St. Patrick's Day Storytime

I am going to work at another branch for 4 months so I will be doing baby storytime for the next 4 months
This will be a big change but I am looking forward to the challenge.
Here is what I did for St. Patrick's Day
MOVEMENT: Welcome Song - Open Shut them
MOVEMENT: “Can’t Wait to Celebrate” from Jim Gill’s Irrational Anthem by Jim Gill
BOOK:Good Luck Bear by Greg Foley
THEMED MOVEMENT:
“Dance, Dance Leprechaun Dance”
(to tune of “Skip to My Lou”)
Dance, dance, leprechaun dance.
Dance, dance, leprechaun dance.
Dance, dance, leprechaun dance,
Do a dance for me.
Bow…
Clap…
Jump…
Sit for our next story.
BOOK:Green by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Flannelboard: Five Green Shamrocks
Flannelboard: Leprechaun, Leprechaun, what do you see?
(from http://librarystorytimeabcs.blogspot.com/2012/03/not-flannel-friday-leprechaun.html)
BOOK: St. Patrick's Day Shamrock by Berendes
The Irish Jig from Folk Dance Fun by Georgiana Stewart
BOOK: Green Shamrocks by Bunting
"Everyone is Irish on St. Patrick's day" by Marla Lewis - marching with musical instruments (from youtube)
BOOK: Where is the Green Sheep? by Fox
Goodbye song- Jump by Patti Shulka(from youtube)
Craft - Leprechaun Hats from http://www.momontimeout.com/2012/03/leprechaun-hats-craft/

How it went
The kids loved most everything except Green by Vaccaro. I had quite a few toddlers and a couple of 4-5s and one baby. It was hard to keep the older ones interested but they seemed to have fun with the craft especially.

Farm Toddlertime

Opening song: Open Shut Them
1st book – Stuck in the Mud by Clarke
Flannel: Baa Baa Black Sheep
2nd book: Farmyard Beat by Craig with puppets
Song/puppets: Old MacDonald (use animals with flannel on back)
3rd book: Cock a Doodle Quack Quack by Baddiel
Song: Egg shakers to “I know a Chicken” by Laurie Berkner
Action poem: Little boy blue
Closing Song: Oh What a Miracle by Palmer
This storytime went well. Almost one for one kids and adults.
It makes a big difference
I did a favorite theme and puppets because I will be on temporary assignment to another branch for 4 months.
I will not be doing Toddlers (18-36 months) but Babies in bloom (birth - 18 months)
I will miss my kids but look forward to challenges at my new branch.

Flannel Friday

I thought I would try a Flannel Friday post.

This is the flannel story I made for Sandra Boynton's Moo, Baa, La La La
I used clipart for the pics.
Here is the text:
A cow says moo.
A sheep says baa.
Three pigs say la, la, la!
“No, no,” you say, “that’s isn’t right!
Pigs say oink, all day and night.”
Little dogs say ruff, ruff, ruff.
Other dogs say bow, wow, wow.
And cats and kittens say meow.
Quack! Says the duck.
A horse says neigh.
(It’s quiet now, what do you say?”)

Bugs, Bugs, Bugs!

I decided to do bugs today for Toddlertime and yesterday for Head Start outreach with varied success.

Book #1 – Buzz by Wang

Hand out scarves
Flutter, Flutter Butterfly
Tune: “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”
Flutter, flutter, butterfly. Floating in the bright blue sky.
Floating by for all to see,
Floating by so merrily. Flutter, flutter, butterfly,
Floating in the bright blue sky.

Rhythm of the scarves (song)

Flannel Board –Color Butterfly
Book #2 – In the Tall, Tall, Grass

The Beehive
Here is a beehive
Make a fist
Where are the bees?
Hidden away where nobody sees.
Watch as they come out of their hive—
One, two, three, four, five,
Extend fingers one at a time
They’re alive! Buzzzzzz!
Wiggle your fingers
Book/Song - Itsy Bitsy Spider

My early lit hint was for vocabulary.

I handed out cushions because one girl likes them but my 18 month old boys were playing with them and when I made them stop all heck broke loose. One boy had to leave. So much for trying cushions. Never again!

Piggies!

We had snow yesterday and schools were 2 hour delayed so having 2 kids was pretty good.
I did Pigs today.
Early Lit tip: Narrative skills
Book #1 – Piggy Pie Po
Fingerplay – 5 little piggies (jumping on the bed)
Action song – Piggy Pokey
Book #2 - If you give a Pig a Pancake
Flannel Rhyme – Clean and Squeaky Pigs
6 pigs so squeaky clean, cleanest pigs you’ve ever seen, Wanted to go outside and play [shout: IN THE MUD!] 1 jumped into the mud, landed with a great big THUD! [clap or slap leg] now there are 5 pigs squeaky clean [oink oink] 4 pigs so squeaky clean…etc. I’m a Little Piggy
Sing to: “I’m a Little Teapot”
I’m a little piggy
Short and stout (bend up and down)
Here are my ears (point to ears)
And here is my snout (point to nose)
When I see the yummy food in my pail (rub tummy)
I oink, oink oink (oink!)
and wiggle my tail (wiggle your piggy tails!)

Book #3 –Z-z-zoink!
Book #4 - Piggies

There was an 18 month old and a 3 year old. Since there was only 2 I could do more books.
I was doing okay even though I still have a cold. I could sing okay and I had some caffine right before so my energy was up.

Sick this week...

so I missed doing both Early Head Start/Head Start outreach and Toddlertime. Ugh! Luckily, there was a 2 hour school delay on Tuesday so EHS and HS were closed. Should reschedule for next week.

Big and Little Toddlertime

Had a great crowd today. I took a clue from the evaluations I got last time and added more movement songs and it seemed to help.
Song: Open Shut Them
book: I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean
Action songs

I'm a little teapot
This is big, big, big

book:I am (not) Small
Shaker songs:

Wiggy Wiggy Wiggles
Shake your Sillies out

Flannel Song
 Little white duck
book:Five Little Chicks
 Song: What a miracle
Early lit: Vocabulary
The best were teapot, Biggest Thing, and shaker songs.
Very nice one!