Fall 2018 Music & Movement Storytime: Week Four 9/26/18

Storytime can be good medicine, as I happily discovered today.  I don't know what it is, but I have been in a funk lately, not sleeping well, and feeling exhausted.  My kiddos helped perk me right up this morning.  I knew they were counting on Miss Jen for a fun time, so I chugged a cup of coffee (or three) and began to prepare for storytime.  Seeing them all come in with big smiles, so excited for storytime to begin, put a huge smile on my face.  Their energy was contagious.  It is always so rewarding to watch their joy and see them learn new things from week to week.  Their little hugs and big belly laughs never fails to make me feel better if I'm having a bad day.  Speaking of bellies, stamping little toddler bellies never gets old.  This group of kiddos loves getting hand stamps and then a belly stamp.  It's hysterical, and I always have to do it with a sound effect.  "BOOP!"  Today we had a star stamp so it was like I created a small army of Star Belly Sneetches straight out of Seuss!

Fall 2018 Music & Movement Storytime

Week Four:  9/26/18

Opening Song:  “Everybody Wake Up!” (Track #7 Lisa Loeb’s Songs for Moving and Shaking)

Song:  “I Can Wiggle” (Track #2 30 Toddler Songs)

Song:  “Bingo” (Track #10 Early Childhood Classics / Hap Palmer)

Let’s Get Moving Activity Song:  “I’m a Nut” (Track #12 Groovy Green / Eric Litwin)

Pick out four of the activity mats.  Play song twice for four repetitions of the song, using each mat as the movement.

Yoga/Breathing Activity

Pick a breathing card and practice it.  Then pick a yoga pose card.  Practice the pose while breathing in and out.

Where are we going to fly today?

Ribbons / Scarves Song:  “The Airplane Song” (Track #9 The Ultimate Laurie Berkner Band Collection)

Transition Song:  “If You’d Like to Read a Book”

Book:  Chicka Chicka 123 / Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault, illustrated by Lois Ehlert

Song / Fingerplay:   “Counting Bananas” (Track #13 Super Simple Kids Songs 2)

Song:  “Jumping and Counting” (Track #7 Jim Gill’s Irrational Anthem)

Scarf Song:  “Popcorn Kernels”

Book:  1-2-3 Va-Va-Vroom! / Sarah Lynn, illustrated by Daniel Griffo

Activity:  Kaboom!

Parachute

Shaker Song:  “Hold Still” (Track #5 Music is Awesome vol. 2)

Closing Song:  “Shake My Sillies Out” (Track #1 Fun in the Sun disc 2)