It was so good to be back together today at Baby Storytime!  I've missed you all!  Because it's a new session, we learned some new opening and closing songs/rhymes that we'll do every week.  We started with these:





Say Hello from Jbrary 
Tune: Skip to My Lou

Clap everybody and say hello 
Clap everybody and say hello 
Clap everybody and say hello 
No matter what the weather 

Repeat with wave, hug, stomp
Bread and Butter from Jbrary 

Bread and butter 
Marmalade and Jam 
Let's say hello as quiet as we can 

...loud as we can
...slow as we can
...fast as we can
...high as we can
...low as we can

Toast in the Toaster from Jbrary 

I’m toast in the toaster 
And I’m getting very hot! 
Tick, tock, Tick, tock
Up I pop!

Then we read...

Where Are Maisy’s Friends  by Lucy Cousins   

...and shared these little hide and seek rhymes and songs:

Baby Mice from Mel’s Desk

Where are the baby mice? 
Squeak, squeak, squeak 
I cannot see them
Peek, peek, peek 
Here they come from a hole in the wall
1-2-3-4-5… 
That’s all! 

Where Is Big Toe? from Miss Katie's Storytime Wiki

Where is big toe? Where is big toe?
Here I am; here I am! 
Wiggle, wiggle, big toe 
Wiggle, wiggle, big toe
My big toe, my big toe. 

Where is elbow…bendy, bendy elbow 
Where is tummy…squishy, squashy tummy
Where are two eyes…winky blinky two eyes 
Where are two hands…happy clappy two hands

Baby Game from Storytime Secrets

Touch your ears, pat your nose 
Tickle baby’s little toes 
Hide your eyes 
Where are you? 
Baby’s playing peek-a-boo! 

We then read...

Construction by Cocoretto   

....and revved up our engines with these two: 

Dump Truck from Storytime Katie 

Dump truck, dump truck, bumping down the road 
Spilling gravel as you travel with your heavy load
Bumpety bumpety bump 
Bumpety bumpety bump
Dump truck, dump truck, dump truck, DUMP! 

Bumpity, Bumpity from Jbrary 
Tune: Little Red Wagon

Scooping, scooping goes the loader 
Scooping, scooping goes the loader
Scooping, scooping goes the loader 
Scooping, scooping goes the loader 
Scoop up the load.

Repeat with: Lifting goes the tall crane, Pushing goes the dozer

Each week we'll share an Early Literacy Tip.  This week I reminded everyone of our Winter Program.   You still have two weeks to finish a bingo sheet for babies and their caregivers and receive a free book and be entered into a raffle to win prizes!

Every week for several years now we're shared this fingerplay.  It's wonderful to watch the babies as they grow and are able to join in on this one more and more!

Big, Small from Mel's Desk

This is big big big 
This is small small small 
This is short short short 
This is tall tall tall 
This is fast fast fast 
This is slow slow slow 
This is yes yes yes 
This is no no no

Then our puppet friends came to join us for: 

Bear is Sleeping from Jbrary 

Bear is sleeping, bear is sleeping 
Wake him up, wake him up
Come and say hello bear, come and say hello bear 
Time to eat

Repeat with fawn, fox, groundhog, and that hard to wake sloth!

We finished up with scarves and our two goodbye songs/rhymes:

With My Little Hands from Storytime Katie

With my little hands I go clap, clap, clap 
With my little feet I go tap, tap, tap 
With my little arms I wave bye, bye, bye 
With my little legs I kick high, high, high 
With my little eyes I play peek-a-boo 
With my little mouth I say see you soon

Time to Say Goodbye from Jbrary 
Tune: If You’re Happy and You Know It

It is time to say goodbye to all our friends 
It is time to say goodbye to all our friends 
Wave your hand and say goodbye 
Give a smile, wink your eye 
It is time to say goodbye to all our friends

See you all next week!