Halloween Story Stew!

Boo! We had a spooky storytime today for Halloween! Everyone came dressed in their costumes, we read Halloween books and rhymes, and made a creepy spider hat to take home! And of course we couldn’t end without some trick or treating!

Books:
Skeleton Hiccups – Margery Cuyler
Ghosts in the House! – Kazuno Kohara
Big Pumpkin! – Erica Silverman (magnet story)
Spooky, Spooky, Spooky! – Cathy MacLennan

Songs and Rhymes: (Words in Songs and Rhymes Index)
Shake My Sillies Out
5 Little Pumpkins (magnet poem)
5 Green and Speckled Frogs
Down By the Bay
Brown Bat, Brown Bat (magnet story, thanks Melissa!)
Hokey Pokey
Head Shoulders Knees and Toes
If You’re Happy and You Know It
Goodbye Song

TRICK OR TREAT!

Craft:
Spider hats

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Baby Storytime!

Today was the first really chilly Fall day here in Arizona, so it was a perfect day to do a new magnet board story, Little Bird, Are You in the Green Tree? that Melissa shared on her blog! Thanks Melissa, it was a hit!

Books:
Kiss, Kiss! – Margaret Wild & Bridget Strevens-Marzo
Hey Diddle Diddle! – Illustrated by Annie Kubler (board book)
Cat’s Colors – Jane Cabrera

Songs and Rhymes: (Words in Songs and Rhymes Index)
Welcome Song
Clap Your Hands
This is Big, Big, Big
Kissing Rhyme
Merry Duke of York
Little Bird, Are You in the Green Tree? (magnet story)
Wiggle Your Fingers
10 Little Fingers
Open, Shut Them
Feathered Birds (magnet story)
Put Your Hands Up High
Itsy Bitsy Spider
Five Little Ducks (magnet story)
Zoom!
Head and Shoulders
If You’re Happy and You Know It
Goodbye Song

Music used: 101 Toddler Favorites Disc 2

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Baby Storytime!

Today we did a few new rhymes that were a lot of fun! We also brought back a few of the toys that are plastic and will be washed every week. While we played with toys we also played with bubbles which everyone loved!

Books:
Where is the Green Sheep? – Mem Fox
Moo, Baa, La La La! – Sandra Boynton
A Good Day – Kevin Henkes

Songs and Rhymes: (Words in Songs and Rhymes Index)
Welcome Song
Open, Shut Them
This is Big, Big, Big (thanks to Melissa)
Put Your Hands Up High
Tickle Bees
This is the Way We…
Five Little Fingers
Peekaboo!
Head and Shoulders
Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Cheek, Chin
Zoom!
The Itsy Bitsy Spider
Let’s Go Riding in an Elevator
The Wheels on the Bus
Clap Your Hands
Merry Duke of York
If You’re Happy and You Know It
Goodbye Song

Music used: 101 Toddler Favorites Disc 2

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October baby storytime themes

Baby Storytime 10/23/08  Counting to Ten

 

Books:

Ten Tiny Babies – Karen Katz

10 Little Fingers, 10 Little Toes – Mem Fox and Helen Oxenbury

10 Tiny Tickles – Karen Katz          

 

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

The More We Get Together

10 Little Fingers

Put Your Hands Up High

Jack in the Box

This is the Way

Did You Ever See a Baby?

Clap, Clap, Clap Your Hands

If You’re Happy and You Know It

 

Baby Storytime 10/30/08   Sound and Noises

 

Books:

What the Baby Hears – Laura Godwin

The Baby Goes Beep – Rebecca O’Connell

Mommies Say Shhhh! – Patricia Polacco

 

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

The More We Get Together

Wheels on the Bus

This is the Way We…

Me

Clap Your Hands

Merry Duke of York

Lets Go Riding in an Elevator

Put Your Hands Up High

Old MacDonald

If You’re Happy and You Know It

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