Welcome to the wikispace for Simply Irresistible: Storytimes for Newborns to Two Years!

People who attended the “Simply Irresistible” workshop expressed a need for some mechanism to share resources – stories, songs, fingerplays, etc. In response to this need, we at Infopeople have established a workshop wiki. Anyone who attended the workshop has received an invitation to add content to this wiki, and instructions for how to do so. We hope that this will become a helpful resource that you can use in the future and share with colleagues.  -- Holly Hinman, Infopeople Director

Here's a good action song that is catchy, there is a melody to the song (you can listen to a sample clip at http://cdbaby.com/cd/marylee3)  This is a good one to do with infants, as they can get lifted into the air at the end:

Zoom, zoom, zoom

We're going to the moon.

If you want to take a trip,

Climb aboard my rocket ship.

Zoom, zoom, zoom

We're going to the moon.

(10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1,

Blast off!

Hi everyone! Here are a couple more great resources I've learned about while doing the workshops.  Hope they help.  It's been a pleasure meeting each of you and hope your programming goes well.

Colleen Willis

The Big Book of Stories, Songs, and Sing-Alongs: Programs for Babies, Toddlers, and Families by Beth Maddigan

What'll I Do with the Baby-O?: Nursery Rhymes, Songs. and Stories for Babies by Jane Cobb

The Book of Bounces: Wonderful Songs and Rhymes Passed Down from Generation to Generation for Infants & Toddlers by John M. Feierabend

ALSO if you haven't looked at the ELF website yet, get on that quick I just checked it again today and it is chock full of resources for you.

There is a good article about babies and DVD's.  Log on and search for smart baby dvd's and it will pull up the article.

www.elflibraries.org