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Today's Stories
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Holes and Peeks
by Ann Jonas
Peekaboo Morning
by Rachel Isadora
Hide & Seek
by
Janet S. Wong
Duck's
Key, Where Can It Be? by Jez Alborough
Peek-a-boo,
You!
by Roberta Grobel Intrater
Ready
or Not, Dawdle Duckling by Toni Buzzeo
Toby, Who Are You?
by William Steig
Five Little Monkeys Play Hide-and-Seek
by Eileen Christelow
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story times are designed to introduce your child to language, literature
and the library. By exposing your toddler to a wide variety of
the best books available and making reading an everyday part of
life, you will lay the foundations for a lifelong love of reading.
Learn more
about Toddler Story Times.
Check
the calendar for Babies & Books and Tales
for Twos story times.
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Play
hide-and-seek using a stuffed animal or a toy. Hide the toy (not
too well) someplace,
keeping it within range of your children’s eyesight and reach.
Give hints like, “Look by the lamp where Daddy likes to sit.”
Once
the toy is found, have kids hide it and you search. Ask for a hint,
even though it may be in plain sight. The important thing is to have
fun and help your children learn to follow (and give) directions.
Children like having a “hide out” as a
pretending place or just to get away from things once in a while. Inside
the house, drape
a blanket over a small table or two chairs, or screen a corner of a room
with kitchen chairs and a sheet. Appliance boxes are usually large enough
for a door to be cut in them. Encourage children to make their hide outs
large enough for a friend (or you) to visit, and stay aware of what they’re
doing by peeking in occasionally.
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|  Where Are
the Baby Mice?
Where are the baby mice?
(make a fist)
“Squeak, squeak, squeak!”
I cannot see them.
(peer into fist)
Peek! Peek! Peek!
Here they come out from their hole in the wall
1, 2, 3, 4, 5…
(extend fingers as counted)
And, that’s all!
(Turn palm up)
We Can Jump
We can jump, jump, jump.
We can hop, hop, hop.
We can clap, clap, clap.
We can stop, stop, stop.
We can nod our heads for “yes,”
We can shake our heads for “no.”
We can bend our knees a little bit
And sit…down…slow. |
See
How I Am Now
Sometimes I am tall (stand tall)
Sometimes I am small (crouch)
Sometimes I am very, very tall
(stand on tiptoes)
Sometimes I am very, very small
(crouch and hug self)
Sometimes tall, Sometimes small.
See how I am now.
 Who’s
That Knocking?
Who’s
that knocking at my door?
(make knocking motion)
Who’s that knocking at my door?
Who’s that knocking at my door?
Guess who is out there?
KNOCK, KNOCK! WHO’S THERE?
MEOW! MEOW WHO?
IT’S A CAT!
(Repeat with dog, cow, rooster and bumble bee)
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