Until We Meet Again (in June)

Next Baby Storytime at Augsburg Park Library:   

June 4 through June 25, Wednesdays, 9:15 a.m.

Storytimes at other Hennepin County Libraries near Augsburg Park:

Augsburg Park (7100 Nicollet Ave.)

• Family Storytimes: Tuesdays, March 4–18, 10:30 a.m.

Edina (5280 Grandview Square)

• Baby Storytimes
• Tuesdays, March 25–April 15, 9:30 a.m.
• Tuesdays, March 25–April 15, 11 a.m.
• Family Storytimes: Thursdays, March 27–April 17, 9:30 a.m.

Linden Hills (2900 W. 43rd St.)

• Baby Storytimes
• Saturdays, April 5–May 3, 10:30 a.m.
• Registration required, begins Mar 8. Register online or call 612-543-6825.
• Family Storytimes
• Wednesdays, March 5–May 28, 10:30 a.m.
• Fridays, March 7–May 30, 10:30 a.m.

Nokomis (5100 34th Ave. S.)

• Baby Storytimes
• Tuesdays, March 11–May 13, 9:30 a.m.
• Saturdays, March 22–May 17, 9:30
• Family Storytimes
• Fridays, March 14–May 16, 10:30 a.m.
• Saturdays, March 22–May 17, 11 a.m.

Oxboro (8801 Portland Ave. S.)

• Family Storytimes: Monday, March 3-May 19, 10:30 a.m.

Penn Lake (8800 Penn Ave. S.)

• Baby Storytimes: Thursdays, March 6–April 24, 10:30 a.m.
• Family Storytimes: Tuesdays, March 4–April 22, 10:30 a.m.

Southdale (7001 York Ave. S.)

• Baby Storytimes
• Mondays, March 3–April 14, 9:30 a.m.
• Mondays, March 3–April 14, 10:30 a.m.
• Family Storytimes: Wednesdays, March 5–26, 10:30 a.m.

Washburn (5244 Lyndale Ave. S.)

• Baby Storytimes
• Wednesdays, April 2–30, 11 a.m.
• Registration required, begins Mar 5. Register online or call 612-543-8375.
• Family Storytimes: Wednesdays, March 19–April 30, 10:15 a.m.

Augsburg Park Library Baby Storytime, 2/26/2014

Theme:Actions

Books:

• Go baby go! by Marilyn Janovitz
• Splash! by Flora McDonnell
• My first baby signs by Linda Acredolo
• Go, Baby, Go! by Beth Hardwood

 Songs:

• Criss-Cross, Applesauce

Criss-Cross, Applesauce,

(draw "x" with fingers on back)

Spiders crawling up your back, Spiders crawling down your back,

(fingers creep up then down back) 

Elephants marching up your back, Elephants marching down your back,

(closed fist up then down back)

Cats scratching up your back, Cats scratching down your back,

(scratch with fingers up then down back)

Snakes slithering up your back, Snakes slithering down your back,

(2 fingers wiggle up back)

Cool Breeze!

(Blow air on head)

Tight Squeeze!

(Hug)

And now you've got the Shiver-ees!

(Tickle)

• Open, Shut Them

Open, Shut them,Open, Shut them,

Give a little Clap, Clap, Clap!

Open, Shut them,Open, Shut them,

Lay them in your Lap, Lap, Lap!

Creep them, Creep them, Creep them, Creep them,

Right down to your Toes, Toes, Toes!

Creep them, Creep them, Creep them, Creep them,

Right up to your Nose, Nose, Nose!

Open, Shut them,Open, Shut them,

Give a little Clap, Clap, Clap!

Open, Shut them,Open, Shut them,

Lay them in your Lap, Lap, Lap!

Creep them, Creep them, Creep them, Creep them,

Right up to your Chin, Chin, Chin!

Open wide your little mouth...

But do not let them in!

• Itsy Bitsy Spider

The Itsy, Bitsy spider went up the water spout.

Down came the rain and washed the spider out!

Out came the sun and dried up all the rain,

And the Itsy, Bitsy spider went up the spout again.

Repeat with "Teensy Weensy" and again with "Big Giant" spiders! 

• Tick Tock (see video from week 1)

Handout:Play Together!

Augsburg Park Library Baby Storytimes, February 2014

Here are a few pictures and video clips from our first baby storytime of the year at Augsburg Park Library. Try not to pass out from the cuteness! 

Each family has their own books and carpet squares.

Some babies sit on caregivers' laps to read and some walk right up to me!

Time to break out the parachute.

The Wheels on the Bus - always a favorite.

More Wheels on the bus action with the parachute.

We always end with Tick Tock - the babies love going faster and faster each time.

Augsburg Park Library Baby Storytime, 2/19/2014

Theme:Our Bodies

Books:

• Wiggle like an octopus by Harriet Ziefert & Simms Taback
• Baby faces by Dawn Sirett
• Baby Food by Margaret Miller
• Clap your hands: an action book by David Ellwand

 Songs:

• Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes

Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes,

Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes,

Eyes and ears and mouth and nose,

Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes!

• Where is Thumbkin?

Where is Thumbkin, Where is Thumbkin

Here I am! Here I am!

How are you today, Sir?

Very well, I thank You!

Run away, Run away. 

Where is Pointer, Where is Pointer,

Here I am! Here I am!

How are you today, Ma'am?

Very well, I thank You!

Run away, Run away. 

Where is Tallman, Where is Tallman,

Here I am! Here I am!

How are you today, Sir?

Very well, I thank You!

Run away, Run away. 

Where is Ringman, Where is Ringman, 

Here I am! Here I am!

How are you today, Sir?

Very well, I thank You!

Run away, Run away. 

Where is Pinky, Where is Pinky, 

Here I am! Here I am!

How are you today, Ma'am?

Very well, I thank You!

Run away, Run away. 

• Bounce You Here, Bounce You there

I bounce you here, I bounce you there,

(bounce child on knees)

I bounce you, bounce you everywhere!

I tickle you here, I tickle you there,

(gently tickle child)

I tickle you, tickle you everywhere!

I hug you here, I hug you there,

(hug child)

I hug you, hug you everywhere! 

• Tick Tock (see video from week 1)

Handout: Early Literacy from Zerotothree.org

Augsburg Park Library Baby Storytime, 2/12/2014

Theme:The World Around Us

Books:

• How do dinosaurs learn their colors? by Jane Yolen & Mark Teague
• Colorful world by Rachael Foster
• Baby eyelike: circle by Play Bac Publishing
• Ready, set, go! by Nina Laden

 Songs:

• Five Little Monkeys

 

Five little monkeys, jumping on the bed,

One fell off and bumped his head!

Mama called the doctor, and the doctor said:

"No more monkeys jumping on the bed!"

(etc.)

 

• Little Red Wagon

Bouncing up and down in my little red wagon (3x)

Won't you be my darling?

(etc.)

One wheel's off and the axel's broken

Gonna fix it with my hammer

Going for a ride in my little red wagon

• Tick Tock (see video from week 1)

Handout: Reach Out and Read Developmental Milestones of Early Literacy

Augsburg Park Library Baby Storytime, 2/5/2014

Theme: Babies!

Books:

• Oh, David! by David Shannon
• Peek-a-boo! by Roberta Grobel Intrater
• What does baby do? by Mathew Price and Atsuko Morozumi
• Baby talk by Margaret Miller

Songs:

• Someone is Hiding

 

Someone is hiding, hiding, hiding,

Someone is hiding,

Who could it be?

Peek-a-boo! I see You!

Peek-a-boo! I see You!

• Peek-a-Boo

Peek-a-boo, Peek-a-boo,

I see you! I see you!

I see your button nose, 

I see your tiny toes,

I see you!

Peek-a-boo!

• Five Little Ducks

Five little ducks went out one day,

over the hills and far away,

Mama duck said, "quack, quack, quack, quack."

But only 4 little ducks came back.

(etc.)

(last time)

Sad mother duck went out one day,

over the hills and far away,

Mama duck said, "quack, quack, quack, quack."

And all of her 5 little ducks came back!

• Tick Tock

Tick tock, Tick tock,

I'm a little cuckoo clock.

Tick tock, Tick tock,

Now I'm striking one o'clock!

Cuckoo!

Handout: Stages in Learning Vocabulary (from Every Child Ready to Read @ Your Library)