Hugs and Kisses Baby Storytimes

Books

A Kiss Means I Love You

by Kathryn Madeline Allen; photos by Eric Futran

All Kinds of Kisses

by Nancy Tarfui

Counting Kisses

by Karen Katz

Hugs and Kisses for the Grouchy Ladybug

by Eric Carle

Songs/Rhymes/Bounces

You Ought to See My Baby

Baby-o

Good Morning

tune: Happy Birthday

Good morning to _______

Good morning to _______(you)

Good morning dear ________

It's nice to see you!

Little Bear

Barnyard Banter

A ________ lives on a farm

A ________ live on a farm

______, ________ is what it says

A _________ live on a farm

My Body

On my face I have a nose,

And way down here I have ten toes.

I have two eyes that I can blink

I have a head to help me think.

I have a chin, and very near,

I have two ears to help me hear.

I have a with which is speak,

And when I run I use my feet.

Here are my elbows and my knees

Here are my cheeks my mom loves to squeeze!

Five Little Riders

Five little riders on a nice winter day

Jumped on their ponies and rode far away.

They galloped in the meadow

And they galloped up a hill

They galloped so fast

That they all took a spill!

Jack Be Nimble

Itsy Bitsy Spider

Pudding on a Plate

Pudding on a plate (x2)

Wibble, wobble, wibble, wobble

Pudding on a plate.

Candies in the jar (x2)

Shake them up, shake them up

Candies in the jar.

Candles on the cake (x2)

Blow them out (blow), blow them out (blow)

Candles on the cake.

Airplane in the sky (x2)

Fly it high, fly it high

Up to the sky!

Zoom, Zoom, Zoom!

One Bright Scarf

Flannel Board

Hearts 1, 2, 3

A pink heart, a white heart, a purple heart I see

Now help me count them:1, 2, 3!

A small heart, a big heart, the biggest heart I see

Now help me count them: 1, 2, 3!

Hugs and Kisses

Books

Dinosaur Kisses

by David Ezra Stein

Kitty's Cuddles

by Jane Cabrera

How About a Kiss for Me?

by Todd Tarpley; illustrated by Liza Woodruff

Songs and Movement

Hello, Hello

We are the Dinosaurs

Laurie Berkner

One Little Dinosaur

1 little dinosaur went out to play

On a bright and sunny day

He had such E-NOR-MOUS fun

He called another dinosaur to come

DI-NO-SAUR!

end...

They ran, they jumped, they had such fun

They played and played til the day was done.

I've Changed My Mind

Jim Gill with scarves

Popcorn Kernels

Popcorn kernels, popcorn kernels 

In a pot, in a pot

Shake 'em, shake 'em, shake 'em

Shake 'em, shake 'em, shake 'em

Til they Pop!

Til they Pop!

Flannel

There is a shape that I can make that shows that I love you

H-E-A-R-T (x3)

A heart shows that I love you!

Which color heart is missing?

Activity

I Love You to Pieces

with markers and foam stickers

Guessing Storytime

One of my goals for the year is to try to use technology in storytime and see how it goes.  I already do a PowerPoint in Baby Storytime with all the words of the rhymes, songs, and bounces so parents can say them with me.  So I decided to try doing a PowerPoint for Family Storytime.  At first I just had the words written out like I do for Baby, but then I had the thought that clipart would help the kids know what is coming up--so I redid Run, Baby, Run and If I was a Bird to give them visual cues for the songs.  I am also going to read one story from Overdrive so it's on the big screen.

Books

Clothesline Clues to Jobs People Do

by Kathryn Heling and Deborah Hembrook

Step by Step 

by Loreen Leedy

(Overdrive eBook)

My Friends Make Me Happy!

by Jan Thomas

Songs and Movement

Hello, Hello

Run Baby Run

If I was a Bird

My Hands Say Goodbye

Flannel Board

Guess Who? Animal Riddles
 
They are big and they are gray,
And their trunks swing and sway.
What are they?  Elephants
 
Bananas are their favorite things,
And they like to chatter and they like to swing.
What are they?  Monkeys
 
They have necks that are long, long, long
If you guess a turtle, you'd be wrong, wrong, wrong.
What are they?  Giraffes
 
They are a kind of cat
But they have a mane and (roar) like that.
What are they?  Lion
 
These birds can't fly and they eat fish so yummy
They're black all over except for a white tummy.
What are they? Penguins

Where is the Ladybug Hiding?

Early Literacy Tip

Play and Learn

New Toys!

Playdough

Update

(after storytime)

I'm not sure I loved using technology.  For one thing I had to have the front set up a little differently so that I was not blocking the screen.  Second, my computer would fall asleep after 10 minutes, which made moving through the slides and switching to the eBook took time, which equates to down time for kids to get wiggly.  But I loved the visual cues for songs.  Next time I'm just going to do one technology element (eBook or PowerPoint) and have the tech guy get my computer to not fall asleep (even though I had changed the settings).

Giant Boogle

 On Tuesday Katy and I went to a Literacy Night at a local elementary school.  Katy had the ingenious idea to make a Giant Boogle with out Giant Connect Four game.  I made it a reality!

I made printed letter that were ______ inches, then taped them onto the Connect Four "donuts".  We had were missing three of the pieces.

48 letters.  A co-worker helped me decide how many of each letter to make using the ratios in Scrabble and the original Boogle.

I hope you found the words "books" and "read" :)

Play with Colors!

For the winter months the Early Learning Team has developed an open-ended play time for preschoolers with a different focus each month.  January was Play with Color...and I was the one to get the program together and I facilitated three of the nine programs.  It was so much fun and so rewarding.  At first I was leery of having the program run two hours, but after doing them it great to see the children have a lot of time to explore and to really dig into their play.  And parents weren't "rushing" them, like they often do at storytime.

I created the program with a variety of open-ended activities and then the Early Learning Librarian could choose which of the activities they wanted to put out for the day.  (These pictures are from three different programs, I didn't do all the activities at all the libraries)

Baking Soda and Vinegar Experiment

Play Dough

Do-a-Dot Art

Beads and Pipe Cleaners

PomPoms (with muffin tins, scoops, tweezers)

Parachute, Tunnel, Beach Balls

Flannel Board and Pieces, Balls and Tubes, "Window" blocks

Open Ended Art (construction paper, scissors, glue, crayons, tape, feathers, yarn, ribbon)

Magna Tiles

Water Colors

A variety of colorful play and learn toys (depending on the library)

I also wrote a short article for the Current (a monthly community-wide newspaper)

Winter in Spokane can be gray and dreary, but preschool children can add some color to winter by attending the library's Play with Color events at nine of our libraries in January.

Research has shown that children learn best through play and that learning is not separate from play.  Learning about colors is no different.  Children learn about colors through play and by having the time and materials to interact and experiment with colors.

 Important cognitive, language, and math skills are developed as children learn about colors starting with the ability to distinguish between items that are same and different.  Children can then start to sort like items together (color being one of the first ways children sort).   Learning that color words (red, yellow, blue) are not things, but are words to describe an object, takes time for children to develop.  They often learn and say color words before being able to distinguish between the all the colors, but this shows a depth of understanding about colors.  After children learn basic colors they begin to understand such nuances as light blue and navy blue are both blue.  Children are amazed that mixing colors together makes new colors.  Adults can tell children that yellow and blue makes green, but until a child actually mixes yellow and blue together to watches green emerge will they really be learning that color concept.

And all this learning is done while playing. 

Play with Color will feature many colorful open-ended toys from the library’s Play and Learn Storytimes, such as blocks, balls, balance bears, and wooden beads.  Along with toys children will have the opportunity to play with colors in an open-ended art project and participate in a simple science experiment with baking soda and vinegar and watch as colors mix together to make new colors. 

Please join us for this fun and engaging program at a Spokane County Library in January!

Watch for Play with Science in February and Play with Math in March at your Spokane County Libraries!

Baby Storytime--Winter!

Books

No Two Alike

by Keith Baker

Winter is Here

by Kevin Henkes; illustrated by Laura Dronzek

In the Snow

by Sharon Phillips Denslow; illustrated by Nancy Tafuri

Snow

by Manya Stojic

Songs/Bounces/Rhymes

You Ought to See My Baby

Baby-o

Good Morning

Tune: Happy Birthday

Good morning to _________

Good morning to _________

Good morning dear _________

It's nice to see you!

When Cows Get Up in the Morning

They're a Par of Me

Tune: Do you know the muffin man?

I can make my hands go clap

Clap, clap, clap

Clap, clap, clap

I can make my hands go clap

They're a part of me.

Feet go tap

Nose go beep

Boing! Boing! Squeak!

Hey Diddle Diddle

The Wheels on the Bus

(verses: horn-beep, doors-open and shut, babies-bumpity bump, wheels again)

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Toast

Jingle Bells

with, of course, jingle bells!

Flannel

Snowflakes

1 little 2 little 3 little snowflakes

1 little 2 little 3 little snowflakes

1 little 2 little 3 little snowflakes

Falling to the ground.

Animals in Winter

Family Storytime (ages 2-5)

Books

Snow

by Manya Stojic

Don't Wake Up the Bear!

by Marjorie Dennis Murray; illustrated by Patricia Wittmann

Bear and Hare: Snow!

by Emily Gravett

Songs and Movement

Hello, Hello

Are You Sleeping?

starting with the bear

My Hands Say Goodbye

Flannel Board

One Little Penguin

Chubby Snowman

Play and Learn

Playdough

Alternate Books

Froggy Gets Dressed

by Jonathan London; illustrated by Frank Remkiewicz

This is one of my favorites, but my group was just too young

Winter, Winter, Cold and Snow

by Sharon Gibson Palermo; illustrated by Christina Song