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: Toys
Published on :Tuesday, December 15th was our last storytime for the Fall Session. In anticipation of the holidays, we did stories and songs about toys. First everybody got a shaker egg and we sang our opening song “Clap Everybody and Say Hello.” We did the song Open Shut Them and read the book Mimi […]
Toddler Storytime: Rain and Puddles
Published on :As cities across California gear up for “El Niño,” I thought our little niños might enjoy some fun books and songs about rain, puddles, and rainbows. We started storytime with our usual opening song, then Open Shut Them, and took scarves to sing One Bright Scarf and Peekaboo. Then we […]
Toddler Storytime 11/24: Turkeys
Published on :Thanksgiving may be over, but you’re probably still working on all the leftovers… And I’m working on catching up after taking care of my sick toddler for most of last week! I know many of you have been in the same boat. I hope you were all healthy and well and enjoyed your Thanksgiving. […]
Toddler Storytime: Bathtime
Published on :Today’s Toddler Storytime was full of bathtime fun! We sang our opening song, “Clap Everybody and Say Hello.” Then everybody got a scarf, and we did our songs Open Shut Them, One Bright Scarf and Peekaboo. Then we read a cute book about a small elephant who does NOT like bathtime, […]
Toddler Storytime: Trucks
Published on :Today’s Toddler Storytime was a celebration of noisy, hardworking, fun-to-ride-in trucks! Everybody got a truck to hold and then we sang a song about the colors to the tune of “If You’re Happy And You Know It”: If you’ve got a blue truck, hold it up If you’ve got a blue […]
Toddler Storytime: Hats
Published on :On Tuesday our Toddler Storytime was all about hats! We gave each child a silly animal hat (though some kids may not like hats and in that case their caregivers donned the hats instead). We sang our opening song, then sang Open Shut Them, Peekaboo and then read the book Whose Hat Is That? […]
Toddler Storytime: Dressing Up
Published on :At today’s storytime most of the kids came dressed up as cute little pirates, princesses, TV characters and animals in celebration of Halloween this week! Our theme was stories about dressing up, appropriate to the occasion. First we distributed colorful scarves to everyone, and we learned a song: One bright […]
Toddler Storytime: Leaves
Published on :This past Tuesday we told stories about autumn leaves and met some animals who like to eat leaves. After our opening song and the song Open Shut Them, we read the book Mouse’s First Fall by Lauren Thompson. It’s a simple story about a mouse who learns how fun it is […]
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 […]