Week of January 26

RHYMES

Cheek, Chin
Cheek, chin, cheek, chin
cheek, chin, NOSE

Cheek, chin, cheek, chin,
Cheek, chin, TOES

Cheek, chin, cheek, chin,
Cheek, chin, UP BABY GOES!

"Mother and Father and Uncle John"
Mother and Father and Uncle John (bounce child on knee)
Went to town, one by one
Mother fell off (tip to one side)
And Father fell off (tip to the other side)
But Uncle John went on and on and on
and on and on and on ..... (bounce quickly!)

Acka Backa
Acka backa soda cracker
Acka backa boo! (rock/bounce)
Acka backa soda cracker,
I love you! (give baby a hug)
Acka back soda cracker,
acka back boo! (rock/bounce)
Acka back soda cracker,
Up goes you! (lift child up into the air)
Acka back soda cracker,
I love You! (give baby a hug)

BOOKS
Peek-a-Boo by Jan Omerod
Peek-A-Pet by Marie
Peek-a-Boo by Moira Butterfield

* Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Listen/download mp3 here.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky!

Week of October 10

Books Read:
Incredible Me by Kathi Appelt
Maisy Loves You by Lucy Cousins
The One and Only Me by Marilyn Singer

Fingerplay:
"Pat-A-Cake"
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 "B"
And put it in the oven for Baby and me.

* Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Listen/download mp3 here.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky!

"You Are My Sunshine"
(Link to NIH.gov -- lyrics & activities for "You Are My Sunshine")

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Storytimes 9/24 & 9/26/2008

For this week's storytimes we read:

* The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle


*"Humpty Dumpty"
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again.

We sang:
* "The Noble Duke of York"

Oh, the noble Duke of York
He had 10 thousand men
He marched them up to the top of the hill
Then he marched them down again
And when they were up, they were up
And when they were down, they were down
And when they were only half-way up
They were neither up nor down
(EXTERNAL LINK: Some activities based on this song at Kididdles.com)


* Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Listen/download mp3 here.

* Pat-a-Cake
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 "B"
And put it in the oven for Baby and me.

We acted out:

*Hickory Dickory Dock

(To play along at home, walk your fingers up and down your child's arm as you recite)

The mouse ran up the clock
The clock struck one
The mouse ran down
Hickory Dickory Dock

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Storytime week of 3/3 (storytimes 3/5 & 3/7)

This week's theme was "Me Baby"

BOOKS READ:
As Big as You by Elaine Greenstein
I Went Walking by Sue Williams
You and Me Baby by Lynn Resier
The Baby Goes Beep by Rebecca O'Connell

FINGERPLAYS:
Me
I have ten little fingers,
They all belong to me. (hold hands up)
I can make them do things,
Would you like to see?
I can shut them up tight, (hands in fist)
I can open them wide. (spread hands open)
I can put them together, (clasp hands together)
And I can make them hide. (hands behind back)
I can fly them up high, (hands over head)
I can fly them down low. (hands to knees)
I can fold them together
And hold them, just so. (fold hands in lap)

My Hands Upon My Head
My Hands upon my head I place,
On my shoulders on my face,
On my knees, and at my side.
Then behind me they will slide,
Then I raise them up so high
Till they nearly reach the sky
Now I clap them -- one, two, three.
Then I fold them silently

"Twinkle, Twinkle Little StaR"
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Storytime Week of 2/25 (Storytimes 2/27 & 2/29)

Today's theme was "THINGS TO EAT"

BOOKS READ:

Lunch by Denise Fleming
I Like a Snack on an Iceberg by Iris Hiskey Arno
Tickle Tum by Nancy Van Laan
Mouse Mess by Linnea Riley



FINGERPLAYS


"I Have Ten Little Fingers"

I have ten little fingers,
They all belong to me. (hold hands up)
I can make them do things,
Would you like to see?
I can shut them up tight, (hands in fist)
I can open them wide. (spread hands open)
I can put them together, (clasp hands together)
And I can make them hide. (hands behind back)
I can fly them up high, (hands over head)
I can fly them down low. (hands to knees)
I can fold them together
And hold them, just so. (fold hands in lap)

SONGS:


"Hot Cross Buns"
Hot cross buns
Hot cross buns
One a penny
Two a penny
Hot cross buns.

"Twinkle, Twinkle Little StaR"
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PEASE PORRIDGE HOT
Pease Porridge hot
Pease porridge cold
Pease porridge in the pot
Nine days old.

Some like it hot
Some like it cold
Some like it in the pot.
Nine days old.

(Download/listen to mp3 of Pease Porridge Hot*)

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Storytime Week of 2/18 (Storytimes 2/20 & 2/22)

TODAY'S THEME WAS WINTER

Books Read:
One Mitten by Kristine O'Connell George
Whose Footprints? by Molly Coxe
The First Snowfall by Anne & Harlow Rockwell
Winter is for Snowflakes by Michelle Knudsen

FINGERPLAYS:
Mitten Song
"Thumb in the thumb place, Fingers all together, That is the song we sing in winter weather" (show thumb and fingers while repeating the rhyme)

Walk In The Snow (to the tune of 'Mulberry Bush')
"Let's Go Walking in the Snow
(walk)
Walking, walking, on tiptoe
(tiptoe)
Lift your one foot way up high
(hop on one foot)
Then the other to keep it dry
(hop on other foot)
All around the yard we skip
(skip)
Watch your step or you might slip
(pretend to fall)"



Five Little Snowmen

Five little snowmen
On a winter's day -
The first one said,
"Wake up, so we can play."
The second one said,
"Let's stomp on the ground."
The third one said,
"Let's roll all around."
The fourth one said,
"Let's run and run and run."
The fifth one said,
"I'm afraid I feel the sun"
"Oh dear!" cried the snowmen,
As they looked toward the sky.
And the five melting snowmen
Waved a fond good-bye.

Storytime Week of 2/4 (Storytimes 2/6 & 2/8)

"MY TEDDY BEAR"


Today was a teddy bear storytime!

BOOKS:

• The Three Bears by Byron Barton
  
  
• Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear Turn Around
  
  
• Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Bill Martin
  
  
• Chicka Chicka Boom by Bill Martin

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FINGERPLAYS

• Teddy Bear Teddy Bear Turn Around

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, turn around,
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, touch the ground,
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, reach up high
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, wink one eye,
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, slap your knees,
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, sit down please.

SONGS

• "The Bear Went over the Mountain"
  
  (tune: For He's a Jolly Good Fellow)
  
  The bear went over the mountain,
  The bear went over the mountain,
  The bear went over the mountain,
  To see what he could see
  
  To see what he could see,
  To see what he could see
  
  The other side of the mountain,
  The other side of the mountain,
  The other side of the mountain,
  Was all that he could see
  
  Was all that he could see,
  Was all that he could see,
  The other side of the mountain,
  Was all that he could see!
  
  
  
• Touch Your Nose to Your Toes
  
  
• Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

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