We kicked off the Winter Infant Toddler Storytime session with stories about something everyone can relate to — bathtime!

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Books We Read

We all know that pigs love getting dirty.  Read Ten Dirty Pigs by Carol Roth to see how they scrub clean afterwards!  Nancy Van Laan’s book Scrubba Dub is all about a little bunny taking a bath – at the end bunny may be clean, but something else is pretty messy!  This is a wonderful read aloud full of fun rhymes.  Maisy may be taking a bath, but her friend Tallulah wants to play.  Find out how they settle things in Maisy Takes a Bath by Lucy Cousins.


Flannelboard Story

Have you ever see elephants try to take a bath?  We looked at what would happen when the squished into the tub in today’s flannelboard story.

Five Elephants in the Bathtub
Five Elephants in the Bathtub
1 elephant in the bathtub
going for a swim.
Knock, knock (clap hands for each knock)
Splash, splash (pat lap for each splash)
Come on in! (Wave hand invitingly)

2 elephants in the bathtub
going for a swim.
Knock, knock (clap hands for each knock)
Splash, splash (pat lap for each splash)
Come on in! (Wave hand invitingly)

3 elephants in the bathtub
going for a swim.
Knock, knock (clap hands for each knock)
Splash, splash (pat lap for each splash)
Come on in! (Wave hand invitingly)

4 elephants in the bathtub
going for a swim.
Knock, knock (clap hands for each knock)
Splash, splash (pat lap for each splash)
Come on in! (Wave hand invitingly)

5 elephants in the bathtub
going for a swim.
Knock, knock (clap hands for each knock)
Splash, splash (pat lap for each splash)
And they all fell in! (Knock all the elephants and tub off the flannelboard!)


Nursery Rhyme

For more bathtime fun we played with the nursery rhyme Rub a Dub Dub!

Rub a Dub Dub Flannelboard
Rub a Dub Dub
Rub a dub dub,
Three men in a tub,
And who do you think they be?
The butcher, the baker,
The candlestick maker.
Turn them out, knaves all three.


Film We Watched

We joined beloved storybook dog, Spot, for bathtime and a song in today’s film.


“Spot’s Bath” from Discover Spot


Continue the Fun

Check out these other bathtime stories to read at home for fun in, and out of, the tub!


Children’s Room Infant Toddler Storytime 1/21/14