Mother Storytime

Storytime for 1 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink (from Car Songs: Songs to Sing Anywhere by Dennis Buck at Kimbo), Sticky Sticky Bubblegum
• Book #1 – Mama Cat Has Three Kittens by Denise Fleming
• Stand-up Activity - Do It for Your Mother (action song to the tune of "Row, Row, Row Your Boat")

Roll, roll, roll your hands
As fast as fast can be
Do it now let me see
Do it for your mother

Clap, clap, clap your hands
As fast as fast can be
Do it now let me see
Do it for your mother

(use other body motions such as stomp your feet, jump your legs, etc.)

• Bridge - Open Shut Them (fingerplay)

Open, shut them
(open and close hands)
Open, shut them
Give a little clap (clap)
Open, shut them
Open, shut them
Put them in your lap
(put hands in lap)

Creep them, creep them
Under your chin
(creep fingers up chest)
Open your mouth, but don't put them in
(do as words say)

Open, shut them
Open, shut them
Give a little clap
Open shut them
Open shut them
Put them in your lap

• Flannelboard/Math Activity - Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed (traditional counting down song)
• Sit-down Activity - Come A'Look A' See (fingerplay found on The Baby Record by Bob McGrath and Katharine Smithrim)
• Book #2 - My Mom Is Fantastic! by Nick Butterworth
• Activity – If You're Happy and You Know It (action song from Sing Along with Bob #1 by Bob McGrath)
• Closing - Scarves to the song "Flitter, Flutter" from The Second Line by Johnette Downing
• Craft – Make a paper hug: Cut out two hands and glue one to each end of a long strip of paper.  Let the children color and decorate it.