Introduction: This Storytime is developed specially for infants to 23 months old and their parent/caregivers. This is an interactive program between you and your baby. Enjoy 30 minutes of books, songs, rhymes, fingerplay, toys, and socialization with other young babies.
Date: Every Thursday
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Age Range: 0 to 24 months old.
Skills Supported: Phonological awareness, motor skills, visual tracking skills, and socialization.
Frequency: Weekly
Attendance: 20 children with their parent/caregiver
Staff or Volunteer Needed: 1 staff member, 1 volunteer
Format: Drop-in
Budget: $0
Supplies:
Scarves
Books to Share with your baby:
Bedtime Rhymes by Lucy Cousins
Big Fat Hen by Keith Baker
Clare Beaton’s Nursery Rhymes by Clare Beaton
Pat-a-Cake! by Annie Kubler
The Real Mother Goose Board Book by Scholastic
Tomie's LIttle Mother Goose by Iona Opie (Boardbook)
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star by Ira Trapani
1. Introduction:
Hello, welcome to lap-sit storytime. My name is Ms. Debbie and with me is Ms. Peggy. We are both so happy to see you are here today. We encourage you all to participate and to do the rhymes and songs with your children. You know your children best, so if they are not in the mood, don't force them, but do encourage them. Sometimes whey they see you joining in, they will too. We expect a fair amount of craziness during storytime, but that is okay. If your child becomes disruptive, please take him or her out of the program room and join us again when your child has settled down. Don't feel bad, it is okay. Let's start with our opening song.
2. Opening Song:
It is Time to Say Hello
Lyrics:
It is time to say hello to all my friends.
It is time to say hello to all my friends.
It is time to say hello.
Give a smile, wink an eye.
It is time to say hello to all my friends.
(Credit: Jbrary. 2014, April 21). This video depicts the Good Bye Song too.
3. Early Literacy Aside: Explain
Hearing the smaller sounds in words, also called phonological awareness, is a key factor in children being able to sound out words when they learn to read. Even from infancy they listen to the lift and rhyme of the languages they hear to help them figure out which sounds have meaning as words. When we talk, sing, read, write, and play with our children, we are helping them get ready to read (Ghoting and Martin-Diaz, 2013, pp. 106-10)
4. Action Rhyme:
Pat-a-Cake
Hold your baby's hands while reciting the rhyme.
Lyrics:
Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker’s man, Bake me a cake as fast as you can.
Pat it and roll it and mark it with a B, And put it in the oven for baby and me.
(Childhood)
5. Book:
Tomie's Little Mother Goose by Iona Opie
Credit: (Goodreads, n.d.)
6. Sign Language:
Facing your child, use the sign for more, together, happy and friends.
Lyrics:
The more we get together, Together, together. The more we get together, The happier we'll be.
'Cause your friends are my friends. And my friends are your friends The more we get together, The happier we'll be.
(Credit: Skokie Public Library, 2010, November 23)
7. Action Song:
The Baby Hokey Pokey
You put your right hand in, you put your right hand out, (extend babies right hand in and out) You put your right hand in, and you shake it all about! (extend babies right hand in and then shake babies right hand) You do the hokey pokey, and you turn yourself around, (help baby dance in lap) That’s what it’s all about!
You put your left hand in, you put your left hand out, (extend babies left hand in and out)
You put your left hand in, and you shake it all about! (extend babies left hand in and then shake babies left hand)
You do the hokey pokey, and you turn yourself around, (help baby dance in lap)
That’s what it’s all about!
(Credit: Adapted idea from State Library of Iowa. n.d.)
8. Early Literacy Aside: Example
Singing nursery rhymes is a great way to help get your babies ready to read. According to research, 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. (Mel's Desk. 2009, September 12).
9. Book:
The Real Mother Goose Board Book by Scholastic
(Credit: Scholastic, n.d).
10. Flannel Board:
Star Light, Star Bright
Put a large star on the flannel board
Star light, star bright,
First star I see tonight,
I wish I may, I wish I might.
Have the wish I wish tonight.
(childhood)
11. Action Song:
The Wheels on the Bus
Bounce your child gently as you sing the song to him/her.
The wheels on the bus go round and round, Round and round, round and round. (rotate hands round and round) The wheels on the bus go round and round, All through the town!
(childhood)
12. Early Literacy Aside: Empower
Nursery rhymes are perfect for babies. They are short and simple to recite or sing and can be enjoyable for you and your baby. Why not look at some of the books we have placed on the book cart. Enjoy taking books home to share more nursery rhymes throughout the week, until our next storytime.
13. Closing Song:
It is Time to Say Goodbye
Lyrics:
It is time to say goodbye to all my friends.
It is time to say goodbye to all my friends.
It is time to say goodbye.
Give a smile, wink an eye.
It is time to say goodbye to all my friends.
(Credit: Jbrary. 2014, April 21).
14. End of Storytime Activity:
Pass out scarves to parents/caregivers. Parents wave them so babies can follow the motion of the scarves. Books will placed on the rug for those who would like to read to their children.
References:
Goodreads. (n.d.). Tomie's Little Mother Goose. [Digital Image]. Retrieved from https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25164.Tomie_s_Little_Mother_Goose
Jbrary (2014, April 21). It is Time to Say Goodbye To All My Friends: Storytime Goodbye Song [Video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/ZkL4ugAIk_A
Mel's Desk. (2009, September 12). Baby Storytime: Mother Goose [Web log post]. Retrieved from http://melissa.depperfamily.net/blog/?p=386
Scholastic. (n.d.). The Real Mother Goose Board Book. [Digital Image]. Retrieved from https://shop.scholastic.com/parent-ecommerce/books/the-real-mother-goose-board-book-9780590003681.html
Skokie Public Library. (2010, November 23). The More We Get Together. [Video]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/VYJS_xckWY0
State Library of Iowa. (n.d.). Sample Lapsit Programs. Retrieved from https://www.statelibraryofiowa.org/ld/t-z/youthservices/forlibrarians/lapsit/samplelapsits
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