Baby Storytime #15 - Food, Glorious Food!

Today I had a big group and it was fun.
I featured rhymes for my early literacy tips and handed out a sheet with rhymes on it.

Themey things I did:
Pat a Cake
The Very Hungry Caterpiller flannel story
5 little hotdogs - flannel rhyme
Song: I am Hungry! call and response from Jbrary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhRmtD7eomc&list=PLcw3Y8sV0xptYrNn_a8KSyohvEnw-f5Wg&index=3
Book: One Little Spoonful by Aliki
Bubble and Shaker Songs: Snacktime by Bare Naked Ladies - Raisins, Snacktime, Popcorn, Veggietown

I forgot to bring out the balls but there is always next week.

I like this

Flannel Friday 6/12/2015

Five Little Hotdogs - from make learning fun


5 little hotdogs frying in the pan
The pan got hot and one went BAM!
4 little hotdogs frying in the pan
The pan got hot and one went BAM!
3 little hotdogs frying in the pan
The pan got hot and one went BAM!
2 little hotdogs frying in the pan
The pan got hot and one went BAM!
One little hotdogs frying in the panThe pan got hot and it went BAM!
No little hotdogs frying in the pan
The pan got hot and the pan went BAM!

(I used clipart and laminated them.)














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Baby storytime #14 - Sunny Day at the beach!

Today I had to do my baby storytime in the children's area rather than in the meeting room due to a conflict. It was pretty good. Since the area was smaller it had a better community feel. Because it was "on the floor" I didn't use flannel board, choral reading books, or the balls and stuffed animals. I did more finger plays and bounces but it was still pretty short. My theme was Summer.

Bounce: Roll Roll Sugar Babies
Bounce: Bouncing up and down in my little red row boat
Finger play - 5 little seashells
Book - What the Sun Sees by Tafuri
Finger Play - Itsy bitsy spider
Action Song - Mr Sun
Good bye Song - May there always be sunshine
Shakers - Shaky Shaky by the Wiggles
Bubbles - Bathtime by Raffi

Baby Storytime #13 - Bugs!

I repeated my 2nd baby storytime (http://storytimewhoopdeedo.blogspot.com/2015/03/baby-storytime-bugs-bugs-bugs.html).
I added a couple of flannel stories like this one:

(to Mary had a little lamb)
Ladybug has one spot
one spot, one spot, one spot
Ladybug has one spot
Pretty Ladybug!
2,3,4,5

It was a pretty good one. I was a bit tired due to lack of sleep (thunderstorms) but it was okay.

Baby Storytime #12 - Cats!

This week my theme was Cats!

Here is what I did:
Opening song: the more we get together
Bounce: Roll Roll Sugar Babies
Nursery Rhyme: Pussycat Pussycat...(should have said it rather than sung it)
Action song: I'm a little kitty (to I'm a little tea pot)
I'm a little kitty cat
Nice and sweet
Here are my whiskers and
Here are my feet
When I go out hunting, mice beware
Or you might just have a scare!

Flannel Story - 3 little kittens

Poem- the Great Big Cat and the teeny little mouse (I used hand motions)

There was a Great Big Cat
and a Teeny little mouse
Who ran around and around
In a tall, tall house!
Until that teeny tiny mouse got caught at last
Because that Great Big Cat ran around so fast!

Book - Mother has three kittens by Fleming (clipped pages to shorten)

Shaker song: I know a Chicken by Berkner

Song: Soft Kitty (uke)

Action Song: Alabama, Mississippi

Book: How to be a Cat by McClure - this is a black and white book. I showed the parents how books with one word per page can get babies interested in books.

Closing song: May there alway be sunshine (uke)

Bubbles: Cat's in the Cradle (Chapin)

The kids were not very attentive today. The parents too. I just plowed on and got through it but it wasn't much fun. I have had worse!

5 more to go!

I have 5 more baby storytimes before I return to toddler time (18 months - 3 years old).
I have had a bit of a learning curve with the babies and I think I have hit my stride. I am looking forward to returning to TT in 6 weeks.


Things I will miss about babies:
No craft
Lots of music
Engaged adults
Small crowds
Bounces
Fun!


Things I will gladly leave behind:
Starting at 9:30 am
Large crowds
bubbles


Things I will be doing in TT but didn't before:
So many shaker songs!
New flannels