Hilltop Pregnant Minors HS  Lapsit for baby/el bebe

Timeline with completion date 

January 2016: Students will observe lapsit programs & make notes about what works what they would change

January-February 2016: Students will collect songs, stories, fingerplays, movement activities in English & Spanish.  They will discuss how each activity might work with infants & toddlers.

January-February 2016: Author visits

February 2016-Students will select appropriate books in English & Spanish. 

February- March 2016: Students will create flannel board based on a story they select.

March-April 2016: Students will rehearse lapsit programs & create a rubric of the parts of the program.

March-April 2016: Students will present lapsit to fellow classmates & their babies.

March-April 2016: Students will fill out a rubric for each lapsit & reflect on what worked, what to change for next time.

May 2016-Students will share their lapsit programs with the public librarians that provide baby programs at the public library.

GOAL: Young teen moms will learn to select age appropriate literacy resources to share with their babies. 

OBJECTIVE: Students will learn the parts of a lapsit storytime, including books, songs, rhymes, and activities.

Students will create an original lapsit & present their program to classmates.

ACTIVITIES

1. Students will observe lapsit storytime programs including many different things to keep the attention of little ones, and we always read at least one book.

For the babies, it's important to use short books with clear, bright pictures and students will learn to select books that can be more interactive. (It's good for young moms to see that you can share books with young children without reading every single word verbatim.) 

2. Local children’s authors will visit & discuss books that encourage children to interact with text.

3. Our young moms will create original lapsit programs including a song, rhyme, fingerplay with movement & book. Literacy begin at birth.

4. They will make & use a mini flannel board as part of their lapsit program. (They will also be able to take their flannel board home to use with their little one.) 

5. Each student will present her lapsit program to classmates (& babies).  

6. Students will develop a lapsit rubric & give feedback to each student presenter.

BUDGET

$40 Flannel board for library

$35 Flannel Pre Cut sets (animals, cars)

$25 Finger puppets

$100 supplies for student flannel boards

$200 Two author visits 

$100 Baby board books for library selected by students 

EVALUATION:  KWL What students know, what they want to learn about reading & playingwith babies at different ages. Students will make notes about lapsit programs they observe. They will create a rubric & critique both their own & classmates lapsit programs. They will reflect & write a short “what they learned” essay. Finally they will share their projects with the public library.