Sorry I couldn’t get this up on the blog til today. Yesterday’s Infant Storytime was all about Naptime! We talked about the letter N:
First we read Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Clement Hurd. A lot of the babies are already familiar with this book (it is a classic, you know, and has been a favorite bedtime read ever since it was published in 1947!). One of the babies reacted to it by getting really talkative and loud, as if she was saying, “Mommy, no! Not this book! It’s not bedtime yet!!”
Later we read When My Baby Dreams by Adele Enersen — Remember how babies like looking at photographs of other babies? This is a book of the photos the author created with her baby whenever her baby napped. Yes–every day the author created a cute photo picture using her sleeping baby… When most of us would be washing dishes or taking a shower! Oh well. Don’t feel bad. We can’t all be insanely productive on four hours of sleep. 🙂
We sang the song “Ten in the Bed” with a felt board. It goes like this:
There were ten in the bed, and the little one said
“Roll over! Roll over!”
So they all rolled over, and one fell out!
There were nine in the bed…. etc. until there is only the “little one” who says, “Goodnight!”
We learned two new bounces about going to the moon, just to keep to the nighttime theme, but also the “dream” theme:
Zoom, zoom, zoom, we’re going to the moon
Zoom, zoom, zoom, we’re going to the moon
If you want to take a trip, climb aboard my rocketship!
Zoom, zoom, zoom, we’re going to the moon
Sing this one to the tune of “Bumpin’ up and down in my little red wagon”:
Bumpin’ up and down in my little space shuttle
Bumpin’ up and down in my little space shuttle
Bumpin’ up and down in my little space shuttle
Won’t you go to the moon with me?
My space suit’s on and my boots are ready
My space suit’s on and my boots are ready
My space suit’s on and my boots are ready
Won’t you go to the moon with me?
We step on the moon and we bounce up high
We step on the moon and we bounce up high
We step on the moon and we bounce up high
‘Cause it has really low gravity!
There was another new song we learned about birdies in a nest (another word that starts with “N”!):
Way up in the sky the little birds fly
Way down in the nest the little birds rest
With a wing on the left and a wing on the right
The little birds sleep all through the night
Shhhh—THEY’RE SLEEPING!
The bright sun comes out, the dew falls away
“Good morning! Good morning!” the little birds say
I hope that all of you and your little birds had a great time yesterday and look forward to seeing you next week!