Newborn story time

Baby Storytime – storytime katie

Baby storytime came as a complete and utter surprise to me. A week before the storytime session started (and two weeks after I had arrived at my new library), a co-worker had to pass baby storytime off to me for both the spring and summer session. For the spring session, I went off of her plan since I didn’t have a lot of time. For the summer session, I grew more comfortable figuring things out. I relied heavily on Brooke’s blog and Kendra’s blog and Jbrary to learn songs that I didn’t know or to substitute songs/activities I was more comfortable with. If I changed something from spring to summer session, I will note it in the write-up.

Opening

Welcome & Guidelines
Hi everyone! My name is Miss Katie and I’ll be leading the baby storytime class this session. I’d like to go over some guidelines with you before we begin. Because I’m used to working with small people, I understand that accidents happen — I have tissue, wipes, and paper towels on both sides of the room in case of accidents. Bathrooms are located on either side of the storytime room, please feel free to use the bathrooms and supplies as needed.

We all want storytime to be a positive experience. If your child isn’t feeling up to storytime, please take them outside of the storytime room. You can always come back in after they’ve calmed down or you can always try storytime on another day. I’m okay with movement, but I would like to point out two areas that I need you to keep your child clear of: the area by the door and the area right in front of me. They don’t have to sit down, but they do have to leave these spaces.

Since this is a lapsit program, babies may not be able to fully participate in the motions and fingerplays during songs. I’ll provide modifications, but please do what is most comfortable for you and your child. Lastly, I use Baby Kate to model for you how to interact. Baby Kate weighs next to nothing so my gestures will be much larger than yours need to be. Again, do what is comfortable for you and your child.

Name Fingerplay
I learned this from the co-worker I took over for at baby time. I loved it so much that I also brought it to toddler storytime!

Everyone introduces themselves one at a time. Together, we hold up our hands and trace our fingers as the group says each child’s name five times. Parents can run their finger around each of their child’s finger or tap each finger or touch each finger — whatever the child is comfortable with. Before we say the child’s name for the fifth time, we say “OOPS!” and on the “OOPS!”, I flick my finger up before going back to trace the last finger. (At “OOPS”, some parents give their child a tickle.) So it sounds like this: parent/child says “Hi, my name is Barb and this is Katie” and the group says “Katie (thumb), Katie (pointer), Katie (middle), Katie (ring), OOPS!, Katie (pinky).”

This gives each child a chance to clap for themselves. It’s a great way for the whole group to learn names together and it doesn’t take too long with my classes capped at twenty baby/parent pairs.

You can watch me demo the fingerplay in this video:

Opening Song
I used “Hands Are Clapping” which is to the tune of “Skip to My Lou”:
Hands are clapping, clap, clap, clap
Hands are clapping, clap, clap, clap
Hands are clapping, clap, clap, clap
Clap your hands, my darling!
Toes are tapping, fingers are wiggling, eyes are hiding “peek-a-boo”

Program

Typically, my library’s has a lot of extension activities planned, as well as 3-4 board books to work with a theme. We are lucky enough to have multiple board book sets, with 25 copies to pass out. My co-worker had planned to use different flannelboards, but for me it didn’t work in baby storytime. The only flannelboard I used is “The Shape Game” to introduce the theme.

Closing

Rhyme
I used Melissa‘s “This Is Big, Big, Big” as the beginning of my closing routine. I also use it in toddler time!

Song
Our closing song is also from my co-worker’s plan: “With My Little Hands”
With my little hands I go clap, clap, clap
With my little feet I go tap, tap, tap
With my little arms I wave bye, bye, bye
With my little legs I kick high, high, high
With my little eyes I play peek-a-boo
With my little mouth I say “I love you”

Bubbles
Young babies are fascinated with bubbles and older babies are using great muscles to reach bubbles and pop bubbles. It’s such a joy to watch them grow up and change how they interact with bubbles.

And that’s the bones of every baby program. I had a wonderful set of plans to ease into babytime and I felt very thankful to be taken care of so thoroughly.

In my write-ups, I’ll talk about what I actually used and what worked/didn’t. I’ll also likely talk about why I didn’t use some materials. As always, if I did a theme multiple times, I’ll write about all the sessions in the same post. Look for a weekly baby storytime update starting next week!

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Baby Storytime Outline - Book Cart Queens

I don’t write up weekly storytime reports, as I don’t theme my storytimes, and I repeat quite a lot of content week to week and month to month. While two back to back storytimes contain different content, the first storytime of December and the first storytime of January may have many similar elements.

Generally, I think of storytimes in “seasons. ” (January-April, summer, and August-December). In each season, I try not to repeat the book I use. However, the set of books used from January-April will look very similar to the set of books used in August-December. Summer is essentially a mixture of my favorite activities that work best with large crowds (especially since I will typically only present about four storytimes in the summer due to our staff size and reduced schedule). In the two longer “seasons”, I make an effort to rotate through about six manipulatives and to take about a month between reusing a rhyme or song (except for the rhymes and songs that are repeated week to week).

Some things that have changed since my last baby storytime outlines:

• For simplicity, we have changed our baby storytime name from Wee Wonders to Baby Storytime.
• The program is more clearly defined for ages 0-24 months. We used to list the ages as 0-2, and we had more two-year-olds attending the program than we do now.
• My co-presenter and I worked together to create a core outline that we use for our baby storytimes. Our powerpoint layout, opening song, opening rhyme, number of books, and activity order is always the same. We have slightly different endings because I don’t quite have the confidence to free dance at the end of my storytime (with bubbles and music), but I am hoping to get to that point in the next few weeks.

The songs, rhymes, stories, and activities I used for a 25-minute baby storytime, followed by 20 minutes of free play in January 2020 are below. Our baby storytime is for ages 0-24 months, with most children being 12-24 months old. Approximately 68 people attended this storytime, including about 35 babies.

My powerpoint is available here:

Room Setup: Doors open about 5 minutes before storytime. Powerpoint slides are displayed on a smartboard at the front of the room with words to all songs and rhymes. As folks enter, two bubble machines are hard at work in the front of the room while baby songs play from the department iTunes account.

Welcome Song: Wake Up Feet (play from 0:14 to 1:00)
Wake up feet, wake up feet
Wake up feet and wiggle, wiggle, wiggle
Wake up feet, wake up feet
Wake and wiggle in the morning.
Continue with: Legs, Arms, Hands

Welcome Rhyme: Clap and Sing Hello
We clap and sing hello,
We clap and sing hello,
With all our friends at storytime,
We clap and sing hello!

Continue with: kick and sing hello, wave and sing hello

Focused Early Literacy Tip: The shape of the human face is the first thing a baby learns to recognize. Young babies focus best of faces and objects held 8-10 inches away.

Book: Toes, Ears, & Nose! by Marion Dane Bauer

Song: Row, Row, Row Your Boat from Songs for Wiggleworms

Body Rhyme: 1 Little, 2 Little, 3 Little Finders
1 little, 2 little 3 little fingers
4 little, 5 little, 6 little fingers
7 little, 8 little, 9 little fingers
10 little fingers on my hand.

They wiggle and they wiggle and they wiggle all together.
They wiggle and they wiggle and they wiggle all together.
They wiggle and they wiggle and they wiggle all together.
10 little fingers on my hand.

Continue with: Clap, Tickle

Song: If You’re Happy and You Know It (sang without music)

Body Rhyme: Slowly, Slowly
Slowly, slowly, very slowy
Creeps the garden snail.
Slowly, slowly, very slowly
Up the wooden rail.

Quickly, quickly, very quickly
Runs the little mouse.
Quickly, quickly, very quickly
Round about the house.

Song: What Shall We Do With the Sleeping Baby by Rainbow Songs

Movement Rhymes: This portion of my storytime involves 2-3 rhymes that specifically focus on bouncing, swaying, or tilting to the rhythm of the words. I talk about how these types of rhymes help develop phonological awareness.

• Tick-Tock
  Tick-tock, tick-tock, (sway)
  I’m a little cuckoo clock.
  Tick-tock, tick-tock,
  Now it’s almost one o-clock.
  Cuckoo! (lift)
  
• Five Little Riders
  Five little riders on a nice fall day (bounce)
  Jumped on their ponies and rode far away.
  They galloped in the meadow.
  They galloped up a hill (lift)
  They galloped so fast (fast)
  That they all took a spill. (tip over)

• Two Little Boats
  (tilt forward and backward)
  Two little boats went out to sea.
  All is calm as calm can be.

  (tilt side to side)
  Gently the wind begins to blow.
  Two little boats rock to and fro.

  (Bounce up and down)
  Loudly the wind begins to shout!
  Two little boats they bounce about!

  STOP! Goes the storm, the wind, and rain. (freeze)
  Two little boats sail on again. (rock forward and backward)
  

Puppet Time: Who’s in the Barnyard?
An oink, a moo
A cockle-doodle-doo
Who’s in the barnyard
Playing peekaboo?

This week’s friends: Cow, Pig, Horse, Dog, Cat

Manipulative Time: Shaker Eggs

• Manipulative Rhyme: We Shake and Shake
  We shake and shake and shake and stop.
  We shake and shake and shake and stop.
  We shake and shake and shake and shake and shake and shake and shake and shake and shake and shake and STOP!
  Continue with: Tap, Bounce

• Manipulative Song: Shake It Baby, Shake It by Rainbow Songs

Closing Song: Skinnamarink by Sharon Lois and Bram

Discovery Time Activities: Discovery Time is 15-20 minutes of free-play at the end of storytime that encourages parents to have time to talk to one another and for parents to interact with their children. I try to include a variety of fine motor, gross motor, and sensory activities that appeal to my wide age range as well as a mixture of purchased toys and items that parents can remake at home. This week’s activities included:

• Cereal Boxes and Straws
• Ball Pit Balls and Pool Noodle Pieces in Baby Pools
• Tumbling Mats with Soft Blocks
• Sensory Tiles
• Sensory Bottles
• Pom Pom Drop

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Newborn

Newborn

Behind 9 months of joyful and a little anxious expectation, behind the exciting and always dramatic moment of childbirth, and finally, your meeting took place. You and your baby. You have a whole life ahead of you filled with happiness and love. For you, a young (or experienced) mother, behind the huge stress associated with childbirth, and looking at your child, do you guess that he experienced no less?

During childbirth, the fetus experiences an increasing load and hypoxia (oxygen starvation), passage through the birth canal of the mother is associated with enormous pressure for such a crumb on the soft tissues and bone skeleton. All these overloads are provided by wise nature by no means by chance. The fact is that after birth, the child's living conditions change radically, and in order to cope with the new requirements provided by life, the child needs birth stress. He needs to adapt to a much lower ambient temperature, to the manifestations of the laws of gravity (which he has not yet encountered), he has to cope with an incredible variety of all kinds of visual, auditory, vestibular and many other stimuli! Moreover, now the child needs to master fundamentally new types of breathing, blood circulation and nutrition, which are fundamentally different from those that he has successfully used for nine months. And what does it take to deal with the microbial environment?! In a word, for him all the most difficult is ahead. The first year of life is difficult, of which the first month is the most difficult, and in it the first seven days are always the most difficult. Early neonatal period. Here he is, a child who survived the period of exile (the so-called period of childbirth, when the actual birth of a child takes place). What does he feel at this moment? Is he aware of what is happening to him now Scientists - neurophysiologists cite data indicating the presence of some neuropsychic activity in the fetus as early as 32 - 34 weeks of intrauterine development. This speaks in favor of the fact that the child is able to realize the processes that occur to him at the time of birth. He experiences feelings that, with a certain degree of certainty, can be called fear. And if at the time of childbirth, in addition to quite natural stress, the child feels negativism from the mother (due to pain, fatigue), then this can serve as a basis for the development of childhood neuroses in the future, which are so hard to fight! When the incredibly stressful period of exile is over, and the mother, feeling relieved, relaxes, the umbilical cord is cut for the child. This moment is the starting point for the start of extrauterine respiration and blood circulation. nine0005

The child makes the first deep breath and scream, informing the world about his birth Having experienced severe stress, he can now afford to scream loudly for a long time, which contributes to better expansion of the lungs, expansion of the bronchi, and improvement of blood flow in the vital organs. At this moment, a complex and largely mysterious process of imprinting takes place - imprinting in the memory of the newborn of his environment. What will he remember? Of course, these details of the situation should be the hands of the mother, the smell of her skin, the sounds of her voice. nine0005

So, the child breathes, cries, experiences temperature stimuli, his circulatory system is gradually reorganized to a new type of functioning, for the first time he receives nutrition through his mouth, and not through the umbilical cord. A baby, if the pregnancy proceeded without any special complications, is born with a sterile intestine, and its colonization with microorganisms occurs from the first seconds of life. Already when passing through the birth canal of the mother, the child gets acquainted with the microbial world. It is very important that the colonization of the intestines, skin and mucous membranes of the newborn occurs with the microflora of a healthy (well, as far as possible!) mother. For this, it is also necessary that the baby receives precious drops of maternal colostrum, which, getting into the intestines, carry microbes there that normally inhabit the mother's skin. Not the worst start! But this is only the beginning + In general, talking about the functioning of the intestines of a newborn deserves special attention! nine0005

In the meantime, the newborn is passing primordial feces - meconium - a thick, viscous mass of dark green color (an extremely sticky substance!). This continues for three days. In the future, the stool changes its color and consistency, becomes more watery and frequent (up to 7-8 times a day). During this period, the child usually experiences the first troubles with digestion, which will haunt him for at least the first three to four months of life. His digestive tract learns to assimilate food, digest it, move it along the intestines. This process does not always go smoothly, there are breakdowns in the form of regurgitation, watery, rapid stools, and sometimes, on the contrary, constipation. These conditions belong to the category of borderline (that is, located on the border between health and disease, but they are transient and, with a favorable course of the early neonatal period, end happily. Due to the named digestive difficulties that a newborn baby has to face, by the third or fourth days of life, he loses up to 6% of the original body weight.

Normally, with sufficient nutrition and the absence of diseases, the initial body weight should be restored by the 10th day of life. An important stage of adaptation to the conditions of extrauterine existence is the restructuring of the circulatory system. After tying the umbilical cord, the placental circulation ceases to function, which provided the fetus with blood enriched with oxygen and nutrients from the mother.

With the first breath and cry, the lungs expand and the pulmonary circulation is activated, which takes over the provision of blood circulation through the pulmonary vessels. Within a few minutes, the ductus arteriosus closes, and after two to three days, the foramen ovale located in the interatrial septum also closes. But in some cases, these intrauterine ( fetal) ducts continue to function for several days. On the third - fourth day of life, there is another moment of the adaptation period: a sexual crisis. It manifests itself by engorgement of the mammary glands, profuse mucous discharge from the vagina in girls, and even meager bloody discharge on the fifth to eighth day of life. The reason for the sexual crisis is that in the last weeks of intrauterine life, the fetus received quite a lot of estrogens (sex hormones responsible for the growth of the uterus and mammary glands) from the mother, whose body, in preparation for childbirth, increases their production the more, the closer the moment themselves childbirth. By the same time, 60-70% of newborns have transistorized (transient) jaundice due to an increase in the level of bilirubin in the blood. Moreover, the level of bilirubin in the blood rises in all newborns without exception. nine0005

Jaundice (do not confuse with an infectious disease!) develops for several reasons, including due to the low functional ability of the liver, characteristic of this age, and also due to the breakdown of fetal erythrocytes (they are replaced by erythrocytes with "adult" hemoglobin ). Jaundice is very frightening for young mothers, and I want to emphasize that, like all transistor states, it is not a disease, but only a neonatologist observing a child can understand this.

The last thing I would like to tell you about here is the state of immunity of the newborn.

The immune system of the fetus begins to develop in early pregnancy. However, by the time of birth, she is still far from maturity. In addition, birth stress, getting from a sterile mother's womb into a world inhabited by microorganisms, weight loss in the first days of life, and the cessation of antibodies from the mother after umbilical cord ligation contribute to the development of an immunodeficiency state in a newborn. Even if the child is healthy, during this period he is extremely at risk of infection. The troubles associated with this can be avoided by early breastfeeding (colostrum contains a large number of immune bodies), as well as by a healthy microbial environment, which can be ensured by being in the same room with the child. I would like to remind you that the mother's consumption of foods that are gross allergens contributes to the formation of a tendency to allergic diseases in the baby in the future. nine0005

This is how, in general terms, the adaptation of a newborn baby to new conditions takes place. Believe me, it is very difficult for him these days. Perhaps these are the most difficult days of his life. And your love and understanding of what is happening to him can help him overcome them. He rebuilds, adapts, fights. Quite a lot for such a small one, isn't it? But he will cope, and you will be with him!

Daily routine for a child under 1 year old

Daily routine is a system for distributing periods of sleep and wakefulness, meals, hygiene and health procedures, activities and independent human activities throughout the day. nine0005

Compliance with a rational daily regimen corresponding to the age characteristics of the child contributes to his healthy growth and development. Getting used to performing various types of activities at the same time, the child is prepared for the upcoming type of activity at every moment of time, which ensures their easier and faster implementation. Compliance with the correct daily routine provides a good mood for the child and maintains a keen interest in the study of the world around him, contributing to his normal motor and psychoverbal development. nine0005

The child's daily routine includes the following obligatory elements: diet, time spent outdoors during the day, frequency and duration of sleep, compulsory classes to develop skills in accordance with age, free time.

In the first months after birth, a healthy newborn baby sleeps most of the day, as all external stimuli are very strong for the nervous system of a child who is accustomed to a cozy intrauterine environment, and cause its rapid exhaustion. As the child grows older, the duration of sleep gradually decreases and the time of wakefulness increases. nine0005

Closely related to the sleep-wake mode is the feeding mode of the baby. The sleep of a child in the first months of life is very sensitive and is easily disturbed under the influence of various extraneous stimuli, including hunger. nine0005

A child's stay in the fresh air is essential in the daily routine. The total duration of stay in the open air for children under 1 year of age should be at least 5-6 hours a day. Fresh air has a calming effect on the baby, improves metabolic processes, and increases the body's defenses. In the summer, all games and activities should be held outdoors; in the cold and transitional seasons, two one-time walks of 1.

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