Bath Storytime, Friday, November 30

This is the way we wash our face...

I put on my pirate gear for this book, but in a way, that might have detracted a little -- sometimes it's better to let the book do its work, using voices, pausing, and asking interactive questions of the children to keep attention Maybe the props distract the kids sometimes. For the babies though? Don your hat and moustache and strap on your peg leg!

Use next year:  Karen Beaumont does it again with the irresistible Dini Dinosaur, who forgets to take his clothes off before getting in the tub. 
I'm a Dirty Dinosaur by Janeen Brian 

Bubble Machine

Of course the real reason to do this story time is an excuse to use your bubble machine.

Mrs. Wishy-Washy's Farm

by Joy Cowley

My heart goes out tot he pigs on Mrs. Wish-Washy's farm! No farm animals should be scrubbed as often as these are!

Bathtime Piggy Wiggy - A Pull-the-page Book

by Christyan and Diane Fox

The reason why this book was the top rated bathtime book on Goodreads was because it's not about taking a bath. It's about...being a deep sea diver...or the captain of a submarine. Love that Piggy Wig

Splish, Splash! (My First I Can Read)

by Sarah Weeks

I love Sarah Weeks, fun rhymes. Like The Big Red Tub, this is a book about a strange phenomena occuring whereby all the animals seemingly in the world want to pile into the bathtub at the same time. I had a large Chub-looking fish I used as a puppet.

Taking a Bath with the Dog and Other Things that Make Me Happy

by Scott Menchin

Just looking at the cover makes me happy.

A Classic

Some books are classics for a reason. This simple tale is a timeless favorite. I particularly loved the last page, "After dinner, Harry fell asleep dreaming of how much fun it had been getting dirty." Every child in the room breathed a little sigh of understanding.

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Common Core

This book immediately grabbed the kids' attention. Every time I turned a page to a picture of a new animal, Alex called out, "A giraffe doesn't take a bath!" They thought it was very funny and interesting. Short and cute though the book was, next year I think I'll skip straight from the penguins to the last page.

Songs

To the tune of Mulberry Bush:
This is the way we wash our (head, legs, arms, for babies) and higher vocab for older groups (knees, elbows, shins, earlobes!)
I had a little turtle, his name was Tiny Tim...

To the tune of Day! Day-O! (The Banana Song)

Tub! Tubbie-O!
Tubbytime comes and I don't wanna go.
Time for bubbles and my rubber duck too.
I got grime and slime and lots of goo.
Time for bubbles and my rubber duck too.
The yogurt on my face is stuck like glue!
Time for bubbles and my rubber duck too.
I'm stinky and gross and kind of pee-you!
Time for bubbles and my rubber duck too.
I rub my dirty face and also shampoo!
Time for bubbles and my rubber duck too.
Splashin' in the water is always yahoo!
Time for bubbles and my rubber duck too.
Tubbie all done, now I feel brand new!
Done with the bubbles and the rubber duck too.

Literacy in the Bathtub!

I loved this tip from one of my moms. She slaps foam letters on the wall -- just ordinary foam letters -- and asks her son to squirt them by name. "Squirt the O, Max!"

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Library Storytime Classic: Sticky Sticky Bubblegum

I’ve seen this song done maniacally, by musicians, and I’ve seen out of turn limping versions. I like the melody and sweetness Littlestorybug puts in hers, but I think I’d amp it up a bit.

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For Older Kids

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  This video is based on the book by Michael Flanders. Remember, not everybody takes a bubblebath and shampoos! Hippos love a nice mudbath! Fun song, kind of Gilbert & Sullivanish.