumpkin, but it's too big for her to pick.
	The Napping House by Audrey and Don Wood Everyone's asleep in the napping house until the bed collapses!
	The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda Williams Disembodied clothing follows a plucky old woman home.

Flannel Friday: Five Enormous Dinosaurs

Just a simple one this week, adapted from here. I plan to use this until it's time for all the apples, pumpkins, and fall leaves ideas I'm working on!

Five enormous dinosaurs letting out a roar.

One stomped away (stomp, stomp, stomp stomp)

and then there were four.

 

Four enormous dinosaurs knocking down a tree. Clunk!
One stomped away (stomp, stomp, stomp stomp)

and then there were three.

Three enormous dinosaurs eating tiger stew. Ew!

One stomped away (stomp, stomp, stomp stomp)

and then there were were two.

Two enormous dinosaurs sitting in the sun.

One stomped away (stomp, stomp, stomp stomp)

and then there was one.

One enormous dinosaur left all alone.

He stomped away (stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp)

and then there were none.

Full-size clip art for this rhyme is available here. This week's Flannel Friday host is Tracy at 1234 More Storytimes.