Baby Lapsit 5-25-18: Transportation

After our intro this morning, the first book we read was Peek-a Choo-Choo by Nina Laden. I like this board book for a transportation-theme storytime because it also includes a theme I like to use as much as possible with the infants: peek-a-boo! Even though lots of them are under a year old and might not be ready for the level of dialogic reading a book like this requires, I think they still have fun seeing the colorful pictures and playing peek-a-boo.

Next it was time for our lap bounce journey and it began, as always, with "Bumpy Road." Grownups are instructed to seat their baby facing forward on their laps and bounce along with me as I demonstrate with a roughly baby-sized teddy bear. Here is the chant:

Bumpy road, bumpy road. (Bounce baby on lap)
Smooth road, smooth road. (Move baby smoothly back and forth)
Bumpy road, bumpy road. (Bounce baby on lap)
Smooth road, smooth road. (Move baby smoothly back and forth)
Rough road, rough road! (Bounce baby higher than before)
Bumpy road, bumpy road. (Bounce baby on lap)
Rough road, rough road! (Bounce baby higher than before)
Hole! (Hold baby under armpits and let them fall between your legs)
For our musical lap bounce today, we used "Wheels on the Bus" and "Hurry, Hurry, Drive That Firetruck."

Click here for the version of "Wheels on the Bus" I use.

After the lap bounce, our second story was Let’s Look at Firefighters by Britta Teckentrup. I related the things in this book back to the firetruck song, which provided a nice amount of structure that reminded everyone of our theme today. 

Finally, we sang "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" to throw in another form of transportation. As a bonus, this one includes a verse of "tickle, tickle, tickle your boat" which is always fun for babies and grownups alike.

Finally, it was time to say goodbye and then have bubbles and toys. Another successful "things that go" storytime; I feel like you can never use this theme too many times!