Lapsit Storytime- Things That Go- 10/1/2015

Hello everyone! Today your child will be learning about different types of transportation and how they go.

~Opening song: Hello! from CD Early Childhood Classics by Hap Palmer

Hello, Hello, Hello and how are you?
I’m fine. I’m fine,
And I hope that you are too

~Opening Fingerplay: Baby’s Game

Touch your ears, pat your nose,
Tickle baby’s little toes.
Hide your eyes, where are you?
Baby’s playing Peek-A-Boo!

(We will repeat them every week, babies love repetition because it helps them to learn and because it’s familiar and comforting.)

-Books that we will be reading are:

    Beep! Beep! Peekaboo! by: Dawn Sirett

    Freight Train by: Donald Crews

   I Am a Backhoe by: Anna Grossnickle Hines

-Other songs, rhymes and fingerplays are:

The Wheels on The Bus

The wheels on the bus go round and round,
round and round,
round and round.
The wheels on the bus go round and round,
all through the town.

The wipers on the bus go Swish, swish, swish;
Swish, swish, swish;
Swish, swish, swish.
The wipers on the bus go Swish, swish, swish,
all through the town.

The horn on the bus goes Beep, beep, beep;
Beep, beep, beep;
Beep, beep, beep.
The horn on the bus goes Beep, beep, beep,
all through the town..

The money on the bus goes, Clink, clink, clink;
Clink, clink, clink;
Clink, clink, clink.
The money on the bus goes, Clink, clink, clink,
all through the town.

The Driver on the bus says “Move on back,
move on back, move on back;”
The Driver on the bus says “Move on back”,
all through the town.

The baby on the bus says “Wah, wah, wah;
Wah, wah, wah;
Wah, wah, wah”.
The baby on the bus says “Wah, wah, wah”,
all through the town.

The mommy on the bus says “Shush, shush, shush;
Shush, shush, shush;
Shush, shush, shush.”
The mommy on the bus says “Shush, shush, shush”
all through the town.

Two Little Boat (Bounce Rhyme)

Two little boats are on the sea (hold baby on lap)

All is calm as calm can be, Gently the wind begins to blow.

Two little boats rock to and fro.(rock gently)

Loudly the wind begins to shout.

Two little boats are tossed about. (bounce fast)

Gone is the wind, the storm, the rain, two little boats sail on again.

Row,Row,Row Your Boats from CD Songs For Wiggleworms

 

I Am a Choo Choo Train (Action rhyme)

I’m a little choo choo train
Chugging down the track
First I move forward, Then I move back!
Now my bell is ringing
Hear my whistle blow
What a lot of noise I make, everywhere I go!

The Airplane  (Rhyme)

The airplane has great big wings
Its propeller spins around and sings, “Vvvvvv!” 
The airplane goes up
The airplane goes down
The airplane flies high  
Over the town! 

Bouncing Song

Bounce and Bounce and Bounce and Stop.

Bounce and Bounce and Bounce and Stop.

Bounce and Bounce and Bounce and Stop.

Now bounce that baby right up to the top! (lift baby up)

-Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (Fingerplay)

Twinkle, twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle little star,
How I wonder what you are.

-Goodbye from CD Songs For Wiggleworms

Songs For Wiggleworms

Thank you everyone! See you next week!

~Miss Gelysmari

Preschool Storytime – Things that Go! – 9/30/15

Hello everyone!  This week we will talk about things that go on land, sea and air!

Opening song – “So Happy You’re Here Today!”  by Hap Palmer

Magnetic Board- Transportation Sort Game – The children will help me sort out pictures of modes of transportation of what flies in the sky, what floats in the water, and what moves on land.

Book – My Truck is Stuck! – by Kevin Lewis- When a dump truck haulin a great big load gets stuck in the mud, steadily larger vehicles try to pull it out.

Song – “Bumpity-bumpity goes the dump truck”- Have children Hop around

Tune: Ten Little Indians

Bumpity-bumpity goes the dump truck,
Bumpity-bumpity goes the dump truck,
Bumpity-bumpity goes the dump truck,
Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuump out the load

Credit- http://tmas.kcls.org/bumpity-bumpity-goes-the-dump-truck/

Book – Who Is Driving? by Leo Timmers – From fire trucks to convertibles and snails to elephants, here’s a book that’s full of children’s favorites! Kids can solve the puzzle: which animal is driving which vehicle?

Song – “Hurry, Hurry drive the fire truck!”

Tune: Bumping Up and Down, but with a straighter rhythm. It’s good to do this one two or three times, a little faster each time. After all, fire fighters have to go FAST.)

Hurry, hurry! Drive the fire truck!
Hurry, hurry! Drive the fire truck!
Hurry, hurry! Drive the fire truck!
Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding!

Hurry, hurry! Climb the ladder…
Hurry, hurry! Squirt the water…
Hurry, hurry! Save the people….
Hurry, hurry! Put the fire out….

Credit- http://tmas.kcls.org/hurry-hurry-drive-the-fire-truck/

Book – In the Driver’s Seat – by Max Haynes – A driving lesson becomes a wild ride through countryside and city streets, with an unexpected conclusion.

Book – Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! – by Mo Willems – When a bus driver takes a break from his route, a very unlikely volunteer springs up to take his place-a pigeon! But you’ve never met one like this before. As he pleads, wheedles, and begs his way through the book, children will love being able to answer back and decide his fate.

Book – The Wheels on the Race Car by Alexander Zane – With new words that swing to the rhythm of “The Wheels on the Bus,” The author  moves the favorite song from school bus to a racetrack run by a zoo full of animals

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Closing Song – “Shout and Whisper” by Hap Palmer

-Miss Ellen

Cuentos En Español- Numeros- 9/25/2015

Buenos Dias a todos! Hoy estaremos aprendiendo sobre numeros.

-Cancion de entrada: Buenos dias del CD Sabor por Whistlefritz

   

-Libros que estaremos leyendo seran:

   Cuenta ratones por: Ellen Stoll Walsh

   Los diez puntos negros por: Donald Crews

  Diez, Nueve, Ocho por: Molly Bang

  Tres amigos por: Maria Cristina Brusca

-Otras canciones y rimas son:

Los 5 patitos

Cinco patitos fueron a pasear,

Más allá del monte para jugar.

La mamá gritó cuá cuá, cuá, cuá,

Sólo cuatro patitos volvieron de allá.

Cuatro patitos fueron a pasear,

Más allá del monte para jugar.

La mamá gritó cuá cuá, cuá, cuá

Sólo tres patitos volvieron de allá.

Tres patitos fueron a pasear,

Más allá del monte para jugar.

La mamá gritó cuá cuá, cuá, cuá

Sólo dos patitos volvieron de allá.

Dos patitos fueron a pasear,

Más allá del monte para jugar.

La mamá gritó cuá cuá, cuá, cuá

Sólo un patito volvió de allá.

Un patito se fue a pasear,

Más allá del monte para jugar.

La mamá gritó cuá cuá, cuá, cuá

Y ningún patito volvió de allá.

(Spoken)

Pucha, la mamá patita se quedó muy triste ese día.

¿Dónde estarían sus patitos?

Pero esta historia va a tener un final feliz.

¿Sabes por qué?

La mamá patita los fue a buscar,

Más allá del monte a orillas del mar.

La mamá gritó cuá cuá, cuá, cuá

Los cinco patitos volvieron de allá.

Del suelo al cielo del CD Sabor! por Whistlefritz

-Adios, del CD Sabor! por Whistlefritz. (Cancion de cierre)

Muchas gracias a todos! Nos vemos la proxima semana!

~Miss Gelysmari


Time for Two’s Storytime-1,2,3 Count With Me-9/24/2015

Hello everyone!Today your child will be learning about numbers. You can introduce the idea of numbers by counting in small sets. Also singing songs and rhymes that include counting.

~Opening song: Hello! from CD Early Childhood Classics by Hap Palmer

Hello, Hello, Hello and how are you?
I’m fine. I’m fine,
And I hope that you are too.

~Opening Fingerplay: Open, Shut Them. From CD Early Childhood Classics by Hap Palmer

Open shut them, open shut them
Give a little clap
Open shut them, open shut them
Put them in your lap
Apart together, apart together
Give a little clap
Apart together, apart together
Put them in your lap

I raise my hands oh so high
I bring them down and now they’re low
I raise my hands oh so high
I bring them down and now they’re low
My hands are high, my hands are low
My hands are high, my hands are low

My hand is a bird flying high
The bird flies down and now it’s low
The bird flies up and now it’s high
The bird flies down and now it’s low
My hands are high, my hands are low
My hands are high, my hands are low

Open shut them, open shut them
Give a little clap
Open shut them, open shut them
Put them in your lap
Back and forward, back and forward
Give a little clap
Back and forward, back and forward
Put them in your lap

(We will repeat them every week, toddlers love repetition because it helps them to learn and because it’s familiar and comforting).

~Books that we will be reading are:

    1 2 3 A Child’s First Counting Book by: Alison Jay

    Five Little Ducks by: Ivan Bates

   1, 2 Buckle My Shoe by: Anna Grossnickle Hines

~Other songs, rhymes and fingerplay are:

-Five Little Monkeys

Five little monkeys jumping on the bed
One fell off and bumped his head
Mama called the doctor,
And the doctor said
No more monkeys jumping on the bed

Four little monkeys jumping on the bed
One fell off and bumped his head
Mama called the doctor
And the doctor said,
No more monkeys jumping on the bed

Three little monkeys jumping on the bed
One fell off and bumped his head
Mama called the doctor
And the doctor said,
No more monkeys jumping on the bed

Two little monkeys jumping on the bed
One fell off and bumped his head
Mama called the doctor
And the doctor said,
No more monkeys jumping on the bed

One little monkey jumping on the bed
One fell off and bumped his head
Mama called the doctor
And the doctor said,
Put those monkeys right to bed

-Two Little Blue Birds

Two little bluebirds. . .sitting on a hill
One named Jack . .. one named Jill
Fly away Jack. . .fly away Jill
Come back Jack. . .come back Jill

-Choose An Instrument song from CD Rhythms on Parade

-Three Jellyfish

Three jellyfish,
Three jellyfish,
Three jellyfish sitting on a rock.

One jumped off!
Splash!

Two jellyfish…
One jellyfish…

No jellyfish,
No jellyfish,
No jellyfish sitting on a rock.

One climbed up!
Horray!

One jellyfish…
Two jellyfish…
Three jellyfish…

-Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

Twinkle, twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle little star,
How I wonder what you are.

-Goodbye from CD Songs For Wiggleworms

Songs For Wiggleworms

Thank you everyone! See you next week!

~Miss Gelysmari

Lapsit Storytime-1,2,3 Count With Me-9/24/2015

Hello everyone! Today your child will be learning about numbers. You can introduce the idea of numbers by counting in small sets. Also singing songs and rhymes that include counting.

~Opening song: Hello! from CD Early Childhood Classics by Hap Palmer

Hello, Hello, Hello and how are you?
I’m fine. I’m fine,
And I hope that you are too

~Opening Fingerplay: Baby’s Game

Touch your ears, pat your nose,
Tickle baby’s little toes.
Hide your eyes, where are you?
Baby’s playing Peek-A-Boo!

(We will repeat them every week, babies love repetition because it helps them to learn and because it’s familiar and comforting.)

~Books that we will be reading are:

    Ten Tiny Babies by: Karen katz

    Five Little Ducks by: Ivan Bates

   Daddy Hugs 1,2,3 by: Karen Katz

~Other songs, rhymes and fingerplay are:

-Jumping Beans(Bounce Rhyme)

1 2 3 4 Beans come jumping through the door!

5 6 7 8 Jumping up onto my plate!

-Two Little Bluebirds

Two little bluebirds. . .sitting on a hill
One named Jack . .. one named Jill
Fly away Jack. . .fly away Jill
Come back Jack. . .come back Jill

-Three Jellyfish

Three jellyfish,
Three jellyfish,
Three jellyfish sitting on a rock.

One jumped off!
Splash!

Two jellyfish…
One jellyfish…

No jellyfish,
No jellyfish,
No jellyfish sitting on a rock.

One climbed up!
Horray!

One jellyfish…
Two jellyfish…
Three jellyfish…

-Choose An Instrument song from CD Rhythms on Parade

-Tick Tock (Swing baby gently back and forth while saying the rhyme)

Tick Tock, goes the clock.

Back and forth, it never stops.

Tick Tock, all day long while we sing our clockwork song.

Tick Tock, to and fro. It’s never “stop”. It’s always “go”.

Tick Tock, all around.

But now the clock is winding…down.

Tick…Tock…goes…the…clock

Until…it…comes…

To…a…stop!

-Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star 

Twinkle, twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle little star,
How I wonder what you are.

-Goodbye from CD Songs For Wiggleworms

Songs For Wiggleworms

Thank you everyone! See you next week!

~Miss Gelysmari

Preschool Storytime- Let’s Explore the Jungle- September 23, 2015

Hi everyone!  This week we will have lots of fun exploring the jungle and learning about all the animals that live in it.

Opening song – So Happy You’re Here Today – by Hap Palmer

Book – Rumble in the Jungle – by Giles Andreae- A collection of poems about animals and a story about a journey through the jungle to hunt for them.

Action Rhyme – “I’m a Giraffe”
I’m a big tall giraffe stretching way up high (reach arms up)
A big tall giraffe, I almost reach the sky (stand on tiptoes)
I eat the leaves from the tallest tress (pretend to eat)
And when I run, I move with ease (pretend to run)
I’m a big tall giraffe stretching way up high (reach arms up)
Way…up…high! (reach on tiptoes)
Credit: Perry Public Library

Flannelboard/Book – Animal Boogie by Debbie Hartner- This lively rhyme soon has young listeners frolicking around, with creatures in the Indian jungle. Children will be eager to join in and copy the animals’ actions.

Book – Jazzy in the Jungle- by Lucy Cousins- Jazzy the lemur and Mama JoJo love to play hide-and-seek in the jungle. As little readers help search for Jazzy – lured by die-cut windows showing glimpses of what’s to come-they also explore a bold new world full of vivid tropical colors and lively jungle creatures.

Book-If You’re Happy and You Know It – Jungle Edition – by James Warhola – A fun, roar-out-loud jungle version of the favorite kids’ song IF YOU’RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT!

Closing Activity- We’re Going on a Tiger Hunt – by Sesame Street

-Miss Ellen

Cuentos en Español- Los Animales 9/18/2015

Bienvenidos! Hoy es nuestro primer dia de Cuentos en Español aqui en la libreria! Hoy su niño/a estaran aprendiendo sobre los animales.

~Nuestra cancion de entrada es:

-Buenos Dias, del CD Sabor por Whistlefritz

   

~Otras canciones, rimas y actividades son:

-Itzi Bitzi Araña

Itzi, bitzi araña,
tejió su telaraña.
Vino la lluvia,
y se la llevó.
Salió el sol,
se secó la lluvia.
Y Itzi, bitzi araña,
otra vez subió

-Los Elefantes

Un elefante se balanceaba
sobre la tela de una araña,
como veía que resistía
fue a llamar a otro elefante.

Dos elefantes se balanceaban,
sobre la tela de una araña,
como veían que resistía
fueron a llamar a otro elefante.

Tres elefantes…
Cuatro elefantes…
etc….

-Los pollitos

Los pollitos dicen
Pío, pío, pío
Cuando tienen hambre
Cuando tienen frío.

La gallina busca
El maíz y el trigo
Les da la comida
Y les busca abrigo.

Bajo sus dos alas
Se están quietecitos
Y hasta el otro día
Duermen los pollitos.

-En el Rancho de McDonald, del CD Sabor! por Whistlefritz

-Adios, del CD Sabor! por Whistlefritz. (Cancion de cierre)

~Los libros q estaremos leyendo seran:

  La Oruga Hambrienta, por: Eric Carle

   El patito feo, por: Luz Orihuela

  La gatita Lucia en la granja, por: Catherine Bruzzone

  Los tres cerditos, por: Patricia Seibert

Muchas gracias a todos! Nos vemos la proxima semana!

~Miss Gelysmari

Time For Two’s Storytime- Animal Sounds 9/17/2015

Welcome everyone! This is our first Time for Two’s Storytime for the fall session! Today your toddler will be learning about Animal Sounds!

~ Our opening song will be “Hello“.

Hello

Hello, Hello, Hello

How are you?

I’m fine, I’m fine.

And hope that you are too.

~ We will be continuing with the fingerplay “Open, Shut Them”

Open, Shut Them by Hap Palmer

Open shut them, open shut them
Give a little clap
Open shut them, open shut them
Put them in your lap
Apart together, apart together
Give a little clap
Apart together, apart together
Put them in your lap

I raise my hands oh so high
I bring them down and now they’re low
I raise my hands oh so high
I bring them down and now they’re low
My hands are high, my hands are low
My hands are high, my hands are low

My hand is a bird flying high
The bird flies down and now it’s low
The bird flies up and now it’s high
The bird flies down and now it’s low
My hands are high, my hands are low
My hands are high, my hands are low

Open shut them, open shut them
Give a little clap
Open shut them, open shut them
Put them in your lap
Back and forward, back and forward
Give a little clap
Back and forward, back and forward
Put them in your lap

(We will repeat them every week, toddlers love repetition because it helps them to learn and because it’s familiar and comforting).

~Books that we will be reading are:

  I Went Waking by: Sue Williams

  Do Monkeys Tweet? by: Melanie Walsh

  Say Hello Like This! by: Mary Murphy

~Other songs, rhymes and fingerplays are:

-I Went Walking to the Town One Day(Rhyme)

I went walking to town one day
Oh, it was a beautiful day!
As I went walking to town one day
I met a cow along the way.
And what do you think that cow did say?
Moo!

Repeat with other animals.

-Where are the Baby Mice?(Fingerplay)                          


Where are the baby mice? (cup hands together)
Squeak, squeak, squeak (bring hands to ear)
I do not see them
Peek, peek, peek (look closely into hands)
Here they come out of the hole in the wall (open hands
One, two, three, four, five.(lift one finger at a time) That’s all!(hands open, palms up)

-When Ducks Get Up In The Morning (Rhyme with puppet)

When Ducks get up in the morning, they always say good day
When ducks get up in the morning, they always say good day
Quack, quack, quack, quack, that is what they say, they say
Quack, quack, quack, quack, that is what they say.

Repeat with other animals.

-Let’s Make Some Noise By: Raffi, CD Everything Grows. (We shake maracas together).

-Twinkle,Twinkle Little Star(Closing Song)

Twinkle, twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle little star,
How I wonder what you are.

Thank you everyone! See you next week!

~Miss Gelysmari

Lapsit Storytime Fall 2015 – Animal Sounds 9/17/2015

Welcome everyone! This is our first Lapsit Storytime for the fall session! This week your baby will learn about “Animal Sounds.

~ We will start our storytime singing “Hello“.

Hello  (Opening Song)

Hello, Hello, Hello and how are you?
I’m fine. I’m fine,
And I hope that you are too!

~ After our opening song we will do the fingerplay “Baby’s Game

Baby’s Game (Opening Fingerplay)

Touch your ears, pat your nose,
Tickle baby’s little toes.
Hide your eyes, where are you?
Baby’s playing Peek-A-Boo!

We will repeat them every week, babies love repetition because it helps them to learn and because it’s familiar and comforting.

 

~ Other Songs and Rhymes are:

-When Ducks Get Up In The Morning

When Ducks get up in the morning, they always say good day
When ducks get up in the morning, they always say good day
Quack, quack, quack, quack, that is what they say, they say
Quack, quack, quack, quack, that is what they say.

Repeat with other animals.

http://www.nancymusic.com/Ducksplay.htm

 

Milk the Cow the tune is the same as Row,Row, Row Your Boat. (Children can be lying on their backs for this song).

Milk,milk, milk the cow, (“milk” child’s arms, legs, or hands with gentle strokes)

Milking’s what we do.

And when the milking is all done,

The cow says, “Moooooo!” (Tickle child’s stomach)

“Light massage stimulate your baby’s circulatory system and enhances bonding.”

 

-Ducky Tickle (Use a rubber duck or pom-pom to act out the rhyme.)

Quack, quack, quack,

The duck’s on your back.

She climbs to your head,

And jumps to your lap.

Flap, flap, flap,

Down your legs she taps.

She waddles to your toes,

And back to your lap.

Skip, skip, skip,

Our ducky does flips.

She gives you a big kiss,

Right on your lips.

 

-Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (Closing song)

Twinkle, twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle little star,
How I wonder what you are.

~ “Let’s Make Some Noise” from the CD “Everything Grows” (we will be shaking maracas together while listening to the song)

 

~Books that we will be reading are:

  Hello Day! by: Anita Lobel

  Who Says Woof? By: John Butler

  Say Hello Like This! By: Mary Murphy

~Thank you everyone, see you next week!

~Miss Gelysmari

 

Preschool Storytime- Welcome to the Library! – 9/16/15

Hi everyone! Welcome back! Our first week of storytime we will talk about the library, the kinds of materials the library has to offer and how to get “My First Library Card”.  Hopefully everyone will apply to get one.

Opening song – So Happy You’re Here Today – by Hap Palmer

So Happy You’re Here
Words & Music by Hap Palmer

Sing doo wah doo,
Tra La la
Yodele-ay,
Shan a na

Hi dee hi,
Howdy doo
It’s all afunny way to say
We’re glad you’re here today!

Now give yourself a pat on the back
Reach out and shake your own hand
Give a gentle squeeze to say you’re pleased
We’re so happy you’re here today, today
We’re so happy you’re here today.

Sing Fee fi fo
Fiddly dee,
Shooby doo.
Golly gee

Skizzamaroo,
And a hi to you
Now turn and face someone and say
We’re glad you’re here today!

Now give someone a pat on the back
Reach out and shake a hand
Give a gentle squeeze to say you’re pleased
We’re so happy you’re here today, today
We’re so happy you’re here today.

Book – Lola at the Library – by Anna McQuinn – Every Tuesday Lola and her mother visit their local library to return and check out books, attend story time, and share a special treat.

Song: “Read, Read, Read a Book” (Tune: Row, Row, Row Your Boat)
Read, read, read a book,
Travel anywhere,
Worldwide, you decide,
A book will take you there.
Read, read, read a book,
Beginning to the end,
What a way to spend the day,
A book’s a special friend!
Credit: Harris County Public Library

Book – The Midnight Library – Kazuno Kohara – There is a little library that only opens at night. In the library there is a little librarian–and her three assistant owls–who helps everyone find the perfect book. The library is always peaceful and quiet . . . until one night when some of the animals stir up a little trouble (and a little fun!) in the Midnight Library.

Flannelboard – “Five Little Books”
Five little books at the library
Five little books as great as can be
Along comes (name) with their library card
To take one home and read
Credit: What Happens In Storytime

Book – Maisy Goes to the Library – by Lucy Cousins – Maisy loves going to the library.  It’s nice to read a book in a quiet corner.  But Maisy and her friends find out that their are lots of other things to do in  the library, too and some of them are noisy!

Song: “If You’re a Reader and You Know It”
If you’re a reader and you know it, clap your hands
If you’re a reader and you know it, clap your hands
If you’re a reader and you know it and you really want to show it
If you’re a reader and you know it, clap your hands
(shoot hooray, read a book)
Credit: Modified from childhood

Libraries!

Closing song – Shout and Whisper – Hap Palmer

Shout and whisper just like me
Shout and whisper one, two, three
Shout! One, Two, Three
Whisper! One, Two Three

Shout and whisper, that’s what we do
Shout and whisper I love you
Shout! I Love You
Whisper! I Love You

Shout and whisper, that’s our game
Shout and whisper what’s your name
(Children say their own names)
Shout <Child’s Name>
Whisper <Child’s Name

-Miss Ellen