Story Time for 2 and 3 yr olds: Ring in the Holidays

For our last toddler story time, we celebrated Christmas and New Year's. The children heard three books ( If You Give a Pig a Party by Laura Numeroff, The Rainbow Book by Kate Orht, and I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas by John Rox). We also got a visit from the Color Birds, played some instruments, and welcomed the New Year with a magic wand. Today's craft was the annual Hippo for Christmas ornament ( this year ringing in the New Year with a lot of bling!)

Here are some of the songs we did for today's program-

Gingerbread Man  added 10-29-01 Original Author Unknown

Stir a bowl of gingerbread       (stir as in bowl)
Smooth and spicy brown

Roll  it with a rolling pin
up and up and down               (Pretend to roll)

With a cookie cutter,             ( pretend to cut out)
make some little men.

Put them in the oven             ( place in oven)
till half past ten!

A Brand New Year added 12-14-98 Original Author Unknown

Sung to: "The Muffin Man"

Now we have a brand new year,
A brand new year, a brand new year.
Now we have a brand new year,
It's (name of year).

And Look... here's the Christmas Hippo!!

Story Time for 2 and 3 yr olds will begin again on Monday, January 20 at 10 am in Meeting Room B. Thanks to all who came and have a wonderful holiday season.

Happy Holidays!See you Soon!