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

Mothers – Toddler Storytime

Posted on May 13, 2013 by jeninthelibrary

We celebrated moms in last week’s storytimes.

MOVEMENT: Welcome Song*

MOVEMENT: “Clap Your Hands” from Wiggleworms Love You by Old Town School of Folk Music

MOVEMENT: Open Shut Them*

BOOK:

Piglet and Mama by Margaret Wild

MOVEMENT: “Roll Your Hands” from Toddlers on Parade by Carol Hammett and Elaine Bueffel

MOVEMENT: Itsy Bitsy Spider

COUNTING SONG:*

Hearts

FLANNELBOARD:
Mothers & Babies Match Game

From A Storytime Year by Susan M. Dailey.
See information on the flannelboard story on my flannel friday post here

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

BOOK:

Mommy Mine by Tim Warnes

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

VIDEO:

“Is Your Mama a Llama?” from IsYour Mama a Llama?… and more Stories About Growing Up

MOVEMENT: Storytime’s Over*

ADDITIONAL MATERIALS IDEAS:

My Mother is Mine by Marion Dane Bauer
Mommy Hugs by Karen Katz
Mommy, Carry Me Please! by Jane Cabrera
The Mommy Book by Todd Parr
Where Is My Mommy? by Julie Downing

HOW IT WENT:
Pretty well. Since I’m late in posting this one, I don’t have too much to say about it, but I wanted to make sure to get it up before my next storytime.

ATTENDANCE: 10 am: 43 people 11 am: 41 people

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

Mothers – Infant Storytime

Posted on May 13, 2013 by jeninthelibrary

I did this storytime last Tuesday as an early Mother’s Day theme. I’m just getting around to posting it now though.

MOVEMENT: Welcome Song*

MOVEMENT: Peek-a-Boo*

BOUNCE: In the Toaster*

BOOK:

I Love My Mom by Anna Walker (read by our new LI)

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

FLANNELBOARD:
Mothers & Babies Match Game

From A Storytime Year by Susan M. Dailey.
See information on the flannelboard story on my flannel friday post here

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:

I Love My Mommy by Sebastien Braun

TICKLE: These are Baby’s Fingers*

SONG & MOVEMENT: “Babies Little Self” from the album Here I Am! by Caspar Babypants

NURSERY RHYME:
1, 2 Buckle My Shoe

Template and Rhyme from Mother Goose’s Playhouse by Judy Sierra

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:

I Love Mommy by Lizi Boyd

HOW IT WENT:
Well. Since it was a week ago now, I don’t have much to say, but I wanted to make sure I included in my blog.

ATTENDANCE: 37 people

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

Flannel Friday – Mother and Babies Match

Posted on May 3, 2013 by jeninthelibrary

I was looking through my flannelboards to find something for my Mother’s Day storytime and came across this one handed-down to me by my now-retired librarian mother. It was taken from A Storytime Year by Susan M. Dailey. The templates for the patterns were from that book and others.

Mother and Babies Match

Start with one baby animal on the flannelboard.
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!
Add the mother to the flannelboard after the audience answers.

Continue the rhyme, substituting the correct animal sounds and names.

Barking, puppy, dog.

Meowing, kitten, cat.

Quacking, duckling, duck.

Oinking, piglet, pig.

Growling, cub, bear.

Roaring, cub, lion.

Cheeping, chick, hen.

Soon you’ll have so many mothers and babies on your board they won’t all fit! (Or at least they didn’t all fit on mine!)

And if you have a bigger board, you can continue this with all sorts of different animal matches. Make up new pairs until you do run out of room, or the audience is tired of guessing.

Today’s Flannel Friday roundup is hosted by Library Quine at Loons and Quines. For more information on Flannel Friday, visit the Flannel Friday blog or Pinterest page.

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