Wee Read - Woof Woof!

Early Literacy Tip of the Week:

Count everything! Counting helps develop the concept of one-to-one correspondence.

Good Morning

Hello, How are You?

Jump, Jump

--Babies in the Library by Jane Marino. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, 2003.

Open Shut Them

Book One

How Do Dinosaurs Love Their Dogs? by Jane Yolen and Mark Teague

If You’re a Doggie and You Know It

If you’re a doggie and you know it,

Say, “Woof, woof”.

If you’re a doggie and you know it,

Say, “Woof, woof”.

If you’re a doggie and you know it,

And you really want to show it,

If you’re a doggie and you know it,

Say, “Woof, woof”.

Repeat with give a lick, scratch your ears.

--Miss Mollie

Roly Poly

--from Babies in the Library by Jane Marino. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, 2003.

Five Little Doggies

Five little doggies in the doggie pet store.

Looking so lonely, they want a child to adore.

When along comes a child with a dollar to pay

She buys a doggie and takes him away.

--Miss Mollie

I Wiggle My Fingers

Book Two

Big Dog and Little Dog by Dav Pilkey

How Much is that Doggie in the Window?

How much is that doggie in the window?

The one with the waggly tail?

How much is that doggie in the window?

I do hope that doggie’s for sale.

--Traditional

Pease Porridge Hot

Clap each syllable.

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

Read Together

Puppy Love by Patti Jennings

The More We Get Together

Storytime - Read Across America: A Celebration of Dr. Seuss and Libraries

Toddler

Books: Lola at the Library by Anna McQuinn and One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss.

Songs / Rhymes: “Good Morning”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “If You’re Happy and You Know It”, “Open, Shut Them”, “The Cat in the Hat”, “Five Little Cats” on the felt board, “I Wiggle My Fingers”, and “The More We Get Together”.

Craft: One Fish, Two Fish pictures. Materials: die cut white construction paper fish bowl, die cut construction paper fish (yellow, green, blue, red), crayons, glue, and tape. The toddlers glued and taped their fish to the fish bowls.

Preschool

Books: I Took My Frog to the Library by Eric Kimmel and One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss.

Songs / Rhymes: “Welcome to the Library”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Hi There, So Glad You Came”, “If You’re Happy and You Know It”, “Open, Shut Them”, “At the Library”, “I Wiggle My Fingers”, and “The More We Get Together”.

Craft: One Fish, Two Fish pictures. See above.

Special Activity: I spelled book on the magnet board and the preschoolers helped me come up with rhyme with it.

Songs

Cat in the Hat

Sung to: The Addams Family

The cat in the hat

The cat in the hat

The cat in the hat

The cat in the hat!

--Sing a New Song

Five Little Cats with Hats

One little cat on a sunny day
Put on his hat and went out to play
Two little cats when the sky turned dark
Put on their hats and went to the park
Three little cats when the sky turned blue
Put on their hats and went to the zoo
Four little cats by the kitchen door
Put on their hats and went to the store
Five little cats on a sunny day
Put on their hats and they all ran away.

--Hummingbird Educational Resources

At the Library

Sung to: “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”

At the library the Garland library

We read a lot of books.

At the library the Garland library

We read a lot of books.

Reeeeeeeeeeaaaaad

Read a book when?

TODAY!

Reeeeeeeeeeaaaaad

Read a book when?

TODAY!

We read a lot, we read a lot,

We read a lot, we read a lot,

We read a lot, we read a lot,

We read a lot!

We read a lot, we read a lot,

We read a lot, we read a lot,

We read a lot, we read a lot,

We read a lot!

--Miss Lucy

Wee Read - Baby and Me

Early Literacy Tip of the Week:

Pick one sound that your baby says frequently. Use that sound when playing and singing during the day.

Good Morning

Hello, How are You?

Animals Wake Up

-- Children’s Programming Monthly v. 1 no. 5 pg. 5 by Kathy MacMillan and Christine Kirker

Open Shut Them

Book One

Hello, Lulu by Caroline Uff

The Great Big Spider

Change Itsy-Bitsy to Great Big. The gross motor movements are easier for babies and younger toddlers.

--from Lapsit Services for the Very Young II by Linda L. Ernst. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc, 2001.

Can You Kick with Two Feet?

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

I Went to the Farm One Day

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

I Wiggle My Fingers

Book Two

I Like It When by Mary Murphy

Rooster Crows

--from Babies in the Library by Jane Marino. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, 2003.

Row, Row, Row Your Boat

Row, row, row your boat,

Gently down the stream.

Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,

Life is but a dream!

--Traditional

Read Together

Touch and Feel Farm by Julie Aigner-Clark

The More We Get Together

Storytime - The Year of the Snake: A Chinese/Lunar New Year Party

Toddler

Books: My First Chinese New Year by Karen Katz and Hide and Snake by Keith Baker.

Songs / Rhymes: “Good Morning”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Open, Shut Them”, “Head and Shoulders”, “Hello Sammy Snake” with snake puppet, and “The More We Get Together”.

Craft: Sssssnakes. Materials: green construction paper strips, red construction paper tongues, crayons, glue, and tape. The toddlers glued their strips together to make a chain. When they were done, they glued on the tongues and drew on eyes. The idea came from DLTK's Crafts for Kids.

Preschool

Books: Max Celebrates Chinese New Year by Adria F. Klein and Ten Mice for Tet by Peti Deitz Shea.

Songs / Rhymes: “Welcome to the Library”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Open, Shut Them”, “A Tooty Tah”, “Hello Sammy Snake” with the snake puppet, “I Wiggle My Fingers”, and “The More We Get Together”.

Craft: Sssssnakes. These ones were made with red, yellow, and black strips. Some preschoolers glued their strips together to make a chain, while others taped them together to make one long strip. See above.

A retired coworker let me borrow some of her Lunar New Year decorations to add to our festivities.

Songs

Hello, Sammy Snake (with snake puppet)

Sung to: "If You're Happy and You Know It"

Hello, Sammy Snake,

How are you?

Hello, Sammy Snake,

How are you?

With a slither, slither, slither,

And a hiss, hiss, hiss,

Hello, Sammy Snake,

How are you?

--Miss Mollie

Wee Read - Valentine's Day

Early Literacy Tip of the Week: Make sure you get plenty of face-to-face time! Babies prefer to focus on human faces over anything else.

Good Morning

Hello, How are You?

If You Love Me and You Know It

Sung to: "If You’re Happy and You Know It"

If you love me and you know it, clap your hands. x2
If you love me and you know it,
Then your face will surely show it.
If you love me and you know it, Clap your hands.

Other Verses:
Say "I Love you", Blow a kiss, Give a hug

--PreschoolEducation

Open Shut Them

Book One

What Do You Love? by Jonathan London

Will You Be My Valentine

Sung to: "Do You Know the Muffin Man?”

Will you be my Valentine, my Valentine, my Valentine?
Will you be my Valentine, be a friend of mine?

--PreschoolEducation

Acka Backa

--from Lapsit Services for the Very Young II by Linda L. Ernst. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc, 2001.

Little Red Valentine Game

Little Red Valentine, I love you.

Little Red Valentine, I love you.

Little Red Valentine, I love you.

Yellow one says, "I love you, too!"

Use green and blue.

--Storytime ABC’s

I Wiggle My Fingers

Book Two

Where is Baby’s Valentine? by Karen Katz

Roll Roll Sugarbabies

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

--Rain Makes Applesauce

Clap Hands, Clap Hands

Use signs for Daddy, Mommy, Grandpa, Grandma

--from Babies in the Library by Jane Marino. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, 2003.

Read Together

Clap Hands by Helen Oxenbury

The More We Get Together

Storytime - It's Science!

Toddler

Books: Penguins, Penguins, Everywhere! by Bob Barner and Some Things Change by Mary Murphy.

Songs / Rhymes: “Good Morning”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Open, Shut Them”, “If You’re Happy and You Know It”, “Head and Shoulders” “I Wiggle My Fingers”, and “The More We Get Together”.

Craft: Magic Paint. Materials: Blue construction paper, paint brushes, hot water, and Epsom salts. I combined the water and salt to make a special paint. When the paint dries, the paint turns to white crystals. The toddlers used their fine motor skills to paint designs on the paper with the brushes. The idea for this craft came from Unplug Your Kids.

Preschool

Books: What is Science? by Rebecca Kai Dotlich and Some Things Change by Mary Murphy.

Songs / Rhymes: “Welcome to the Library”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Open, Shut Them”, and “The More We Get Together”.

Special Activity: I conducted a science experiment with the preschoolers. Before the group came in, I placed three different colors of food coloring in three bottles and hid the coloring under baking soda. During the experiment, I asked the preschoolers to try and guess what color the fizz would turn when she added vinegar. They used their deductive reasoning to figure out what color was next and were amazed by the product of the two chemicals. 

Craft: Magic Paint. See above.

Wee Read - Birds

Early Literacy Tip of the Week: Change your voice as you read aloud and make the sounds of the animals your baby sees. Babies listen more when the pitch and volume of your voice frequently changes.

Good Morning

Hello, How are You?

Sing with Me

Sung to: “Here We Go ‘Round the Mulberry Bush”

--from Babies in the Library by Jane Marino. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, 2003.

Open Shut Them

Book One

Little Robin Redbreast by Shari Halpern

Good Morning, Mrs. Perky Bird

Sung to: “Short’nin’ Bread”

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

Fingers Like to Wiggle Waggle

Repeat with: way down low, on my knee.

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

Two Little Blue Birds

--from Lapsit Services for the Very Young II by Linda L. Ernst. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc, 2001.

I Wiggle My Fingers

Book Two

How Does Baby Feel? by Karen Katz

Jack in the Box

--from Lapsit Services for the Very Young II by Linda L. Ernst. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc, 2001.

Blue Bird, Blue Bird

Blue bird, blue bird

On my window,

Blue bird, blue bird

On my window.

Blue bird, blue bird

On my window,

Oh, Mommy, I’m tired.

--Jim Thomas

Read Together

There was no Read Together today.

The More We Get Together

Storytime - Let's Read a Story

Toddler

Books: Chu’s Day by Neil Gaiman and I Can Do It Too by Karen Baicker.

Songs / Rhymes: “Good Morning”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Open, Shut Them”, “Roll, Roll Sugar Babies”, “Five Little Monkeys Swinging from the Tree” on the felt board, “Come Under My Umbrella” with the parachute, “Row Boat, Row Boat” with the parachute, “Ring Around the Rosie” with the parachute, and “The More We Get Together”.

Special Activity: Instead of a craft, the toddlers played with the parachute.

Preschool

Books: Chu’s Day by Neil Gaiman and Do Pigs Have Stripes? by Melanie Walsh.

Songs / Rhymes: “Welcome to the Library”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Hi There, So Glad You Came”, “Open, Shut Them”, “The Hokey Pokey”, “Five Little Monkeys Swinging from the Tree” on the felt board, “I Wiggle My Fingers”, and “The More We Get Together”.

Craft: Water Color Pictures. Materials: water color paints, paint brushes, white paper, and water. The preschoolers used the water colors to paint some beautiful pictures!

Songs

Roll Roll Sugarbabies

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

--Rain Makes Applesauce

Five Little Monkeys Swinging From a Tree

Five little monkeys swinging from a tree

Teasing Mr. Alligator, “You can’t catch me!”

When along comes Mr. Alligator annnnd SNAP!

Continue until there are no monkeys left.

--Traditional

Come Under My Umbrella (parachute)

Come under my umbrella,

Umbrella, umbrella.

Gently wave the parachute up and down.

Come under my umbrella,

It’s starting to storm.

Move parachute faster.

There’s thunder and lightning

And wind and rain.

Come under my umbrella,

It’s starting to storm.

--MCLS Kids

Row Boat, Row Boat

Row boat, row boat go so slow.

(wave the chute slowly)

Row boat, row boat go so fast.

(shake the chute fast)

Row boat, row boat the waves are getting worse.

(shake fast again)

Row boat, row boat put it in reverse.

(stop the chute by pulling towards you)

--Read, Sing, Play

Ring Around the Rosie

Ring around the rosie,

A pocket full of posie,

Ashes, ashes, we all fall down!

--Traditional

Walk around in a circle with the parachute.

Flannel Friday - Money Money Money

TGIFF!

The week before taxes were due, we had a preschool storytime about money. We talked about the different values of money, what we use money for (one preschooler suggested "stuff"), and how we can get money.

"Three Little Dollars" was originally "Three Little Nickels" from CanTeach. I changed the lyrics for my purposes, but you can find the original lyrics by visiting the link included after the song. The pictures of money came from Wikimedia Commons. The cookies, crayons, and piggy bank all came from morgueFile. The pictures were laminated and used on the magnetic board.

Three Little Dollars

Three little dollars in a wallet new,

I bought a box of crayons,

And then there were two.

Two little dollars, and before the day was done,

I bought some cookies,

And then there was one.

One little dollar, I heard it plainly say,

“I’m going into the piggy bank for a rainy day!”

--CanTeach

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Wee Read - Shake It Up

Early Literacy Tip of the Week: A few things to look for when choosing a book for your baby: bold, clear pictures of familiar items in baby's world; rhythm and repetition; very few words or repeating words (books little ones can learn by heart).

Good Morning

Hello, How are You?

My Hands Upon My Head

My hands upon my head I place,

On my shoulders on my face,

On my knees, and at my side.

Then behind me they will slide,

Then I raise them up so high

Till they nearly reach the sky

Now I clap them -- one, two, three.

Then I fold them silently.

--Allentown Public Library

Open Shut Them

Book One

Baby Dance by Ann Taylor

Shake Your Eggs

use shaker eggs
Shake your eggs and shake them high.
Shake your eggs and shake them low.
Shake your eggs and shake them high.
Shake your eggs around you go.

--Librarian Lisa’s Storytimes

Shake Your Egg With Me

Sung to: “London Bridge”

use shaker eggs

Can you shake your egg with me,
Shake your egg along with me
It’s as easy as can be

Now put it on your knee!

Repeat with head, tummy, etc.

--Nancy Stewart

An Egg is On My Nose 

Sung to: “The Farmer in the Dell”

Use egg shakers
An egg is on my nose,

an egg is on my nose,
Heigh-ho, the derry-o,

an egg is on my nose.
(Repeat using other body parts)

--Storytime Source Page

I Wiggle My Fingers

Book Two

Ben Loves Bear by David McPhail

Little Cheek

Little cheek, little chin,

This is where the food comes in.

Little eyes, little nose,

Now I’ll kiss your little toes.

--Manly Library

Head and Shoulders, Baby

Head and shoulders baby, 123

Head and shoulders baby, 123

Head and shoulders, head and shoulders,

Head and shoulders baby, 123

Repeat with: Knees and ankles, tummy and back, shake 'em all.

--Sharing Soda

Read Together

Rokko by Paola Opal

The More We Get Together

Storytime - It Must Be Love

Toddler

Books: Hugs and Hearts by Toni Trent Parker and A Kiss Like This by Mary Murphy.

Songs / Rhymes: “Good Morning”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Open, Shut Them”, “If You Love Me and You Know It”, “If You Have a Red Heart” game, and “The More We Get Together”.

Craft: I Love You Valentines. Materials: die cut construction paper hearts in red and pink, die cut construction paper hands in purple, crayons, glue, and tape. The toddlers glued their hearts together and then glued on their hands. When they were finished, their caregivers folded down the middle and ring fingers of the hands so that they said “I love you” in American Sign Language. The idea came from The Best Kids' Crafts and More.

Special Activity: I gave every child a different colored heart. When I sang the name of the color, the children with that color heart brought it to the front of the class to give to me.

Preschool

Books: Hugs and Hearts by Toni Trent Parker and The I Love You Book by Todd Parr.

Songs / Rhymes: “Welcome to the Library”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Hi There, So Glad You Came”, “Head and Shoulders”, “Open, Shut Them”, “If You Love Me and You Know It”, “If You Have a Red Heart” game, and “The More We Get Together”.

Craft: I Love You Valentines. See above.

Special Activity: We also played "If You Have a Red Heart". See above.

Songs

If You Love Me and You Know It

Sung to: "If You’re Happy and You Know It"

If you love me and you know it, clap your hands.
If you love me and you know it, clap your hands.
If you love me and you know it,
Then your face will surely show it.
If you love me and you know it, Clap your hands.

Other Verses:
Say "I Love you"
Blow me a kiss
Give me a hug

--PreschoolEducation

Who Has a Red Heart? Game

Sung to: Mary Wore a Red Dress

Who has a red heart, red heart, red heart?

Who has a red heart?

Bring it to me now.

Use different color hearts.

--Miss Mollie