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Let’s make a joyful noise for the New Year!

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The year is still so young and full of possibilities (like a newborn child)… I think it’s time for another baby storytime!

Joyful Noise Bibs to Books Storytime with Jennifer: September 29, 2006

OPENING:

Opening rhyme: Brown Bear
Opening Rhyme/Song: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”

PROGRAM:

Use stacking boxes to hide bee finger puppet and to introduce following song and book.
Song (with finger puppet): “Bringing Home a Baby Bumble Bee”
Book: “Buzz, Buzz, Buzz,” Went Bumblebee by Colin West
Nursery Rhyme Flannel/ Song: Itsy Bitsy Spider
Book: Little White Duck by Walt Whippo
Flannel Song: “Barnyard Gate”
Song (with shakers): “Shake Your Sillies Out” from Raffi’s More Singable Songs

BOOK SHARE

Rhyme (song): I Love Books

TOY TIME
Rhyme: Tick Tock

Note: I sang “Clean Up” (Barney-style) while the babies helped clean up books and toys.

CLOSING:

Rhyme (song with finger puppet): Flutter, Flutter Butterfly
Closing rhyme: Tickle the Clouds

Baby Party Animals!

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Let’s “party” into the New Year with some baby storytimes!

Animal Tales Bibs to Books Storytime with Jennifer: October 13, 2006

OPENING:

*Opening rhyme: Brown Bear
Opening Rhyme/Song: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”

PROGRAM:

Song (with Velcro pieces and apron): “Five Little Ducks”
Book: Old MacDonald by Amy Schwartz
Song (with finger puppets and barn): “The Animals on the Bus”
Song (with shakers): “Shake Your Sillies Out” from Raffi’s More Singable Songs

BOOK SHARE (I brought out a bin of board books for the caregivers to share with their babies. Usually, we spent about 10-15 minutes on this portion.)

Rhyme (song): I Love Books

TOY TIME (I brought out a bin of toys for the families to share and play with for about 15 minutes.)

Rhyme (with puppets): This Little Piggy
*Rhyme: Tick Tock

Note: I sang “Clean Up” (Barney-style) while the babies helped clean up books and toys.

CLOSING:

Rhyme (song with finger puppet): Flutter, Flutter Butterfly
*Closing rhyme: Tickle the Clouds

RHYMES

Brown Bear

“Brown Bear, Brown Bear, who do you see? I see Child’s Name looking at me.”
Go around the circle and have stuffed brown bear “see” and name each child.

Tick Tock

Tick tock, tick tock.
(shift weight of child from knee to knee)
I’m a little cuckoo clock
Tick tock, tick tock.
Now it’s striking one o ‘ clock.
Tick tock, tick tock.
“Cuckoo!!”
(lift child into air)

Tick tock, tick tock.
I’m a little cuckoo clock.
Tick tock, tick tock.
Now it’s striking two ‘o clock.
Tick tock, tick tock.
“Cuckoo!! Cuckoo!!”
(lift child into air two times)

Tick tock, tick tock
I’m a little cuckoo clock.
Tick tock, tick tock.
Now it’s striking three ‘o clock.
Tick tock, tick tock
“Cuckoo! Cuckoo! Cuckoo!”
(lift child three times)

Tickle the Clouds

Tickle the clouds
Tickle your toes
Turn around and tickle your nose
Reach down low
And reach up high
Story time’s over —
Wave good-bye!

Who Wants a Pet Dragon?

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A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of presenting a “pre-show” storytime for a family movie night in the park showing of “How to Train Your Dragon”. Of course, I chose dragon stories. It was a nice ending to the “A Midsummer Knight’s Read” theme we had going on here.

Oral Storytelling:“Book! Book! Book!” (This is a well-loved librarian anecdote about a chicken that comes into the library. One version, “The Well-Read Frog” can be found in Margaret Read MacDonald’s Three Minute Tales. There is also a picture book, Book! Book! Book! by Deborah Bruss that expands this tale. This was not about dragons, but I often use it as a library introduction.)
Read-aloud #1: Me and My Dragon by David Biedrycki
Song/Fingerplay: Fun with Hands
Read-aloud #2: The Tale of Custard the Dragon by Ogden Nash and Lynn Munsinger
Fingerplay: Open, Shut Them
Read-aloud #3: The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch
Action Song: Let Everyone Clap Hands with Me

Afterwards, I handed out leftover summer reading activity sheets from the library.

Thanks,Gail Borden Public Library, for allowing me to volunteer this summer… and helping me keep up my mad librarian skills! 🙂

Royal Ribbit

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I am currently on storytime “hiatus” again (until I find another storytime opportunity… hopefully, a paying gig!). However, I still have a couple of storytime posts to catch up on 🙂

OPENING:
Opening Song: If You Want to Hear a Story

PROGRAM:
Read-aloud #1: Snog the Frog by Tony Bonning
Song (with finger puppets or flannel pieces): Down on Grandpa’s Farm
Read-aloud #2: Froggy Eats Out by Jonathan London
Song/Fingerplay: Five Green and Speckled Frogs
Read-aloud #3: The Wide-Mouthed Frog by Keith Faulkner (pop-up book)
Fingerplay: Open, Shut Them
Read-aloud #4: Bad Frogs by Thacher Hurd

CLOSING:
Closing Song: We Wave Good-bye Like This

Royal Rover (& Other Pets!)

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If you’re hoppy and you know it, you’re a bunny… or a happy storytime kid! It’s been a fun summer for me. I’ve really enjoyed doing storytimes again, and I hope that I can find a way to continue in the fall. Sadly, though, Summer Royal Reading is coming to a close. My last storytimes this summer in Elgin will be next Wednesday, August 17th 10:30 am at the Rakow Branch and 5:00 pm at the McDonald’s on Larkin. I intend to “live it up”!

Here’s this week’s pet storytime…

OPENING:
Opening Song: If You Want to Hear a Story

PROGRAM:
Read-aloud #1: Me and My Dragon by David Biedrycki
Fingerplay: Ten Little Fingers
Read-aloud #2:  If You Give a Cat a Cupcake by Laura Numeroff
*Fingerplay: Five Little Kittens
Read-aloud #3: Dog Breath by Dav Pilkey
Song/Fingerplay: BINGO (used flannel pattern from Flannel Board Storytelling Book by Judy Sierra) OR If You’re Happy and You Know It
Read-aloud #4: Peanut by Linas Alsenas OR If You’re Hoppy by April Pulley Sayre

CLOSING:
Closing Song: We Wave Good-bye Like This

*Five Little Kittens
Five little kittens standing in a row, (Hold up five fingers.)
They nod their heads to the children so. (Bend fingers)
They run to the left; they run to the right. (Run fingers to the left and then to the right.)
They stand up and stretch in the bright sunlight. (Stretch fingers out tall.)
Along comes a dog who’s in for some fun. (Hold up one finger from opposite hand.)
ME-OW! See those little kittens run! (Let fingers run.)

Royal Roaming

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Another “transportation” storytime… Only three more weeks of “royal reading”. My, has the summer flown by!

OPENING:
Opening Song: If You Want to Hear a Story

PROGRAM:
Read-aloud #1: Arthur’s Tractor by Pippa Goodhart (I’m not sure that I’d use this for storytime again. It was kind of confusing to read-aloud… and may be more suitable for one-on-one sharing as the illustrations tell a lot of the story. I was being stubborn and insisted on continuing my summer trend of combining royalty AND the week’s theme into one story.)
Fingerplay: Open, Shut Them
Read-aloud #2:  Duck on a Bike by David Shannon
Song (with puppets): Five Little Ducks
Read-aloud #3: The Seals on the Bus by Lenny Hort
Song/Fingerplay: The Wheels on the Bus
Read-aloud #4: Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems

CLOSING:
Closing Song: We Wave Good-bye Like This

Royal Roost

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I can’t get enough of chicken stories 🙂

OPENING:
Opening Song: If You Want to Hear a Story

PROGRAM:
Read-aloud #1: The Most Wonderful Egg in the World by Helme Heine
*Fingerplay: Chook-Chook-Chook
Read-aloud #2:  Stuck in the Mud by Jane Clarke
Song (with finger puppets): Old MacDonald
Read-aloud #3: Chicks and Salsa by Aaron Reynolds
Fingerplay: Five Fat Sausages
Read-aloud #4: The Wolf’s Chicken Stew by Keiko Kasza

CLOSING:
Closing Song: We Wave Good-bye Like This

*“Chook-Chook-Chook”
Chook, chook, chook
Good morning, Mrs. Hen. (Hold up both thumbs)
How many chickens have you got?
Madam, I’ve got ten. (Show ten fingers)
Four of them are yellow. (Show four fingers on one hand)
And four of them are brown (Show four fingers on the other hand)
And two of them are speckled red (Show two fingers)
The nicest in the town.

Royal Ribs (& the Rest of the Body!)

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OPENING:
Opening Song: If You Want to Hear a Story

PROGRAM:
Read-aloud #1: Falling for Rapunzel by Leah Wilcox
Song/Fingerplay: Tony Chestnut
Read-aloud #2: Cowlick! by Christin Ditchfield
Story Prop: Head to Toe by Eric Carle (Patterns can be found here.)
Fingerplay: Ten Little Fingers
Read-aloud #3: The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss
Song/Fingerplay: Fun with Hands
Read-aloud #4: Parts by Tedd Arnold
Song/Fingerplay: Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes

CLOSING:
Closing Song: We Wave Good-bye Like This

Royal Rodents

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SQUEAK! These mice were welcome at the restaurant:)

Also: FYI, in addition to my Wednesday storytime at McDonalds… next week, I will be presenting storytime at the Rakow Branch on Wednesday (July 20) at 10:30 am!!! Hooray for storytime! Hooray for libraries!

OPENING:
Opening Song: If You Want to Hear a Story

PROGRAM:
Read-aloud #1: George, the Dragon and the Princess by Christopher Wormell
*Fingerplay: Bella and Beau
Read-aloud #2: A Visitor for Bear by Bonny Becker
Song/Fingerplay: Hands Up High
Song/Fingerplay: Where is Thumbkin?
Read-aloud #3: A New House for Mouse by Peter Horacek
Fingerplay: Way Up High in the Apple Tree
Read-aloud #4: The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear by Don and Audrey Wood
Storytelling (with flannel): The Enormous Turnip

CLOSING:
Closing Song: We Wave Good-bye Like This

*Bella and Beau (Thank you, Youth Services Staff at Gail Borden for this adaptation)
Once upon a time…
A little prince lived in this castle (Show right thumb, put in fist)
A little princess lived in this castle (Show left thumb, put in fist)
The little prince came out of his castle
He looked up and down the kingdom
He didn’t see anyone, so he went back into his castle
The little princess came out of her castle
She looked up and down the kingdom
She didn’t see anyone, do she went back into her castle
The next day, the little prince came out of his castle
And looked all around
The little princess came out of her castle
And looked all around
They saw each other!
And they played and they played and they played
Until darkness came and
The little prince went back into his castle and
The little princess went back into her castle.

Royal Rest

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Princes and princesses need to catch their Zzzzzzzzzs just as much as the rest of us! (I need to catch UP on Zzzs AND posts!) Despite being about bedtime, this storytime didn’t put anyone to sleep…

OPENING:
Opening Song: If You Want to Hear a Story

PROGRAM:
Read-aloud #1: Waking Beauty by Leah Wilcox
Read-aloud #2: Stop Kissing Me! by Ethan Long
Song/Fingerplay: Tommy Thumb
Read-aloud #3: Tiger Can’t Sleep by S.J. Fore
Song/Fingerplay: Fun with Hands
Read-aloud #4: Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late! by Mo Willems
Song/Fingerplay (with finger puppets): Ten in the Bed
Read-aloud #5: How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? by Jane Yolen

CLOSING:
Closing Song: We Wave Good-bye Like This