Age Group Served: Newborns through 18 months and their caregivers

 

Objective: To build on caregivers’ current knowledge, to model sharing books and rhymes with infants, and to encourage further exploration at home.

 

Supplies Needed:

• Books (standard, cloth, and board)

• Tables

• Floor mats

 

 

Books:

• Baby’s Firsts by Nancy Raines Day and illustrated by Michael Emberley.

• My First Soft Book series by teytoy – Shapes, Nature, Visual Training, Expression, Colors, and Wearing.

• The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle.

 

 

Brief description of Program:

Program will be offered twice a week.  Tuesday morning 9-10 a.m. and Wednesday evening 6-7 p.m. so working parents can attend.

 

 

Outline of Program:

 

Group Sharing Time (Approximately 20 minutes)

 

• Everyone takes a seat on the floor.

• Caregivers introduce themselves and their babies.

• Opening song: “Baby Hello Song” (Library)

The melody is “A Hunting We Will Go” the words have been changed to:

“My hands say hello, my hands say hello, every time I see my friends, my hands says ‘hello.’

My knees say ‘hello,’ my knees say ‘hello.’ Every time I see my friends, my knees says ‘hello.’

My feet say ‘hello,’ my feet say ‘hello.’ Every time I see my friends, my feet says ‘hello.’

My head say ‘hello,’ my head say ‘hello.’ Every time I see my friends, my head says ‘hello.’

My mouth say ‘hello,’ my mouth say ‘hello.’ Every time I see my friends, my mouth says ‘hello.’

           The song allows for touch.

• Book: Baby’s Firsts by Nancy Raines Day and illustrated by Michael Emberley. (Fleishhacker)

• Rhymes (all repeated twice):

Tickle: “Baby’s Fingers”
These are baby’s fingers (touch fingers)
These are baby’s toes (touch toes)
This is baby’s belly button (touch stomach)
Round and round it goes! (tickle)
 

Bounce: “Bouncing Bouncing”
Bouncing, Bouncing Baby on my Knee (bounce)
Bouncing, bouncing 1 2 3! (lift or big bounce)
Clapping, clapping with baby on my knee (clap)
Clapping, clapping 1 2 3! (big clap)
Hugging, hugging baby on my knee (hug)
Hugging, hugging 1 2 3! (hug or tilt)
 

• Cloth Book: My First Soft Book series by teytoy – Shapes, Nature, Visual Training, Expression, Colors, and Wearing.

• Board Book: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

• Rhymes (all repeated twice):

Feet: Shoe the Little Horse

 

Shoe the little horse, (Tap the bottom of one foot.)

Shoe the little mare, (Tap the bottom of the second foot.)

With a tap-tap here, (Tap the first foot.)

And a tap-tap there. (Tap the second foot.)

But let the little colt go bare! (Hold the ankles and lift both feet high.)

 

Fingerplay: “Peek-a-Boo”

Peek-a-boo, peek-a-boo

I see you! I see you!

I see your button nose and your tiny toes

Peek-a-boo! I see you!

 

• Song: Rock-a-bye baby verse:

Baby is drowsing

Cozy and fair

Mother sits near

In her rocking chair

Forward and back

The cradle she swings

And though baby sleeps

Baby hears what she sings

 

Closing song:

Goodbye, goodbye to you and you and you

Goodbye, goodbye, I love to be with you.

 

When reading the board and cloth books, model how to expand the one- or two-word texts for the caregivers.

 

 

Activity:  Most of the activities are incorporated into storytime.  The second portion of the program is individual sharing time (Approximately 20 minutes).  Three tables will be on display.  One table will display “board, cloth, high-contrast, pattern, and touch-and-feel books that can be checked out.” (Nespeca, p.68). The second table will have parenting books and nursery rhyme books.  The third table will be the activity table where babies can touch and explore interesting textures.

 

 

Sources:

 

Fleishhacker, J. (2018). Great Books: Baby Time! School Library Journal. doi:10.3897/bdj.4.e7720.figure2f

 

Library, A. C. (2016, December 20). Retrieved February 17, 2019, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOBITUESunU

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Nespeca, S. M. (1994). Library programming for families with young children: A how-to-do-it manual. New York, NY: Neal-Schuman.

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