Showing posts with label Toddler. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Toddler. Show all posts

Friday, May 8, 2026

Storytimes in April

Fish
(Family)
Too Crowded
by Lena Podest

Hooray for Fish!
by Lucy Cousins

1 Fish, 2 Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish (flannel)
Hooray for Fish! (flannel)

The Goldfish (Laurie Berkner)
Roll, Roll Sugar Baby

Fish Dotters


Friends
(Family, Preschool, and Prime Time PS)
A Best Friend for Bear
by Petr H

Pouch!
by David Ezra Stein

Pug & Pig and Friends
by Sue Lowell Gallion; illustrated by Joyce Wan

Friends Share Donuts (magnet board)

Two Little Friends
Driving in My Car

Friends Collaborative Drawing 

Clothes
(Family)
Those Are Not My Underpants!
by Melissa Martin; illustrated by Troy Cummings
(my group was a little young to find the humor in this one)

Maggie and Michael Get Dressed
by Denise Fleming
Getting Dressed (flannel)
(to the rhythm of Bread and Butter, Marmalade and Jam)

Shoes and T-shirt 
Overalls and hat
Let's be a mouse and say hello like that. (softly)

Let's be an elephant and say hello like that. (loudly)

Let's be a sloth and count to five like that (slowly)

Let's be a cheetah and count to five like that (quickly)

I Can Walk on Two Feet
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear
I've Changed My Mind
Popcorn Kernels

My scarf says "let's play" with an up and down
My scarf says "let's play" with a round and round
Up and down, round and round
We roll our scarf and say, "Let's Play!"

Felt people and clothes

Guessing
(Family, Preschool, Toddler, and Prime Time PS)

Molly, Olive, and Dexter: A Guessing Game (F)
by Catherine Rayner


Who Has These Feet? (F)
by Laura Hulbert; illustrated by Erik Brooks

What is Growing Inside This Egg? (P)
by Mia Posada

Clothesline Clues to the Sports People Play (P)
by Kathryn Haling & Deborah Hembrook; illustrated by Andy Robert Davies

My Friends Make Me Happy (P)
by Jan Thomas

Is Your Mama a Llama? (T)
by Deborah Guarino; illustrated by Steven Kellogg

Giant Pop-up Vehicles (T)

I Went Walking (T)
by Sue Williams; illustrated by Julie Vivas

Run, Baby, Run (F, P)

Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes (F, P)

Wheels on the Bus (T)

If I was a Bird (T)

Iggy (Magnet board--F, P, T)
Iggy Iguana, come out and play!
What color house are you in today?

Spring Riddles (flannel board--F, P)

I float up high in the bright blue sky, soft and fluffy, I drift by. What am I? (cloud)

I tap on the rooftops and splash on the ground, children wear boots and umbrellas when I’m around. What am I? (rain)

I bloom in the garden, in colors galore, bees visit me for nectar they adore. What am I? (flower)

I have soft fur and long ears, I hop around and munch on greens, I love crunchy carrots and nibble all day, in gardens and meadows I love to play. What am I? (rabbit)

I appear after rain with colors so bright, a beautiful arc that brings delight. What am I? (rainbow)


Saturday, March 28, 2026

Toddler Storytime--Birds

One of my favorite so far this year...

Books
Hooray for Birds!
by Lucy Cousins

Early Bird
by Toni Yuly

Music and Movement

My Hands Say Hello

Two Little Blackbirds

This is the Way We Wiggle

Are You Sleeping? (bird edition)
with help from the book Hooray for Birds! 

My Hands Say Goodbye

Activity

This is the Way We Shake Our Eggs
with shaker eggs (obviously)

Saturday, February 28, 2026

Polar Animals--Toddler Storytime

Books

Bob and Flow Play Hide and Seek
by Rebecca Ashdown
Bear Needs Help
by Sarah S. Brannen

Music and Movement

Two Little Polar Bears

Clap, Clap, Clap Your Hands

Polar Bear, Polar Bear

If You're Happy and You Know It

Egg Shakers

I Can Shake

Activity

Chalk on dark colored paper

Saturday, July 19, 2025

Lucy Cousins Storytime

Books

Let's Play Monsters!

Hooray for Birds!

Splish, Splash Ducky
(didn't read either day...)
Songs and Movement

Monster Boogie 
Laurie Berkner

Are You Sleeping? (Bird Edition)

Flannel

Hooray for Fish

Play and Learn

Playdough


Toddler

Splish, Splash Ducky!
Hooray for Birds!

Five Little Ducks
Are You Sleeping?

Thursday, May 15, 2025

Baby Animals and their Mamas--Toddler Storytime

Books

Mommy, Where Are You?
by Leonid Gore

Mama's Little Bears
by Nancy Tafuri

Pond Babies
by Cathryn Falwell

Songs and Movement

My Hands Say Hello

I'm a Little Kitty Cat

Three Little Ducks

Little Duck, Little Duck
Little duck, little duck waddle around
Little duck, little duck touch the ground
Wings go flap
Say, "quack, quack!"
Jump into the river
Give a little shiver
Shake your feet
Find your seat.

Are You Sleeping? Baby Animal Edition

Two Little Kittens
Two little kittens sitting on a hill
One named Jack and one named Jill
Run away Jack, run away Jill
Come back Jack, come back Jill.

Flannel

Over in the Meadow
(turtle, fish, bird)

Thursday, April 3, 2025

Ducks--Toddlers

One more crack at ducks--this time with a small, young group at another library.  Not officially Toddler Storytime, but most of the children were toddlers!

Books

Ducks Away!
by Mem Fox; illustrated by Judy Horacek

Splish, Splash, Ducky!
by Lucy Cousins

Music and Movement

My Hands Say Hello

Five Little Ducks
with flannel board

I've Changed My Mind
Jim Gill

Popcorn Kernels

Are You Sleeping?

One Bright Scarf

Play and Learn

Plastic ducks in water

Thursday, February 6, 2025

Toddler Bedtime Storytime

I had just pulled a bunch of bedtime books so when I was asked to fill in for Toddlers this morning I remembered that there were a few good toddler books in the stack. 

They were great toddler books, but basically the same plot of getting ready for bed.  I skipped the last book, but it was fine for a last minute fill-in.

Books

Kitty Cat, Kitty Cat, Are You Going to Sleep?
by Bill Martin Jr. and Michael Sampson; illustrated by Laura J. Bryant


Peekity Boo What Can You Do?
by Heidi Bee Roemer; illustrated by Mike Wohnoutka

(I skipped this book)

Bedtime Blitz!
by Matthew Van Fleet

Songs and Movement

My Hands Say Hello

I'm a Little Kitty Cat

Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes

I've Changed My Mind
Jim Gill, with scarves

One Bright Scarf

My Hands Say Goodbye

Flannel

Five in the Bed

Friday, January 31, 2025

Family Storytime Fill-In

A toddler family storytime, with one preschooler...

Books
Hooray for Fish
by Lucy Cousins

Silly Sally
by Audrey Wood

Who Has These Feet?
by Lauren Hulbert; illustrated by Erik Brooks

Songs and Movement

My Hands Say Hello

Where is Thumbkin?

If You're Happy and You Know It

Can You?

Silly Dance Contest
Jim Gill

My Hands Say Goodbye

Magnet Board

Where's the chick hiding?
(playtime only)

Thursday, January 23, 2025

Home--Toddler Storytime

A very loose "home" theme

Books

Owl Babies
by Martin Waddell; illustrated by Patrick Benson

I Love My Home
by Sebastien Braun



Flannel
Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?

Music and Movement
My Hands Say Hello

I Can Walk on Two Feet

My Hands

One Bright Scarf

Popcorn Kernels

My Hands Say Goodbye

Thursday, January 9, 2025

Winter Family/Toddler Storytime

Subbing in at a Family Storytime with children on the young side

Books

Mouse's First Snow
by Lauren Thompson; illustrated by Buket Erdogan

Jingle-Jingle
by Nicola Smee

Bear and Hare: Snow!
by Emily Gravett

Songs and Movement

My Hands Say Hello

Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes

Little Mouse, Little Mouse
(Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear Turn Around)

Jingle Bells

My Hands Say Goodbye 

Flannel

Snowflakes
1 little, 2 little, 3 little snowflakes
4 little, 5 little, 6 little snowflakes
7 little, 8 little, 9 little snowflakes
10 little snowflakes falling down

Three Little Snowmen
Three little snowmen standing in a line
Each had two eyes and a carrot for a nose
Out came the sun and shone all day
And one little snowman melted away.

Open Ended Art

White chalk on black paper

Thursday, January 2, 2025

Miss Tammy's Favorites--Toddler Edition

Books
The Very Lazy Ladybug
by Isobel Finn and Jack Tickle

Hooray for Fish!
by Lucy Cousins

Domino
by Claire Masurel; illustrated by David Walker

Songs and Movement

My Hands Say Hello

If I was a Bird

If You're Happy and You Know It

My Hands Say Goodbye

Flannel/Magnet Boards

Five Little Pigs Rolled in the Mud

Which animal is hiding the cookie?

Activity

Sewing on Styrofoam plates

Thursday, December 26, 2024

Fill-in Toddler

The day after Christmas I filled in last minute for the Toddler Storytime.  From past years, I knew there wouldn't be many.  I had 3 families (7 total).  But the toddlers were so adorable!

Books

The Button Book
by Sally Nicholls; illustrated by Bethan Woollvin

Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons
by Eric Litwin; illustrated by James Dean

Songs

My Hands Say Hello

The Little Green Frogs

Old MacDonald had a Farm

My Hands Say Goodbye

Magnet Board

Where's the present?
(hiding under farm animals--one little guy (just barely 2) absolutely loved the game!)

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Fast and Slow

Two Storytimes with the same theme...one for toddlers and the other for family.  Same songs and activities but different books.

Toddler Books

Clip-Clop 
by Nicola Smee

Hurry!  Hurry!
by Eve Bunting; illustrated by Jeff Mack

Domino
by Claire Masurel; illustrated by David Walker

Family Books

Hurry Up and Slow Down
by Layn Marlow

Scoot!
by Cathryn Falwell

This is the Way
by Charles Fuge


Songs and Movement

Hello, Hello

Bread and Butter, Marmalade and Jam
(fast and slow)  
Hello
Count to 5 (family)
Clap hands

I've Changed My Mind
Jim Gill
with scarves

Itsy Bitsy Spider--5 Ways! (toddlers)
Big Hairy Spider
Very slow spider
Very fast spider
Silent spider

The Tempo Marches On (family)
Jim Gill

Two Little Blackbirds

My Hands Say Goodbye

Open-ended Activity
Balls, toy cars, tubes, cardboard, masking tape

Friday, February 10, 2023

Hide and Seek Storytime

Books
Where is Bear?
by Leslea Newman, illustrated by Valeri Gorbachev

One-osaurus, Two-osaurus
by Kim Norman, illustrated by Pierre Collet-Derby

Find Fergus
by Mike Boldt

Songs and Movement

Hello, Hello

Two Little Friends
Two little friends went out to play
On a bright and sunny day
They ran, they jumped, they had such fun
They called another little friend to come,
"Come and play!"

Continue adding friends through 5 then end:

They played and played till the day was done!

We are the Dinosaurs
Laurie Berkner


Magnet Board

There's Something in the Garden
There's something in my garden,
Now what could it be?
There's something in my garden
That I can't really see.
I hear its funny sound...
Ribbit-ribbit-ribbit
A frog is what I found!

Squeak-squeak-squeak (mouse)
Tweet-tweet-tweet (bird)
Buzz-buzz-buzz (bumblebee)
Thump-thump-thump (rabbit)

Curious George
Curious George is playing hide and seek
Is he behind the ________ (color) hat?
Let's take a peek!

Activity

Dinosaur Scavenger Hunt



Books for a younger crowd at another location

One-osaurus, Two-osaurus

Bob and Flo Play Hide-and-Seek
by Rebecca Ashdown

Mr. Kitty is Lost!
by Greg Pizzoli