Babytime- Peekaboo!

Opening Song: The More We Get Together
*We sign and clap to our opening song.  All Stillwater Public Library storytimes start with this song and the children learn that song means storytime is starting.

Rhyme: Clap Your Hands
* Follow the actions of the song

Clap your hands, clap your hands,
Clap them just like me
Touch your shoulders, touch your shoulders,
Touch them just like me
Tap your knees, tap your knees,
Tap them just like me
Nod your head, nod your head,
Nod it just like me
Clap your hands, clap your hands,
Then let them quiet be

Book: Peekaboo Morning by Rachel Isadora
*This book is fun in storytime because everyone gets to participate and play peekaboo while read. If this becomes a favorite at home you may expanded upon the game and play peekaboo with other people and objects that are familiar to your child.

Song: If you are happy and you know it
* If you are happy and you know it is a wonderful song to start practicing gross motor skills.  Some of the ways we show we are happy in baby time are clapping hands, stomping feet, and waving hands. 

Song: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (Hold hands up high & rotate wrist in time to music)
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high, (Make diamond shape with thumbs & index fingers)
Like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (Hold hands up high & rotate wrist again)
How I wonder what you are.

 Book: Peekaboo! by Matthew Price
* This is popup book that is our special storytime collection and unavailable for checkout.  Although popup books are generally not available from the public library they are very exciting for storytime! If you have older children at home you may consider making your own pop up book. Simple instructions found here: http://www.greatschools.org/students/activities/641-make-a-pop-up-book.gs

Rhyme: Tickle You Here

Hug you here, hug you there,
hug you, hug you everywhere.

Tickle you here, tickle you there,
tickle you, tickle you everywhere.

Bounce you here, bounce you there,
bounce you, bounce you everywhere.


Rhyme: Giddyap, Giddyap

 Giddyap, giddyap, ride to town,
(bounce baby on knees, facing forward)

Giddyap, giddyap, up and down

Giddyap fast,  (bounce quickly)
Giddyap slow,  (bounce slowly)

Giddyap, giddyap, giddyap, WHOA!
(dip baby backwards gently)

Closing song: The More We Get Together
* We end on the same song we started with and then the children and parents are invited to stay and play in the storytime room.  We have a bin filled with books, puzzles, and stuffed animals.


Other books to check out:
Clifford's Peekaboo by Norman Bridwell (look for it in the board book bins)
Peekaboo Baby by Margret Miller 

Early Literacy Tip:
Make funny faces.  This helps children learn to read facial expressions. Place baby on your lap in front of a mirror and make silly faces. If you have a child-safe mirror, place it on the floor and allow mobile babies to crawl across it. Learning to distinguish differences is a literacy activity! Plus you can do funny faces while playing peekaboo.