40 kids
15 Adults
5 teenagers
Total Chaos!
I read The Legend of Rock, Paper, Scissors by Drew Daywalt. I did it very dramatically and with voices. It went over very well. We played the game after. I also did Tooty Ta.
They loved it!
Then it was scavenger hunt and check out.
Next time we should either skip the scavenger hunt or give the prizes to the director.
Tuesday, July 31, 2018
Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Cats with Toddlers
Today I did one of my favorite themes, Cats!
Books:
Pete the Cat and his 4 Groovy Buttons by Litwin - Flannel
Kitten's first full moon by Henkes
Songs:
The more we get together with signs
Shake your Sillies out
If you're a kitty and you know it
Skinamarink
The Cat came back with instruments
What a miracle
Flannel
5 little kitty cats
This one went pretty well. I had a few bigger kids because it is summer and they were pretty bored. The Henkes book that I did first wasn't quite as successful as Pete but not bad. The coloring sheet had the extra fun of putting buttons on Pete.
Books:
Pete the Cat and his 4 Groovy Buttons by Litwin - Flannel
Kitten's first full moon by Henkes
Songs:
The more we get together with signs
Shake your Sillies out
If you're a kitty and you know it
Skinamarink
The Cat came back with instruments
What a miracle
Flannel
5 little kitty cats
This one went pretty well. I had a few bigger kids because it is summer and they were pretty bored. The Henkes book that I did first wasn't quite as successful as Pete but not bad. The coloring sheet had the extra fun of putting buttons on Pete.
Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Friends - toddler storytime
Today I wanted to do a happy storytime and with all the sad things in the news I just needed to. This is one I did from scratch so I have been planning it for a few weeks.
Opening - The More We Get Together with signs
Book #1 - A Splendid Friend Indeed by Bloom - This one is short but very sweet. I made sure I pointed out how the bear was feeling since the kids were pretty far away to see his eyes.
Action song - Jumping and Counting by Gill
-this one is good for teaching kids to wait. Self regulation.
Book #2 - Pepo and Lolo are Friends by Larrianigo
- this one is also short but very good.
Fingerplay - Five good Friends - (five little ducks tune)
Five good friends, went out to play, It was a bright and sunny day.
One good friend said, I can't stay. Then there were 4 friends left to play. (4,3,2,1,no)
Opening - The More We Get Together with signs
Book #1 - A Splendid Friend Indeed by Bloom - This one is short but very sweet. I made sure I pointed out how the bear was feeling since the kids were pretty far away to see his eyes.
Action song - Jumping and Counting by Gill
-this one is good for teaching kids to wait. Self regulation.
Book #2 - Pepo and Lolo are Friends by Larrianigo
- this one is also short but very good.
Fingerplay - Five good Friends - (five little ducks tune)
Five good friends, went out to play, It was a bright and sunny day.
One good friend said, I can't stay. Then there were 4 friends left to play. (4,3,2,1,no)
Action Song - Skinnamarink
- This one went over very well, they all knew it, so we did it twice. I might use this more.
Shaker song - Count on Me by Bruno Mars
- I thought about playing this on my uke but I just don't think I know it well enough to play and sing and watch the kids at the same time.
You are my sunshine - since I have brought my uke I needed to use it at some point so we did a little more shaking. I did the first verse 2 time.
Closing song : Hands are for Clapping by Gill
- I forgot my CD with my usual song so I did this one. It worked pretty well. The kids can't snap their fingers so I told them to click their tongue.
Wednesday, July 11, 2018
Dance - Toddler storytime
After 2 weeks off, I got quite a welcome back. I had 48 people today! (norm is about 20)
They were very loud and active so I am glad I did dance.
Books:
The Nuts Sing and Dance in Your Polka Dot Pants by Litwin
Doing the Animal Bop by Ormerod - this has a cd with it that reads the book and has music to dance to, good thing because I was having trouble talking over the crowd.
Songs-
The more we get together with signs - I added Dance
Silly Dance contest by Gill
Chicken Dance
Walter the Waltzing Worm with scarves
What a miracle
Whew! I am exhausted. So glad it is over. I think a local mom's group came that picks a different library each week. There were about 15 kids i didn't recognize.
They were very loud and active so I am glad I did dance.
Books:
The Nuts Sing and Dance in Your Polka Dot Pants by Litwin
Doing the Animal Bop by Ormerod - this has a cd with it that reads the book and has music to dance to, good thing because I was having trouble talking over the crowd.
Songs-
The more we get together with signs - I added Dance
Silly Dance contest by Gill
Chicken Dance
Walter the Waltzing Worm with scarves
What a miracle
Whew! I am exhausted. So glad it is over. I think a local mom's group came that picks a different library each week. There were about 15 kids i didn't recognize.
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