Blast Off Storytime

This theme is about space, complete with rockets and stars. Blast off into reading with this fun storytime theme.

Bugs in Space by David A. Carter
Get ready to blast off with Captain Bug Rogers on an intergalactic pop-up adventure.

This book is great for sharing during storytime because it is a pop-up book, but if left alone, it is not really suitable for little ones younger than three. The moveable parts are fun to use to talk about new things, like spaceships and planets, so let the dialogic reading begin!

Twinkle by Jane Taylor
The poem is repeated, with different illustrations, from the back and inverted. A fold-out illustration is bound in the center, readable from both directions.

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star is told forward and backward in this book. When you reach the end of the poem, there is a large pop out page, then you can flip the book over and start again! Reading and repeating classic nursery rhymes is a great way to build baby's vocabulary.

Here are some rhymes that can be used as knee bounces or movement activities with your little one. I have provided how we will interact with baby during Oh Baby! storytime.

We’re Going to the Moon
Zoom, zoom, zoom!
     (rock back and forth)
We’re going to the moon!
     (bounce three times)
Zoom, zoom, zoom!
     (rock back and forth)
We’re going to the moon!
     (bounce three times)
5, 4, 3, 2, 1!
     (slowly dip baby down low)
Boom!
     (lift/toss baby in air)

Twinkling Stars (to the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star)
Twinkle, twinkle, little stars
     (twinkle fingers)
Stand and twinkle where you are
     (stand and twinkle)
Twinkle high and twinkle low,
     (twinkle up high, down low)
Twinkle fast and twinkle slow.
     (twinkle fast, slow)
Twinkle, twinkle, little stars
     (twinkle fingers)
Now sit and twinkle where you are.
     (sit and twinkle)