Sign language for oops

Book: Barnyard Dance by Sandra Boynton

Song (with puppets): “Old MacDonald” – Old Town School of Folk Music: Songs for Wiggleworms

Rhyme: Pizza, pickle, pumpernickel
My little baby deserves a tickle! [tickle baby]
One for her nose, and one for her toes
And one for her belly where the hot dog goes!

Song: “Say, Say Oh Baby” – Priscilla Hegner: Baby Games

Book: Blue Hat, Green Hat by Sandra Boynton (use sign for oops)

Book: Azul el Sombrero, Verde el Sombrero by Sandra Boynton

Song: “Pop Goes the Weasel” – Sharon, Lois and Bram: Mainly Mother Goose

Book: Moo, Baa, La, La, La by Sandra Boynton

Rhyme: That’s Me Complete

I have ten little fingers and ten little toes (wiggle fingers and toes)
Two little arms and one little nose (wave arms, touch nose)
One little mouth and two little ears (touch mouth and ears)
Two little eyes for smiles and tears (touch your eyes)
One little head and two little feet (touch head, wiggle feet)
One little chin, that’s ME complete! (touch chin and pat chest)
(Source: Wadsworth Library)

Song: Here we go up, up, up (Tune: “Here we go looby loo”)
Here we go up, up, up (lift baby)
Here we go down, down, down,
Here we go up, up, up
Here we go down, down, down.

Book (choral): Pajama Time by Sandra Boynton

Song (with shakers): “Pajama Time” – Sandra Boynton: Philadelphia Chickens

Closing Rhyme

Hugs and Kisses Story Time – Baby

February 14, 2014

Opening song

Sign language for heart

Book: Time for a Hug by Phillis Gershator and Mim Green, illustrated by David Walker

Rhyme: Up up up in the sky like this (lift baby in the air, facing you)
Down down down for a great big kiss (lower baby down again and give a kiss)
Up like this (lift up)
Down for a kiss (lower down)
You’re my special baby!

Rhyme: Roly poly ever so slowly [slowly roll baby’s hands]
Roly poly faster faster faster faster! [roll hands faster]

Book: I Kissed the Baby! by Mary Murphy

Rhyme: Bunny kisses (rub noses)
Butterfly kisses (brush eyelashes on cheek)
Goldfish kisses (suck in your cheeks and kiss on the lips)
Billy goat kisses (gently bump foreheads)
And a big bear hug!

Song: “Hands Go Up and Down” – Fisher Price: Babbles to Books

Song: “Kiss, Kiss Song”
One little, two little, three little kisses,
Four little, five little, six little kisses,
Seven little, eight little, nine little kisses,
Ten little kisses say “I love you.”

Book: Huggy, Kissy by Leslie Patricelli

Song: “Let’s Tap our Feet Together” (Tune: “The More We Get Together”)

Let’s tap our feet together, together, together,Let’s tap our feet together, because it’s fun to do.
Let’s clap our hands…
Let’s touch our nose…
Let’s touch our ears…

Rhyme: Tick tock, tick tock, I’m a little cuckoo clock (swing baby side to side)
Tick tock, tick tock, stop!
What time is it? It’s one-o-clock.
Cuckoo! (lift baby)

Book: We Love Each Other by Yusuke Yonezu

Song: “Skinnamarink” – Sharon, Lois, and Bram: Sing around the Campfire

Closing rhyme

Monkey Story Time – Baby

February 7, 2014October 19, 2014

Opening song

Sign language for monkey

Book: Banana by Ed Vere

Song: “Monkey Dance” – The Wiggles: Yummy Yummy

Rhyme: Roly poly ever so slowly [slowly roll baby’s hands]
Roly poly faster faster faster faster! [roll hands faster]

Book: Mommy, Carry Me Please by Jane Cabrera

Song: “Let’s Tap our Feet Together” (Tune: “The More We Get Together”)

Let’s tap our feet together, together, together,Let’s tap our feet together, because it’s fun to do.

Let’s clap our hands….
Let’s touch our nose…
Let’s touch our ears…

Song: “Hands Go Up and Down” – Fisher Price: Babbles to Books

Book: Curious George: How Many? by Cathy Hapka, H.A. Rey, and Margret Rey

Rhyme: Five little monkeys

Song: (tune: “The Wheels on the Bus”)

The monkeys in the zoo all touch their toes…just like I do.
The monkeys in the zoo all rub their tummies…
The monkeys in the zoo all pat their heads…

Song (with shaky eggs): “No More Monkeys” – Asheba: Animal Playground

Closing rhyme

Fingers and Toes Story Time – Baby

January 31, 2014January 31, 2014

Opening song

Book: Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes by Mem Fox, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury

Song: Face fingers feet and toes, feet and toes
Face fingers feet and toes, feet and toes
Ankles, knees, elbows and nose
Face fingers feet and toes, feet and toes.
(Source: King County Library System)

Rhyme: Roly poly ever so slowly [slowly roll baby’s hands]
Roly poly faster faster faster faster! [roll hands faster]

Song: “Round and Round You Go” (Tune: “The Bear Went over the Mountain”)
Our toes are starting to wiggle, our toes are starting to wiggle,
our toes are starting to wiggle, around and round they go. (slow, then fast)

Our fingers are starting to wiggle, our fingers are starting to wiggle,
our fingers are starting to wiggle, around and round they go. (slow, then fast)

(Credit: Librarian Lisa’s Storytimes)

Book: Ten Tiny Toes by Todd Tarpley, illustrated by Marc Brown

Song: “Hands Go Up and Down” – Fisher Price: Babbles to Books

Song: “Itsy Bitsy Spider”

Song: “Let’s Tap our Feet Together” (Tune: “The More We Get Together”)

Let’s tap our feet together, together, together,Let’s tap our feet together, because it’s fun to do.

Let’s clap our hands….
Let’s touch our nose…
Let’s touch our ears…

Song: “On my Toe There is a Flea” (play 2x) – John M. Feierabend and Luann Saunders: Frog in the Meadow

Book: Piggies by Audrey and Don Wood

Song (with shakers): “Fingers and Toes” – Milkshake: Happy Songs

Closing rhyme

Snow Story Time – Baby

January 17, 2014

Opening song

Book: Spot’s Snowy Day by Eric Hill

Song: “Snowflake, Snowflake” (Tune: “Twinkle, Twinkle”)

Snowflake, Snowflake, dance around,
Snowflake, snowflake, touch the ground,
Snowflake, landing on your nose,
Snowflake, landing on your toes,
Snowflake, Snowflake, dance around,
Snowflake, snowflake, touch the ground.

Rhyme: Jack Frost’s Nose

Where did you get that little red nose? (touch baby’s nose)
Jack Frost kissed it (pinch nose gently) I suppose.
He kissed it once (one kiss on nose)
He kissed it twice (two kisses)
Poor little nose, it’s as cold as ice (give baby’s nose a wiggle)

Book: Under My Hood I Have a Hat by Karla Kuskin, illustrated by Fumi Kosaka

Song: Boots and parka, scarf and hat (Tune: “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes”)
Boots and parka, scarf and hat, scarf and hat
Boots and parka, scarf and hat, scarf and hat
In wintertime we dress like that!
Boots and parka, scarf and hat, scarf and hat
(Credit: Mel’s Desk)

Rhyme: Roly poly ever so slowly [slowly roll baby’s hands]
Roly poly faster faster faster faster! [roll hands faster]

Song: “Hands Go Up and Down” – Fisher Price: Babbles to Books

Book: In the Snow -by Sharon Phillips Denslow, illustrated by Nancy Tafuri

Song: “Let’s Tap our Feet Together” (Tune: “The More We Get Together”)

Let’s tap our feet together, together, together,Let’s tap our feet together, because it’s fun to do.

Let’s clap our hands….
Let’s touch our nose…
Let’s touch our ears…

Rhyme: Tick tock, tick tock, I’m a little cuckoo clock (swing baby side to side)
Tick tock, tick tock, stop!
What time is it? It’s one-o-clock.
Cuckoo! (lift baby)

Song (with jingle bells): “Jingle Bells” – Kimbo Educational: Where is Thumbkin?

Closing rhyme

Things That Go Story Time – Baby

December 12, 2013October 26, 2014

Opening song

Book: Toot, Toot, Beep, Beep by Emma Garcia

Rhyme: This little train ran up the track (Trail fingers up baby’s arm from fingers to shoulder)
It went Choo Choo! (Tap baby’s nose!)
And then it ran back. (Trail fingers back down baby’s arm.)

The other little train ran up the track (Trail fingers up baby’s other arm from fingers to shoulder)
It went Choo Choo! (Tap baby’s nose!)
And then it ran back. (Trail fingers back down baby’s arm.)

Book: The Babies on the Bus by Karen Katz

Rhyme: Diddle diddle dumpling

Book: I Love Planes by Philemon Sturges

Song: (Tune: Shortnin’ Bread)
Mama’s little baby loves bouncin’, bouncin’
Mama’s little baby loves bouncin’ round.
Mama’s little baby loves bouncin’, bouncin’
Mama’s little baby loves bouncin’ round.

Lean to the left, lean to the right,
Now hug that baby nice and tight.
Lean to the left, lean to the right,
Now hug that baby nice and tight.

Rhyme: You put the oil in the pot and you let it get hot,
You put the popcorn in and you start to grin,
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, POP! (wiggle baby, then lift)

Book (choral): Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw

Song (with shaky eggs): “Drive my Car” – Laurie Berkner: Under a Shady Tree

Closing rhyme

Food Story Time – Baby

November 22, 2013November 21, 2014

Opening song

Sign language for food.

Book: One Little Spoonful by Aliki

Rhyme: You put the oil in the pot and you let it get hot, (bounce)
You put the popcorn in and you start to grin,
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, POP! (wiggle baby, then lift)

Song: “Popcorn” – Barenaked Ladies: Snacktime

Rhyme: Pat-a-cake

Book: The Big Eating Book by Guido Van Genechten

Rhyme: Two fat sausages in a frying pan (bounce)
One went pop (lift baby up) and the other went bam!

Rhyme: “Arms Up 1-2-3”
Arms up 1-2-3
Arms out 1-2-3
Arms together 1-2-3
Arms down 1-2-3

Legs up 1-2-3
Legs out 1-2-3
Legs together 1-2-3
Legs down 1-2-3

Song: “Kitchen Time Medley” – Fisher Price: Babbles to Books

Rhyme: Tick tock, tick tock, I’m a little cuckoo clock (swing baby side to side)
Tick tock, tick tock, stop!
What time is it? It’s one-o-clock.
Cuckoo! (lift baby)

Book: Eat by Roberta Intrater

Song (with shakers): “Fruit Salad Salsa” – The Laurie Berkner Band: Victor Vito

Closing rhyme

Dog Story Time – Baby

November 14, 2013November 15, 2013

Opening song

Book: Please Take Me for a Walk by Susan Gal

Song (with dog puppet): “How much is that doggie in the window?”

Flannelboard: Dog houses (credit: Mel’s Desk)
Little dog, little dog, are you in the green house? Is this the green house? No, this is the red house. No, little dog, you are not in the red house, etc.

Book: One, Two, That’s My Shoe! by Alison Murray

Song: This Old Man (verses 1-3)

Rhyme: Ride away ride away (Bounce baby on lap)
Johnny will ride
He shall have a pussycat
Tied to one side (Slip baby to one side)
He shall have a puppy dog
Tied to the other (Slip baby to the other side)
And Johnny will ride to see his grandmother

Song: BINGO

Rhyme: Diddle diddle dumpling

Book (choral reading, with song): Snuggle Puppy by Sandra Boynton, song from Sandra Boynton: Philadelphia Chickens

Song (with shakers): “Hot Dog” – They Might Be Giants: Disney’s Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (stop after brass section)

Closing rhyme

Peek-a-boo Story Time – Baby

October 11, 2013

Opening song

Book: Peekaboo Zoo by Susan Hood, illustrated by Simone Abel

Song: “The Wheels on the Bus”

Rhyme: Exercises, exercises
Let’s all do our exercises (lift baby’s arms, repeat with legs)
(Credit: Babies in the Library by Jane Marino)

Book: Peek-a-Boo What? by Elliot Kreloff

Song: “Roll your Hands” – Carol Totsky Hammett: Toddlers on Parade

Rhyme: Icky bicky soda cracker (bounce)
Icky bicky boo
Icky bicky soda cracker
Up goes you! (lift baby)

Book: Baby Says Peekaboo! by Dawn Sirett

Rhyme: Let’s go riding in an elevator
First floor, second floor, third floor, fourth floor (slowly lift baby)
Down (bring baby back down)

Song (with scarves): Where is baby? (Tune: “Where is Thumbkin?”)
Where is baby? Where is baby? (cover baby’s face)
There she is. There she is. (peek under scarf)
I’m so glad to see you. I’m so glad to see you.
Peek-a-boo! I see you! (kiss)
(Credit: Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County)

Song (with shaky eggs): “Milkshake Song” – Old Town School of Folk Music: Songs for Wiggleworms

Closing rhyme