Birds - Toddler storytime

This one when well. I think I am getting my grove back.

Songs:
The more we get together
Jumping and county
I am a chicken with shakers
Three little birds on Uke with shakers (lyrics on the board. no one sang)
What a miracle

Fingerplay
2 little pretty birds

Books:
Birds by Henkes
Flip Flap Fly by Root (with puppets)

I used a trick I learned at the ALA conference. I sang a song while I walked around with a bag for the kids to put the shakers in. It was not the song I learned at the conference but it worked pretty well.

Lessons learned for kickoff

1. have 2 PTHs on Info

2. need drying papers for painting

3. have crafts almost done

4. having sing along in the beginning was good

Bugs with toddlers

Songs:
The more we get together
Jumping and Counting
Shoo Fly with puppets
Everyone wants to be a butterfly with scarves
What a Miracle

Books:
Step Gently by Frost
Can you make a scary face? by Thomas

Flannel
Pretty ladybug

Did sign for bug

This went pretty well. Started with a screamer so after that stopped it was cake.

Father's Day with Toddlers

I started out pretty tired today. I cut it a little short but doing an extra book would not have worked.

The more we get together with signs
Daddy Hugs by Tafuri

Jumping and counting

5 ties for Daddy flannel

Oh Daddy! by Shea - I had them shout Oh Daddy and they liked it.

DADDY - to bingo

Teach your children with instruments

What a miracle

This went pretty well. The kids were very good. Some came very late but oh well.

To the Beach with toddler storytime

I'm back!
I was off for 8 weeks due to a tumor in my heart that had to be removed.

Here is what I did for storytime today:

Books:

These little piggies go to the beach by Skloanski
-very cute but a little long. Easy to cut shorter

It's a seashell day by Chiltree
-again had to cut it short - nice pics but small

Songs:

The more we get together with signs
Jumping and counting by Gill
The Goldfish by Berkner (loved this but a little long)
If you're happy and you know it
Yellow Submarine with shakers
What a miracle

Flannel:

Sea star poem

It went pretty well but a couple of kids didn't last very long on the books so I cut them short.