Shoes are neat and cover our feet! Storytime this week for our toddlers was all about these sole supporters!
Books We Shared
Buying new shoes is exciting, and My New Shoes by Leilani Sparrow, illustrated by Dan Taylor captures all the fun of going to a store and picking out the pair that fit you best.
There are so many different shoes that people wear! Whose Shoe? by Margaret Miller is a fun guessing game to play with your little one – see the shoe on one page, and turn to see who wears it!
Flannel Board Story
Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes
Based on the story of the same name by Eric Litwin, with art by James Dean.
Pete the Cat has a new pair of white shoes that he loves, but as he sets about his day, he encounters many different things that change the color of his shoes.
First, a large pile of strawberries turns his shoes red!
Next he walks through a pile of blueberries! (I know they look white in this picture, but the felt is really a light blue color.)
Oh no! Now he walks through a puddle of mud, turning his shoes brown!
Then he walks through a bucket of water, which gets rid of all the brown, blue and red on his shoes. They are white again. But now they are wet!
There’s also a fun song that goes along with this story! You can find and download it from the HarperCollins Soundcloud page.
Counting Song Flannelboard
10 Shoes
Counting time, it’s counting time
So let’s all sing a simple rhyme
Ten little shoes, here we go
Let’s all count them as I put them in rows.
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10
Ten little shoes, again we go
Now let’s count them nice and slow
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10
Ten little shoes, in neat rows
Let’s count them as away they go
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10
Video We Watched
“Blue Suede Shoes” and “I’m Walking” from Baby Songs: Rock & Roll
Baby songs takes classic rock and roll songs and creates videos focusing on toddlers and preschoolers.
Rhymes & Bounces & Songs We Shared without Music
We sing a lot of songs during storytime! You’ll find lyrics to those songs without music here.
Welcome Song
(to the tune of: “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”)
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.
Open Shut Them
Open, shut them. (Spread fingers wide, then close into fists)
Open, shut them. (Spread fingers wide, then close into fists)
Give a little clap, clap, clap. (Clap hands on “clap”)
Open, shut them. (Spread fingers wide, then close into fists)
Open, shut them. (Spread fingers wide, then close into fists)
Place them in your lap, lap, lap (Pat lap with hands on “lap”)
Creep them, crawl them (creep fingers up stomach to chin)
Creep them, crawl them (creep fingers up stomach to chin)
Right up to your chin, chin, chin (tap chin with hands on “chin”)
Open up your little mouth (open mouth wide and pretend to put fingers in)
But do not let them in! (Hide hands behind your back quickly)
For a video of me (Jennifer) doing this rhyme, watch the video below
The Itsy Bitsy Spider
The itsy bitsy spider (L shape with both hands. Place thumb of one hand on forefinger of the other)
went up the water spout. (“walk” your fingers up thumb to forefinger, alternating.)
Down came the rain and (wiggle fingers and bring then downward)
Washed the spider out. (make baseball “safe” motion)
Out came the sun and (hands above head in a circle)
and dried up all the rain. (hands out at side of body)
And the itsy bitsy spider (L shape with both hands. Place thumb of one hand on forefinger of the other)
went up the spout again. (“walk” your fingers up thumb to forefinger, alternating.)
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Twinkle, twinkle little star (open and close fingers into fist to make star)
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high, (move hands up)
Like a diamond in the sky. (make a diamond shape with hands)
Twinkle, twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are. (open and close fingers into fist to make star)
Storytime’s Over
Hands up high! (Put your hands in air)
Now give a big sigh (sigh and bring hands down)
Our storytime’s over
So wave bye-bye (wave)
Music from CDs We Shared
Sometimes it’s fun to sing along with music. Here are some of the songs and cds used in today’s storytime.
“Wake Up Toes” from Morning Magic by Joanie Bartels
Wake up toes, wake up toes
Wake up toes and wiggle, wiggle wiggle
Wake up toes, wake up toes
Wake and wiggle in the morning
Other verses:
Wake up feet…
Wake up legs…
Wake up arms…
Wake up hands…
Wake up head…
“Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes” from It’s Toddler Time by Carol Hammett and Elaine Bueffel
My head, my shoulders, my knees, my toes
My head, my shoulders, my knees, my toes
My head, my shoulders, my knees, my toes
Let’s all join hands together
“Row, Row, Row Your Boat” from Songs for Wiggleworms by the Old Town School of Folk Music
Row, row, row your boat
gently down the stream
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
life is but a dream.
Other verses:
Twist, twist, twist your boat
Bounce, bounce, bounce your boat…
Sway, sway, sway your boat…
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle your boat…
Tickle, tickle, tickle your boat…
“Two Little Blackbirds” from Fingerplays and Footplays for Fun and Learning by by Rosemary Hallum and Henry “Buzz” Glass
Two little blackbirds sitting on a hill
One named Jack and the other named Jill
Fly away Jack
Fly away Jill
Come back Jack
Come back Jill
Two little blackbirds sitting on a hill
One named Jack and the other named Jill
Continue the Fun
Want more shoe stories? Check out some of these books at your Pasadena Public Library branch:
