It’s Spring!!!!
We started off the Spring Session of Infant Storytime with a hop and a jump! Bunnies were everywhere!
Listed below are the stories, rhymes and songs we shared. If you’d like a printout of the songs/rhymes/stories, click onto this link: Infant Stories-Rhymes
OPENING SONGS:
Welcome Everyone!
Welcome, welcome everyone,
Now we’re here, let’s have some fun!
First we clap our hands just so,
Then we bend and touch our toes,
Welcome, welcome everyone.
Now we’re here, let’s have some fun!
Clap Everybody and Say Hello!
Clap everybody and say hello,
Clap everybody and say hello,
Clap everybody and say hello,
No matter what the weather….
Stamp everybody and say hello,
Stamp everybody and say hello,
Stamp everybody and say hello,
No matter what the weather….
Repeat chorus with
(Kathy Reid-Naiman – Sally Go Round the Sun CD)
BOUNCES:
Dickery Dickery Dare!
Dickery, dickery dare! (bounce baby on lap)
The pig flew up in the air! (lift baby up into the air)
The man in brown brought him back down… (bring baby down)
Dickery, dickery dare! (bounce baby on lap)
The Grand Old Duke of York!
The grand old Duke of York
He had 10,000 men
He marched them up to the top of the hill (lift baby up in the air)
And he marched them down again (bring baby down)
And when they’re up, they’re up (lift baby up again)
And when they’re down, they’re down (bring baby down again)
And when they’re only halfway up (bring baby halfway up)
They’re neither up nor down! (bring baby up, then down)
FIRST BOOK: WHAT’S THE MATTER BUNNY BLUE?
Bunny Blue has lost his granny…what’s a bunny to do? Well his friends help and there is a very happy ending!
MOVEMENT:
Clap, Tap & Bend
I take my little hands and go clap, clap, clap
I take my little hands and go clap, clap, clap
I take my little hands and go clap, clap, clap
Clap, clap all day long!
I take my little feet and go tap, tap, tap
I take my little feet and go tap, tap, tap
I take my little feet and go tap, tap, tap
Tap, tap all day long!
I take my little knees and go bend, bend, bend
I take my little knees and go bend, bend, bend
I take my little knees and go bend, bend, bend
Bend, bend all day long!
(Carol Hammett & Elaine Bueffel – It’s Toddler Time CD)
SECOND BOOK: PEEK-A-BLOOM
A beautiful lift-the-flap book that keeps baby guessing – who’s hiding behind the cabbage, the hen, the tree? Guess who? Peek-a-______?
OUR TRIP to BOSTON:
(bouncing baby on knee throughout the songs)
This is the Way the Ladies Ride
This is the way the ladies ride
Jiggity jog, jiggity jog
This is the way the ladies ride
Jiggity, jiggity jog!
This is the way the gentlemen ride
Gallop and trot, gallop and trot
This is the way the gentlemen ride
Gallop and gallop and trot!
This is the way the farmers ride
Hobbledy hoy, hobbled hoy
This is the way the farmers ride
Hobbledy, hobbled hoy!
Trot to Boston
Trot trot to Boston town to get a stick of candy
One for you and one for me and one for Dicky Dandy!
Trot trot to Boston town to get a stick of candy
One for you and one for me and one for Dicky Dandy!
Trot Trot Trot
Trot trot trot, go and never stop
Where to smooth and where to stony
Trot along my little pony
Go and never stop
Trot trot trot trot!
(all songs on Wee Sing for Baby CD)
NURSERY RHYME TIME:
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…
TICKLE TIME:
Round and round the garden (circle baby’s belly with fingers)
Goes the teddy bear (walk fingers around baby’s belly button)
A one-step, a two-step (walk fingers from baby’s belly button to chin)
A tickle under there!!! (tickle baby under chin)
CLOSING SONGS:
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (see lyrics under nursery rhyme)
Itsy Bitsy Spider
The itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout
Down came the rain and washed the spider out!
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain
And the itsy bitsy spider went up the spout again!
Mr. Moon (lullaby)
Mr. Moon, Mr. Moon you’re out too soon
The sun is still in the sky…
So get back to your bed and cover up your head,
And wait til the day goes by…
(repeat once more)
(Carol Hammett & Elaine Bueffel – Toddlers On Parade CD)
Goodbye Babies (in sign) (to the tune of Hello Ladies…)
Goodbye babies, goodbye babies, goodbye babies…it’s time to say goodbye.