Our first Infant Storytime of Winter session was all about the desert. First we learned about shapes and put together a desert scene:
We sang a song about a rattlesnake, to the tune of Twinkle Twinkle:
Rattlesnake, Rattlesnake,
Why do you rattle?
Do you wish I’d go away
Or do you want a battle?
“Look out, I’m here!”
You’re ready for a fight
And if I stay
You just might bite!
Rattlesnake, Rattlesnake,
I think I know:
If you rattle, I think I’ll go!
We read a book about camels called Camel Caravan, by Bethany Roberts and Patricia Hull, illustrated by Cheryl Munro Taylor.
Then we did a tickle:
What do I see? Baby’s knee. (draw a circle on baby’s knee with one finger)
Tickly, tickly, tic, tac, tee.
One for a penny, two for a pound,
Tickly, tickly, round and round!
We sang “Alice the Camel,” and counted all her humps:
Alice the Camel has five humps
Alice the Camel has five humps
Alice the Camel has five humps
So go, Alice, go!
(take one hump away)
Alice the Camel has four humps…Alice the Camel has three humps…
Alice the Camel has two humps…
Alice the Camel has one hump…
Alice the Camel has no humps… because Alice is a horse!
We sang “This is the Way the Ladies Ride”:
This is the way the ladies ride
Trit, trot, trit, trot,
This is the way the ladies ride
early in the morning.This is the way the gentlemen ride
Clip, clop, clip, clop…This is the way the farmers ride
Clippity cloppity, clippity cloppity…This is the way the cowgirls/cowboys ride
Giddyup! Giddyup!…
We read a short board book called Baby Coyote Counts by Neecy Twinem. It’s in Spanish and English, but we just read the English.
We did a bounce based on “Bumpin up and down in my little red wagon”–but in our desert theme, it was about a covered wagon:
Bumpin up and down in my little covered wagon
Bumpin up and down in my little covered wagon
Bumpin up and down in my little covered wagon
Won’t you go out West with me?I’m goin out West to see the cactus
I’m goin out West to see the cactus
I’m goin out West to see the cactus
Ouch! A thorn just pricked at me!
I made a song cube for us to toss to pick a traditional movement song. I’ll try to give different kids a chance to toss it each week!
We have a goodbye song called “Goodbye Friends”–it’s to the tune of “Goodnight Ladies”:
Goodbye friends
Goodbye friends
Goodbye friends
It’s time to say goodbye.
This is probably the most thorough I’ll get with these weekly posts, but I just want to make sure everybody who’s new to storytime has the lyrics I use. Can’t wait to sing, talk, read and play with you all again next week!