{"id":14871,"date":"2019-11-12T16:42:33","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T00:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/?p=14871"},"modified":"2019-11-27T11:23:09","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T19:23:09","slug":"counting-toddler-storytime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/2019\/counting-toddler-storytime\/","title":{"rendered":"Counting: Toddler Storytime"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Books We Shared<\/h4>\n

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Ten Tiny Babies<\/a> features Karen Katz’s adorable illustrations of rolly-polly bouncy babies, and we count them from 1 to 10.<\/p>\n

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Nancy Tafuri is one of the best author\/illustrators for babies and toddlers, and in Five Little Chicks<\/a> some baby chicks and their mother hen have fun exploring the farm looking for food. This would be a great book to pair with the song “Los Pollitos” (Baby Chicks) which you can find on many CDs in our catalog.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Flannel Boards We Shared<\/h4>\n

Five Little Speckled Frogs<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Five little speckled frogs
\nSitting on a speckled log
\nEating a most delicious fly — Yum, Yum!
\nOne jumped into the pool
\nWhere it was nice and cool
\nThen there were four little speckled frogs!<\/p>\n

(keep singing, removing one at a time until there are none left)<\/p>\n

(I use the song from Wiggleworms Love You<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Ten in the Bed<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Ten<\/a><\/p>\n

There were ten in the bed, and the little one said
\n\u201cRoll over! Roll over!\u201d
\nSo they all rolled over, and one fell out!<\/p>\n

There were nine in the bed\u2026. etc.<\/p>\n

(until there is only the \u201clittle one\u201d who says, \u201cGoodnight!\u201d)<\/p>\n

Ladybug’s Spots<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ladybug has one spot, one spot, one spot
\nLadybug has one spot on her back.<\/p>\n

(add a spot and change the number)<\/p>\n

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Letter of the Day<\/h4>\n

Our Letter of the Day was C for Counting! We drew a big C in the air, celebrated other words that start with C, and found kids whose names begin with C. This is something I think I will continue to do with the Letter of the Day segment.<\/p>\n

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Action Songs & Bounces We Shared<\/h4>\n

Open Shut Them<\/strong><\/p>\n

Open shut them, open shut them.
\nGive a little clap, clap, clap.
\nOpen shut them, open shut them.
\nPlace them on your lap, lap, lap.
\nCreep them, crawl them
\nCreep them, crawl them
\nRight up to your chin, chin, chin
\nOpen up your little mouth… Buuuuuuuuuuut…
\nDo not let them in!<\/p>\n

Two Little Blackbirds<\/strong><\/p>\n

Two little blackbirds sitting on a hill
\nOne named Jack and the other named Jill
\nFly away Jack! Fly away Jill!
\nCome back Jack! Come back Jill!<\/p>\n

This Little Piggy<\/strong><\/p>\n

This little piggy went to market
\nThis little piggy stayed home
\nThis little piggy had roast beef
\nThis little piggy had none
\nThis little piggy cried Wee wee wee wee all the way home!<\/p>\n

(I usually end with tickles)<\/p>\n

Goodbye Friends<\/strong> (song in sign)<\/p>\n

Click here for video:\u00a0 Goodbye Babies (Friends)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Goodbye friends, goodbye friends
\nGoodbye friends, it\u2019s time to say goodbye.<\/p>\n

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Music from CDs We Shared<\/h4>\n

Did you know singing and dancing improve brain function?\u00a0 Here are some of the songs\/dances on CD that we\u00a0used in storytime to power up our early literacy with some great blood flow!<\/p>\n

“Clap Everybody and Say Hello” from Sally Go Round the Sun<\/a> by Kathy Reid-Naiman<\/p>\n

“Speckled Frogs” from Wiggleworms Love You<\/a> by Old Town School of Folk Music<\/p>\n

“I Know a Chicken” from The Best of the Laurie Berkner Band<\/a><\/p>\n

“Goodbye in the Bayou” from Bon Voyage<\/a> by Jazzy Ash<\/p>\n

“Goodbye Song” from Shining Like a Star<\/a> by Laura Doherty<\/p>\n

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Video We Shared<\/h2>\n

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We watched an episode called “Train,” part of a section called “Count with Maisy” on the Good Morning Maisy DVD<\/a>. In the film Maisy is rounding up animals for a kind of circus or zoo train. She needs two giraffes, four snakes, seven birds, etc. The film emphasized counting, number sense and number literacy.<\/p>\n

We have lots of great Maisy books by Lucy Cousins in the collection, including Maisy’s First Numbers<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Continue the Fun<\/h2>\n

Here are some more books about counting to check out at your Pasadena Public Library Branch:<\/p>\n

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