Our storytime was all about baby’s body – eyes, nose, ears, toes… and bellybuttons! FOR A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF SONGS, BOUNCES & RHYMES WE SHARED, CLICK HERE: Songs-Rhymes-Baby’s Body We started out talking about Baby Ben – where are Ben’s eyes? eyebrows? nose? mouth? hands? feet?…and BELLYBUTTON! SOME OF THE STORIES […]
Infant Storytime – Spring Session – Peekaboo, Let’s Guess!
Published on :We shared an “anticipatory” book and a “guessing” book today! It may seem like guessing games are all for fun, however, they do contribute to your baby’s language development and burgeoning critical thinking skills. I thought I’d share a basic literacy tip taken from the Illinois Early Learning Project website […]
Toddler Storytimes – Spring Session – Let’s Guess!
Published on :We explored an “anticipatory” book and a “guessing” book today, which meant a much LOUDER storytime!!! The excited squeals were well worth the effort it took to calm everyone down for our video and closing songs. The children were particularly proud of their ability to correctly guess the names of […]
Family Storytime – A Bit O’ Weather… April 18
Published on :A bit o’ wind, a bit o’ sun & a bit of a rainbow…our family storytime centered on aspects of the weather. We read a classic by Pat Hutchins – The Wind Blew. The wind is greedy as it carries a kite, a balloon, a shirt…even a judge’s wig into […]
Toddler Storytimes – Spring Session – Rainbow after the Rain…
Published on :We explored stories about rain and rainbows today. For a printable list of the stories, rhymes, songs, flannel boards and fingerplays we shared, click here: TODDLER – Rainbow songs-rhymes for ITT OUR BOOKS: It starts to rain and thunder and the forest animals huddle in the hill […]
Infant Storytime – Spring Session – Rainbow…after the Rain!
Published on :We shared stories about rain and rainbows today! For a printable list of the songs, rhymes & bounces we shared (including lyrics), please click here: Infant Songs-Rhymes-Rainbows STORIES: Duckie is in a hurry to get home. She walks through a red poppy […]
Infant Storytime – Spring Session – Colors, Colors All Around!
Published on :Our storytime was all about colors today! For a printable, comprehensive list of the songs, bounces, and rhymes we shared (including lyrics/words), please click here: Infant Songs-Rhymes Colors Along with reading Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr., we enjoyed a colorful pop-up book titled Colors pop-up Peekaboo! This book appeals to […]
Toddler Storytime – Spring Session – Colors, Colors All Around!
Published on :Our storytime was all about colors today! For a printable list of the songs, fingerplays, and flannelboards we shared (including lyrics/words), please click here: TODDLER – Colors songs-rhymes for ITT Along with reading Brown Bear, Brown Bear…,we enjoyed a colorful pop-up book titled Colors pop-up Peekaboo! This book appeals to infants and toddlers, primarily […]
Infant & Toddler Storytimes – Spring Session! A video upload to help you learn the Hello Babies song in sign language!
Published on :Credit for this lovely rendition of Hello Babies/Friends & Goodbye Babies/Friends goes to Kathy MacMillan, a librarian, American Sign Language Interpreter & signing storyteller. She’s written numerous books for librarians and storytellers on how to incorporate sign language into stories for children. You can check out her YouTube channel at the URL […]
Toddler Storytime – Spring Session – Bunnies, Bunnies Everywhere!!!
Published on :Spring is here!!!!! We had lots of fun reading stories about bunnies AND acting out some bunny antics! Here is a list of stories, rhymes, songs, and activities we shared – if you’d like a printed copy, click onto this link – TODDLER songs-rhymes OPENING SONGS: Welcome Everyone! Welcome, welcome everyone, Now we’re […]