PM Toddler Storytime

Activity	Title/Song/Script	Early Literacy Element
Opening Song	“Hello Everybody”	Consistently introduces storytime, prepares children to listen, also incorporates repetitve movements that help children with fine motor skills.
Welcome	Introduce the letter and theme of the week: M is for Mouse. Advertise upcoming programs for parents.	Having an overreaching theme provides consistency and the children know what to expect. Discussing upcoming events help promote a sense of community and the library itself.
Song	“Open Shut Them” song	Encourages oral literacy, spatial  awareness, opposites, and fine motor skills.
Book	If you Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff	Story increases children’s phonological awareness, literacy, visual literacy and oral literacy.
Song	“Razzmatazama” Song	The music and movement component improves fine motor skills as well as phonological awareness.
Talking Point	Literacy Tip for Parents: Ask questions about the book and point out familiar items, and engage when reading together.	Teaching parents good literacy habits and increasing child engagement allows the children to reap the maximum benefit from each literacy experience.
Book	The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Bear bu Audrey and Don Wood	Story increases children’s phonological awareness, literacy, visual literacy and oral literacy.
Chant	“Little Mousie” Finger Play	Improves phonological awareness, motor skills, and oral literacy.
Book	The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson	Story increases children’s phonological awareness, literacy, visual literacy and oral literacy.
Song	“Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” with ASL movements	Song and movement helps children with phonological awareness, teaching them some basic ASL, improves motor skills, lowers the energy level and prepares the kids to go home and go to bed.
Goodbye Song	“Thanks for Coming” Song ( use word “night” at the end)	Consistently concludes storytime,  and prepares children to transition from reading to play.
Stay and Read	Board Books are pulled out so that parents may read another story to their child and potentially check them out.	Improves social and cultural literacy skills and fosters sense of community