Wee Read - Hello

Early Literacy Tip: Pick a “sound of the day”. Whenever you use that sound in conversation or encounter it while reading, emphasize it. Look for that sound at the beginning or ending of words.

Books

• Hello, Day! by Anita Lobel
• Llama Llama Wakey-Wake by Anna Dewdney
• Saffy and Ollie by Paola Opal
• Read Together book

Songs/Rhymes

Hello/Goodbye Friends

-- Storytime Magic: 400 Fingerplays, Flannelboards, and Other Activities by Kathy MacMillan and Christine Kirker. Chicago: American Library Association, 2009.

*Only used the Hello verse.

Good Morning, Mrs. Perky Bird

--Mother Goose on the Loose by Betsy Diamant-Cohen. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., 2006.

*With crow puppet.

Storytime Hello and Good-bye Song

--Storytime Magic: 400 Fingerplays, Flannelboards, and Other Activities by Kathy MacMillan and Christine Kirker. Chicago: American Library Association, 2009.

*Only used the Hello verse.

Who’s That Knocking?

--Children’s Programming Monthly v. 1 no. 12 pg. 27 by Judy Nichols

*On the magnetic board.

Cheek Chin

Cheek, chin, cheek, chin

Cheek, chin, nose.

Cheek, chin, cheek, chin

Cheek, chin, toes

Cheek, chin, cheek, chin,

Up baby goes!

--Katie at Sharing Soda

Roll Roll Sugarbabies

Roll, roll sugarbabies (arms roll)
Roll, roll sugarbabies.
Push, pull,
Clap, clap, clap!

--Rain Makes Applesauce