Opening song: Hi Ho the Dairy-O
When the children arrive, we write down their name and after everyone has arrived, we sing the names into the song, like this
Emily is here and Amy is here, hi ho the dairy-o and Avery is here.
We continue singing the song until everyone has been greeted. We ask the parents to lift their child up or have them wave as we sing their name, to familiarize ourselves with the child and to help them understand that their name is important.
Bobo's Backpack song
We have a cute monkey puppet who wears a small backpack. He always has something hiding in his backpack, which introduces the theme of the storytime. His song goes like this:
There is something in my backpack
Something hiding in my backpack
What's that something in my backpack?
Open your eyes for a big surprise
Book: Dog's Colorful Day by Emma Dodd
This story is a bit long for babies, but we used it as a choral reader. Each child and parent get a copy of the book to read aloud together during storytime.
Song: Mudcakes
(to the tune of Frere Jacques)
Make a mud cake, make a mud cake
In the mud, in the mud
Digging, scooping, patting, digging, scooping, patting
Just feels fun, just feel fun
Parents can demonstrate making mudcakes with their own hands or manipulate their babies hands to make mudcakes. I made the mistake of starting this off too fast, so when we got to the "digging, scooping, patting" part, it was hard to keep with the rhythm.
Flannelboard: Five Garbage Trucks
Book: I Ain't Gonna Paint No More by Karen Beaumont
This is a fun one because it has a lot of colors and talks about painting different body parts!
Recorded Music: I Love Trash from Songs From the Street (Sesame Street)
Each child got a maraca to shake while we sang and danced to this song.
Song: Grand Old Duke of York
The grand old duke of York
He had ten thousand men
He marched them up to the top of the hill
And he marched them down again
And when they were up they were up
And when they were down they were down
And when they were only halfway up
They were neither up nor down
He marched them to the left
He marched them to the right
He even marched them upside down
Now wasn't that a sight?
The parents hold the kids during this song and swing them up and down and left and right, according to the song's lyrics. The kids just go crazy with them; they love it so much.
Goodbye Song: Clap Your Hands
Clap, clap, clap your hands
Clap your hands together
Clap, clap, clap your hands
Clap your hands together
Give, give, give a hug
Give a hug to baby
Give, give, give a hug
Give a hug to mommy or daddy
Wave, wave, wave goodbye
Wave goodbye to me
Wave, wave, wave goodbye
Wave goodbye to me
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