Baby & Toddler Storytimes

P l a y s   Bullfrog Puppet from backroom, or Turtle with Vachel Lindsay poem. B o o k s Yummy YUCKY by Leslie Patricelli. This may be the most ingenious of Patricelli's wonderful series about this bald headed baby troublemaker. Certainly the kids enjoyed it -- although a few moms were grossed out by the burger-booger page as well as the egg-earwax page. I don't know why. It's like they don't associate with the babes 24/7. Big Hungry Bear BB Wood.  Great opener. Noisy Breakfast by Ellen Blonder.  Big Book.  Lotsa sounds. Baby Cakes by Karma Wilson.  Sweeet. Who Stole the Cookies from the Cookie Jar , a Piggy Toes boardbook by Wang.  Love this book. It's got all the charming rhyme of the jump rope song and all the right characters implicated -- cat, dog, etc., -- so that I can act it out with puppets. How to Feed Your Cheeky Monkey   board book Clarke. OK  S o n g s 1 potato, 2 potato chant Pizza, pickle, pumpernickel Pat a cake Mashed Potatoes hot, Mashed Potato

Enter with umbrella! Bring rainstick! B o o k s Rain by Manya Stojic.  This has everything: animals, sounds, and senses: "hear, see, smell," etc. Bring your lion puppet! Very well received. Duckie's Rainbow  by Frances Barry.  This book might amaze me more than the kids, as the beautiful rainbow unfolds in the end. To get a little more interaction, ask them what color is going to be on the next page and then shout it out when you turn the page. The almost twos will get it. Ducks Like to Swim by Agnes Verboven.  Again, a book that gives you plenty of opportunity to quack like a duck, moo like a cow, and bray like a donkey. Plus, it gives you a lead in to all those great duck songs and books we love so much. I pulled each puppet out and had the kids (and moms) by turns moo and meow etc. and then handed them off to them. S o n g s The Rain  (to Frere Jacques) I hear thunder, (stomp floor) I hear thunder, Hear it CRASH. Hear it CRASH. But I don’t fear the thunder I know it’

Books Who's My Mom by Jennings. Board Book. Nice enough. Over in the Meadow. I used the clothesline version in Mother's about the sea creatures. I Love Mom with the Very Hungry Caterpillar. Nice enough. Llama Llama Mad at Mama  by Anna Dewdney. I skipped a couple pages, but llama meltdowns do happen. Pouch!  by David Ezra Stein. Worked out fine with the puppets.  I was careful to use a baby voice for the baby kangaroo and show the kids how the baby lived in mama's pouch. Songs Over in the Meadow as a clothesline. If you love me and you know it, clap your hands, etc. Blow a kiss. Give me a hug. Definitely use. Skinnamarinka Over on the beach in the sand and the sun Lived a big mama turtle and her little turtle one Dig said the mama I dig, said the one And they swam all day in the sand and the sun. Over on the beach where the waves lap so blue Lived a mama seagull and her seagulls two Squawk! Said the mama We squawk! Said the two And they squawked all day where the waves lap