There was a lot of over-sized fun at last week’s dinosaur infant storytime.
MOVEMENT: Welcome Song*
MOVEMENT: Peek-a-Boo*
BOUNCE: In the Toaster*
BOOK:
Dinosaur Roar! by Paul & Henrietta Stickland
MOVEMENT: “Clap, Tap and Bend” from It’s Toddler Time by Carol Hammett and Elaine Bueffel
FLANNELBOARD:
Four Dinosaurs (I know there are 5 here, but I didn’t use one for the rhyme.)
Templates from Microsoft Word clip art
“Four Dinosaurs”
Four dinosaurs standing in a row
The green one said, “I think I’ll go”
And he walked away so very slow
Tramp, tramp, tramp, tramp, tramp.
Other verses:
Three… orange
Two… purple
One…yellow
How many dinosaurs are left? Zero!
BOUNCE: “Smooth Road to London Town” from A Smooth Road to London Town: Songs from the Parent-Child Mother Goose Program by Kathy Reid-Naiman
BOOK:
Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs by Byron Barton
TICKLE: These are Baby’s Fingers*
SONG & MOVEMENT: “Babies Little Self” from the album Here I Am! by Caspar Babypants
NURSERY RHYME:
Jack and Jill
Pieces from Little Folk Visuals
MOVEMENT: “Itsy Bitsy Spider” from Children’s Favorite Songs Volume 3 from Walt Disney
MOVEMENT: “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” from Songs for Wiggleworms by the Old Town School of Folk Music
MOVEMENT: Storytime’s Over*
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL IDEAS:
Ten Terrible Dinosaurs by Paul Stickland
Dini Dinosaur by Karen Beaumont
HOW IT WENT:
I really need to get better about updating my blog right after the storytimes occur. Things have just been really busy at work and I haven’t had a chance to do that.
ATTENDANCE: 33 people
* For these songs, please see my page Storytime Movements & Music