We explored the concepts BIG & little during our first toddler storytime of the Winter session. Here are some of the stories, books, songs & activities we shared: OUR OPENING SONGS & ACTIVITIES: Welcome, Welcome Welcome, welcome everyone, Now we’re here, let’s have some fun First we clap our hands just […]
Infant Storytime – January 12 – BIG & little
Published on :For our very first meeting of the winter session of Infant Storytime, we explored the concepts BIG & little. OUR OPENING SONGS: Welcome, Welcome 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 […]
Toddler Storytime: Apples
Published on :Today began our Fall 2015 Session of Toddler Storytime! We read stories and sang songs about apples, a nice fall season fruit. Toddlers were invited to take an apple to hold if they wanted to and feed it to a bear puppet. Then at the end of storytime we brought […]
Infant Storytime: Apples
Published on :Today began our Fall 2015 Session of Infant Storytime! We read stories and sang songs about apples, a nice fall season fruit. Babies were invited to take an apple to hold if they wanted to, and then bring it back up and put it on the felt board at the […]
Toddler Storytime – Spring Session – Bathtime & Bubbles
Published on :It was all about the bubbles in toddler storytime – bathtime & bubbles that is! We read stories about a wild ride in a big red, bathtub and about a bath before bedtime with some calisthenics afterward???? Just goes to show that bath time in storybooks is rarely predictable! For a printable list […]
Toddler Storytimes – Spring Session – Bellybuttons & MORE!
Published on :We explored stories about bellybuttons during our storytime on April 28th! We also used our feet to take a long walk and found a few new friends in our “walking box”. Below are some of the stories & activities we explored. For a printable list of ALL the songs & action rhymes we shared, […]
Todder Storytime – Spring Session – Dinosaurs!
Published on :The theme for Toddler Storytime on May 5th was DINOSAURS! Our library T-Rex, Mr. T, joined us as well – he looks scary but his ROAR is worse than his BITE! For a printable list of ALL the songs, & action rhymes we shared, click here: TODDLER – Songs-Rhymes – Dinosaurs […]
Infant Storytime – Spring Session – Dinosaurs!
Published on :Thump! Thump! Thump! ROAR!!!! We read books about….DINOSAURS! Mr. T joined us for storytime. (Don’t worry – he’s a vegetarian T-REX…) Below are some of the stories & activities we explored. For a printable list of ALL the songs, rhymes, tickles & bounces we shared, click here: Infant Songs-Rhymes-Dinosaurs Turn the cut-out pages and […]
Infant Storytime – Spring Session – Baby’s Body
Published on :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 […]