Mothers – Toddler Storytime

Posted on May 10, 2016 by jeninthelibrary

Moms should be celebrated more often than once a year. (Also, I didn’t have as many of these books last week to do a Mothers storytime before Mother’s Day.)

SONG: Now it’s Time to Say Hello*
taken from jbrary

MOVEMENT: “Wake Up Toes” from Morning Magic by Joanie Bartels

MOVEMENT: Open Shut Them*

SIGN: ASL sign for MOTHER

taken from Costello, Elaine Ph.D. Random House Webster’s American Sign Language Dictionary. 1994.

BOOK:

Piglet and Mama by Margaret Wild, illustrated by Stephen Michael King

MOVEMENT: “Reach for the Ceiling” from Toddlers on Parade by Carol Hammett and Elaine Bueffel

COUNTING SONG:*

10 Hearts (because Mom loves us)

FLANNELBOARD:

Mothers and Babies Match
This baby makes a mooing sound
when his mother’s not around.
Calf is the name of this baby.
What is his mother called?
COW

Other verses:
Barking, puppy, dog
Meowing, kitten, cat
Quacking, duckling, duck
Oinking, piglet, pig
Growling, cub, bear
Roaring, cub, lion
Cheeping, chick, hen

For a more in-depth look at this flannel board see when I posted it as a Flannel Friday entry.

MOVEMENT: “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” from Songs for Wiggleworms by the Old Town School of Folk Music

BOOK:

Mommy Mine by Tim Warnes, illustrated by Jane Chapman

MOVEMENT: “Two Little Blackbirds” from Fingerplays and Footplays by Rosemary Hallum and Henry “Buzz” Glass

VIDEO:

“Is Your Mama a Llama?” from Is Your Mama a Llama?…and more stories about growing up

MOVEMENT: Now it’s Time to Say Goodbye taken from jbrary

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL IDEAS:

Book: I Love My Mommy by Sebastien Braun
Book: Mommy Hugs by Karen Katz
Book: Mommy, Carry Me Please! by Jane Cabrera
Book: My Mom by Anthony Browne

GREAT RESOURCES FOR MORE IDEAS
Jen in the Library – Mothers Toddler Storytime from 5/13/2013

THOUGHTS ON THIS STORYTIME:
Moms are a sweet topic for storytime. I think that Piglet and Mama might have been too long for my 10am group. It seemed to go alright with the 11am, so I think it does work for toddlers, it just depends on the group that you have. So, when picking my books I may need to be a little more aware of length of the story.

ATTENDANCE: 10 am: 41 people 11 am: 46 people

* For these songs, please see my Storytime Movements & Music page

Mothers – Infant Storytime

Posted on May 10, 2016 by jeninthelibrary

Even though Mother’s Day was Sunday, that doesn’t mean we can’t still celebrate all those hard-working Moms on Tuesday.

SONG: Now it’s Time to Say Hello*
taken from jbrary

MOVEMENT: Peek a Boo*

BOUNCE: The Grandfather Clock*
The grandfather clock goes
tick, tock, tick, tock, tick, tock, tick, tock (sway baby slowly from side to side)
The kitchen clock goes
tick tock tick tock tick tock tick tock (sway or bounce baby a little faster)
And Mommy’s little watch goes
tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick (bounce baby quickly or tickle baby)
Stop!

SIGN LANGUAGE: sign for “MOTHER”

taken from Costello, Elaine Ph.D. Random House Webster’s American Sign Language Dictionary. 1994.

BOOK:

I Love My Mommy by Sebastien Braun

MOVEMENT: “Clap, Tap and Bend” from It’s Toddler Time by Carol Hammett and Elaine Bueffel

FLANNELBOARD:

Five Eggs and Five Eggs
Five eggs and five eggs (hold up 5 fingers on one hand, then on the other)
That makes ten. (hold up ten fingers)
Sitting on top is a mother hen. (make one hand into fist, lay other hand on top of it)
Crackle, crackle, crackle. (clap hands for each crackle)
What do I see? (hands up and shrug)
Ten yellow chicks as happy as can be. (wiggle ten fingers)

BOUNCE: “Ladies Ride” from Wiggleworms Love You by Old Town School of Folk Music

MOVEMENT: Patty Cake

BOOK:

Mama’s Little Bears by Nancy Tafuri

TICKLE: See the Little Mousie*

NURSERY RHYME:

HickoryDickoryFlannelboardCroppedwithLogo

(Pattern taken from The Flannel Board Storytelling Book by Judy Sierra)
Hickory Dickory Dock
The mouse ran up the clock
The clock struck one
The mouse ran down
Hickory Dickory Dock.

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: Now it’s Time to Say Goodbye
taken from jbrary

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL IDEAS:

Book: I Love Mommy by Lizi Boyd
Book: I Love My Mom by Anna Walker
Book: Mommy Hugs by Karen Katz
Flannelboard: M-O-M-M-Y to the tune of Bingo

GREAT RESOURCES FOR MORE IDEAS:
Jen in the Library: Mothers – Infant Storytime from 5/13/2013

HOW IT WENT:
There are a lot of nice books for little ones about mothers out there, which makes this a fun storytime to put together. I had never read Mama’s Little Bears before at a storytime, but I really liked it as a choice for this one. It seemed to be a nice blend to have one really sweet book, and then one that was more of a story with a mother.

ATTENDANCE: 36 people (adults and kids)

* For these songs, please see my page Storytime Movements & Music

Colors – Toddler Storytime

Posted on May 3, 2016 by jeninthelibrary

There are so many colors and we read about a few of them in this storytime.

SONG: Now it’s Time to Say Hello*
taken from jbrary

MOVEMENT: “Wake Up Toes” from Morning Magic by Joanie Bartels

MOVEMENT: Open Shut Them*

SIGN: ASL sign for COLOR

taken from Costello, Elaine Ph.D. Random House Webster’s American Sign Language Dictionary. 1994.

BOOK:

Bear Sees Colors by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman

MOVEMENT: “Reach for the Ceiling” from Toddlers on Parade by Carol Hammett and Elaine Bueffel

COUNTING SONG:*

10 Crayons

FLANNELBOARD:

One Little Red Fish
(to the tune of “Little Red Wagon”)
One little red fish, (hold up one finger)
Swimming in the water (put palms together and move them like a fish swimming)
Swimming in the water
Swimming in the water
One little red fish,
Swimming in the water
Bubble, bubble, bubble – POP! (clap hands on POP!)

Other verses:
Increase the number and change the color

MOVEMENT: “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” from Songs for Wiggleworms by the Old Town School of Folk Music

BOOK:

Lemons are Not Red by Laura Vaccaro Seeger

MOVEMENT: “Two Little Blackbirds” from Fingerplays and Footplays by Rosemary Hallum and Henry “Buzz” Glass

VIDEO:

“Planting a Rainbow” from Knuffle Bunny…and More Great Childhood Adventure Stories!

MOVEMENT: Now it’s Time to Say Goodbye taken from jbrary

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL IDEAS:

Book: Yellow is My Color Star by Judy Horacek
Book: See the Colors: Sign Language for Colors by Dawn Babb Prochovnic, illustrated by Stephanie Bauer
Book: Duckie’s Rainbow by Frances Barry
Book: Butterfly Butterfly by Petr Horácek
Book: Wow! Said the Owl by Tim Hopgood

THOUGHTS ON THIS STORYTIME:
I originally was thinking about doing a different flannelboard for this group, but it seemed the wiggles were going around, so I thought this one with a song might be better. Shout out to my friend Diana G., who gave me this flannelboard at the Los Angeles Storytime Underground flannelboard swap this weekend. (Thanks Diana!)

When I read Lemons are Not Red it says that carrots are not purple, they’re orange, but sometimes they are purple… I know that kids aren’t going to be bothered by this. But then after storytime I also had a parent tell me that the moon, in fact, is black as it is only made colored by the light’s reflection off it, so maybe it’s time to pick a different story for colors.

ATTENDANCE: 10 am: 38 people 11 am: 45 people

* For these songs, please see my Storytime Movements & Music page

Colors – Infant Storytime

Posted on May 3, 2016 by jeninthelibrary

We celebrated all different colors in our storytime today.

SONG: Now it’s Time to Say Hello*
taken from jbrary

MOVEMENT: Peek a Boo*

BOUNCE: Trot, Trot to Boston*

SIGN LANGUAGE: sign for “COLOR”

taken from Costello, Elaine Ph.D. Random House Webster’s American Sign Language Dictionary. 1994.

BOOK:

Lemons are Not Red by Laura Vaccaro Seeger

MOVEMENT: “Clap, Tap and Bend” from It’s Toddler Time by Carol Hammett and Elaine Bueffel

Other verses:
Increase the number and change the color

BOUNCE: “Ladies Ride” from Wiggleworms Love You by Old Town School of Folk Music

MOVEMENT: Patty Cake

BOOK:

Duckie’s Rainbow by Frances Barry

TICKLE: See the Little Mousie*

NURSERY RHYME:

(Pattern taken from The Flannel Board Storytelling Book by Judy Sierra)Baa Baa black sheep, Have you any wool?
Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Three bags full.
One for the master,
And one for the dame.
One for the little boy who lives down the lane.
Baa Baa black sheep, Have you any wool?
Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Three bags full.

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: Now it’s Time to Say Goodbye
taken from jbrary

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL IDEAS:

Book: One Blue Fish by Charles Reasoner

HOW IT WENT:
Colors are a fun theme, but I wish I had spent a little bit more time gathering materials for this storytime. Though I do like the ones I used this storytime, I wonder what else I could be using. Do you have a favorite colors book for infants?

ATTENDANCE: 36 people (adults and kids)

* For these songs, please see my page Storytime Movements & Music

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