Toddler Time 4/8

  For this week's Toddler Time, our theme was pop up and lift the flap books. I wanted to use books that were interactive. Children always love lifting the flap or seeing the items pop up in the book. And indeed, this was a success in storytime. Here are the stories we used:

Seals on the Bus by Lenny Hort

 The Very Lazy Ladybug by Isobel Finn

Who's Under that Hat by David Carter

Peek a Boo Zoo by Dian Curtis Regan

   Here are the songs we did:

Hello Everyone

Shake Shake Your Hands

Seals on the Bus (song/book)

Itsy Bitsy Spider

Lady Bug Song

Sung to:"Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"

Lady Bug, Lady Bug
she landed on my nose
I went “kerchoo!” and
off she flew!
Her body is round with
big black dots,
My mommy told me
they're called spots.
Lady Bug, Lady Bug
she looks really neat
With her bright red wings,
And tiny black feet!

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Keeper in the Zoo

The keeper in the zoo,
the keeper in the zoo,
Heigh-ho! The derry-o!
The keeper in the zoo.
The keeper feeds the (bears).
The keeper feeds the (bears).
Heigh-ho. The derry-o!
The keeper feeds the (bears).

continue with monkeys, 'gators, birds, etc

If You're Happy and You Know It

Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes

Ring Around the Rosie

Hokey Pokey

Teddy Bear Teddy Bear

Then we did some theme related coloring sheets (ladybugs and the zoo). Much fun was had by all.

First Ever Children's Librarian Twitter Chat

   I don't know if this has been done on Twitter with this exact topic, but I will be hosting my first one tomorrow night at 9 PM ET, hashtag #jlib. If you are a children's librarian or studying to be one, you are invited to this chat. We will be talking about a variety of Children's library related issues such as: collection development, programming, outreach and more. Feel free to submit your questions to me here or DM me on Twitter (mmlibrarian). Hope to see you then!

Toddler Time 4/1

  This week's Toddler Time theme was Spring. The turnout was not as big as in the past but we did not have storytime last week because of the holiday, so maybe families were confused. The children who attended had a good time. Here is the songs and stories we did this session:

Seals on the Bus by Lenny Hort

B is for Bunny by Tanya Lee Stone

Waiting for Wings by Lois Ehlert

Songs:

1. Good Morning to You
2. Shake Shake Your Hands
3. 5 Little Ducks

Five Little Ducks

Five little ducks went out one day, over the hills and far away.

Mother duck said “quack, quack, quack” and only 4 little ducks came back.

Four little ducks went out one day, over the hills and far away.

Mother duck said, “quack, quack, quack” and only 3 little ducks came back.

Three little ducks went out one day, over the hills and far away.

Mother duck said, “quack, quack, quack” and only 2 little ducks came back.

Two little ducks went out one day, over the hills and far away.

Mother duck said, “quack, quack, quack” and only 1 little duck came back.

One little duck went out one day, over the hills and far away.

Mother duck said, “quack, quack, quack” and no little ducks came back.

Sad mother duck went out one day, over the hills and far away.

Mother duck said, “quack, quack, quack” and all 5 ducks came back!!

4. 5 Little Monkeys
5. Seals on the Bus (song/book)
6. Old MacDonald Had a Farm
7. Little Birdie

Songs:

Little Birdie

I saw a little birdie go hop, hop, hop (hop little fingers on palm)

I asked that little birdie to stop, stop, stop (hold up hand, palm out)

I went to the window to say “how do you do?” (wave hello)

But he shook his little tail (wiggle bottom)

And away he flew! (flap arms)

8. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
9. Itsy Bitsy Spider

Toddler Time 3/18

   This week we had our Toddler Time in the children's room because the meeting room was being occupied for the Defensive Driving Class. We had 9 children and our theme was bunnies. We did two new songs and the children loved the second song. They also loved the second book I read.

Books:

Seals on the Bus by Lenny Hort

What Does Bunny See by Linda Sue Park

Max’s Chocolate Chicken by Rosemary Wells

Songs:

1. Good Morning Song
2. Shake Shake Your Hands
3. Seals on the Bus (book/song)
4. Five Little Ducks
5. Out in the Garden

Out in the Garden

Out in the garden, (motion over your shoulder)

where the cabbages grow,

Five little cottontails (hold up five fingers)

Are hopping to and fro, (hop fingers up and down)

Along comes a puppy dog,

Looking for some fun (shade eyes)

“Bow-wow-wow”, he barks,

6. Itsy Bitsy Spider

7. Little Bunny

Little Bunny

There was a little bunny who lived in the wood. (hold up two fingers)
He wiggled his ears as a good bunny should (wiggle on head)
He hopped by a squirrel. He hopped by a tree. (hop, hop)
He hopped by a duck. And he hopped by me. (hop, hop over fist)
He stared at the squirrel. He stared at the tree. (stare, stare)
He stared at the duck. But he made faces at me! (stare, make faces)

8. If You're Happy and You Know It
9. Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes
10. Ring Around the Rosy
11. Hokey Pokey
12. Teddy Bear Teddy Bear

Toddler Time 3/11

   The children who attended the program had a great time. The theme this week was jungle animals.

Here are the books we read:
1.Pete the Cat and his Four Groovy Buttons by Eric Litwin
2.Bedtime in the Jungle by John Butler
3."Slowly, Slowly, Slowly," Said the Sloth by Eric Carle

  We started by introducing Mr. Monkey and having the children tell us what sound a monkey makes. The Eric Carle book was great because it included many jungle animals, including some less common animals from Africa. I loved how the back of the book included the illustrations of the animals and their names. We tried to ask to see what animals the children knew.

 These are the songs we did:

 1. Hello Song
 2. Shake Shake Your Hands
 3. I'm a Little Teapot
 4. 3 Little Monkeys

Three little monkeys (hold up three fingers)

Swinging in a tree (move fingers back and forth)

Teasing Mr. Crocodile, “You can’t catch me!”

Along comes crocodile quiet as can be (palms together, make weaving motion)

And SNAP! (snap palms together)

Two little monkeys… (repeat above)

One little monkey…(repeat above and change last line)

SNAP! Ha ha, you missed me!

 5. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

 6. Down in the Jungle

Begin by having children slap their hands on their knees and then clap them together to set the rhythm of the chant.

Down in the jungle With the beat in your feet, Think of an animal That you'd like to meet. That you'd like to meet ________! (Call out a child's name and have them name a jungle animal)

A (Monkey), A (Monkey) She wants to see a (Monkey)! Etc.

7. If You're Happy and You Know It

8. Head and Shoulders

9. Ring Around the Rosy

10. Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear

Then we completed the story time with jungle animal related coloring sheets.

Mother Goose Story time 3/7

Our story time from last week went well. I love the children in this group. They are adorable. We had 6 children attend and I believe when the weather gets warmer, we will have more children.

Here are the books we read:
What Do You Love? by Jonathan London
One Rainy Day by Tammi Salzano
Llama Llama Nighty Night by Anna Dewdney

Here are the songs we did:

1. Good Morning Song
2. Come Along and Sing with Us
3. Dance Your Fingers
4. This Little Piggy
5. Flying Baby Song (Up! Up! Up!)
6. Patty-Cake, Patty-Cake
7. Where oh Where are Babies' Fingers
8. The Train
9. Grey Squirrel
10. Hey Diddle Diddle
11. Where is Thumbkin
12. Now It's Time
13. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
14. Itsy Bitsy Spider
16. Alphabet Song
17. Ring Around The Rosy
18. Hands Say Goodbye..

Monday 3/4 Toddler Time

   This week's theme was transportation. Here are the books we read for this storytime:

  

   This week's attendance was good. We had 13 children and their caregivers attend. Here's the list of songs we did with these books:

Song: Good Morning

Song: Shake Your Hands

Book: Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons by Eric Litwin

Song:  Five Little Monkeys

Song: Choo Choo Train (finger play) This is a choo-choo train,
   Bend arms at elbows.
Puffing down the track.
  Rotate forearms in rhythm.
Now it's going forward,
  Push arms forward; continue rotating motion.
Now it's going back.
   Pull arms back; continue rotating motion.
Now the bell i sringing,
   Pull bell cord with closed fist.
Now the whistle blows.
   Hold fist near mouth and blow.
What a lot of noise it makes,
   Cover ears with hand.
Everywhere it goes.

Book: Wake Up Engines by Denise Mortensen

Song: This is the Way We Wash..
(use scarves to do the motions for each action)

This is the way we wash our face,
Wash our face, wash our face,
This is the way we wash our face,
So early in the morning.

This is the way we clean our hands,
Clean our hands, clean our hands,
This is the way we clean our hands,
So early in the morning.

This is the way we brush our teeth,
Brush our teeth, brush our teeth,
This is the way we brush our teeth
So early in the  morning.

This is the way we comb our hair,
Comb our hair, comb our hair,
This is the way we comb our hair,
So early in the morning.
Continue with...
...put on our pants
...put on our shirt
...toast our bread
...butter our bread
...eat our bread
...sweep the floor
....wash the floor

Song: Wheels on the Bus

Book: A Plane Goes Kazoom! by Jonathan London

Song: If You're Happy and You Know It

Song: Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes

Song: Ring a Round the Rosie

Song: Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear

 Then the children colored transportation related coloring sheets. Much fun was had by all.