Infant Lapsit Storytime

Today, there were 7 babies and 8 adults in infant lapsit storytime.  This was the last infant storytime this session; the next session doesn't start until the fall!  (We're busy with the planning of the upcoming  summer reading club).

Opening Song: "Hi, Hello, and How are You?"

Flannel board hides behind: pine trees

Fingerplay: "Baby a go-go"

Mother Goose rhyme: "Roses are Red"

Fingerplay: "Roll, Roll, Sugarbabies"


Book: Spotted Yellow Frogs by Matthew VanFleet

Song: "Clap Your Hands" from the cd Wiggleworms Love You by The Old Town School of Folk Music

Puppet: Watering can glove puppet


Book: Pig a Boo by Dorothea Deprisco

Song: "I Know a Chicken" (with egg shakers) from the cd Whaddaya Think of That? by Laurie Berkner

Goodbye song: "Goodbye, So Long, and See You Soon"




--10-15 minutes of playing with toys--

Infant Lapsit Storytime

There were nine babies with nine parents for this storytime.  Only one more week in this session until the fall!

Opening Song: "Hi, Hello, and How are You"

Flannel board hides behind: mice

Fingerplay: "Baby a go-go"

Mother Goose rhyme: "Mary Had a Little Lamb"

Book (with cd): Rock-a-Baby Band by Kate McMullan

Fingerplay: "Hickory Dickory Dock"

Book: Baby Animals Flip-a-Face by SAMI

Puppets: The Knock-knock House

Song: "I Know a Chicken" (with egg shakers) from the cd Whaddaya Think of That? by Laurie Berkner

Goodbye Song: "Goodbye, so Long and See You Soon!"

Extras:

Song: "Put Your Finger On" by from Feel the Music by Parachute Express

Fingerplay: "The Little Mice are Creeping"

--10-15 minutes of playing with toys--

Infant lapsit storytime

This storytime only had 4 babies and their parents today!  It was still fun though; a nice small group.

Hello song: "Hi, Hello, and How are You"

Flannel board hides behind: hands

Fingerplay: "Baby a go-go"

Mother Goose rhyme: "Three Little Kittens"

Song: "Jack Be Nimble" (I don't know who does this; it's really old)

Book: Mommies Say Shhh by Patricia Polacco

Fingerplay: "One hand, two hands"

Book: Baby Faces by Margaret Miller

Fingerplay: "Rickety, Rockety Rocking Horse"

Puppets: The Knock-knock House

Song: "I Know a Chicken" (with egg shakers) from Whaddaya Think of That? by Laurie Berkner

Goodbye song: "Goodbye, So Long, and See You Soon"

--10-15 minutes of playing with toys--

A Saturday Open Storytime: Balls and More!

I presented this Saturday storytime to a group consisting of children ages infant-5 (some children were also a little older) and their parents/caregivers.  We had fun reading about balls and more!

Hello song: "My Hand Waves Hello"


Flannel board hides behind: different sports balls

Fingerplay: "Hickory Dickory Dock" 


Mother Goose rhyme: "Hey Diddle Diddle"

Book: Slide Already! by Kit Allen

Song: "List of Dances" from Jim Gill Makes it Noisy in Boise, Idaho by Jim Gill

Fingerplay: "Clap Your Lap" 


Flannel board story based on the book Millie Wants to Play! by Janet Pedersen

Big book: The Enormous Watermelon retold by Brenda Parkes and Judith Smith

Fingerplay: "Roll, Roll, Sugarbabies" 


Flannel board: [Build a] "Mr. Potato Head"

Book: Whose Nose? by Jeannette Rowe

Goodbye song: "My Hands Say Thank You"

Extras:

Books: 

Swing! by Rufus Butler

The Wide-Mouthed Frog by Keith Faulkner

The Blue Balloon by Mick Inkpen

Hide and Seek by Brenda Shannon Yee

Flannel board story based on the book Elephant Never Forgets by  Kristin Collier Bennett

Infant Lapsit storytime

Today we had 9 mothers and their babies--we had a good time!

Hello song: "Hi, Hello, and How are You?"

Flannel board hides behind: monkeys

Fingerplay: "Baby a go-go"


Mother Goose rhyme: "Hey Diddle Diddle" 

  

Fingerplay: "Icky bicky soda cracker" 


Book: What Can Our New Baby Do? by Joan Holub

Song: "Shake Your Scarves" from The Second Line; Scarf Activity Songs by Johnette Downing

Fingerplay: "This Little Train" 


Book: Baby Talk by Anne Miranda

The cover for Baby Talk isn't available, so I just used this

Puppets: The Knock-knock House 


Song: "I Know a Chicken" (with egg shakers) from Whaddaya Think of That? by Laurie Berkner

Goodbye song: "Goodbye, so Long and See You Soon"

--10-15 minutes of playtime with toys--

Storytime: froggies!

I presented this plan to a registered preschool storytime group.  These are children that are 3-5 years old and they attend by themselves.  We used materials about froggies!

Hello song: "My Hand Waves Hello"

Flannel board hides behind: lily pads

Fingerplay: "Hickory Dickory Dock"

Book: Little Quack's New Friend by Lauren Thompson

Flannel board story based on the book Why the Frog Has Big Eyes by Betsy Franco

Song: "List of Dances" from the cd Jim Gill Makes it Noisy in Boise, Idaho by Jim Gill

Fingerplay: "A Duck with a Wing"

Flannel board story based on the book Five Green and Speckled Frogs by Priscilla Burris

Book: Monday the Bullfrog by Matthew Van Fleet

Goodbye song: "My Hands Say Thank You"

Extra:

Book: One Frog Sang by Shirley Parenteau

Storytime: Green Things and St. Patrick's Day!

I presented this plan to a preschool storytime group.  These are children that are 3-5 years old and they attend by themselves.  We used materials based on green things and St. Patrick's Day!

Hello song: "My Hand Waves Hello"

Flannel board hides behind: St. Patrick's Day stuff

Fingerplay: "Hickory Dickory Dock"

Book:  Go Away, Big Green Monster! by Ed Emberley

Flannel board story based on "Five Little Shamrocks"

Storycards based on the book Blue Hat, Green Hat by Sandra Boynton

Song: "Beanie Bag Dance" (with bean bags) from the cd Kids in Action by Greg and Steve

Fingerplay: "Clap Your Lap"

Book: Where is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox

Flannel board story based on the book Spring Green by Valerie M. Selkowe

Prop story: "Box of Crayons"

Goodbye song: "My Hands Say Thank You"

Extras:

Books: 

Lucky Tucker by Leslie McGuirk

Brown Cow, Green Grass, Yellow Mellow Sun by Ellen Jackson

Green as a Bean by Karla Kuskin

Pickle Pickle Pickle Juice by Patty Wolcott

Flannel board story based on "Fuzzy Wuzzy Caterpillar"