Storytime week of 3/3 (storytimes 3/5 & 3/7)

This week's theme was "Animals & Me"


BOOKS READ:
From Head to Toe - Eric Carle
We've All Got Bellybuttons - David Martin
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush - Sophie Falus
Spots, Feathers, and Curly Tails - Nancy Tafuri

SONGS:
"The Wheels on the Bus" - Link to music & lyrics @ NIH.gov
"Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush" - Link to music & lyrics @ NIH.gov

FINGERPLAYS
Five Little Monkeys
Five Little Monkeys swinging in a tree (hold up hand w/ 5 fingers)
Teasing Mr. Alligator, 'You can't catch me' (pointing finger)
Along comes Mr. Alligator quiet as can be (move hand like an alligator moving)
And he snatched that monkey right out of that tree (two hands form alligator mouth & snap close)
[Then continue with 4 monkeys, then 3, etc.]

Storytime Week of 2/25 (Storytimes 2/27 & 2/29)

Today's theme was "WHAT'S TO EAT?"

BOOKS READ:
Who Took The Cookies from the Cookie Jar? - Bonnie Lass & Philemon Sturges
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
What a Good Lunch by Shigeo Watanabe
Too Many Pears by Jackie French
Ten Red Apples by Pat Hutchins

SONGS:

"Hot Cross Buns"
Hot cross buns
Hot cross buns
One a penny
Two a penny
Hot cross buns.

"I'm a Little Teapot"
I'm a little teapot, short and stout
Here is my handle [one hand on hip], here is my spout [other arm out straight]
When I get all steamed up, hear me shout
Just tip me over and pour me out!
[as song ends, lean over and tip arm out like a spout]

I'm a clever teapot, yes it's true
Here's an example of what I can do
I can change my handle to my spout [switch arm positions and repeat tipping motion]
Just tip me over and pour me out
CLICK HERE TO HEAR: http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/lyrics/teapot.htm

FINGERPLAYS:

Little Tommy Tucker
Sing for your supper.
What shall he sing for?
White bread and butter.
How can he cut it
Without any knife?
How can he marry
Without any wife?

Storytime Week of 2/18 (Storytimes 2/20 & 2/22)

TODAY'S THEME WAS WINTER

Books Read:
One Mitten by Kristine O'Connell George
Whose Footprints? by Molly Coxe
The First Snowfall by Anne & Harlow Rockwell
Winter is for Snowflakes by Michelle Knudsen

FINGERPLAYS:
Mitten Song
"Thumb in the thumb place, Fingers all together, That is the song we sing in winter weather" (show thumb and fingers while repeating the rhyme)

Walk In The Snow (to the tune of 'Mulberry Bush')
"Let's Go Walking in the Snow
(walk)
Walking, walking, on tiptoe
(tiptoe)
Lift your one foot way up high
(hop on one foot)
Then the other to keep it dry
(hop on other foot)
All around the yard we skip
(skip)
Watch your step or you might slip
(pretend to fall)"

Storytime Week of 2/4 (Storytimes 2/6 & 2/8)

Storytime Week of 2/4 (Storytimes 2/6 & 2/8)

"MY TEDDY BEAR"

BOOKS READ:
Two Bear Cubs by Ann Jonas
Momma's Little Bears by Nancy Tafuri
Wake up, Bear by Byron Barton
The Three Bears by Byron Barton

FINGERPLAY
"10 Bears in a Bed"



There were ten in the bed,
And the little one said,
“Roll over! Roll over!”
So they all rolled over and one fell out.

Then there were just 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,
Nine in the bed ...

Then there were none in the bed!

Storytimes of 1/30 & 2/1

Storytimes of 1/30 & 2/1
"FAMILY"

BOOKS READ:
Daddy's Girl by Breena Jacobs
Mother, Mother I Want Another by Maria Polushkin Robbins
The Grandma Book by Todd Parr
We're Very Good Friends My Brother and I by P.K. Hallnan

SONGS:

"Isn't it Amazing?"
"Oh, the Noble Duke of York"

Oh, the noble Duke of York
He had 10 thousand men
He marched them up to the top of the hill
Then he marched them down again
And when they were up, they were up
And when they were down, they were down
And when they were only half-way up
They were neither up nor down
(EXTERNAL LINK: Some activities based on this song at Kididdles.com)

FINGERPLAY:

"Grandpa's Glasses"
Here are Grandpa's glasses
And here is grandpa's hat
And here is the way he folds his arms
And sits like that!

"My Hands Upon My Head"

My hands upon my head I'll place.
Upon my shoulders, on my face,
At my waist and by my side,
Then behind me they will hide.
Then I'll raise them way up high,
And let my fingers fly, fly, fly,
Then clap, clap, clap them--
One - Two -Three!
Now see how quiet they can be.

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2008 Storytime Has Begun!

2008 Storytime Has Begun!

Welcome to The Allentown Public Library's "Time For Twos" storytime! Each week we will update this blog to include the list of titles of books we read, the lyrics of songs we sang, as well as some other fun stuff (mp3s, links to fun activities, etc.) so you can repeat the lessons at home with your little one.

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WEEK OF 1/21 (storytimes on 1/23 & 1/25)

BOOKS READ:

• Can You Guess? by Margaret Miller
  
  
• Who Digs? by Michael Rex
  
  
• My First Riddle Book by Judith Hoffman Corwin
  
  
• What in the World - Eve Mirriam
  

SONGS SUNG:

• "Oh, the Noble Duke of York"
  
  Oh, the noble Duke of York
  He had 10 thousand men
  He marched them up to the top of the hill
  Then he marched them down again
  And when they were up, they were up
  And when they were down, they were down
  And when they were only half-way up
  They were neither up nor down
  (EXTERNAL LINK: Some activities based on this song at Kididdles.com)

• Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star* (Download/listen to an mp3 of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star created by the Allentown Public Library!)

FINGERPLAYS:

"Where is Thumbkin"

Where is thumbkin?
Where is thumbkin? (Hands behind back)
Here I am (Bring right hand out from behind back with thumb)
Here I am (Bring left hand out from behind back with thumb)
How are you today, sir? (Move right thumb as if talking)
I am fine, thank you (Move left thumb as if responding.)
Happy day (Clap)
Happy day (Clap)

Where is pointer?
Where is pointer? (Hands behind back)
Here I am (Bring right hand out from behind back with index finger)
Here I am (Bring left hand out from behind back with index finger)
How are you today, sir? (Move right index finder as if talking)
I am fine, thank you (Move left index finger as if responding.)
Happy day (Clap)
Happy day (Clap)

Where is tallman?
Where is tallman? (Hands behind back)
Here I am (Bring right hand out from behind back with middle finger)
Here I am (Bring left hand out from behind back with middle finger)
How are you today, sir? (Move right middle finger as if talking)
I am fine, thank you (Move left middle finger as if responding.)
Happy day (Clap)
Happy day (Clap)

Where is ring man?
Where is ring man? (Hands behind back)
Here I am (Bring right hand out from behind back with ring finger)
Here I am (Bring left hand out from behind back with ring finger)
How are you today, sir? (Move right ring finger as if talking)
I am fine, thank you (Move left ring finger as if responding.)
Happy day (Clap)
Happy day (Clap)

Where is pinkie?
Where is pinkie? (Hands behind back)
Here I am (Bring right hand out from behind back with little finger)
Here I am (Bring left hand out from behind back with little finger)
How are you today, sir? (Move right little finger as if talking)
I am fine, thank you (Move left little finger as if responding.)
Happy day (Clap)
Happy day (Clap)

Sound File of Thumbkin -- music only (External link @ NIH.GOV)

*All recordings are created by the Allentown Public Library from source material believed to be in the public domain. Our recordings may be downloaded, copied, modified, etc. according to Creative Commons licensing.

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