With the pandemic closing the library and all large gatherings, my library took its time deciding how to get back into the storytime groove. I created this video storytime series along with a coworker, who is a talented musician, to get young children moving around and singing. It is filled with lots of favorite storytime songs and rhymes, and of course a book! I really wanted the grown ups watching along with the kiddos to learn the songs, so I used a split screen technique on the videos to display the words to the songs/rhymes while I am singing and acting them out.
Action song - Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-De-Ay (traditional camp song)
(roll hands during the sound words and then clap on BOOM)
Transition sit down song - Come A' Look A' See (fingerplay song I first picked up at a workshop conducted by Jane Cobb but can also be found on the music CD The Baby Record by Bob McGrath)
Here's my mama, (point to thumb)
Come a'look a'see,
Here's my papa, (point to index finger)
Come a'look a'see,
My brother tall, (point to tall finger)
Sister, baby, (point to ring, then baby finger)
I love them all. (kiss the fingertips of your finger family)
Book - Wrapping Paper Romp (board book) by Patricia Hubbell, illustrated by Jennifer Plecas (read with permission from HarperCollins Children's Books)
You put your hand in,
You put your hand out,
You put your hand in,
And you shake it all about,
You do the hokey pokey
and you turn yourself around
That what it's all about.
2) foot
3) head
4) whole self
Action song - Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes (traditional song)
Head and shoulders
knees and toes, knees and toes, Head and shoulders knees and toes Eyes, ears, mouth, and nose. Head and shoulders***The
video for this storytime will remain
up through 12/31/20 on my library's YouTube channel.
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