OPENING FINGERPLAY: Open Them Shut Them*<\/strong><\/p>\n BOOK: Pajama Time<\/strong> by BOYNTON FINGERPLAY: Five Little Monkeys<\/strong> Five little monkeys jumping on the bed Four little monkeys…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n BOUNCE: I’m a Little Cuckoo Clock!<\/strong> Tick tock, tick tock Tick tock, tick tock ACTION SONG: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star<\/strong><\/p>\n FLANNEL SONG: A Hunting We Will Go*<\/strong> BOOK: Yawn<\/strong> by SIMES ACTION SONG: This Is the Way We Yawn & Stretch<\/strong> This is the way we yawn and stretch, This is the way we take a bath… LITERACY TIP: Talking<\/strong> FINGERPLAY: Here Is a Baby<\/strong> Here is a baby ready for a nap Lay her down in her mother’s lap Cover her up so she won’t peek Rock her till she’s fast asleep. 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One day I will be brave enough to wear my pajamas to bedtime storytime. Today was not that day! OPENING SONG: Hello Song* OPENING FINGERPLAY: Open Them Shut Them* BOOK: Pajama Time by BOYNTON We read this to our girls … Continue reading
\nWe read this to our girls about a thousand times.<\/em><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/melissa.depperfamily.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/PajamaTime.jpg\" "\\"PajamaTime\\"")
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\nAlways a hit.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nOne fell off and bumped her head
\nMama called the doctor and the doctor said,
\n“No more monkeys jumping on the bed!:”<\/p>\n
\nNo more jumping, babies! The clock says it’s time for bed! Rock babies gently back and forth on your lap as you say the verse. Then lift them up in the air for each “Cuckoo!”<\/em><\/p>\n
\nI’m a little cuckoo clock
\nTick tock, tick tock
\nIt’s one o’clock!
\nCUCKOO!<\/p>\n
\nI’m a little cuckoo clock
\nTick tock, tick tock
\nIt’s two o’clock!
\nCUCKOO! CUCKOO!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nToday we used bear\/chair, <\/em><\/p>\n
\nIf this were oversize, it would be even better for storytime!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nSing to Mulberry Bush.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nYawn and stretch, yawn and stretch.
\nThis is the way we yawn and stretch,
\nOn our way to bed.<\/p>\n
\nThis is the way we read a book…
\nThis is the way we hug and kiss…
\nThis is the way we close our eyes…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nWhen we talk about the sequence of our days with our children, they have a chance to hear vocabulary words in context and begin to learn how to put events in order…both skills that help with comprehension when they are readers.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nI just learned this from the Harris County Public Library storytime pages<\/a>. I love having another very simple fingerplay for my 1 year olds!<\/em><\/p>\n
\nHold up index finger<\/em><\/p>\n
\nPlace index finger in palm of other hand<\/em><\/p>\n
\nCurl fingers of other hand around index finger<\/em><\/p>\n
\nSwing hands gently together.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n