Cake - Toddler storytime

Today I did the theme Cake. I had a small group but a fun group.

Here is what I did:

Books:

If You Give A Cat A Cupcake by Numeroff
Who Made This Cake? by Nakagawa
Oh, No, George! by Haughton

Songs
Shake Your Sillies Out
Head Shoulders Knees and Toes
If You're Happy and You Know it
Cupcakes by Battersby Duo (shakers)
What a Miracle by Palmer

Fingerplays
Pat - a - Cake
Ten Little Candles

Flannel Rhyme

5 Little Cupcakes
5 little cupcakes, with frosting galore.
Mother ate the blue one, then there were 4.
4 little cupcakes, two and two you see
Father ate the green one, then there were three
3 little cupcaeks, but before I knew
Brother ate teh pink on, then there were two
2 little cupcakes, oh what fun.
Sister ate the white one then there was 1
1 little cupcake, we're almost done
I ate the last one,then there was none!

It was a good storytime even though I had to read over a loud little boy and later a mom coughing. The first book was the best. I have gotten much better participation from Oh No George but they were pretty passive today.

I have one more Toddler storytime before our summer break...I am looking forward to it!

Buggy Toddler Storyime

Today I did my Bugs storytime and it was great! I often do bugs for preschool and outreach but not as much for toddlers. (here's the last one) Here's the line up:

Books -
Tiny Little Fly by Rosen
Big Bug by Cole
Can you Make a Scary Face? By Thomas

Songs:
Itsy Bitsy Spider (with puppets)
Shake your sillies
Open Shut them
If you're happy and you know it
What a Miracle
Ants go Marching (with instruments)

Flannels-
Pretty Little Lady Bug
5 little lady bugs

How It Went:
I had a pretty big group but because about 4 people with strollers came in during the first book they were all clumped up by the door. I might try changing the direction and stand against the back wall. I have done that for babies but not toddlers. The Ants Go Marching is about a 4 minute song and by the end I had everyone marching (almost). All in all, a great one!

Bathtime at toddlers

Today's toddler storytime started with a screaming kid and ending with a whimper.

I have never had a child scream and run and poke other children so much in a storytime. I gave the parent hints in the beginning about keeping the child from blocking other kids, leaving if she is unhappy, and that sort of thing but to no avail. I had to ask her to leave. I felt bad
not as bad as my throat is feeling from yelling over the kid.

Anyway, here is what I did.

Books: Get Out Of My Bath! by Techentrup

Who's In the Tub by Jones

Game - Colored Bubbles

I got this one from Pinterest from Kathryn Roach

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B71rHAiZr7FMLTBaelhQQWJTdDA/view

Songs:

Open Shut them

Shake your sillies out

If you're happy and you know it

Bathtime by Raffi

 - We did bubbles while listening

What a Miracle by Palmer

The child I spoke of was not really a bad kid, just excited. If the parent had kept better control over her...making sure she didn't block the book, not poking other children, I would have been okay with the loud screaming...I think.

Not the best but I have next week off for the week of the 4th.

Happy 4th!

Colors at Toddler storytime

I did colors today since it has been a while since I have done them.

Books:
Brown Bear Brown Bear by Brown (as a flannel)
Pete the Cat: I Love my White Shoes by Dean
Maisy's Rainbow Dream by Cousins

Songs:
What are you wearing?
It's Gonna Rain if you want a Rainbow - The Harmonica Pocket (with scarves)
Shake your sillies out
Open Shut them
If You're Happy and You Know it
What a Miracle

A really nice storytime. The kids really liked the music and books. This is one I have done many times so I love to revisit it on occation.

Down on the farm with toddlers

I did my farm theme today.

I planned to do it just like this 

However, it ended up a bit shorter due to short attention spans.

Books -
Farmyard Beat by Craig
I often do this one with puppets but it works as a book as well. Since I had the puppets for Old MacDonald I opted to read this one.

Stuck in the Mud by Clarke
They like this one. I had to read very loudly and slowly due to the noise level. I didn't say anything and the kids were taken out for a bit. Peer pressure is awesome!

Songs -
Open Shut them
Shake your sillies out - Raffi
If you're happy and you know it
Old MacDonald - with puppets
Down on the Farm - Red Grammer with instruments
What a Miracle - Palmer

Flannel-
Baaa Baa Black Sheep

I did a longer intro that I sometimes do because I had a number of new faces. I might do more with the kids next time...listening ears works well but this bunch was out of control so early I never had the chance. I do think they had fun.

Beach Toddler Storytime

Today seemed like a good day to celebrate the beach!

Songs: Open Shut them
            Shake your Sillies out

            Down by the Sea by Red Grammer

            Surfin' USA by the Beachboys (with shakers)
            What a Miracle
         
Books:
           Fun Dog, Sun Dog by Heiligman
           To the Beach! by Lakin
           Seashore Animals by Galko (selected pages)
           Uh, Oh! by Crum    

Flannels:
           3 Little Jelly fish
           5 Little Ocean Friends


It started out okay but I lost them when we did the shakers. I tried to get them back for Uh, Oh! but they were not having it. I think this book is better one on one. So we just shut the book and went straight to the closing song.
         

Babies storytime - Gardens

Today I am filling in for a colleague in Babies storytime.
I did my Gardens theme.
See where I did it before here.

It went pretty well. I haven't done a Babies for a while so I was a little stiff. Everyone got into it after a bit.