JANUARY Book Babies + Toddler Time: Dinosaurs
JANUARY Book Babies + Toddler Time: Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs, dinosaurs, we love you! We love the way you stomp! We love the way you chomp! We love the way you soar! And, we especially love the way you, ROAR! There are so many things to do with your budding dinosaur.
Book Babies: Wednesday @ 9:30am in Community Room
Ages 0 – 10 months
Toddler Time: Monday & Tuesday @ 9:30am in Community Room
Ages 11 – 23 months
Welcome Songs
Here We Are Together
Here we are together, together, together! Oh, here we are together in our library. There’s (sing names)… Here we are together in our library!
Hello Everybody
Hello everybody let’s clap our hands*, clap our hands, clap our hands. Hello everybody let’s clap our hands today! *pat our head, stretch up high, wiggle our fingers, tickle our knees, kick our feet, bounce up high!
S, T, R, W, P
(Sing while pointing to each finger on your child’s hand.) Sing, talk, read, write, play! Sing, talk, read write, play! Sing, talk, read, write, play! Sing, talk, read, write, play each day!
Sing, Talk, Read, Write, Play
TIP
Being able to coordinate small muscles in hands and fingers enables children to hold things, cut with scissors, tie their shoes, and fasten buttons. “Where is thumbkin?” starts as a simple activity but soon develops into a complicated exercise as more fingers are used. Development of fine motor skills also helps children to write. ~Lambert
Activity
Sing “Where is Thumbkin?” with your child. Just sing the first verse using only your thumb. Then, when your child is old enough, she might enjoy singing all of the verses using the corresponding fingers.
Books Presented
Dinosaur Roar! by Henrietta Stickland
Dinosaurs of every shape and size race, roar, and stomp through this colorful book of opposites. And where are all these silly-looking creatures off to? A dinosaur picnic, of course! These prehistoric pranksters and the simple, playful rhymes that accompany them will delight children everywhere. Dinosaur Roar! is an entertaining way to introduce preschoolers to the concept of opposites.
The Dinos on the Bus by Peter Millett
Shape by Shape by Suse MacDonald
What am I?
I lived a long, long time ago.
I had round eyes…
lots of sharp teeth…
This new concept book from Caldecott Honor illustrator Suse MacDonald is sure to entertain children. As readers turn the brightly colored, die cut pages, shapes on each page come together to reveal a creature from long ago. Page by page, MacDonald’s bright, cut-paper, collage-style artwork transforms circles into eyes and triangles into scales until a familiar creature is revealed, with the aid of a large fold-out page, on the final spread.
Dinosaur Kisses by David Ezra Stein
Oh My Oh My Oh Dinosaurs! by Sandra Boynton
Dinosaurs engage in such activities as sunbathing and creating art. On board pages with a die-cut cover.
Rumble, Rumble, Dinosaur by Katrina Charman
Set to the tune of “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”, join a host of different dinosaurs over the course of a day
Hello World! Dinosaurs by Jill McDonald
All young children love dinosaurs. Now here’s a board book that teaches toddlers all about Triceratops, Stegosaurus, T-rex, and many more with colors, shapes, sizes, and super-simple facts.
Dinosaurs
Songs, Rhymes, and Fingerplays
Baby Dinosaur
Tune: Baby Bumblebee
I’m bringing home a baby* dinosaur,
Won’t my mommy hide beyond the door?
I’m bringing home a baby dinosaur,
Roar, roar, roar, roar!
*Red, blue, yellow…
1, 2, 3 Baby on My Knee
1, 2, 3…baby’s on my knee.
Rooster crows and up she goes!
1, 2, 3…baby’s on my knee.
Rooster crows and down she goes!
1, 2, 3…baby’s on my knee.
Rooster crows and over she goes.
1, 2, 3…baby’s on my knee.
Rooster crows and in she goes.
One Dinosaur Went Out to Play
One dinosaur went out to play
On a giant fern one day
She had such enormous fun
That she called for another dinosaur to come:
Raise hands to cup mouth, and call loudly: Oh, Diiiiiiiiiinosaur!
(Slap hands on thighs to make “running” sounds.)
Two dinosaurs went out to play…
Three dinosaurs…
Four dinosaurs…
Five dinosaurs went out to play
On a giant fern one day
They had such enormous fun
That they played until the day was done!
Source: Mel’s Desk Baby Storytime
Tap Our Legs Together
Let’s tap our legs together, together, together.
Let’s tap our legs together ‘cause it’s fun to do.
(Repeat with other body parts)
Source: Pawling Library
