Updated: Dec 1, 2018
Introduction: This storytime is developed specially for children two and three years old and their caregivers. Enjoy 45 minutes of books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays, socialization and a craft with other young children and their caregivers. Each session of toddler storytime consists of a variety of activities that incorporate reading, writing, singing, talking and playing. Date: Every Wednesday Time: 10:30 a.m. Age Range: 2 to 3 years old Skills Supported: Phonological awareness, motor skills, visual tracking skills, and socialization. Frequency: Weekly Attendance: 20 children and their parent/caregiver Staff or Volunteer Needed: 1 staff member, 1 volunteer Format: Registration is required. No drop-in patrons are refused Budget: $21.00 Supplies:
Jungle Bells: $15.00
Hole Puncher
Yarn
Stickers
Paper Plates: $6.00
Music Flannel Board Template. You can find a copy of this under the Parent/Caregiver's Resource pathfinder
Books shared: (from storytime)
88 Instruments by Chris Barton
Barnyard Boogie by Tim McCanna
Other Books to Display on Book Cart at Storytime:
The Ant and the Grasshopper by Rebecca Emberley
Bears in a Band by Shirley Parenteau
Dancing in My Bones by Sylvia Andrews
Duck and Goose: Let's Dance by Tad Hills
I love Music: My First Sound Book by Marion Billet
Let's Make Music by Ruth Musgrave
M is for Melody: A Music Alphabet by Kathy-Jo Wargin
Pete The Cat: The Wheel of the Bus by James Dean
Toddler's Songbook by Ellen Banks Elwell
1. Storytime Introduction:
Welcome to Toddler Storytime. My name is Ms. Debbie. I am so glad to see you today. Our storytime is designed to be participated by everyone. We will share books, rhymes, and songs with your children. We encourage everyone to participate, but no worries if this doesn't happen. Sometimes when a child sees you participate, they might join in, but if your child is not in the mood, that is okay as well. Our storytime can tend to be a little chaotic, but that is okay too. If your child becomes disruptive, please take them outside the program room and then join us again when your child has settled down. This is normal, it is part of the process. So let's start with our opening song.
2. Opening Song
(Credit:No Time For Flash Cards. 2016, January 30).
Lyrics:
How Many Friends are Here Today
How many friends are here today?
How many friends are here today
Let's count it out!Let's clap it out!
Let's dance it out!There are ______ friends on their feet!
Now it's time to take your seat!
3. Early Literacy Aside: Explain:
Today's early literacy skill is focusing on phonological awareness. Phonological awareness is the ability to hear and play with the smaller sounds in words, beginning with recognizing environmental sounds such as a doorbell or a dog barking and progressing to hearing syllables, rhyme, and sounds at the beginning of words like "d" for dog. Today, I will show you how you can help your child begin to develop phonological awareness skills. (Ghoting & Martin-Diaz, 2013, p.9).
4. Theme Talk:
Our little maestros will have fun today singing, creating, and making music as they learn how to create musical instruments with a parent/caregiver. Can anyone tell me a name of a musical instrument? Yes, that is an awesome example. Today, we are going to do something different. We are going to make our craft first. You see, we are going to make a musical instrument.
5. Storytime Activity:
(Credit: Fagnan, 2018)
Let's Make a Tambourine!
Instructions: Children with the help of their parents/caregivers will do the following:
Take two paper plates and hold them together with the tops of the plates facing inwards.
Punch hole around the outside of the plate at even intervals.
Use the yarn to tie the plates together through the punched holes, threading jingle bells onto the yarn at different intervals throughout.
Tie the end of the yarn into a knot and decorate the plate.
So let's use our Tambourine's to sing Row, Row, Row your Boat!
6. Action Song:
Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Lyrics:
Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Life is but a dream.
(Credit: Childhood)
7. Book and Puppet Show:
Barnyard Boogie by Tim McCanna (Credit: Image: Goodreads, 2018) 8. Shakers Shaker Song - Sung to the tune of “London Bridge" Lyrics: Shake your shakers, shake, shake, shake, Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake Shake your shakers, shake, shake, shake, Shake your shakers! Other Verses: Shake your shakers high, high, high, Shake your shakers low, low, low, Shake your shakers fast, fast, fast, Shake your shakers slow, slow, slow (Credit: Mulvenna, L. (2013, January 17) 9. Early Literacy: Example You may not know it, but singing songs with your toddler helps him to hear words being broken up into smaller sounds, because often each syllable has its own note. Don't worry if you don't have that perfect pitch, you are helping your child get ready to read (Ghoting & Martin-Diaz, 2013, pp. 212-213). 10. Flannel Board: To tune of “The Wheels on the Bus" Lyrics:
The guitar on the bus goes strum, strum, strum (strum an air guitar) Strum, strum, strum
Strum, strum, strum
The guitar on the bus goes strum, strum, strum All through the town!
Other verses:
The trumpet on the bus goes toot, toot, toot… (put an imaginary horn to face) The drum on the bus goes bang, bang, bang… (pat thighs) The bell on the bus goes ring, ring, ring… (shake wrist like you’re ringing a bell)
(Credit: Hurtado, Driscoll, & Plug, 2017)
11. Bubble Time on the story rug:
At the end of playtime, I will explain to the children that we will have another opportunity to play with the bubbles, but now we are going to listen to a fun book.
12. Book:
88 Instruments by Chris Barton
(Credit: Image: Goodreads, n.d.)
13. Song:
If You're Friendly and You Know It
If You're friendly and you know it, clap your hands.
If your friendly and you know it, clap your hands.
If your friendly and you know it, and you really want to show it,
If your friendly and you know it, clap your hands!
If You're friendly and you know it, stomp your feet,
If your friendly and you know it, stomp your feet.
If your friendly and you know it, and you really want to show it,
If your friendly and you know it, stomp your feet!
If You're friendly and you know it, pat your head,
If your friendly and you know it, pat your head.
If your friendly and you know it, and you really want to show it,
If your friendly and you know it, pat your head!
(Credit: childhood)
14. Early Literacy Aside: Empower
On our book cart are many books that are written as songs. Why not share these with your child. This is a good way to give sounds to the written word.
15. Closing Song:
(Credit: L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library, 2014, September 28)
Goodbye Bubbles (Bubble Machine will be used)
Lyrics:
Goodbye Bubbles
Goodbye Bubbles
Time to Go
Time to Go
I will help you
I will help you
With a blow
With a blow
16. Takeaway: Parents/caregivers are given the Early Literacy Newsletter for Toddlers.
Need to make
STEM Jr. Storytime
I am using this program at our first town pool storytime and later for a stem jr. kit.
Supplies:
Rainstick Craft:
Oriental Trading or Amazon (my favorite)
Books shared:
The Farmer by Ximo Abadia
Pete the Cat and the Cool Cat Boogie by James Dean
Parent Flyer:
Stem Lesson: Droughts and the Rainstick
In this STEM program, children will learn about droughts, and the history of the rainstick in a fun and educational way.
What do you think of when you hear the word drought? Do you think of “dry,”, “hot,” “dusty,” “cracked earth,” or maybe even “no water”? If so, you are spot on! When some places are in a drought, they may be dry, hot and dusty; cracks may appear in the soil, and rivers, lakes, streams, and other sources of water may go dry. Other places in drought get some rain, but not as much as they usually receive during that season. A drought means that a place has less precipitation (rain or snow) than normal over a few months or even longer.
Read the fiction story, The Farmer by Ximo Abadia. What is a fiction book? It is a make believe story. This is a wonderful award winning book about a farmer and what happens when everything becomes dry.
Long ago, some people who lived in these areas believed they could call for rain by making and using a rainstick. So what is a rainstick? A rainstick is a long, hollow tube partially filled with small pebbles or beans. It is believed the first rainstick was created by a group of native people who lived in the deserts of northern Chile. They made the rainstick out of dried up cactus.
Today, many people still like to make rainsticks. They are used as musical instruments. So let’s make a rainstick, and afterwards we will read another book and then use our rainsticks to make music.
Read the book, Pete the Cat and the Cool Cat Boogie by James Dean. Afterwards handout the the Cool Cat Boogie Dance diagram. Practice a few times and then ask kids to get their rainsticks. How kids use their rainstick when Pete shakes his tail.
References: Climate Kids. (n.d.) Rainstick and Folklore. Retrieved from https://climatekids.nasa.gov/rainstick/ Ghoting, S.N., & Martin-Diaz, P. (2013). Storytimes for everyone!. Chicago, IL: ALA Goodreads. (n.d.). Barnyard Boogie. [Digital Image]. Retrieved from https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31305583-barnyard-boogie Goodreads. (n.d.). 88 Instruments. [Digital Image]. Retrieved from https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18851247-time-for-a-bath HarperCollins Publishing. (2021). Pete the Cat Activities, Songs, and Educational Videos. HarperCollins Children's Books. Retrieved from https://www.harpercollins.com/blogs/harperkids/pete-the-cat-activities-songs-educational-videos .
Hurtado, A., Driscoll, J., & Plug, M. (2017, May 30). Music: Toddler Storytime. Retrieved from http://pasadena-library.net/kids/2017/music-toddler-storytime/ Johnson County Library. (2014, May 13). Bubbles, Chalk and Wonder" Storytime [Web log post]. Retrieved from https://www.jocolibrary.org/kids/storytime-blog/bubbles-chalk-and-wonder-storytime L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library. (2014, September 28). Goodbye bubbles. [Video]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/RXXQqVx0gT0 Mulvenna, L. (2013, January 17). Shake Shake Shake [Web log post]. Retrieved from http://lisaslibraryland.blogspot.com/2013/07/shake-shake-shake.html No Time For Flash Cards. (2016, January 30). Circle Time Chant. [Video]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/ECHXNMFVumM Suez Water Education Division. (2018, Summer). K-12 Tours and Programs. Retrieved from https://www.mysuezwater.com/community-environment/k-12-tours-and-programs Sunflower Storytime. (2015, April 23). Bathtime and Bubbles [Web log post]. Retrieved from https://sunflowerstorytime.com/2015/04/23/bathtime-and-bubbles/
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