Parent-Child Drop-in Visit – March 26, 2015

Talk about a busy (but awesome) day! After my preschool visit I was off to a community health center to talk about books and babies with a parent-child drop-in group.

I led a mini-baby time with the group, then shared some tips and tricks for helping baby prepare to read, and talked about some of the many free resources available at the library.

Here’s what we did!

Welcome Song: Hello, Friends!

Songs/Tickles

• The moon is round
• Two little eyes
• Everybody knows I love my toes

Book 1: Do Cows Meow? / Salina Yoon

Bounces

• A hippopotamus got on a city bus
• You be the lemon
• Bumping up and down in my little red wagon

Book 2: Monkey and me / Emily Gravett

Movement Songs

• Dancing with bears
• My bonny lies over the ocean
• Zoom zoom zoom
• The elevator song

Soothing Songs

• Rain is falling down
• You are my little panda bear

The program was really gentle and relaxed, and I was able to sit on the mats and chat with everyone – the atmosphere was very similar to a Mother Goose session, which is smaller than a typical baby time, with a slower pace.

I really appreciate the amazing opportunities I get to go out into the community and connect with people around my neighborhood!

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Baby Story Time – March 20, 2015

A funny little baby time today – at 11:10, five minutes before we were due to start, there were only two babies and their mothers waiting in the program room! I was getting a little nervous – we typically have a pretty good group, but a combination of terrible weather and older siblings home from school had kept our programs a little smaller all week. I needn’t have worried – the babies and their caregivers kept trickling in over the next 30 minutes (one family came in without about 5 minutes left in the program!), and although we certainly weren’t at capacity, we still had a comfortable group. That’s the thing about babies – they don’t always understand schedules! I like to make sure that my patrons know that they are always welcome to come and go as they need to during baby time – I’d rather they benefit from 15 minutes of baby time and get a chance to meet other parents after the program, then not come at all!

Welcome Song: Hello, Friends!

Touching Rhymes/Tickles

• Eyes, nose, cheeky cheeky chin
• Baby put your pants on
• Slice, slice, the bread looks nice

Book 1: Do cows meow? / Salina Yoon

Songs/Bounces

• Oh I wish I were a little bar of soap!
• I’m toast in the toaster
• A hippopotamus got on a city bus
• Gregory Griggs

Book Two: The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse / Eric Carle

Movement Songs

• What shall we do with lazy Katie?
• Dancing with bears
• Zoom zoom
• The elevator song

Soothing Songs

• Orca whale
• Rain is falling down

Goodbye song: Goodbye, Friends!

Do Cows Meow is a really fun book because it has flaps – those gaping animal mouths really caught the attention of more than a few babies! It was also a perfect day for Rain is falling down….it was pouring, just pouring, and I was actually surprised that so many families braved it out through the deluge!