This Week in Story Time...

 Alphabet Series: C

I CANNOT wait to tell you what we have COOKED up for the letter C. 

Preschool Palooza (3-5 years) & Toddler Tales (18 months-3 years)

Baby Babbles (0-18 months)

Coaster: a Baby Driver Book is a VINTAGE board book by Ian Pillinger published in 1995. I don't know HOW we still have it in our collection, but I'm impressed!

Here are some other options that we had on display that would work as well for a Letter C themed story time:

In addition to books, we also sing songs, do flannel stories, count to 10, and perform a puppet show! Below is this week's content:

Opening Song: Can't Stop This Feeling by Justin Timberlake

Action Song: Open/Shut Them

There are so many different versions, but this one seems to be a crowd favorite. It was almost impossible to find the original song as our MP3 has incorrect data! For Baby Babbles, we sing it acapella.

Preschool Palooza Action Song: Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes 

Kids love this version, but it's best for ages 3-5! I know this from experience, we did it for Toddler Tales for a long time and by the 2nd to last round all the kids would just stand and stare as if in shock at how fast we were going.

Toddler Tales Action Song: If You're Happy and You Know It

Super Simple Songs are one of my favorite to share in story time. 

Action Song: Our Poor Farmer

This action song is so much fun because it gets the kids intentionally interacting. You can duplicate this song for just about any item. In this instance, we talk about a Farmer who lost his Cows, in December we had a Kitten who lost their mittens, November we had a Turkey that lost its Feathers! You get the point! We had cutout felt cows (you can use construction paper if it will only be done once, or cardstock if you will do it for multiple programs) which were various colors and handed them out to children in the audience. Then we would call different colors at each verse and they would bring them up to us. It's becoming a crowd favorite!

Our Poor Farmer

(Tune: Are you Sleeping?)

Our poor farmer, lost his cows.

Let's all help, everyone.

Do you have a (color) cow?

Come and bring the (color) one.
Oh what fun, oh what fun!

Flannel: 5 Little Clouds

***Photo coming soon***

Action Video: Silly to Calm

As always, this action song was magical. The kids were quiet, attentive, and respectful for the rest of story time. Caregivers have complimented this activity after story time on many occasions, which is why I keep bringing it back. I keep it in a separate playlist called "JUST IN CASE" as an emergency break along with Shake Your Sillies Out by Raffi

Letter Flannel: CONSTRUCT the Letter C - Cow, Clock, Cat, Chocolate, Castle, Cheese

Puppet Show: The Muppets - Rainbow Connection

The crowd went wild for Kermit!