Here’s a fun baby storytime plan for the spring season!
Welcome/Introductions/Sharing: Baby’s Birthday
Today I asked the caregivers to share how old their baby was. We also sang the Happy Birthday song for several recent birthdays in our group!
Sing: Let’s All Clap…*
Rhyme: This is Big, Big, Big*
Bounce: Toast in the Toaster*
Sing: Everybody Clap Your Hands by Nancy Kopman
Read: Little Cloud by Eric Carle (Big Book)
Rhyme: Big Round Sun
Tune: Five Little Ducks
The big round sun in the summer sky
Waved at a little gray cloud passing by
The little gray cloud started to rain
Then out came the big round sun again!CREDIT: KCLS
As the saying goes, there’s always a rainbow at the end of every rain! We passed out our rainbow scarves and sang a song about colors.
Sing: Colors Over You (Scarves)
Tune: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Red and green and yellow and blue.
These are the colors over you!
Red as an apple and green as a tree.
Yellow as the sun and blue as the sea.
Red and green and yellow and blue.
These are the colors over you!CREDIT: KENDRA @ READ SING PLAY
You can’t pass out scarves without playing a little peekaboo!
Sing: Peekaboo (Scarves)
Tune: Frere Jacques
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!CREDIT: KCLS
Sing: The Itsy Bitsy Spider (Scarves)
Speaking of rain… we pretended our scarves were spiders and lifted them up and down the waterspout!
Lit Tip: Learning New Words through Song
Grown-ups, did you notice all the movements we made while singing today, such as when we went UP and DOWN the waterspout? Or when you touched your baby’s nose and toes? This actually helps babies learn new words! When you SING and use purposeful gestures, you help baby associate meaning with the words that they hear.
Read: Duckie’s Rainbow by Frances Barry (Lapsit Books)
Play: Bubbles
Rhyme: Tick Tock Cuckoo Clock*
Sing: Goodbye, Goodbye*
Stay and Play
*Please visit this page to learn more about my regular storytime songs and routines.
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