Babies and Books Week __ Theme

Babies and Books Week __ Theme

Introduction:

Hello my name is ________ and I am a _______ librarian here at the _____ Library and I’m very happy to be here. Just a few reminders before we begin:

1. Please pup your phones on silent or vibrate for the duration of the program.

2. If your child becomes restless, please feel free to leave the room, the door is unlocked and we will welcome you back in once your child settles down.

3. Imagine that there is an invisible field around me and the flannel board. If your child goes into this area, please physically come up and remove them. Once one goes, they all go.

Throughout the program we will be repeating many of the rhymes. There is a rhyme handout in the back of the room to help you become familiar with the rhymes we do. I encourage you to do some of these rhymes with your child at home. Repetition helps to keep connections between developing brain cells.

Intro songs:

Hello song (_____ puppet)

Hi, hello and how are you?

How are you?

How are you?

Hi, hello and how are you?

How are you to-day?

(repeat 3 times)

[Clap]

The More we get together: Your friends are my friends

Sing together: your songs are my songs

Read together: your books are my books

[Clap]

Say Say ohh Baby (using baby or large puppet of choice)

Say say oh baby

Come here and clap with me

And bring your happy smile (touch baby’s cheeks)

Bounce on my lap so free

Shake shake your hands now

And shake your bottom too

Then shake your tootsies ten

Let’s do it again

(and that’s the end)

[Clap]

Flannel Board:

This is my Book I open it wide to see all the pictures that are inside

This is my ball, so big and so round. To toss in the air or roll on the ground

This is my umbrella; it keeps me dry, as the raindrops fall from the cloudy sky

This is my kitty; just hear him purr, as I gently stroke his long silky fur

[Clap]

Theme Related Story:

[Clap]

Theme Rhyme/Flannel:

[Clap]

Theme Body Rhyme:

[Clap]

Common Rhyme:

We do finger rhymes each week so that the children will become used to using their fingers which will aid in using scissors and tying shoes when they get older

Open and Shut Them and/or Where is Thumbkin and/or Fe Fi Fo Fum

[Clap]

Interactive:

Each week we do an interactive rhyme with our babies. This teaches them to wait their turn and to accept and give positive reinforcement for a job well done.

· Humpty Dumpty Flannel

· Hickory Dickory Dare

Hickory dickory dare.

The pig flew up in the air.

Farmer Brown

Soon brought her down.

Hickory dickory dare.

· Colored Scarves

Wind oh wind I say, what are you blowing today?

Scarves oh scarves I say, I am blowing the scarves away

Peek a boo peek a boo

I see you, I see you

I see your button nose

I see your tiny toes

Peek a boo

I see you

Wind oh wind I say, what are you blowing today?

Scarves oh scarves I say, I am blowing the scarves away

· Ringing the bells

We ring our bells together, together, together

We ring our bells together because it’s fun to do

We ring them up HIGH

We ring them down LOW

We ring them in the MIDDLE

(Sung to “Jingle Bells”)
Ring your bells, ring your bells,
Ring your bells today.
Oh what fun it is to ring,
To ring your bells today-ay! (x2)

We ring them up HIGH

We ring them down LOW

We ring them in the MIDDLE

(sung to tune of Muffin Man)

Oh do you know the ice-cream man, the ice-cream man, the ice-cream man

Do you know the ice-cream man who lives down on our street.

His bells go tingle-tingle-ting (x3)

As he goes down our street.

We ring them up HIGH

We ring them down LOW

We ring them in the MIDDLE

Item Away Song: “[Scarves, Bells, Ribbons, etc] away, [Scarves, Bells, Ribbons, etc] away, time to put the [Scarves, Bells, Ribbons, etc] away”

[Clap]

Board book break: (2minutes)

We do our board book break every week. This encourages print awareness: Noticing print, knowing how to handle a book and knowing how to follow the words on a page. This helps your child become interested and enjoying books.

Play music, take attendance, photo opportunities, get ready for next segment while parents are reading with their child(ren)

Books Away Song: “Books away, books away, time to put the books away”

Bubbles: Put on music CD with Bubbles song and blow bubbles

Closing rhyme:

Can you clap with two hands

two hands two hands

Can you clap with two hands?

Clap clap clap clap clap

Can you kick with two feet,

Can you kiss with two lips,
Can you wave good-bye,

Good-bye. See you next time.

Ending:

Thank you all for coming today

There are some books around the room so please check some of them out.

And remember to read to your baby everyday!

[Clap/Highfive/Pet the Puppet]