Wee Read - Polar Bears

Early Literacy Tip of the Week: Repeat words - this strengthens the neural pathways used for language.

Good Morning

Hello, How are You?

Up, Down, Turn Around

Up, down

Turn around.

Touch the sky,

And touch the ground.

Tickle your tummy,

Tickle your nose,

Blow a kiss,

And say “Hello!”   

--Jim Thomas

Open Shut Them

Book One

Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? by Eric Carle

Cheek Chin

Cheek, chin, cheek, chin

Cheek, chin, nose.

Cheek, chin, cheek, chin

Cheek, chin, toes

Cheek, chin, cheek, chin,

Up baby goes!

--Sharing Soda

Roll Roll Sugarbabies

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

--Rain Makes Applesauce

Row, Row, Row Your Boat

Row, row, row your boat,

Gently down the stream.

Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,

Life is but a dream!

--Traditional

I Wiggle My Fingers

Book Two

Polar Bear Morning by Lauren Thompson

This is the Way

This is the way we

Bounce, bounce, bounce.

Bounce, bounce, bounce.

Bounce, bounce, bounce.

This is the way we bounce, bounce, bounce

Early in the morning. Wheeee!

--Manly Library

Warm Hands Warm

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

Read Together

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, Peek-a-Boo! by Judith Moffat

The More We Get Together