Storytime: Adventures Close to Home
Let’s go on an adventure… in your own backyard. Or perhaps you’d like to check out some of the great places in your community. Adventures close to home build lasting memories and relationships with your child. So, hop on a bike, load up the stroller and discover what’s hiding in your own backyard!
Join us Tuesdays, and Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. or Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. in the Community Room.
Ages 2-5
Sing, Talk, Read, Write, Play
Tip
“Child-adult relationships that are responsive and attentive—with lots of back and forth interactions—build a strong foundation in a child’s brain for all future learning and development. This is called “serve and return,” and it takes two to play!” – https://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/5-steps-for-brain-building-serve-and-return/
Activity
Try to observe a “serve” from your child. Did she point at something or make a sound or facial expression? Then “return” the “serve” with an acknowledgement, hug, smile, etc. Try this a couple of times a day. When you return a “serve”, your child knows that their thoughts and feelings are understood.
Books Presented
And Then Comes Summer by Tom Brenner
The Door That Had Never Been Opened Before by Mrs. & Mr. MacLeod
Frank and Bert: The One Where Bert Learns to Ride a Bike by Chris Naylor-Ballesteros
The New Bicycle by Darcy Day Zoells
Songs, Rhymes, and Fingerplays
The Wheels on the Bike
(tune: “The Wheels on the Bus”)
The wheels on the bike go round and round (roll hands over each other)
Round and round, round and round.
The wheels on the bike go round and round
All through the town.
Other Verses:
The pedals on the bike go up and down (move feet up and down)…
The streamers on the bike go swish, swoosh, swish (move hands in a swishing motion)…
The bell on the bike goes ding, ding, ding (pretend to ring a bell)…
The basket on the bike holds all the things (make arms into a circle like a basket in front of you)…
The handles on the bike go left and right (pretend hands on handlebar, steer left and right)….
Source: Jen in the Library
Mouse in the House
Little mouse, little mouse.
Are you in the _____ house?
Swimming
Swimming in the water cool and bright (pretend to swim)
I kick my feet with all my might (kick feet)
And when I’m tired I turn and float (spin and hold arms out)
Pretending that I’m a boat! (rock hands)
I like to hold my breath and dive (take a breath and bend down)
Swim beneath the water and count to five (count to five)
Wow! What a dive!
Source: Storytime Katie
Crafts and Activities
Bicycle Coloring Page
Bicycle Craft
Additional Books
Ride Beside Me by Lucy Knisley
Bunnies on the Bus by Philip Ardagh
Between Two Windows by Keisha Morris
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