Color Storyhour, Red
Exciting Announcement: Oleshka (Oleg) and his mother Anna have gotten me fired up to introduce baby signing to storytime. We'll start slow, with a few signs each week and a lot of repetition. I'm thinking we'll do "Hello", "Mother" and "More". Play: Blow up a balloon and release -- always an attention getter. Paint red from a red paintpot onto a big white piece of paper. Wear your red clown bow and red & white Cat in the Hat hat. Little Red Wagon. Book: Little Monsters by Jan Pienkowski claimed the attention of 20 babies at once! Yay, little monsters! Play: Red Ladybug puppet Book: Dinosaur vs. Bedtime by Bob Shea. This big red dinosaur was jussssst right for this group. He did a lot of roaring and the kids did a lot of listening. At the end, I read myself right down to the ground and stuck my thumb in my mouth and 'went to sleep.' Very fun. Christmas performance: Dinosaur vs. Santa. Not so good. None of these babies