Family Storytime – 11/30/19 – Shapes
- Song – Top of the Morning
- This is a fun tune and great for waking up and doing a little stretching. It’s called Top of the Morning.
- Hello Rhyme – Hello, Hello, Hello
- This is a little rhyme to say hello in different languages.
- This is a little rhyme to say hello in different languages.
Hello, hello, hello.
It’s time to say hello.
Hello, today, to all my friends.
Hello, hello, hello.
(English, ASL, Spanish, French, etc.)
- Song/Stretch – Hands Are For Clapping by Jim Gill
- I love this simple little stretching song. Simple movement and a nice tune.
- ASL – CIRCLE / SQUARE / TRIANGLE
- I always teach three or four signs based on our theme in my family storytimes. Check out Signing Savvy or Baby Sign Language to learn these signs.
- Book – Perfect Square by Micheal Hall
- This is the “perfect” shape themed book.
- Rhyme – Shape Song
A circle is a shape that goes round and round,
Round and round, round and round.
A circle is a shape that goes round and round,
Round and round.
A triangle is a shape with three sides,
With three sides, with three sides.
A triangle is a shape with three sides,
With three sides.
A square is a shape with four sides,
With four sides, with four sides,
A square is a shape with four sides,
With four sides.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHUg4QuTmyc)
- Song – Shake Your Sillies Out
- And a dance break to get those wiggles out!
- Flannel – Shaped houses—where’s my house
- I saw this one at another library when I was with my daughter and it rocked! Sooo I recreated it.
- Rhyme – Where is Triangle
- I created shape “people” on Popsicle sticks for this one.
Where is triangle? Where is triangle?
Here I am. Here I am.
How are you today, sir? Very well, I thank you.
Run away. Run away.
(I repeated this rhyme with rectangle, circle, and square)
(http://libraryvillage.blogspot.com/2013/09/toddler-story-time-i-see-shapes.html)
- Book/Flannel – Out of Shapes by Ashley G.
- I have a flannel for this that is going to be super complicated but I am determined to try it!
- Rhyme – Little Circle
Little circle (fingers and thumb)
Bigger circle (two hands)
Biggest circle (Both arms)
How many circles did we make? 1,2,3!
(http://libraryvillage.blogspot.com/2013/09/toddler-story-time-i-see-shapes.html)
- Song/Bubbles – Bubble Bath
- I never break out the bubbles for family storytime because it’s a risk with that many people. But bubbles are circles soooo please don’t trample me!
- Song/Shakers – Mr. Sun by Raffi
- The sun is round, so we can shape shake to this song.
- Goodbye Rhyme – Goodbye, Goodbye, Goodbye
- We do goodbye the same way we said hello.
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye.
It’s time to say goodbye.
Goodbye, today, to all my friends.
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye.
(English, ASL, Spanish, French, etc.)
- Song – Clean It Up! by The Laurie Berkner Band
- Everyone helps put our shakers away.
- Song – Goodbye, So Long, Farewell my Friends by Music Together
- I always put this one on as I go to open the door. Its a nice, slow, peaceful song to wind down on.
How’d it go:
I decided that my Out of Shapes flannel had too many pieces, so I ended up doing It Looked Like Spilt Milk instead. Fun was had!
That’s all for now!
-M-
