Hooray for fall storytimes! For my first storytime of the season I chose Mother Goose rhymes. <\/p>\n
OPENING SONG: Hello Song*<\/strong> <\/p>\n OPENING FINGERPLAY: Open Them Shut Them*<\/strong><\/p>\n BOOK: 1, 2, Buckle My Shoe<\/strong> by HINES<\/p>\n SONG: Mary Had a Little Lamb<\/strong><\/p>\n FLANNEL SONG: A Hunting We Will Go*<\/strong> BOOK: The Little Dog Laughed<\/strong> by COUSINS ACTIVITY: Two Little Blackbirds<\/strong><\/p>\n Two little blackbirds, sitting on a wall BOUNCE: Humpty Dumpty<\/strong><\/p>\n BOUNCE: The Royal Duke of York<\/strong> Oh, the Royal Duke of York, LITERACY TIP: Phonological Awareness<\/strong> FLANNEL RHYME: Star Light Star Bright<\/strong> Star light, star bright, SONG: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star<\/strong><\/p>\n ACTION RHYME: This is Big Big Big*<\/strong> <\/p>\n CLOSING SONG: Sneeze Game*<\/strong> <\/p>\n *Check out the My Baby Storytime<\/a> page for the words and\/or citations for these weekly activities!<\/p>\n **This fact is in Mem Fox’s <\/em>Reading Magic<\/em>, though the study isn’t cited. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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
\nlamb\/jam, hen\/pen, whale\/pail, fox\/box<\/p>\n
\nRead: Sing a Song of Sixpence<\/em><\/p>\n
\nhold up pointer fingers<\/em>
\nOne named Peter, one named Paul
\nwiggle one finger, then the other<\/em>
\nFly away Peter! Fly away Paul!
\ntuck one hand behind back, then the other<\/em>
\nCome back Peter! Come back Paul!
\nbring one hand back to front, then the other<\/em>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nBounce babies on lap. When you say “up,” lift them up, when you say “down,” sit them back down in your lap.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nHe had ten thousand men,
\nHe marched them up the mountaintop
\nand marched them down again.
\nOh, when you’re up, you’re up,
\nAnd when you’re down, you’re down,
\nAnd when you’re only halfway up,
\nYou’re neither up nor down!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\n Singing nursery rhymes is a great way to help get your babies ready to read later on! Kids who know as few as 8 nursery rhymes by heart tend to have an easier time learning to read, because playing with rhymes helps them understand how words come apart and go together.**<\/em><\/p>\n
\nPut large flannel star on board.<\/p>\n
\nFirst star I see tonight,
\nI wish I may, I wish I might,
\nI have the wish I wish tonight.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n