Let's Go!

For Parents & Caregivers: Silly songs, rhymes, and chants in storytimes help children hear and play with language. They build phonemic awareness and vocabulary.
Article: Phonemic Activity- Nonsense
Storytime Books
The Little Engine That Could
The Bus for Us
Pigs in the Mud in the Middle of the Road
Bertie and Small and the Fast Bike Ride
The Wheels on the Bus
Rhymes
Music CDs: "The Train" Wee Sing Children's Songs and Fingerplays; "I Like to Ride My Bicycle" Wiggle & Whirl; "The Wheels on the Bus" Raffi's Box of Sunshine
Transportation Storytime Booklist

Bedtime

For Parents & Caregivers: Children learn letters in stages:
1. the names of letters
2. recognize the shapes of different letters
3. match the letters with their sounds
Article: Letter Sounds

Storytime Books
Time for Bed
Little Donkey Close Your Eyes
Asleep, Asleep
When the Moon is High


Rhymes

Music CDs: "Five Little Joeys" Dance Party. "Good Night" & "Sleep, Baby, Sleep" Wee Sing Children's Songs and Fingerplays.

Bedtime Storytime Booklist

Yummy, Yummy in My Tummy!

For Parents & Caregivers: Once children are familiar with a story, let them retell it to you. This improves narrative skills. Developing this early literacy skill helps later with reading comprehension.

Article: Parent Guide to Early Literacy


Storytime Books:
Don't Forget the Bacon
Bread, Bread, Bread
Victor Vito and Freddie Vasco
On Top of Spaghetti


Rhymes


Music CDs: "Peanut Butter and Jelly" A Cathy and Marcy Collection for Kids : "Victor Vito " Victor Vito: "On Top of Spaghetti" Six Little Ducks

Food Storytime Booklist

It's a Small World!


For Parents & Caregivers: School readiness skills -- listening, following directions, and getting along with others -- are developed during storytimes.

Storytime Books
Where Did You Get Your Moccasins? Available through Interlibrary Loan
German verision: Drei Ziegenbocke Namens Gruff by Henriette Barkow Available through Interlibrary Loan
Music CD: "Hoch Soll Sie Leben" Teach Me More German