Wednesday Lapsit

Books:

I Know A Lot! by Stephen Krensky
Animal Baths by Bob Barner

Rhymes:

Opening Song—big group

(to the tune of Mary Had a Little Lamb)

Hello eyes and hello nose,
Hello fingers, hello toes
Hello shirt and hello shoes,
Hello me and hello you.

Grey Squirrel

Grey squirrel, grey squirrel (bounce)
swish your bushy tail (swish knees side to side)
Grey squirrel, grey squirrel  (bounce)
swish your bushy tail (swish knees side to side)
Wrinkle up your little nose (touch baby’s nose)
Crack some acorns between your toes (touch baby’s toes)
Grey squirrel, grey squirrel  (bounce)
swish your bushy tail. (swish knees side to side)
The Big Gigantic Spider

Pat a Cake

Pat a cake, pat a cake, baker’s men
Bake me a cake as fast as you can.
Roll it and pat it and mark it with a “B”
And put it in the oven for baby and me.

Wheels on the Bus

Wheels on the bus go round and round (cirlce arms)
The people on the bus go up and down (Lift Baby)
The wipers on the bus go swish, swish, swish (Rock baby side to side)
All through the town.

 We Hit the Floor Together

(to the tune of For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow)

We hit the floor together,
We hit the floor together,
We hit the floor together,
Because it’s fun to do!
Other verses:
We clap our hands together…
We wiggle our fingers together…
We hit the floor together...

Acka Backa Soda Cracker

Acka Backa Soda Cracker (bounce)
Acka Backa Boo (lift)
Acka Backa Soda Cracker (bounce)
I love you!  (hug)
Acka Backa Soda Cracker (bounce)
Acka Backa Boo (lift)
Acka Backa Soda Cracker (bounce)
Up goes you! (lift)

Little Red Wagon

Bumpin’ up and down (bounce baby on lap)
In my little red wagon (3x)
Won’t you be my darling’
One wheel’s off (tilt baby to the left)
And the axel’s broken
One wheel’s off (tilt baby to the right)
And the axel’s broken
One wheel’s off (tilt baby to the left)
And the axel’s broken
Won’t you be my darlin’ (hug baby)

Hand Clap Song

Can you clap with two hands?
Two hands? Two hands?
Can you clap with two hands?
Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap.

Other verses:
Can you kick with two feet?
Can you wiggle ten fingers?
Can you kiss with two lips?
Can you wave bye bye?

Bye Bye Bubbles

(to the tune of Frere Jacques)

Bye bye bubbles, bye bye bubbles.
See you soon, see you soon.    (x2)

Sick Storytime

Books:

Pigs Make Me Sneeze! by Mo Willems
Llama Llama Home with Mama by Anna Dewdney
Boo Hoo Bird by Jeremy Tankard

Additional Books:

Bear Feels Sick by Karma Wilson
Mother Mother I Feel Sick Send for the Doctor Quick Quick Quick by Remy Charlip

Songs:

Five Little Monkeys

(We had a particularly wiggly group, so we jumped up and down as we counted down the monkeys on our fingers).
 
Five little monkeys jumping on the bed
One fell off and bumped his head
Mama called the doctor,
And the doctor said
No more monkeys jumping on the bed

 Band-aid Puppet/Felt

This is an adaptation of Storytime Katies "Band-aids" felt story. Since there are too many kids in my Tuesday storytime to have each of them come up and add a band-aid, instead I pointed to the various parts on the bear and had the kids tell me what body part I was pointing to and what color band-aid I was putting on.

Wednesday Lapsit

Books:

Kitten's Autumn by Eugenie Fernandes
Boo to You! by Lois Ehlert

Rhymes:

Opening Song—big group

(to the tune of Mary Had a Little Lamb)

Hello eyes and hello nose,

Hello fingers, hello toes

Hello shirt and hello shoes,

Hello me and hello you.

Grey Squirrel

Grey squirrel, grey squirrel (bounce)

swish your bushy tail (swish knees side to side)

Grey squirrel, grey squirrel  (bounce)

swish your bushy tail (swish knees side to side)

Wrinkle up your little nose (touch baby’s nose)

Crack some acorns between your toes (touch baby’s toes)

Grey squirrel, grey squirrel  (bounce)

swish your bushy tail. (swish knees side to side)

The Big Gigantic Spider 

(we used the same motions but instead of little fingers we held our arms out wide for the crawling giant spider)

The big gigantic spider crawled up the water spout.

Down came the rain, and washed the spider out.

Out came the sun, and dried up all the rain,

The big gigantic spider crawled up the spout again.

 We Hit the Floor Together

(to the tune of For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow)

We hit the floor together,

We hit the floor together,

We hit the floor together,

Because it’s fun to do!

Other verses:

We clap our hands together…

We wiggle our fingers together…

We hit the floor together...

Bumpin Up and Down

Bumpin’ up and down (bounce baby on lap)

In my little red wagon (3x)

Won’t you be my darling’

One wheel’s off (tilt baby to the left)

And the axel’s broken

One wheel’s off (tilt baby to the right)

And the axel’s broken

One wheel’s off (tilt baby to the left)

And the axel’s broken

Won’t you be my darlin’ (hug baby)

Round and Round the Garden

(circle finger on baby's palm then walk up the arm and tickle) 

Round and round the garden, 

goes the teddy bear.

One step. Two steps. Tickle under there!

Hand Clap Song

Can you clap with two hands?
Two hands? Two hands?
Can you clap with two hands?
Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap.

Other verses:
Can you kick with two feet?
Can you wiggle ten fingers? 
Can you kiss with two lips?
Can you wave bye bye?

Bye Bye Bubbles
(to the tune of Frere Jacques)

Bye bye bubbles, bye bye bubbles.
See you soon, see you soon.    (x2)

Spider Storytime

Books:

I'm a Shark by Bob Shea
The Itsy Bitsy Spider by Iza Trapani
Little Miss Muffet by Iza Trapani

Additonal books:
Aaaarrgghh! Spider! by Lydia Monks
Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock by Eric Kimmel

Songs:

There's a Spider on the Floor

(We used scarves with this song. We pretended the scarf was a spider and slowly moved it up our bodies with the song)

There's a spider on the floor, on the floor.
There's a spider on the floor, on the floor.
Who could ask for anything more, than a spider on the floor.
There's a spider on the floor, on the floor.

Now the spider's on my leg, on my leg.
Now the spider's on my leg, on my leg.
Oh, I wish I had some Raid for this spider on my leg!
Now the spider's on my leg, on my leg.

Now the spider's on my chest, on my chest!
Now the spider's on my chest, on my chest!
Oh, I'd squish him in my vest, if it didn't make a mess!
Now the spider's on my chest, on my chest!

Now the spider's on my neck, on my neck!
Now the spider's on my neck on my neck!
Oh, I'm gonna be a wreck, I've got a spider on my neck!
Now the spider's on my neck on my neck!

Now the spider's on my face, on my face!
Now the spider's on my face, on my face!
Oh, what a big disgrace, I've got a spider on my face!
Now the spider's on my face, on my face

Now the spider's on my head, on my head!
Now the spider's on my head, on my head!
Oh, I wish that I were dead. I've got a spider on my head!
Now the spider's on my head, on my head!
But he jumps out!

Now there's a spider on the floor, on the floor.
There's a spider on the floor, on the floor.
Who could ask for anything more, than a spider on the floor.
There's a spider on the floor, on the floor.

The Itsy Bitsy Spider

The Itsy Bitsy Spider crawled up the water spout.

Down came the rain, and washed the spider out.

Out came the sun, and dried up all the rain,

And the Itsy Bitsy Spider went up the spout again.

 

The Big Gigantic Spider 

(we used the same motions but instead of little fingers we held our arms out wide for the crawling giant spider)

The big gigantic spider crawled up the water spout.

Down came the rain, and washed the spider out.

Out came the sun, and dried up all the rain,

The big gigantic spider crawled up the spout again.

This was a fun storytime. I decided that since there was plenty of  Halloween themed storytimes happening at my library this week, my storytime didn't need to be Halloween specific, just a little creepy. I was afraid it would get redundant doing the Itsy Bitsy Spider, the Big Gigantic Spider, and the book Itsy Bitsy Spider all in a row, but it was actually pretty fun and the kids didn't seem to think it was too much. All of the books went over well, especially I'm a Shark, but you can't go wrong with Bob Shea. I was sad we didn't have time to read Aaaaargh! Spider! because it's a fun book.

The Letter Y

Books:

Yawn by Sally Symes
Little Yoga by Rebecca Whitford
Eli, No! Katie Kirk
Yes Day! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Additional Books:

The Little Yellow Leaf by Carin Berger
Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett
Lemons Are Not Red by Laura Vaccaro Seeger

Felt Story:

Go Away Big Yellow Monster 

(adapted from Ed Emberly's Go Away, Big Green Monster)

Big yellow monster has a big yellow face,
two big green eyes,
a long orange nose,
a big red mouth with sharp white teeth,
two squiggly wiggly ears,
and scraggly purple hair...

Does he look scary to you? No!
You don't scare me!

So, GO AWAY, scraggly purple hair!
GO AWAY, two squiggly wiggly ears!
GO AWAY, long orange nose!
GO AWAY, big red mouth with sharp white teeth!
GO AWAY, two big green eyes!
GO AWAY Big Yellow Monster!
And don't come back until I say so!

 

Credit: Storytime Katie

Songs:

Shake Your Sillies Out!

(Ukulele Chords: CGC, FGC) 

I'm gonna shake, shake, shake my sillies out

Shake, shake, shake my sillies out

 I'm gonna shake, shake, shake my sillies out

And wiggle my waggles away!

other verses:

Clap my crazies out

Jump my jiggles out

Yawn my yawnies out

Shake my sillies out

Wednesday Lapsit

Books:

A Kiss Means I Love You by Kathryn Madeline Allen
All of Baby Nose to Toes by Victoria Adler

Signs:

Credit: babysignlanguage.com

Rhymes:

The Grandfather Clock

The Grandfather clock goes
Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock
(Sway baby from side to side)

The kitchen clock goes
Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock
(Sway baby a little faster)

Mommy's little watch goes
Tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick
(Jiggle or tickle)

All of the other rhymes have been listed in previous posts.

The Letter X

Books:

Fox in Socks by Dr. Seuss
A Fox: The Sound of X by Alice K Flanagan
Max's ABC by Rosemary Wells

Additional Books:

A Call for a New Alphabet by Jef Czekaj
My Mom Has X-Ray Vision by Angela McCallister

Puppet:

Red Fox Red Fox

Red fox, red fox turn around
Red fox, red fox touch the ground
Red fox, red fox reach up high
Red fox, red fox touch the sky
Red fox, red fox touch your nose
Red fox, red fox touch your toes
Red fox, red fox touch your knees
Red fox, red fox sit down please

Credit: Storytime Katie

I was really excited to do A Call for a New Alphabet and My Mom Has X-ray Vision, but we had a pretty young crowd this week and it didn't seem like they would handle the longer stories well so we stuck with the short ones. Fox in Socks went over better than I had expected, though I will admit I cut out much of the middle.

Wednesday Lapsit

Books:

Five Little Chicks by Nancy Tafuri
Peek-a-Bloom! by Marie Torres Cimarusti

Sign Song:

(images taken from www.babysignlanguage.com)

More more more,
Milk milk milk,
More more more,
Please! (x2)

All of the other songs and rhymes we did have been listed in previous posts.

The Letter W

Books:

Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats
Rainbow Fist and the Big Blue Whale by Marcus Pfister
If Frogs Made Weather by Marion Dane Bauer

Additional Books:

Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes
What! Cried Granny by Kate Lum
Little White Rabbit by Kevin Henkes
Hello Sun! by Dayle Ann Dodds
Winter is the Warmest Season by Lauren Stringer

Song:

The Water Pokey

You put your hand in, you put your hand out,
You put your hand in, and you splash it all about
You swim like a fish and you swim like a frog,
That's what it's all about!

You put your foot in...
You put your head in...
You put your whole self in...

Felt Board:

What's the Weather? (to the tune of Clementine)

What's the weather? What's the weather?
What's the weather everyone?
Is it snowy? Is it rainy? Is it Cloudy? Or is there sun?

Wednesday Lapsit

Books:

Spots, Feathers, and Curly Tails by Nancy Tafuri
Do Cows Meow? by Salina Yoon

 This week we put together the signs we had used the previous two weeks:

Rhymes:

Opening Song—big group

(to the tune of Mary Had a Little Lamb)

Hello eyes and hello nose,

Hello fingers, hello toes

Hello shirt and hello shoes,

Hello me and hello you.

Grey Squirrel

Grey squirrel, grey squirrel (bounce)

swish your bushy tail (swish knees side to side)

Grey squirrel, grey squirrel  (bounce)

swish your bushy tail (swish knees side to side)

Wrinkle up your little nose (touch baby’s nose)

Crack some acorns between your toes (touch baby’s toes)

Grey squirrel, grey squirrel  (bounce)

swish your bushy tail. (swish knees side to side)

Hickory Dickory Dock

Hickory dickory dock, 

the mouse ran up the clock,(run fingers up from baby's toes to head)

the clock struck one (clap once)

the mouse ran down (run fingers down from head to toes)

hickory dickory dock.

Other verses:

...the clock struck two, the mouse said boo

...the clock struck three, the mouse said wee!

Round and Round the Garden

(circle finger on baby's palm then walk up the arm and tickle) 

Round and round the garden, 

goes the teddy bear.

One step. Two steps. Tickle under there!

Down By the Banks

Down by the banks of the hanky panky (bounce)  
Where the bullfrogs jump from bank to banky (bounce)  
With a hip, hop, a hippity hop  (bounce)  
Jump from the lilypad (lift) and kerplop! (set on the floor between legs) 

We Hit the Floor Together
(to the tune of For He's a Jolly Good Fellow)

We hit the floor together, 
we hit the floor together, 
we hit the floor together, 
because it's fun to do!

Other verses:
We clap our hands together...
We wiggle our fingers together...
We hit the floor together...


Hand Clap Song

Can you clap with two hands?
Two hands? Two hands?
Can you clap with two hands?
Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap.

Other verses:
Can you kick with two feet?
Can you wiggle ten fingers? 
Can you kiss with two lips?
Can you wave bye bye?

Bye Bye Bubbles
(to the tune of Frere Jacques)

Bye bye bubbles, bye bye bubbles.
See you soon, see you soon.    (x2)

The Letter V

Books:

Love, Splat by Rob Scotton
This is the Van That Dad Cleaned by Lisa Campbell Ernst
The Sleepless Little Vampire by Richard Egielski
There Ones Wad a Man Named Michael Finnegan by Mary Ann Hoberman

Additional Books:

Vulture View by April Pulley Sayre
The Giant Carrot by Jan Peck
Ruby, Violet, Lime: Looking for Color by Jane Brocket

Felt Board Song:

What begins with V?
(to the tune of Farmer in the Dell)

Oh, what begins with V? Oh, what begins with V?
We all know, we'll tell you so
Oh, what begins with V?

Violin begins with V, Violin begins with V.
We all know, we'll tell you so
Violin begins with V.

Van begins with V...
Valentine begins with V... 

Wenesday Lapsit

Books:

I Had a Rooster by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Barnyard Banter by Denise Fleming

I Had a Rooster is one of my all time favorite lapsit books. I generally love doing books that you sing, but the Cock-a-doodle-do is totally out of my singing range and it always makes the parents laugh as I try to make it happen. It's ridiculous but a lot of fun. I didn't do the entire book - I ended after pig, as it tends to drag for the usual short lapsit fair.

We also added a few new signs for these stories. We would use the sign whenever we said the word in one of the books:

Rhymes:

Opening Song—big group

(to the tune of Mary Had a Little Lamb)

Hello eyes and hello nose,

Hello fingers, hello toes

Hello shirt and hello shoes,

Hello me and hello you.

Grey Squirrel

Grey squirrel, grey squirrel (bounce)

swish your bushy tail (swish knees side to side)

Grey squirrel, grey squirrel  (bounce)

swish your bushy tail (swish knees side to side)

Wrinkle up your little nose (touch baby’s nose)

Crack some acorns between your toes (touch baby’s toes)

Grey squirrel, grey squirrel  (bounce)

swish your bushy tail. (swish knees side to side)

Pat a Cake

Pat a cake, pat a cake, baker's men (clap)
bake me a cake as fast as you can. (clap)
roll it  (roll babies hands)
and pat it (pat hands together)
and mark it with a "B" (write a "B" in the air or on the babies belly)

and put it in the oven (bring hands forward as though offering something)
for baby and me. (tickle baby on "baby" and point to yourself on "me")

 We Hit the Floor Together

(to the tune of For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow)

We hit the floor together,

We hit the floor together,

We hit the floor together,

Because it’s fun to do!

Other verses:

We clap our hands together…

We wiggle our fingers together…

We hit the floor together...

 

This is the Way the Farmer Rides

(Bounce baby on knees slowly side to side) 

This is the way the Farmer Rides

The farmer rides, the farmer rides

This is the way the farmer rides

so early in the morning.

This is the way the lady rides (Bounce baby on knees as though riding in side saddle) 

This is the way the gentleman rides, (Bounce baby on knees very fast) 

This is the way the baby rides. (Bounce baby on knees slowly side to side)

Down By the Banks

 Done by the banks of the hanky panky (bounce)
Where the bullfrogs jump from bank to banky (bounce)
With a hip, hop, a hippity hop  (bounce)
Jump from the lilypad (lift)
and kerplop! (set on the floor between legs)

Bye Bye Bubbles

(to the tune of Frere Jacques)

Bye bye bubbles, bye bye bubbles,

See you soon, see you soon,  (x2)

The Letter U

Books:

Charlie's Superhero Underpants by Paul Bright
The Thingamabob by Il Sung Na
Goldilicious by Victoria Kann

Additional Books:

Inside All by Margaret Mason
Dinosaurs Love Underpants by Claire Freedman
The Day We Danced in Underpants by Sarah Wilson

 Felt Board Story:

 5 Little Umbrellas

5 little umbrellas by the back door, the red one went outside & now there are four.
4 little umbrellas, pretty as can be, the blue one was needed & now there are three.
3 little umbrellas, oh, how they missed the blue, so, the green one followed & now there are two.
2 little umbrellas, glad there was no sun, the yellow one went into the rain & now there's just one.
1 little umbrella, all alone in the hall, the purple one got picked up & that was all!