Fish! – Baby Storytime

Today we shared stories and rhymes about the fish in the sea!

Books:
Ten Little Fish – Audrey Wood
Hooray for Fish! – Lucy Cousins
Click, Clack, Splish, Splash – Doreen Cronin

Songs and Rhymes: (Words in Songs and Rhymes Index)
Welcome Song
Put Your Hands Up High
Head and Shoulders
Waves in the Sea
Jack in the Box
Merry Duke of York
Five Little Fishes
This is the Way…
Me
Clap Your Hands
I Caught a Fish
10 Little Fingers
Goodbye Song

Music used: Happy Rhythms and Rhymes – Tom Glazer

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Dogs! – Three Year Old Storytime

Today we shared stories about dogs!

Books:
Dog Days – Amanda Harvey
Circle Dogs – Kevin Henkes
Harry the Dirty Dog – Gene Zion
How to be a Good Dog – Gail Page
I Swapped My Dog – Harriet Zierfert

Songs and Rhymes: (Words in Songs and Rhymes Index)
Shake My Sillies Out
BINGO
Wheels on the Bus
Itsy Bitsy Spider
Head Shoulders Knees and Toes
I’m a Little Teapot
Baby Bumblebee
If You’re Happy and You Know It
Down by the Bay
Goodbye Song

Music used: Raffi compilation

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Lunch! – Baby Storytime

Today we shared stories about lunch time and what we like to eat!

Books:
Orange Pear Apple Bear – Emily Gravett
Lunch – Denise Fleming
Little Pea – Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Songs and Rhymes: (Words in Songs and Rhymes Index)
Welcome Song
This is the Way…
Pudding on the Plate
Head and Shoulders
Wiggle Your Fingers
Jack in the Box
Merry Duke of York
Let’s Go Riding in an Elevator
Clap Your Hands
Me
Zoom!
Put Your Hands Up High
Wheels on the Bus
Goodbye Song

Music used: Music for Ones and Twos – Tom Glazer

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Growl, Roar! – Three Year Old Storytime

Today we read stories about animal sounds!

Books:
Roar! – Pamela Duncan Edwards
Dinosaur Vs. Bedtime – Bob Shea
The Story of Growl – Judy Horacek
Who Hoots? – Katie Davis
Can You Growl Like A Bear? – John Butler

Songs and Rhymes: (Words in Songs and Rhymes list)
Shake My Sillies Out
I’m a Little Teapot
Wheels on the Bus
Itsy Bitsy Spider
Head Shoulders Knees and Toes
Down by the Bay
Baby Bumblebee
If You’re Happy and You Know It
Goodbye Song

Music used: Raffi compilation

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Feathered Friends – Baby Storytime

Today we talked about all of our bird friends! Ducks, geese, chickens, swans, and songbirds!

Books:
Feathers For Lunch – Lois Ehlert
A Friend For Minerva Louise – Janet Morgan Stoeke
Whose Chick are You? – Nancy Tafuri

Songs and Rhymes: (Words in Songs and Rhymes Index)
Welcome Song
Head and Shoulders
Feathered Birds (magnet board)
Open Shut Them
Put Your Hands Up High
Two Little Blackbirds
My Hands Upon My Head
This is the Way…
Five Little Ducks (magnet board)
10 Little Fingers
Merry Duke of York
Clap Your Hands
Goodbye Song

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Dragons – Three Year Old Storytime

January 16th is Appreciate a Dragon Day, so I decided to share some dragon stories today! We had a great time roaring and breathing fire!

 

Books:

Paper Bag Princess – Robert Munsch

Baby Dragon – Amy Ehrlich

Who Wants a Dragon? – James Mayhew

 

Magnet Board Story:

Hush Little Dragon – Boni Ashburn

 

Songs and Rhymes: (Words in Songs and Rhymes list)

Shake My Sillies Out

Head Shoulders Knees and Toes

Dragon Pokey

I’m a Little Dragon

Dragon Dance

Baby Dragon

All Around the Castle Walls

Down by the Bay

Goodbye Song

 

Music used:  Raffi compilation

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Baby Shoes – baby storytime

Books:

Baby Shoes – Dashka Slater

New Shoes, Red Shoes – Susan Rollings

Shoe Baby – Joyce Dunbar

 

Songs and Rhymes: (Words in Songs and Rhymes Index)

Welcome Song

10 Little Fingers

Put Your Hands Up High

Head and Shoulders

Merry Duke of York

Clap Your Hands

Did You Ever See A Baby?

Touching Game

Jack in the Box

Let’s Go Riding in an Elevator

If You’re Happy and You Know It

This is the Way…

Me

Goodbye Song

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Sheep! Three year old storytime

Books:

Sheep on a Ship – Nancy Shaw

One More Sheep – Mij Kelly

Farley Found It! – Bruce Van Patter

Ten Sleepy Sheep – Phyllis Root

Where is the Green Sheep? – Mem Fox

 

Songs and Rhymes: (Words in Songs and Rhymes Index)

Shake My Sillies Out

The Wheels on the Bus

Head Shoulders Knees and Toes

Baa Baa Black Sheep (on magnetic board)

The Hokey Pokey

Mary Had a Little Lamb

I’m a Little Teapot

Goodbye Song

 

Music used: Raffi compilation

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