A couple of months ago I was blessed with a special visit from author Kimberly Derting during my Tuesday morning Baby 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: Author Kimberly Derting read her book
Baby Steps, illustrated by Shiho Pate (signed copies of her book were available
for purchase at the local downtown bookstore)
Stand-up activity: “If You’re Happy And You Know It” action song
from Songs for Wiggleworms by Old Town School of Folk Music
Sit-down
activity: Froggies High and Low (lap
bounce I slightly adapted from one I found at https://pasadena-library.net/kids/2017/frogs-infant-storytime/ )
Five little froggies sitting on a wall
(bounce baby)
One looked up and down he fell (tip baby over)
Froggies jumped high (lift baby up)
Froggies jumped low (bring baby down)
Froggies dancing to and fro (wiggle)
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: Counting Bubbles (counting rhyme I learned
during a BrainDance workshop)
One bubble, two bubbles, three
bubbles, top.
(pat legs with hands for each number chanted, then place hands on top of
head)
Three bubbles, four bubbles, five
bubbles, drop.
(pat legs with hands for each number chanted, then drop hands to lap)
Six bubbles, seven bubbles, nine
bubbles, pop.
(pat legs with hands for each number chanted, then clap hands loudly in
front of body)
Ten little bubbles floating down!
(twinkle hands down to floor)
Now let’s blow _____ bubbles.
(This is a breath exercise. Pick a
number and pretend to blow that number of bubbles through hand. Don’t forget to pop the bubbles with a loud
clap after blowing it up. I count the
bubble while I do the clap.)
Lap rhyme #3: Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes
(traditional body parts action song)
Head, shoulders, knees, and toes,
Knees and
toes.
Head,
shoulders, knees and toes,
Knees and
toes.
And eyes
and, ears and, mouth and nose.
Head,
shoulders, knees and toes,
Knees and
toes.
***Literacy tip: Five of the best ways to prepare your
child to read are talking, singing, reading, writing, and playing.
Transition: 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
Letter of the
day: "W” is for walking
Flannelboard: How Many Feet? (Simple rhyme I found
somewhere many years ago)
Birds have two
Dogs have four
Beetles have six
Spiders have eight
That's quite a lot more than me because I only
have two feet!
Closing song with
scarves: “Alabama,
Mississippi” from Jim
Gill Sings the Sneezing Song & Other Contagious Songs by Jim Gill
