Saturday, March 8, 2008

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"
Download/listen to mp3 of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star*

*All recordings are created by the Allentown Public Library from source material believed to be in the public domain. Our recordings may be downloaded, copied, modified, etc. according to Creative Commons licensing.

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3 comments:

Kerri said...

Wow! I am a Youth Services Librarian who was starting to run out of ideas for my own lapsit when I ran across this! Thanks, and great job!

Tula said...

Which album/cd did these songs come from? I used to own a day care and had a wonderful cassette with these action songs and now I can't remember the name of the album/cassette.
Thanks!

Allentown Public Library said...

We got these songs from books here at the library such as Do your ears hang low? fifty more musical fingerplays by Tom Glazer ; Creative fingerplays and action rhymes by Jeff Defty; Head, shoulders, knees, and toes : and other action rhymes by Zita Newcome.

I am not sure where to find a recorded version of the songs.