Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Storytime Programs - Spring 2015, Week Seven

This is the last week of spring storytimes.  It's hard to believe that summer is right around the corner! Be sure to join us for the fun times we have planned for your little ones - not just weekly storytimes but also many other special activities and events at the Main Library and the Rakow Branch.  Weekly storytimes begin the week of June 8th. Some of our programs require pre-registration, others are drop-in.  Please check our Events Calendar http://gailbweb.gailborden.info/evanced/lib/eventcalendar.asp, give us a call, or stop by the desk in the Early Learning Center if you would like more information.  

Below you will find some of the books, rhymes, and fingerplays we are presenting this last week.

Baby Rhyme Time (For babies 0-11 months and a caregiver)

Books
Where Is Baby's Birthday Cake? - Katz
Pat-A-Cake, Pat-A-Cake - Kemp

Rhyme: Candles On The Cake
Candles on the cake (tap on baby's legs)
Candles on the cake
Blow them out (blow gently on baby)
Blow them out
Candles on the cake

Tapping on baby while singing this rhyme helps his sensory skills develop and allows him to sense the rhythm of language.

Wonderful Ones (For babies 12-23 months and a caregiver)

Books
Where To Sleep - Radzinski
Maybe, My Baby - Janovitz

Rhyme: Good Night
One fluffy quilt on my bed
Two little pillows on my head
Three teddy bears to hold tight
Four kisses from Mom for a restful night
Five hugs from Dad and off goes my light
Good night!

This sweet, little rhyme is a great way to reinforce a bedtime routine at home.  Be sure to check out some books to read when it 's time to settle down.  Make reading part of your daily routine.

Terrific Twos (For toddlers 2-3 years and a caregiver)

Books
Quiet! - Bright
Bark, George! - Feiffer
Down By The Farm - Kutner

Action Rhyme: Quietly
Quietly, quietly not a sound
I'm listening and I'm listening
As I look around
No sounds as I nod
No sounds as I clap
No sounds as I tap my hands on my lap
Loudly, loudly, stamp and clap
Loudly, loudly, stamp and clap
Loudly, loudly, stamp and clap
All that noise, well fancy that!

We are continuing our opposites theme with quiet and loud this week.  What other things in your house are quiet?  Or loud?  

1, 2, 3, Go! (For children 1, 2, and 3 years and a caregiver)

Books
One Frog Sang  - Pareteau
Hop Jump - Walsh

Action Rhyme: Gunk Gunk Went The Little Green Frog
Gunk, gunk went the little green frog one day
Gunk, gunk went the little green frog
Gunk, gunk went the little green frog one day
And his eyes went blink, blink, blink
Gunk, gunk went the little green frog one day
Gunk, gunk went the little green frog
Gunk, gunk went the little green frog one day
And his legs went wiggle, wiggle, wiggle
And his eyes went blink, blink, blink
And his tongue went stretch, stretch, stretch
And his legs went hop, hop, hop

Can your toddler act like the frog and blink his eyes?  Can he wiggle his legs, and hop, and stretch his tongue?  What else can frogs do?   

StoryMix For 3 to 6 (For children 3-6 years without caregiver)

Books
Goodnight Baseball - Dahl
Mort The Sport - Kraus
Because I Am Your Daddy - North
Clothesline Clues To Jobs People Do - Heling

Action Rhyme: Here Is A Ball
Here is a big, round, bouncy ball
I bounce it, one, two, three
Here is a ball for throwing
I can catch it
Watch and see
Here is a ball for rolling
Please roll it back to me
Bouncing, throwing, rolling balls
Let's count them: one, two, three

This is a great rhyme for repeating outdoors!  Can your toddler do all of the things in the rhyme? How many times can he bounce a ball?  What else can he do?  















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