Sunday, September 6, 2015

Baby Storytime--Animals!

Babies love animals and making/listening to animals sounds!  What better way to start off the fall storytime season than with animals!

Song/Rhymes/Bounces
Words to most of these can be found here

Clap, Clap, Clap Your Hands
Good Morning To You
Little Bear
When Cows Get Up in the Morning
(puppets--duck, cat, pig, and cow)
Baby Hokey Pokey
Pat-a-Cake
Wheels on the Bus
Hey Diddle, Diddle
Pease Porridge Hot
Tiny Little Babies
Acka Backa Soda Cracker
Tickle the Clouds

Read Aloud Book

Week 1
Baby Says "Moo!"
by Jo Ann Early Macken; illustrated by David Walker
I used quite a few paperclips so I could skip pages in order to read it to my baby group.  Basically I skipped the parts of the parents asking what something says and the refrain that follows.

So here's how the first part of the book went...
Baby rolls along, grabs a yummy snack,
Waves at people, and they all wave back.

Baby takes a ride through the busy city
Waves at the yellow bird, singing so pretty.



Week 2
Who Says Woof?
by John Butler

Shared Reading

A variety of board books featuring animals including:

We Love Each Other by Yusuke Yonezu

Owl and Friends by Joyce Wan

Supercharged
To parents: Making animal sounds with your baby helps to develop their language skills.  Encourage your baby to copy the animals sounds.  Point to and name animals as well.  Encourage them to repeat.

Play Time
Nothing special...

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