Music

Every day we do storytime, we sing! However, I wanted a whole week dedicated to books that are also music related or are songs. Luckily I am finally recovering from a bad cold, otherwise this week would have been a bear!

Books:

Toddler Books:

Baa, Baa, Black Sheep - Jane Cabrera

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star - James Dean

The Itsy Bitsy Spider - Rebecca Emberley

Old MacDonald Had a Truck - Steve Goetz

Preschool Books:

I Ain't Gonna Paint No More - Karen Beaumont

Baa, Baa, Black Sheep - Jane Cabrera

Old MacDonald Had a Truck - Steve Goetz

The Bear and the Piano - David Litchfield

Rhymes/Fingerplays/Songs:

BINGO 

There was a farmer had a dog 

and Bingo was his name-O,

B-I-N-G-O, 

B-I-N-G-O, 

B-I-N-G-O,

And Bingo was his name-O.

There was a farmer had a dog

and Bingo was his name-O,

*CLAP* I-N-G-O,

*CLAP* I-N-G-O,

*CLAP* I-N-G-O,

And Bingo was his name-O.

Keep repeating each verse, each time taking the following letter out and instead clapping for that letter. By the last verse it should go like this:

There was a farmer had a dog

and Bingo was his name-O,

*CLAP* *CLAP* *CLAP* *CLAP* *CLAP*,

*CLAP* *CLAP* *CLAP* *CLAP* *CLAP*,

*CLAP* *CLAP* *CLAP* *CLAP* *CLAP*,

And Bingo was his name-O.

Source: Traditional

*My fabulous Library Assistant made a new flannel for our BINGO song this session. It's double-sided and has clip art of hands clapping on the backside of each letter. That way it helps us (and our caregivers) stay on track when we're singing the song.

The Wheels on the Bus

The wheels on the bus go round and round, (roll hands)

Round and round, Round and round.

The wheels on the bus go round and round,

All through the town.

Repeat with:

The doors on the bus go open and shut (bring hands together and apart)

The wipers on the bus go swish, swish, swish (move arms like wipers)

The horn on the bus goes beep, beep, beep (make motion like honking horn with both hands)

The children on the bus go up and down (have kids move up and down with you)

Etc.

Source: Traditional

*The great thing about a song like "The Wheels on the Bus" is that the options for lyrics are limitless!

Two Little Blackbirds

Two little blackbirds sitting on a hill,

One named Jack and the other named Jill.

Fly away Jack, Fly away Jill,

Come back Jack, Come back Jill.

Two little blackbirds sitting on a hill,

One named Jack and the other named Jill.

Source: Traditional