1. HAVE FUN WITH BOOKS
Here are the books we read at storytime:
Pop! The Invention of Bubble Gum by Meghan McCarthy ©2010
Bubble Gum, Bubble Gum by Lisa Wheeler ©2004
Trouble Gum by Matthew Cordell © 2009
Big Bad Bubble by Adam Rubin © 2014
Booklist:
JoCoLibrary- Kids- Bubbles
2. NOTICE PRINT ALL AROUND YOU
Check out our Staff Picks for Notice Print All Around You.
3. TALK, TALK, TALK
Check out our Staff Picks for Talk, Talk, Talk.
4. TELL STORIES ABOUT EVERYTHING
Watch, read and learn with Bookflix, which pairs a fun book with a video just for kids. Topics include nature, people, the Earth, ABCs and 123s and more!
Read aloud and read along with Tumblebooks interactive books, puzzles and more.
5. LOOK FOR LETTERS EVERYWHERE
Try some fun alphabet activities from the Antioch Youth Services Pinterest page.
6. TAKE TIME TO RHYME, SING AND PLAY WORD GAMES
Here are the rhymes and songs from today:
Welcome To Storytime! [tune: Twinkle, Twinkle]
Welcome, welcome everyone,
Now we're here, let's have some fun.
First we'll sing the ABC's,
then we'll read and sing with me.
Welcome, welcome, everyone,
Now we're here let's have some fun.
Bazooka Bubblegum [Tune: Bazooka Bubblegum]
My momma she gave me a nickel
She told me to buy a pickle
But I didn’t buy a pickle (Chorus)My momma she gave me a dime
She told me to buy a lime
But I didn’t buy a lime (Chorus)My momma she gave me a quarter
She told me to buy some water
But I didn’t buy the water (Chorus)My momma gave me a dollar
she told me to buy a collar
But I didn’t buy a collar (Chorus)(Chorus)
Instead, I bought some bubblegum.
Bazooka-zooka bubblegum
Bazooka-zooka bubblegum
Sticky, Sticky Bubblegum [tune: Sticky Bubblegum]
Sticky, sticky, sticky bubble gum
bubble gum, bubble gum,
sticky sticky sticky, bubble gum
Sticking to your hands to your feet.
Un-Stick!... your fingers to your knees...
...your toe to your nose...
...your hand to someone else's hand...
...your foot to someone else's foot..
...your back to someone else's back...
...your head to the floor
Bubble Gum, Bubble Gum [Tune: Bubble gum, Bubble gum]
Bubble gum, bubble gum,
in a dish
How many pieces do you wish?[Touch each shoe in the circle as you repeat the rhyme. The child you end on gives a number between 1 and 10,
then you touch each shoe in circle till you reach that number. That child claps and pops up.
Continue like this around the circle till you want to stop]
Pop Those Bubbles
1 little, 2 little, 3 little bubbles
4 little, 5 little, 6 little bubbles
7 little, 8 little, 9 little bubbles
10 little bubbles go pop ,pop, popPop those, pop those, pop those bubbles
Pop those, pop those, pop those bubbles
Pop those, pop those, pop those bubbles
10 little bubbles go pop, pop, pop
I Like Candy by Patty Shukla [Tune: I Like Candy]
I like bubble gum, gum. I like bubble gum, gum.
I like bubble Gum, gum. I like bubble gum, gum
1 gum, 2 gums, 3gums, 4 more more, more,
5 gums,6 gums,7 gums,8 great great great, great,
9 gums 10 gums BUBBLE GUM. I like bubble gum!
The More We Read Together [Tune: The More We Get Together]
The more we read together, together, together,
The more we read together, the better it is!
'Cause reading and singing and talking together,
Is how you learn the six skills for reading by six.
Hope you can join us at our next Preschool Storytime at Antioch Library!