Family Storytime: Music

This was a nice storytime that had a good blend of reading and music. I was able to read four short books because we had a smaller group due to the Independence Day holiday coming up and they were outgoing for a small group.

I read Groovy Joe Ice Cream & Dinosaurs by Eric Litwin. They liked this book and thought it was funny when Groovy Joe would sing.

Next, we used scarves and followed along to a song on the cd "Ribbons & Rhythms Movement Activities for Learning." I chose track 1 because it was short and had actions for them to follow along to with the beat of the music.

Our next book was Dancing Feet by Lindsey Craig. The group enjoyed guessing which animal was dancing on each page and gave an interactive feel.

For our next music activity, I brought out the instruments and we followed along with a song I found on Youtube that was just the right amount of length and not too difficult. We used maracas, tambourines, and other shakers to this song.

Next up was Pigs Rock by Melanie Davis Jones. The group liked the illustrations of this book. And our last book was AHop is Up by Kristy Dempsey. This was a quick movement book to end our music storytime.

For our craft, the kids had to glue their cardboard guitars together and decorate them. All of them had rubberbands on them so the kids could play their craft.

Other Books:

Rappy the Raptor Dan Gutman

The Nuts Sing and Dance in Your Polka-Dot Pants Eric Litwin

Kat Writes a Song Greg Foley

Play this Book Jessica Young

Other Activities:

-If You're Happy and You Know It

-*Shake My Sillies Out

-*The Jingle Song

(move shaker egg or jingle bells to the directions in the lyrics)

We jingle up high,

We jingle down low,

We jingle fast,

We jingle slow,

We jingle to the ceiling,

We jingle to the ground,

We jingle and we jangle

As we dance all around!

Brain Breaks Action Songs: Let's Move! happy Dance, Chili Chili