Food Fun - Baby Toddler Storytime

 A Tuesday morning storytime for ages 0-2 years old.  

Opening #1: Skinnamarink (action song from Car Songs: Songs to Sing Anywhere by Dennis Buck from Kimbo)

Opening #2: Sticky, Sticky Bubblegum (fingerplay)

Sticky, sticky bubblegum, bubblegum, bubblegum;

Sticky, sticky bubblegum;

Stuck to your __________.

1, 2, 3, PULL!

(Repeat with more body parts)

Book: The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear by Don and Audrey Wood

Stand-up activity: “I’m a Little Teapot” action song from This Little Piggy by Adam Stemple, et al

I'm a little teapot
Short and stout
Here is my handle
Here is my spout
When I get all steamed up
Hear me shout
"Tip me over and pour me out!"

I'm a clever teapot,
Yes it's true
Here let me show you
What I can do
I can change my handle
And my spout
Just tip me over and pour me out!

Sit-down activity / Bridge: Pat-a-Cake (traditional clapping nursery rhyme) 

Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man
Bake me a cake as fast as you can
Pat it 
And roll it 
And mark it with a "B"
Put it in the oven for baby and me 

Literacy tip: Clapping rhymes help children learn hand-eye coordination and get both halves of our brains communicating with each other.  

Lap rhyme #1: Tick Tock (lap bounce)

(bounce baby from leg to leg)

Tick tock, tick tock, I’m a little cuckoo clock.
Tick, tock, tick tock, now it is one o’clock… Cuckoo!
(raise baby up for each cuckoo)

(repeat for other times of day)
Now it is two o’clock… Cuckoo! Cuckoo!

Now it is three o’clock… Cuckoo! Cuckoo! Cuckoo!

Lap rhyme #2: Mother and Father and Uncle John (lap bounce)

(bounce baby on legs)

Mother and Father and Uncle John

Went to the market, one by one.

Mother fell off!

Father fell off!

But Uncle John went on, and on,

And on, and on, and on!

Lap rhyme #3: Down By the Banks of the Hanky Panky (lap bounce)

(bounce baby on legs)
Down by the banks of the hanky panky,
Where the bullfrogs jump from bank to bank.
With a hip, hop, hippity, hop,
Jump off the lillypad,
(gently bounce onto the floor)
Kerplopl!

Letter of the day: "S" is for sharing

Transition: Come 'A' Look And 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)

Come a' look a' see, 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) 

Flannelboard: Five Little Pizzas (counting down rhyme)

Down around the corner at the pizza shop,
There were {five} little pizzas with cheese on top.
Along came a hungry child all alone,
Who bought one pizza and took it home.  

(Continue rhyme by decreasing the number of pizzas)

Down around the corner at the pizza shop,
They were all out of pizzas with cheese on top.
They were sold out!

Closing song with Scarves: “Popcorn Calling Me” action song from Buzz Buzz by Laurie Berkner

Food Play - Family Storytime

 A Saturday storytime for ages 0-6 years old.  

Opening: "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" from Songs for Wiggleworms by Old Town School of Folk Music

Literacy flannelboard: Bread Alphabet

I wrote the letters of the alphabet on bread loaf cut-outs.  I then handed these bread loaves to the children and they brought them up to the board when I called their letter.  

  

Book #1: Piranhas Don't Eat Bananas by Aaron Blabey

Stand-up activity: “I’m a Little Teapot” action song from This Little Piggy by Adam Stemple, et al

Sit-down activity: Alligator Pie (an action rhyme I found many years ago that I have seen on many websites)

Alligator, alligator, alligator pie, 
(Open and close arms like the jaws of an alligator)

If I don't get some I think I'm gonna cry.
(Rub eyes like you are crying)

You can take away the grass,
(Point to the ground)

You can take away the sky,
(Point to the sky above)

But don't take away my alligator pie!
(Open and close arms like an alligator)

Transition: Come 'A' Look And 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)

Come a' look a' see, 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)
My sister, the baby, 
(point to ring, then baby finger) 
I love them all. 
(kiss the fingertips of your finger family) 

Book #2: Who Took the Cookie from the Cookie Jar? by David A. Carter (pop-up)

Book #3: Early Bird by Toni Yuly

Closing with Scarves: “Popcorn Calling Me” action song from Buzz Buzz by Laurie Berkner

Art activity: (This one is more of a craft activity than an art activity.) Color, cut, and tape together a paper popcorn box that I once found at https://theimaginationbox.com/shop/.  

Puppy Dogs Toddler Storytime

Opening #1 - Skinnamarink (action song from Car Songs: Songs to Sing Anywhere by Dennis Buck from Kimbo)

Opening #2 - Sticky, Sticky Bubblegum (fingerplay)

Sticky, sticky bubblegum, bubblegum, bubblegum;
Sticky, sticky bubblegum;
Stuck to your __________.
1, 2, 3, PULL!

(Repeat with more body parts)

   

 

Book #1 – Bark, George by Jules Feiffer

Stand-up activity – Some Dogs (action rhyme adapted by Carol Hopkins)

Some dogs run
Some dogs bark
Some dogs jump
Some dogs growl
Some dogs roll in the grass
Some dogs yip
Some dogs sniff
Some dogs howl
And some dogs just wag their tails all day.

Transition #1 - 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 – Playing Drums On the Mat (clapping rhyme found in the book Artsy Toddler Storytimes: A Year's Worth of Ready-To-Go Programming by Carol Garnett Hopkins) 

Letter of the day - "D” is for dog

Transition #2 – Tommy & Tammy Thumb (fingerplay)

Tommy Thumb up, 
Tommy Thumb down,
Tommy Thumb dancing all around town.

Tammy Thumb out,
Tammy Thumb in,
Tammy Thumb dancing all in a spin.

Dancing, dancing, dancing,
Dance them on your knees,
Dance them on your head,
Dance them on your shoulders,
Then tuck them into bed.

Book #2 – Puppy Dogs! by Katie Kobble, illustrated by Danny Brooks Dalby (board book pop-up)

Closing – Scarves to the song “Flitter Flutter” from The Second Line: Scarf Activity Songs by Johnette Downing