Toddlers - Balloons

Open Shut them

Book #1 It;s Tough to Lose Your Balloon by Krosoczka
Flannel Rhyme – Four Balloons

               Four balloons up in the sky

               See them flying way up high?

               If one of those balloons should happen to pop!

               Only 3 balloons will be left floating up top (2…1…)

If you’re Happy and You Know It/Shake your Sillies out

Book #2 My Red Balloon by Yamarla
  This book mentions a bus so we did wheels on the bus

Little Balloon
I had a little balloon (make a circle with hands) That I hugged tight to me (hug self tight)
There was a great big BANG! (clap hands loudly)
No more balloon, you see. if I had this many more (hold up five fingers)
I wouldn’t hug them tight (shake head “no”)
I’d just hold onto the strings (grasp strings)
And fly them like a kite. (raise both arms high)

Book #3-Balloons Balloons Balloons

Song: Hot Air Balloon by Charlie Hope with scarves
Closing Song: Oh What a Miracle

Extra books:
Can you see the Red Balloon?

 A very nice toddler storytime. I really liked the scarf song and I might use it again!

Preschool Storytime - Boats

I filled in for a co-worker today. I had a great time!

Here is my outline:

Opening song - open shut them

Book #1 Alistair and Kip’s Great Adventure by Segal

Song – Baby Shark by Learning Station

Book #2 – The Toy Boat by DeSeve

   
Song –Row Row Row your Boat by Cabrera - with puppets

Book #3 –Sail Away by Crews

    
Draw and tell – I love sailing

   
Bean Bag Rock - Learning Station

Closing song - Silly Dance Contest by Jim Gill

Craft – Boat out of shapes

I had a lot of fun with the kids. I had 35 people today! Baby Shark was a big hit. It is short so I think I might do it twice in future. Sail Away was the least successful but it was okay. Bean Bag Rock was great. Then I did put your bean bag on your...until it was put your bean bag in the bin. Worked great!

I really love having lots of kids for this age because I get very excited and pumped up. 

Things to change next time: change out book 3, baby shark 2 times, practice puppets at least once.

County Fair - toddler storytime

We're back! After a 6 week hiatus to recharge our batteries, we have started storytime again.

Since our county fair is this weekend, I did fair as my theme.

Opening song - Open Shut them

Book 1 - Minerva Louis Goes to the Fair by Stoeke

Rhyme - Simple Simon

Action song:

Shake Your Sillies out
If you're Happy and you know it

Book #2 - Let's Count Goats by Fox

Puppet song - Old MacDonald

Shaker Song - I know a Chicken by Berkner

Action Rhyme - Look at Piggy

Closing song- What a Miracle

How it went:

The first book went pretty well. I think the rhyme went very well, I might use the more often in future. The second book was a little long and some lost interest. That is why I only did 2 books. We ran a little short but it was successful.

Saturday Babies Program - Gardens

I had fun doing my Saturday babies program which I will do once per month.

Opening - The More We Get Together - with uke

Bounce - Roll Roll Sugar Babies

Fingerplays -In my Garden
                     5 little flowers
                     Itsy bitsy spider
Action Song - In My Garden by Raffi

Puppet song -
There's something in my garden

Choral Reading - One Mole Digging a Hole

Shakers - Grandpa's Farm by Raffi
                Garden Song - with uke

Closing - May there always be sunshine

Bubbles

How it went:

I was a little worried I wouldn't get anyone but I got 2 lap babies, a 4 year old,  and a 14 month old.
I might make sure I have more bounces next time. We were getting more 1 year olds before the break so I needed to have them up more. It went well. Not sure how the parents feel about it but I felt pretty good.

Regular Toddler Storytime starts next week. Can't wait!