Baby Lapsit: Favorites Week III

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Time flies when you are having fun!  I cannot believe that next week Wednesday is the end of our spring storytime session.  I wish I could say that it feels like spring, but winter continues to hang around.  My poor daffodils have yet to bloom!  

In May, we will have a special series called "Artsy Babies." My colleague and I were inspired by the "Busy Babies at the Library" program from Tales for the Tiny.  I am looking forward to facilitating this new program and sharing the end result here.

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The Plan

Since I forgot to grab the bag of scarves last week, I decided to redeem myself and use the scarves today.  ​
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If you would like to see videos of the songs and bounces, check out my first Lapsit Favorites blogpost.

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Books

Say Hello Like This!  is a fun and lively lift-the-flap book featuring animals and the different ways they say "hello!"  I invited caregivers to make the animal noises with me as I read the story.  

This week we read "Dance to Your Daddy" from My Very First Mother Goose edited by Iona Opie.  "Dance to Your Daddy" had a really great rhythm to it so I invited the caregivers to bounce baby as we read it.

Clip-Clop!  is one of my favorite books for storytime.  I invited the caregivers to say "Clip-Clop-Clippity-Clop" with me.  As we read, caregivers bounced baby in their lap.  I did warn caregivers ahead of time that the bouncing will start to get faster and encouraged them to pace themselves.  When I said "Plop!" I had caregivers drop baby between their knees.