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VIRTUAL INFANT AND TODDLER TIME


 Virtual Children's Songs and Storytime
A program that encourages early childhood learning and provides a supportive network for parents.
Families are given a book each month to increase literacy skills and interest in reading.

IT'S PUMPKIN TIME! - Stories and songs about pumpkins!
  • BOOK: It's Pumpkin Day Mouse! by Laura Numeroff
  • SONG: Five Little Pumpkins 

BABIES — Read, sing and talk about babies!
  • BOOK: Global Babies by The Global Fund for Children
  • SONG: Old McDonald

1, 2, 3, COUNT WITH ME!
 — Activities and storytime all about counting.
  • BOOK: Baby Animals First 123 Book by Alexandra Claire
  • ACTIVITIES: Counting objects

​LADYBUG  — Sing songs and listen to storytime all about ladybugs!
  • BOOK: The Gentleman Bug by Julian Hector
  • SONGS: I have a little ladybug!

SILLY ANIMALS — Sing songs and listen to storytime all about silly animals.
  • BOOK: Bear Came Along by Richard T. Morris
  • SONGS: Grr, Grr Wen the Big Brown Bear; Open Shut Them

​TEDDY! — Sing songs and listen to storytime all about your beloved teddy.
  • BOOK: Where's My Teddy by Jez Alborough
  • SONGS: Teddy Bear; Open Shut Them

LIBRARY FUN! — Sing, dance, and listen to storytime with Ms. Katie and Mason
  • BOOK: Lola at the Library by Anna McQuinn
  • SONGS: If you're happy and you know it! & Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

THE WONDER AROUND US — Enjoy a song and storytime about the objects around us that bring wonder. 
  • BOOK: Hello Hello by Brendan Wenzel
  • SONG: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

BIRDS! — Enjoy a song and storytime about birds.
  • BOOK: Hooray for Birds! by Lucy Cousins
  • SONG: Five Little Ducks

​SCULPTURE AND WOODEN ASSEMBLAGE — Enjoy activities and story time inspired by our Summer Art Program lessons.​​
  • BOOK: The Most Magnificent thing by Ashley Spires
  • ACTIVITY: Watercolor painting

CREATE WITH CLAY! — Enjoy activities and story time inspired by our Summer Art Program clay lessons.​
  • BOOK: Museum Shapes by the Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • ACTIVITY: Use clay to create different shapes, objects, and colors

COLLAGE — Enjoy activities and story time inspired by our Summer Art Program collage lessons.​
  • BOOK: Beautiful Oops! by Barney Saltzbery
  • ACTIVITY: Create a collage with contact paper

WATERCOLOR! — Enjoy activities and story time inspired by our Summer Art Program watercolor lessons.
  • BOOK: The Dot by Peter Reynolds
  • ACTIVITY: Watercolor painting

FIBER ART! — Enjoy activities and story time inspired by our Summer Art Program weaving lessons.
  • BOOK: Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett
  • ACTIVITY: Paper loom weaving, lacing beads and strings, block stacking (fine motor skill development)

IT'S RAINING, IT'S POURING! — Enjoy songs and story time with rain... drip, drop, plip, plop!
  • BOOK: Splish, Splash, Ducky! by Lucy Cousins
  • SONG: Itsy, Bitsy Spider

SPLISH, SPLASH! TIME FOR A BATH! — Enjoy songs and story time all about bath time — splish, splash!
  • BOOK: Get Out of My Bath by Britta Teckentrup
  • SONG: I wash!

CELEBRATING FATHER'S DAY — Lots of love and appreciation to the dads and people who serve that guiding role in our lives. 
  • BOOK: Dada by Jimmy Fallen
  • SONG: Old McDonald Had a Farm

EMOTIONS! — Enjoy songs and story time all about emotions — happy, sad... 
  • BOOK: The Pout-Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen
  • SONG: If You're Happy and You Know It

COUNTING AND ANIMALS — Enjoy songs and story time all about animals, numbers, and counting!
  • BOOK: 15 Animals by Sandra Boyton
  • SONG: Five Little Ducks
​
THINGS THAT GO! — 
Enjoy songs and story time is all about “things that go”!
  • BOOK: Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle
  • SONG: Wheels on the Bus
​
YUMMY FOOD! 
-- Enjoy songs and storytime about yummy food!
  • BOOK: How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food? by Jane Yolen
  • SONG: I like Sandwiches
​
ANIMALS 
-- Enjoy songs and story time all about animals!
  • BOOK: Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell
  • SONG: Old McDonald Had a Farm
​
EXPLORING BODY PARTS 
— Enjoy songs and story time all about our body... hair, hands, feet...
  • BOOK: Toes, Ears, and Nose by Karen Katz and Marion Dane Butler
  • SONG: Icky, Sticky Bubble Gum​​

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