I got the sweetest hug from a little guy at Toddler Time this week. I was squatting to discuss the colors of the maracas with a little girl, and he climbed up on my leg and wrapped his arms around me. It was the best hug I've had in a long time. Sure makes me look forward to grandchildren! Got a few more years to wait, though.
Preschool Storytime
Our theme was "Song and Dance," so we didn't have as many stories and did more singing and dancing. I had some cards with pictures on them that the children drew from a can. The picture reminded them of a familiar song, which they had to guess, and then we sang it together. There was a spider (Eentsy Weentsy Spider), a star (Twinkle Twinkle), a bus (The Wheels on the Bus), a teapot (I'm a Little Teapot - which many didn't know), and a rowboat (Row, Row, Row Your Boat).
We had all kinds of rhythm instruments which we made a racket with while we did the "Freeze Game" on the Greg & Steve CD.
Our books were:
Hen Lake, by Mary Jane Auch. This was the first time I've read this story. I really like it, but I think it's too long for Storytime. I had a lot of rug-rolling going on.
Dance Away, by George Shannon. We all did the "Right, two, three, kick" dance together and had a lot of fun. Except for the poor little girl who decided to stay seated and got stepped on.
Ballerina, by Peter Sis. This was a first time for this book, too. I'm not sure what I think of it.
Toddler Time
We brought back the "Little Leaves" finger play for the fall. You can find it in the labels section. Our books were:
Goodnight Moon, by Margaret Wise Brown. This time I asked them, "Do you really say goodnight to your socks?" (or their mush or the air). They thought that was pretty funny.
Cat's Colors, by Jane Cabrera. A good book for practicing the names of colors.
Baby Time
We had a new set of adorable twins this week. If all the multiples came to Baby Time at once, we'd have three sets of twins and a set of triplets. That would be fun!
Our book this week was Bingo!, by Rosemary Wells. The text is the classic song, "There was a farmer had a dog...." The great thing about this book is that you can sing it to your baby and point to the letters as you sing "B-I-N-G-O."
I've found a couple of new rhymes for our babies:
Trot Trot to Boston
Trot, trot to Boston
Trot, trot to Lynn
Better be careful
Or you might fall in!
Trot, trot to Boston
Trot, trot to Dover
Look out everybody
Or you might fall over!
This is Bill Anderson
This is Bill Anderson
This is Tom Trim
And Bill asked Tom
To play with him.
Bill over Tom
Tom over Bill
Bill over Tom
Tom over Bill
All the way down the hill!
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