Baby Bloomers, Crawlers, and Totally Tots- Birthdays

Last week's story time sessions feel so far away, we have had unbearable cold weather and snow but our families are amazing and show up every week ready to "wiggle" and  chant rhymes.  Last week I did Birthdays for my theme. We started with our opening song

Everybody say one, story time has just began

Everybody say two, shake your shoulders show your shoes

Everybody say three, listen very carefully

Everybody say four, and put your bottoms on the floor

Wiggles

A wiggle, wiggle here

A wiggle, wiggle there.

Wiggle your hands up in the air

Wiggle our shoulders and wiggle your hips,

Wiggle your knees and move your lips,

Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle

And wiggle and bend

Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle,

And this is the end!

Book: The Birthday Box by Leslie Patricelli

 I love this book, the illustrations are perfect for this age group,

Rhyme:

Touch Your Nose

Touch your nose

Touch your chin,

That’s the way this game begins

Touch your thighs

Touch your knees,

Now pretend you’re going to sneeze

Touch your hair

Touch your ears,

Now touch your two lips right here

Touch your elbows,

Where they bend

That’s the way this touch game ends.

Nursery Rhyme:Baa, Baa Black Sheep

Song: Walking, Walking  I have been repeating this song almost every week because it gives us a great opportunity to dance and move around. 

Book:It's My Birthday by Helen Oxenbury

 

Hand Motion rhyme: Birthday candles

Birthday candles one-two-three (hold up fingers on the count)

Birthday candles just for me! (point to self)

Last year two- next year four (hold up two fingers on left hand and four fingers on right)

Birthday candles I want more! (hold up 10 fingers)

I had planned on using the above rhyme but instead used a flannel I made a few years ago using pictures describing the entire process of making a cake- recipe, ingredients, mixing, oven, icing, and of course candles.  Kids love playing with the flannel board and it is a great way to engage shy kids. 

Song: If You Are Happy and You Know It

Book:  Spot's Birthday Party by Eric Hill 

 The version we read had flips where all the different friends were hiding and it worked out really nice with small groups because we could all take turns lifting the flaps. 

Movement Rhyme: Open, Shut Them

Open shut them, open shut them

Give a little clap, clap, clap

Open shut them, open shut them

Put them in your lap

Creep them, creep them

Creep them, creep them

Right up to your chin, chin, chin,

Open up your little mouth

But do not let them in!

Bubble Time

Goodbye Song- We Wave Goodbye Like This

We wave goodbye like this,

We wave goodbye like this,

to all our friends.

We clap our hands like this,

We clap our hands like this,

with all our friends.

Story time has ended.