Vehicles for Babies
Storytimes for babies and toddlers offer an opportunity to model great read-aloud techniques for parents, and gives them the confidence to read to their children every day. A baby-toddler storytime can be followed by an extra 20 to 30 minutes of playtime, which encourages parents to talk to each other and for the young children to learn to play with others. It also demonstrates the importance of play to parents.
Welcome song: “Hello Everybody, Yes Indeed”
Mother Goose rhyme: “Ride a Cock Horse”
Get ready song: “Open, Shut Them”
First book: Good Night, Good Night, Construction Site by Sherri D. Rinker. Each truck used in construction gets ready to say good night.
Fingerplay: “Down by the Station”
Fingerplay: “Five Green and Speckled Frogs”
Stretching song: “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”
Second book: My Car by Byron Barton. Sam describes his car, which he drives to work.
Movement song: “Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes”
Fingerplay: “Wheels on the Bus”
Third book: Cars Galore by Peter Stein. A rhyming text describes a variety of cars, using shapes, colors, and sizes in the lively narrative.
Closing song: “The More We Get Together”
Fingerplay: “Five Green and Speckled Frogs”
Extra book if needed: Vroom! Kevin’s Big Book of Vehicles by Liesbet Slegers. Toddler Kevin describes his favorite vehicles in this colorful picture book.
Board book for parents: Mighty Dads by Joan Holub. These “Mighty Dads” are all vehicles, including dump trucks, cement mixers, and steamrollers.
Closing song: “The More We Get Together”