Our wonderful summer session of Infant Storytime ended last Tuesday. For this eighth and final storytime we read all about babies. We began with a counting song!
One little, two little, three little babies
Four little, five little, six little babies
Seven little, eight little, nine little babies
10 little babies here!
Fun FACT: Just a reminder that reading is one of the best things you can do for your baby’s brain development! Click here for a list of the benefits:Birth to Five
Below you’ll find a record of the books, songs, rhymes and flannel activities we shared.
BOOKS WE SHARED
I Love You Through and Through by Bernadette Rossetti Shustak is a beautiful book about the unconditional love a parent/caregiver has for baby! This a great board book for reading aloud or as a lap sit.
There, There by Taro Miura is all about comforting a crying baby. When baby cries, everyone starts to cry! First comes the question “What does the animal say?” There’s a “ribbet, ribbet” a “woof woof” a “cluck, cluck”and a “moo moo” UNTIL baby says “wah wah.” Then everyone says “wah wah” and begins to cry! Who is there at the end to comfort them all? Baby, of course! Baby says the magic words – “there, there.”
A Fun Rhyme You Can Try at Home!
Nursery Rhyme Flannel We Shared
Hush Little Baby
Credit: Mother Goose
Action Songs, Rhymes & Bounces We Shared
We share a lot of songs, bounces & rhymes during storytime! You’ll find lyrics/words to most of the bounces, songs & rhymes we shared.
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!
Clap Everybody and Say Hello! (see “CDs section” below to find this song in our CD collection)
Clap everybody and say hello, clap everybody and say hello, clap everybody and say hello, no matter what the weather
Stamp everybody…
Wiggle everybody…
Jump everybody…
Dance everybody…
Sing everybody…
Songs, Bounces & Tickle
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Video: Twinkle Twinkle
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.
Acka Backa Soda Cracker
Video: Acka Backa Soda Cracker
Acka backa soda cracker, acka backa boo!
Acka backa soda cracker, up goes you!
Acka backa soda cracker, acka backa boo!
Acka backa soda cracker, I love you!
Dickery Dickery Dare
Video: Dickery Dickery Dare
Dickery dickery dare,
The pig flew up in the air –
Wooooo!
The man in BROWN
Brought him back down,
Dickery dickery dare!
The Grand Old Duke of York (bounce)
Video: The Grand Old Duke of York
Oh, the grand old Duke of York,
He had ten thousand men;
He marched them up to the top of the hill
And he marched them down again.
When they were up, they were up,
And when they were down, they were down,
And when they were only halfway up,
They were neither up nor down.
Peas Porridge Hot! (nursery rhyme)
Video: Peas Porridge Hot
Peas porridge hot
Peas porridge cold
Peas porridge in the pot, nine days old!
Some like it hot
Some like it cold
Some like it in the pot, nine days old!
With My Little Hands
With my little hands I go clap, clap, clap, (clap baby’s hands)
With my little feet I go tap, tap, tap. (tap baby’s feet)
With my little arms I wave bye, bye, bye, (gently lift baby’s arm to wave bye)
With my little legs I kick high, high, high! (help lift baby’s legs)
With my little eyes I say peekaboo, (cover baby’s eyes and play peekaboo)
With my little lips I say I love you! (look at baby and say I love you)
REPEAT but change the last line to…”sing I love you! (sing I love you to baby)
Tickles:
Round the Garden
Round and round the garden, goes the Teddy Bear, a one-step, a two-step, a tickle under there.
Color Color
Color, color up and down
Color, color all around
Color, color knees and toes
Color, color on your nose
Color, color on your tummy
Color, color with your mommy (daddy, nanny, Auntie, etc.)
Click here for video: Goodbye Babies (Friends)
Goodbye babies, goodbye babies
Goodbye babies, it’s time to say goodbye.
Music from CDs We Shared
Children love to sing and dance to music. Here are some of the songs/bounces on CD that we used in storytime. Click onto the CD titles to find these items in our library catalog.
“Clap Everybody and Say Hello” from Sally Go Round the Sun by Kathy Reid-Naiman
“Ladies Ride” from More Tickles & Tunes by Kathy Reid-Naiman
“Smooth Road” from Baby’s Boat by Kathy Reid-Naiman
“I’m a Little Teapot” from Toddler Favorites by Music for Little People
“Two Little Blackbirds” from by Circle Time: songs and rhymes for the very young by Lisa Monet
“Itsy Bitsy Spider” from It’s Toddler Time by Carol Hammett and Elaine Bueffel
Continue the Fun
If you’d like to read more books about babies, check these out from your local Pasadena Public Library!
