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Category Archives: My Baby Storytime
Baby Storytime: Wiggles
Get your wiggle on, babies! OPENING SONG: Hello Song* OPENING FINGERPLAY: Open Them Shut Them* BOOK: This Little Piggy illus by ANNIE KUBLER ACTIVITY: This Little Piggy FLANNEL SONG: A Hunting We Will Go* I tried to use a few … Continue reading
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Baby Storytime: Pumpkins
Halloween is this weekend! I don’t like to get too spooky for the babies, plus I don’t want to assume everyone celebrates this holiday, so I try to stay focused mostly on pumpkins and animals rather than on the supernatural … Continue reading
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Baby Storytime: Fall Colors
If it’s 30 degrees one day and 70 the next, it must be fall in Colorado! OPENING SONG: Hello Song* OPENING FINGERPLAY: Open Them Shut Them* BOOK: Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by BILL MARTIN JR I used the original picture … Continue reading
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Baby Storytime: Bodies
Babies love to wiggle and move! OPENING SONG: Hello Song* OPENING FINGERPLAY: Open Them Shut Them* BOOK: My Nose, Your Nose by MELANIE WALSH ACTION SONG: Where Is Big Toe? Sing to: Where is Thumbkin? Where is big toe? Where … Continue reading
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Baby Storytime: Animal Sounds
It’s still Phonological Awareness Month at my library, so an Animal Sounds storytime is a good match. OPENING SONG: Hello Song* OPENING FINGERPLAY: Open Them Shut Them* BOOK: I Love Animals by FLORA MCDONNELL (big book) SONG: When Ducks Get … Continue reading
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Baby Storytime: Songs!
Our early literacy skill at my library this month is Phonological Awareness, so I created a storytime all about songs. Singing to children is an amazing way to build their literacy skills. OPENING SONG: Hello Song* OPENING FINGERPLAY: Open Them … Continue reading
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Baby Storytime: Mother Goose
Hooray for fall storytimes! For my first storytime of the season I chose Mother Goose rhymes. OPENING SONG: Hello Song* OPENING FINGERPLAY: Open Them Shut Them* BOOK: 1, 2, Buckle My Shoe by HINES SONG: Mary Had a Little Lamb … Continue reading
Baby Storytime: Pets
Storytime today was about pets! You can check out the song sheet for all the words. Hello Song* (song) Open Them Shut Them (fingerplay) Guess My Pet (This is a big book c2000 from Weldon Owen Inc, ISBN 7699-1208-7. Nice … Continue reading
Baby Storytime: Tickle Tickle
Thanks to my colleague Pam who shared her Tickle Storytime file with me. Storytime today was a mashup of her file and mine. You can check out the song sheet for all the words. Hello Song* Open Them Shut Them … Continue reading
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