Shoes are neat and cover our feet! Storytime this week for little ones was all about these sole supporters!
Books We Shared
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!
One Two That’s My Shoe! by Alison Murray follows the pattern of the traditional nursery rhyme One, Two, Buckle My Shoe. But in this twist, a perky pup runs off with his friend’s shoe. Will she ever get it back?
Flannel Board Story
Counting Feet
(template and pattern adapted by Jean Warren from an idea by Janice Bodenstedt, Jackson MI. from Totline Magazine March/April 1994. pg 24.)
How many boots should a duckling buy
To keep his feet nice and dry?
Let’s count her feet and then we’ll know –
We can count. Let’s go!
One, Two.
Two new boots is what he should buy.
That will keep the duckling dry.
How many boots should a bunny buy
To keep her feet nice and dry?
Let’s count her feet and then we’ll know –
We can count. Let’s go!
One, two, three, four.
Four new boots is what she should buy.
That will keep the bunny dry.
How many boots should a spider buy
To keep his feet nice and dry?
Let’s count his feet and then we’ll know –
We can count. Let’s go!
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
Eight new boots is what he should buy.
That will keep the spider dry.
Flannel Board Nursery Rhyme
The Old Woman
Rhyme by Beatrix Potter, and patterns and rhyme found in The Flannel Board Storytelling Book by Judy Sierra.
You know the old woman who lived in a shoe?
And had so many children’s she didn’t know what to do?
I think that if she lived in a little shoe-house
That old woman was surely a …mouse!
Place the mouse behind the shoe for the first part of the rhyme. When you reveal that it is a mouse, lift the shoe!
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.
Peek-a-Boo
(to the tune of :”Frere Jacques”)
Peek-a-boo. Peek-a-boo. (cover eyes with hands, then remove)
I see you, I see you (point at child)
I see your little nose (touch nose)
I see your tiny toes (touch toes)
Peek-a-boo. Peek-a-boo. (cover eyes with hands, then remove)
Ride a Little Pony Bounce
Ride a little pony (bounce baby gently on knees)
going to town.
Better watch out or you might
fall down! (gentle guide baby through your legs to floor)
Patty Cake
Patty cake, patty cake, baker’s man (clap hands together)
Bake me a cake as fast as you can (clap hands together)
Roll it (roll one hand over the other)
And pat it (pat legs)
And mark it with a “B” (make the letter B on baby’s tummy)
And put it in the oven for Baby and me! (hands flat, then point to baby, then you.)
Round and Round the Garden Tickle
Round and round the garden (gently circle round baby’s belly button with finger)
Goes the teddy bear.
A one step (move your fingers and tickle baby up the belly)
A two step (move your fingers and tickle baby up the belly)
A tickly under there (tickle baby under chin)
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.
“Clap, Tap and Bend” from It’s Toddler Time by Carol Hammett and Elaine Bueffel
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 my little knees and go bend bend bend
I my little knees and go bend bend bend
I my little knees and go bend bend bend
Bend, bend all day long
“Itsy Bitsy Spider” from It’s Toddler Time by Carol Hammett and Elaine Bueffel
The itsy bitsy spider climbed up the water spout.
Down came the rain and washed the spider out.
Out came the sun and dried out all the rain.
So the itsy bitsy spider went up the spout again.
“Smooth Road to London Town” from A Smooth Road to London Town by Kathy Reid-Naiman
A smooth road to London Town.
A smooth road to London Town.
The road goes up
And the road goes down
A smooth road to London Town.
BUT by and by we come to a dell
and there the roads are not so swell
a bumpy road
a bumpy road
A bumpy road to London Town.
A smooth road to London Town.
A smooth road to London Town.
The road goes up
And the road goes down
A smooth road to London Town.
BUT by and by we come to the wood
and there the roads are not so good
a rough road
a rough road
A rough road to London Town.
“Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” from Walt Disney’s Children’s Favorite Songs Volume 1
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.
Continue the Fun
Want more stories about shoes? Check out these out at your Pasadena Public Library branch:
