Storytime Programs - Week Three, Winter 2015

Welcome to the third week of our winter storytime programs.  We hope you and your little ones are enjoying being part of the fun!  Below you will find some of the books, rhymes, and fingerplays we are presenting this week.

Baby Rhyme Time (For babies 0-11 months and a caregiver)

Books
Baby's Bathtime - Watt 
Bathtime Peekaboo! - Sirett

Action Rhyme - Three Bubbles
A small bubble, (make small circle with hands)
A medium sized bubble,
A great big bubble I see.
Now let's count them,
Are you ready?
One, two, three,
Pop, pop, pop!  (clap hands)

The babies know all about bubbles since we are using the bubble machine each week during this session.  Their faces are a delight to see!  This is an activity that many families are sure to continue at home.

Wonderful Ones (For babies 12-23 months and a caregiver)

Books

This Little Chick - Lawrence
Piggies - Wood

Rhyme: Head and Fingers
Head and fingers, tummy and toes, tummy and toes,
Head and fingers, tummy and toes, tummy and toes,
Eyes and ears and mouth and nose,
Head and fingers, tummy and toes, tummy and toes.

As well as teaching the names of body parts, rhymes such as this one can be a welcome and amusing distraction at diaper-changing time!

Terrific Twos (For toddlers 2-3 years and a caregiver)

Books
Snowmen at Night - Buehner 
Winter Is - Dixon

Sledding - Winthrop

Action Rhyme: Here's a Hill
Here's a hill (tilt left arm so that it forms a hill)
And here's a hill (tilt rhyme so that it forms a hill)
All covered with snow (raise hands up and bring down in slow motion)
I'll put on my coat (put coat on)
And jump on my sled (hold rope of sled)
And ZOOM, down the hill I will go! (clap hands, then slide hands down)

Sharing rhymes and songs that tell stories will help your toddler develop sequencing skills which is the ability to put the events of a story in the order in which they occur. This is important because logical order of thinking is fundamental to reading. 

1, 2, 3, Go! (For children 1, 2, and 3 years and a caregiver)

Books
Little Owl's Orange Scarf - Feeney
Under My Hood I Have a Hat - Kuskin 

Action Rhyme: One Cold and Frosty Morning
One cold and frosty morning,
When stormy was the weather,
A birdie peeked out of his nest,
And ruffled up his feathers.
He fluffed them up, he fluffed them down,
He flapped his wings together,
And then crawled back into his bed,
And said I DON'T LIKE THIS WEATHER!

It's always fun to take a rhyme home from storytime!  Repeat the rhyme and actions with your toddler.  

StoryMix For 3 to 6 (For children 3-6 years without caregiver)

Books 
Should I Share My Ice Cream? - Willems

Hooray For Hat! - Won

Action Rhyme: Hats (to the tune of Frere Jacques)
H-A-T-S
H-A-T-S
That spells hats
That spells hats
Everybody wears them
Everybody wears them
When they're cold
When they're cold

We are continuing our shape theme with triangles this week.  Host a triangle picnic.  Cut paper plates in triangles and sit on a blanket folded into a triangle.  Eat triangular-shaped foods, such as pizza or triangle sandwiches.  What fun!  Talk about other foods that are triangular.  Did you know that talking is how children learn new vocabulary?   

Wonderful Ones: Time for Baby's Bath!

Singing and playing are two wonderful ways to incorporate early literacy skills into your baby's everyday life.  What better way to incorporate both but a bathtub full of bubbles and laughter!  Singing and rhyming together helps your baby enjoy bathtime more, and also helps with reinforcing sounds, counting, identifying body parts such as arms and legs, and actions babies do in the bathtub such as washing.  The combined movements and language helps babies hear and learn individual words and sounds for learning speech.  A fun environment will help baby wind down their day in a positive manner as well as create learning patterns in a comfortable space.

Splish Splash Water Rhyme (to the tune of Frère Jacques)
Splish, splash water, splish, splash water,
On your toes, on your toes,
On your fingers, on your tummy,
On your nose, on your nose.
Splish, splash water, splish, splash water,
On your hair, on your hair,
On your face, on your arms,
Everywhere, everywhere!

Slippery Soap Rhyme
Slippery, slippery, slippery soap,
Now you see it and now you don’t.
Slide it on the arms,
One, two, three.
Now your arms are slippery.
Slide it on the legs,
One, two, three.
Now your legs are slippery.

Slippery, slippery, slippery soap,
Now you see it and now you don’t.
Slide it on the arms,
One, two, three.
Now your arms are slippery.
Slide it on the legs,
One, two, three.
Now your legs are slippery.

This Is The Way We Wash Our Face Song
This is the way we wash our face,
Scrub our cheeks,
Scrub our ears,
This is the way we wash our face,
Until we’re squeaky clean.

This is the way we wash our face,
Scrub our cheeks,
Scrub our ears,
This is the way we wash our face,
Until we’re squeaky clean. 


Enjoy these bathtime books we read at this week's Wonderful Ones: 

Bathtime Peekaboo! by Dawn Sirett
Babies enjoy playing at bathtime. 
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Baby’s Bathtime by Fiona Watt
It's bathtime! Baby and his dog Fido enjoy a wonderful bath before being tucked into bed. 
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Story Mix for Three to Six: Bathtime!

Singing and playing are two wonderful ways to incorporate early literacy skills into your child's everyday life.  What better way to incorporate both but a bathtub full of bubbles and laughter!  Engage your little one with numbers and counting through this week's songs, rhymes, and stories.  Counting aloud not only introduces new sounds and words to help build vocabulary, but also creates a stimulating learning environment.  Rhyming helps young children remember these important concepts and reinforces what they are learning in a positive manner.  Playing in the bath makes winding down the day even easier and makes learning fun.

Five in the Tub
There are 5 on the tub and the blue one says, 
“Move over, move over!”
So they all move over and one flops in!
There were 4 on the tub and the blue one says,
“Move over, move over!”
So they all move over and one hops in!
There are 3 on the tub and the blue one says,
“Move over, move over!”
So they all move over and one falls in!
There were 2 on the tub and the blue one says,
“Move over, move over!”
So they all move over and one slides in!
There’s one on the tub and the blue one says,
“Let’s swim!”

Bathtime Rhyme
After my bath
I try, try, try
To wipe myself
Till I’m dry, dry, dry

Neck to wipe
And fingers & toes
And 2 wet legs
And a shiny nose

Just think how much
Less time I'd take
If I were a dog
And could shake, shake, shake!

At Story Mix, we read these books full of bathtime fun!

Elwood's Bath by Larry Dane Brimmer
Young Elwood prepares for bathtime as he adds his favorite playmates, including eight large elephants, to the water.
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Love-a-Duck by Alan James Brown
After falling out of the window and spending an unforgettable day outdoors, a plastic duck is returned home safely, just in time for little Jane's bath. 
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Kid Tea by Elizabeth Ficocelli
On every night of the week, a new color of "kid tea" is created in the bath, depending on the activities of that day. 
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