Repetition in 2s & 3s Storytimes

Toddlers thrive on repetition. So why not cater to this early childhood development principle in storytime? Recently, Lindsey Krabbenhoft of Jbrary posted a 2-part blog series about how important repetition in storytime can truly be. I won't get into the nitty-gritty of it, because I think Lindsey does an amazing job of explaining this piece of early childhood development, but mostly because I want to share with you what repetition I do in my storytimes!

Bugs

2s & 3s Storytime: Bugs

Books read:
1. Some Bugs by Angela DiTerlizzi

2. I Love Bugs! by Emma Dodd 

3. Butterfly, Butterfly by Petr Horacek

Songs used:

1. Itsy Bitsy Spider (with spider hand-puppet)

2. The Ants Go Marching 

3. Flutter, Flutter Butterfly

Flutter, flutter butterfly, floating in the sweet spring sky
Floating by for all to see, floating by so merrily
Flutter, flutter butterfly, floating in the sweet spring sky

4. Bumblebee, Bumblebee 

Bumblebee, bumblebee, landing on my nose.
Bumblebee, bumblebee, now he’s on my toes.
On my arms, on my legs, on my elbows.
Bumblebee, bumblebee he lands and then he goes! 

Bug Basket I have a bunch of giant bug figurines that I use as a material in my toddler playgroup program. They're very realistic looking, so I decided to do a short segment in this storytime where I brought one bug out of the basket at a time, and we named them. This is a great for language and vocabulary development!

Repeating Elements in each 2s & 3s Storytime:

• Hello Song: Little Round Bubble
• Rhyme Time
• Goodbye Song: The More We Get Together