Baby & Toddler Storytimes

Games Brown Rabbit's Shape Book by Alan Baker. So easy to create all the props for this story: a beautiful green box with a big red ribbon and a cylinder (TP roll) inside filled with balloons. I carefully counted out the balloons by turns, and then, one by one, blew them up and let them go winging around the room. Unfortunately, the second one hit me in the face, and the third nicked Amanda. One of the babies began to cry! Note to self -- point the balloons away from the babies! Flannelboard of Teddy wore a red shirt, red shirt, blue pants, blue pants , etc. Books Red Truck, Yellow Bus. Board Book.  Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Martin with critters downloaded from kizclub. Cat's Colors by Jane Cabrera Butterfly, Butterfly by Petr Horacek. Remember the rule of 6! Songs (Sung to one little, two little, three little Indians) One little, two little, three little crayons, Four little, five little, six little crayons, Seven little, eight little, nine little crayons, Ten litt...

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 ...