OPENING FINGERPLAY: Open Them Shut Them*<\/strong><\/p>\n BOOK: Baby Goes Beep!<\/strong> by O’CONNELL LITERACY TIP: Narrative Skills<\/strong> BOUNCE: I’m a Little Cuckoo Clock!<\/strong> Tick tock, tick tock Tick tock, tick tock FLANNEL SONG: A Hunting We Will Go*<\/strong> <\/p>\n BOOK: Moo Baa La La La<\/strong> by BOYNTON ACTIVITY: Noisy and Quiet Animals<\/strong> FINGERPLAY: Quiet Mouse<\/strong><\/p>\n Here’s a quiet little mouse SONG WITH SHAKERS: We’re Going to Kentucky<\/a><\/strong> 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":" I know I said I wasn’t posting storytimes lately, but this is one I never wrote up from last year! OPENING SONG: Hello Song* OPENING FINGERPLAY: Open Them Shut Them* BOOK: Baby Goes Beep! by O’CONNELL Fuse #8 says this … Continue reading
\nFuse #8<\/a> says this insanely awesome book for babies is coming back in print!<\/em>
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\nDescribing an object or an event helps us to understand it. Comprehension skills are critical when kids are trying to understand what they’re reading. Don’t forget to talk about noises when you are describing things!<\/em><\/p>\n
\nRock babies gently back and forth on your lap as you say the verse. Then lift them up in the air for each “Cuckoo!” Lots of our baby storytime providers at my library do this one every week. Here’s my version.<\/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
\nPerfect for babies!<\/em>
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\nI just brought four puppets: a lion, an elephant, a butterfly, and a mouse. I pulled them out one by one and we talked about whether the animal could be LOUD or was it quiet.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nLiving in a quiet house
\nHold thumb tucked inside fist<\/em>
\nWhen all was quiet as could be
\nOUT! popped he!
\nPop out thumb!<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nSONG WITH SHAKERS: Milkshake<\/a><\/strong>
\nCan’t have a noisy storytime without egg shakers! These two songs are super for little ones.<\/em><\/p>\n