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Family Storytime: Art

8/1/2018

Graphic created on PicMonkey. Clipart from Krista Wallden of Creative Clips.

The theme for this week's storytime basket was Art! I found some neat water color designs on Pixabay and created an art gallery wall for the storytime participants to look at and talk about before storytime began. I also created a little take-home printable activity that encouraged the storytime kiddos to make some art of their own when they got home!

My outline can be accessed here: Art Storytime 8/1

The printables for storytime (the pre-storytime activity, lyric sheets, and post-storytime activity) can be downloaded below:

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I purchased the clipart for these printables from the amazing Krista Wallden of Creative Clips.

PRE-STORYTIME MUSIC

These are the songs that we listened to before storytime began. If you are interested in checking out these songs, the album cover images are linked to Amazon so you can listen to a sample and/or purchase these great songs!

"Strawberry Fields Forever"

"My Blue Sailboat"

"Blackberry Pie"

PRE-STORYTIME ACTIVITY

This week, I set-up an art gallery wall for storytime participants to look at as they walked into storytime. I went to Pixabay to look for watercolor artwork. I printed off the images I selected and temporarily mounted them on cardstock to really create the "art gallery" feel.

In true Nicole fashion, I forgot to take a picture of it. Ha!

HELLO SONG

Credit: Verona Storytime To the tune of: Jolly Good Fellow

We’ll wave hello together,
We’ll wave hello together,
We’ll wave hello together,
Because it’s fun to do.

We’ll give a hug together,
We’ll give a hug together,
We’ll give a hug together,
Because it’s kind to do.

We’ll high five together,
We’ll high five together,
We’ll high five together,
Because it’s fun to do.

LETTER OF THE WEEK: Cc

The letter of the week this week was the letter Cc. We did some alphabet "yoga" and we made the letter Cc with our bodies. Then we went through the pictures in the collage and I had the caregivers and children talk about what their favorite colors and types of cookies are. We made the animal noises for cat and cow.

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I purchased the clipart for this collage from the amazing Krista Wallden of Creative Clips.

RECORDED MUSIC

These are the songs that we danced to during storytime. If you are interested in checking out these songs, the album cover images are linked to Amazon so you can listen to a sample and/or purchase these great songs!

"Mr. Eric's Jumping Song"

"If You're Happy and You Know It"

"Hokey Pokey"

"Row, Row, Row Your Boat" & "Walking Walking"

BOOKS

It would not be an art storytime without Harold and the Purple Crayon. I super nerded out and wore my Harold and the Purple Crayon tee shirt from Out of Print Clothing. I love the simple drawings and storyline of Harold.

I Ain't Gonna Paint No More is a fabulously fun book to sing if you are familiar with the tune "It Ain't Gonna Rain No More". I had the kiddos point to the different body parts that our mischievous protagonist painted in the story.

Beautiful Oops! is one of my favorite books. It has such a great message - it's okay to make mistakes! I love how positive and delightful this book is. The illustrations, cutouts, and flaps are fabulously fun. This is a smaller book, but I am able to project it up onto a screen since we have a document camera that allows for us to do that. I would not recommend Beautiful Oops for a big group if you do not have a way of enlarging the wonderful details.

ACTION RHYMES

First I’ll Find a Foot
Credit: Pierce County Library System
First I find a foot,
and I hop, hop, hop. (stand on one foot and hop)
Then when I get tired,
I stop, stop, stop. (step on “stops”)
Turn around and
count to ten. (turn around)
Then I find a foot,
And I hop again. (hop on other foot)

Clap, Slap, Tap
Credit: Fingerplays & Action Rhymes
Clap, clap, clap, clap (clap hands)
Slap, slap, slap, slap (slap legs)
Tap, tap, tap, tap (tap hands on head)

Busy Hands
Credit: Fingerplays & Action Rhymes
Hands on shoulders, hands on knees
Put them behind you if you please
Raise them up high in the air
Down at your sides, now touch your hair
Hands at the side now you may place
Touch your elbows, now your face
Raise hands high up as before
Now you may clap 1,2,3,4

Wiggle, Wiggle, Wiggle
Credit: Fingerplays & Action Rhymes
A wiggle, wiggle here,
A wiggle, wiggle there,
Wiggle your hands,
Up in the air.
Wiggle your shoulders,
Wiggle your hips,
Wiggle your knees,
and move your lips.
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle,
And wiggle and bend,
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle,
And that is the end!

GOODBYE SONG

We moved and sang to "Say Goodbye" from Carole Peterson's Tiny Tunes album.

POST-STORYTIME MUSIC

These are the songs that we listened to after storytime. If you are interested in checking out these songs, the album cover images are linked to Amazon so you can listen to a sample and/or purchase these great songs!

"Little Boy Blue"

"Bunny Brown"

"Little Red Wagon"

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Artsy Babies: Art Day!

5/9/2018

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Clipart by Krista Wallden of Creative Clips. Graphic designed on PicMonkey.

Today's theme for Artsy Babies was art! We found a very cute printable that allowed caregivers to turn their baby's fingerprints into balloons, we did some painting in a bag, and made mini paper collages with Ellison die cut-outs and contact paper.

The biggest challenge for today's program was keeping the art projects simple and relatively mess-free while also trying to make the projects different from our Mini Masterpieces program (which is an art-specific program for babies and caregivers).

THE PLAN

Welcome Song: Wake Up Feet

Wake up feet, wake up feet
Wake up feet and wiggle, wiggle, wiggle
Wake up feet, wake up feet
Wake up and wiggle in the morning.

Wake up hands, wake up hands
Wake up hands and wiggle, wiggle, wiggle
Wake up hands, wake up hands
Wake up and wiggle in the morning.

Wake up ears, wake up ears
Wake up ears and wiggle, wigglw, wiggle
Wake up ears, wake up ears
Wake up and wiggle in the morning.

Book

We used this book from the Alphaprints board book series because fingerprints are used to form the illustrations. We thought that would tie in nicely to the fingerprint art!

Art Activities

We set all of our activities up around the room in stations so caregivers and babies could rotate through each activity. In addition to our three stations that had art projects, we also put out our bin of baby toys and a book display cart with some of our favorite picture books.

Fingerprint Art

My colleague found these darling elephant printables. Caregivers pressed baby's fingers into washable non-toxic stamp pads and used baby's tiny inky fingers to make balloons. We also included some washable markers for caregivers to write baby's name, the date, or to draw any additional details they wanted onto the page. We provided Babyganics wipes for caregivers to clean baby's fingers after they were done creating their fingerprint masterpiece.

Painting in a Bag

We used Crayola washable finger paint, white cardstock, and gallon sized Ziploc bags. We cut two inches off of the top of the cardstock so that it would fit nicely into the Ziploc bags. We also squirted a dollop of paint onto each piece of cardstock, carefully placed the cardstock inside of the bags, and sealed the bags. The bags held up really well! The caregivers even found the painting in a bag to be soothing!

Mini Mural on Contact Paper

We set out an assortment of Ellison-die cut shapes, pre-cut contact paper, and sheets of cardstock for caregivers and babies to make mini paper murals. This was our most popular activity.

Goodbye Song: We Wave Goodbye Like This

To the tune of "The Farmer in the Dell"

We wave goodbye like this
We wave goodbye like this
We clap our hands for all our friends
We wave goodbye like this.

If you would like to see the post from our first week of Artsy Babies click here.

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