Books I read...
Llama Llama Red Pajama By Ann Dewdney
Baby Llama wants misses his Mama Llama at bedtime. Love, love, love this story.. And I loved how four little ones sat at my feet mesmerized by the tale. I don't think they even blinked!
I’m Not Sleepy By Jonathan Allen
It’s morning and Baby Owl is determined to stay awake! This book gave us a chance to talk about how owls sleep during the day. Most didn't know this and thought that was pretty silly!
Yawn By Sally Symes
This rhyming board book is super fun. It has a hole through the pages that follows a yawn from critter to critter starting with a little boy named Sean. I really like using books that have a unique feature like this. How it went...
A great finger play for bedtime (or nap time) is Here is a Baby (Another great idea from Perry Public Library Storytimes!). This can also be used for a younger audience by using the babies and not your fingers. Babies would love to be rocked during this!
Fingerplay:
Here is a Baby
Here is a baby (index finger)Ready for a nap
Lay her down in her mother's lap. (place finger in palm)
Cover her up so she won't peek. (curl fingers around index finger)
Rock her till she's fast asleep. (rock)
The next finger play I used was adapted to fit in nicely after reading Llama Llama Red Pajama. It was originally about elves (Thanks to the 2012 Dream Big SRP!) but worked great with llamas too. There wasn't much action to it other than counting fingers, but it was still super cute.
Fingerplay: Tired Little Llamas (count on fingers)
Said this little llama
"I'm as tired as can be" Fingerplay: Tired Little Llamas (count on fingers)
Said this little llama "My eyes can hardly see"
Said this little llama "I'd like to go to bed"
Said this little llama "I want to rest my head"
Said this little llama "Come climb the stairs with me"
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 they tiptoed (tiptoe fingers)
Just as still as still could be
Action Song: This is the Way We…
This is the way we wash our face, wash our face, wash our face.
(rub scrunched scarf on face)
This is the way we wash our face,
When we get ready for bed.
…wash our toes…
…wash our arms…
…wash our tummy…
(Thanks Sunflower Storytime!)
Action Rhyme: Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear
Teddy bear, teddy bear, turn around. (Turn around)
Teddy bear, teddy bear, show your shoe. (Point to your shoe)
Teddy bear, teddy bear, I love you. (Hug yourself)
Teddy bear, teddy bear, climb upstairs. (Pretend to climb stairs)
Teddy bear, teddy bear, brush your hair. (Pretend to brush hair)
Teddy bear, teddy bear, turn out the light. (Pretend to switch off the light)
Teddy bear, teddy bear, say “Goodnight.” (Hands together and lean head on them)
Flannel Time this week was also about teddy bears, so I let the little ones keep their bears while I told the flannel story Red Ted Said (Thank you to Loons and Quines for the idea!). This also seemed to help with not touching the flannel board. I made simple colored teddy bears to go along with a bed made by Miss Sue. I decided not to include the group participation portion of this flannel story even though I really liked the idea. I had a lot of activities to fit into my small window of time and knew having the little ones come up would take a huge chunk of it.
Flannel Time! Red Ted Said
There were five in the
bed, and Red Ted said,"Roll over, roll over".
So, they all rolled over and yellow fell out.
There were four in the bed, and Red Ted said,
"Roll over, roll over".
So, they all rolled over and brown fell out.
There were three in the bed, and Red Ted said,
"Roll over, roll over".
So, they all rolled over and green fell out.
There were two in the bed, and Red Ted said,
"Roll over, roll over".
So, they all rolled over and blue fell out.
There was one in the bed, and Red Ted said,
"I'm lonely, so lonely".
So they all climbed back in, and their momma said,
“Good night!”
Closing:
“Thank You” Rhyme
Our hands say thank you (Hold hands up)
With a clap, clap, clap; (Clap hands)
Our feet say thank you (Point to feet)
Clap, clap, clap; (Clap hands)
Tap, tap, tap. (Tap feet)
We roll our hands around, (Roll hands)
And say, “Good-bye.” (Wave good-bye)
Our feet say thank you (Point to feet)
Clap, clap, clap; (Clap hands)
Tap, tap, tap. (Tap feet)
We roll our hands around, (Roll hands)
And say, “Good-bye.” (Wave good-bye)
I must say, by the end of this story time I was ready for bed! The room was full of happy contagious energy. Thankfully, I chose a nice quiet craft to finish things off, inspired by a craft I saw on Storytime Katie. It was super simple - black cardstock plus a precut crescent moon and eight sparkly star stickers equals a darling night sky. I saw many beautiful constellations as they left this week. Good night!
I love these ideas. I will definitely "borrow" some of these.
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This is just a wonderful bedtime storytime, thank you so much! Can't wait to try it out with my toddlers next week.
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