We would love to have you and your young child, ages birth to three years, join us at any of our Lapsit times, which are:
Mondays at 9:30 and 10:30 am
Wednesdays at 6:30 pm
Lapsit is an early literacy program that gives parents or caregivers an opportunity to spend quality time with their children. We enjoy a 20-minute circle time featuring songs, fingerplays, activities, and the shortest of stories. Then we bring out age-appropriate toys and invite participants to stay and socialize. This gives young children a non-threatening way to begin interacting with other children, and adults have a chance to visit and compare notes with other adults.
Need to know how to sing Lapsit favorites? Consult these YouTube gems
(no Academy Awards forthcoming).
"The Bee Song"
"The Beehive Fingerplay"
"Jack in the Box"
"The Choo Choo Song"
Here are the words to the songs:
The Bee Song:
I want to be a friend of yours, mmm and a little bit more. I want to be a pal of yours, mmm and a little bit more. I want to be a bumblebee (
this is where you make your fingers buzz around like bees and then tickle your baby
) buzzing round your door. I want to mean a lot to you, mmm and a little bit, mmm and a little bit, mmm and a whole lot more!
(The second verse is exactly the same except that it changes to "You are that friend of mine, you are that pal of mine, you mean a lot to me, etc.)
The Beehive:
Here is the beehive; where are the bees? (
Whispered)
Hiding inside, where nobody sees. Watch, and you'll see them come out of the hive... One, two, three, four, five! (
this is where you make your fingers into bees and tickle your baby).
Jack in the Box:
Jack in the box, oh so still. Will you come out, Jack? Yes, I will! Pop!
(Pop your thumb out of your fist).
Choo Choo:
Choo, choo, choo, choo, choo, choo, choo, choo, up the railroad track.
(Rhythmically walk the fingers of one hand up the other arm).
Choo, choo, choo, choo, choo, choo, choo, choo, then we come right back!
(Rhythmically walk the fingers of the other hand down the other arm).