Monday, January 10, 2011

Panda Bears!

Toddler Program

Opening Song:
Clap in Time by Makin' Music

Activity:
Small and Tall

Song:
There were green alligators and long necked geese,
Humpty-backed camel and the chimpanzees,
Cats and rats and elephants as sure as your born,
But the loveliest of all was the unicorn!

Fingerplay:
With our ears we will listen,
With our eyes we will look,
It's time to read a book! Shhh!
(with appropriate signs)

Book:
We're Going on A Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
(with surprise ending!)

Flannelboard Rhyme:
5 Little Pandas,
5 Little Pandas,

5 Little Pandas eating bamboo.

Let's sneak up behind them,
Let's sneak up behind them,
Let's sneak up behind them.....
Peek-a-BOO!
(One Panda runs away)

Fingerplay:
I wiggle, wiggle, wiggle my fingers...

Book:
Panda Big and Panda Small by Jane Cabrera

Shaker Song:
Do Your Ears Hang Low


Closing Song:
Skinnamarink


Craft:
Fuzzy Pandas

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Wee Disco

A Dance Party just for babies age birth-36 mos.!
Thursday, January 27th at 10 am!

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Sunday, December 19, 2010

Snow Day!

Toddler Program

Opening Song:
Clap in Time by Makin' Music

Activity:
Small and Tall

Song:
There were green alligators and long necked geese,
Humpty-backed camel and the chimpanzees,
Cats and rats and elephants as sure as your born,
But the loveliest of all was the unicorn!

Fingerplay:
With our ears we will listen,
With our eyes we will look,
It's time to read a book! Shhh!
(with appropriate signs)

Book:
Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson

Flannelboard Rhyme:

5 chubby little snowmen, each had a carrot nose.
Along came a bunny, and what do you suppose?
That hungry little bunny, looking for his lunch,
Ate one snowman’s carrot nose,
Nibble, nibble, crunch! 

4 chubby little snowmen...

Fingerplay:
I wiggle, wiggle, wiggle my fingers...

Book:
Winter's Tale by Robert Sabuda

Shaker Song:
If All the Raindrops
Shaker ABC's
Speedy ABC's

Rhyme:
Shhh! Be quiet.....

Book:
Scoop That Snow  by Jon Scieska

Closing Song:
Skinnamarink

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Honk! and Beep!

Infant Program

Opening Activity:
Baby Reading Time

Opening Song:
Here we are at storytime, storytime, storytime.
Here we are at storytime, storytime today!

Come along and clap your hands, clap your hands, clap your hands.
Come along and clap your hands, clap your hands today!

Wave hello to all our friends, all our friends, all our friends.
Wave hello to all our friends, all our friends today!

Welcome Song:
_____'s here today, _____'s here today!
We're so glad that _____'s here, hooray, hooray, hooray!

Song:
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

Book:
The Baby Goes Beep by Rebecca O'Connell

Scarves:
-Peekaboo
-Flitter Flutter by Johnette Downing

Book:
Beep! Beep! Peekaboo!

Bouncy Rhymes:
-Popcorn, Popcorn,
Put it in the pot!
Shake it! Shake it!
Pop, Pop, POP!

-Mother and Father and Uncle John,
Went to town one by one.
Mother fell off, and father fell off,
and Uncle John went on and on and on and on and on....!

Shaker Songs:
-The Wheels on the Bus
-ABC

Goodbye Song:
Raise your hand,
And give a sigh!
It's the end of storytime!
Bye Bye!

Playtime

Honk! & Beep!

Wee Read Program

Opening Songs:
-This is the way we clean up the books...
This is the way we make a circle...
This is the way we wave hello...

-Shake Your Sillies Out by the Wiggles

-If you're happy and you know it clap your hands....
Stomp you're feet...
Blow a kiss...
Shout hooray!

-Green Alligators

Fingerplay:
Shhhh! Be quiet!
Please sit down, please sit down, please sit down.
Shhhh! Be quiet!

Please sit down, listen, listen, listen.
Shhhh!
(With appropriate signs)

Book:
Honk! by Chris L. Demarest

Scarves:
-Peekaboo! Peekaboo!
Who's that hiding there?
Peekaboo! Peekaboo!
Baby's hiding there!

-Flitter Flutter

-Scarf Countdown

Fingerplay:
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

Book:
The Baby Goes Beep by Rebecca O'Connell

Bouncy Rhyme:
One little car, on the road. (bounce baby on knee)
Push the petal, watch it go,
with a honk, honk, beep, beep! (tickle baby)
Hear the engine go! This little car goes driving home!
Vrooooom! (bounce baby on knee while pretending to drive)

Shaker Song:
The Wheels on the Bus

Closing Song:
Skinnamarink

Parachute & Playtime!