Wee Read - Bunnies!

Early Literacy Tip of the Week:

Keep a weekly journal of the ways your baby communicates. This is a great way to see the progress your baby has made, even before he says his first word!

Good Morning

Hello, How are You?

Funny Bunny Hop

Funny, little bunny goes hop, hop, hop!
Funny little bunny, please stop,stop,stop!
Wiggle your ears and crinkle your nose.
Then wiggle, wiggle, wiggle right down to your toes.

--PreschoolEducation

Open Shut Them

Book One

Little White Rabbit by Kevin Henkes

Here’s a Little Bunny

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

Baby Bunny

Bunny Baby bunny bounces high (jump high)
Baby bunny bounces low; (jump low)
Baby bunny blinks his eyes; (blink eyes)
Baby bunny waves good-bye. (wave good-bye)

--Perpetual Preschool

Tired Bunnies

--I’m a Little Teapot!: Presenting Preschool Storytime by Jane Cobb. Point Roberts, WA: Black Sheep Press, 1996.

I Wiggle My Fingers

Book Two

Hop! by Phyllis Root

All the Baby Bunnies

All the baby bunnies love

Bouncing, bouncing.

All the baby bunnies just

love to bounce.

All the baby bunnies love

Bouncing, bouncing.

Bounce to the left,

Bounce to the right,

Bounce all day and

all through the night.

--Miss Mollie (inspired by Katie at Sharing Soda)

Did you Ever see a Bunny?

Sung to: "Did You Ever See a Lassie?"

Did you ever see a bunny, a bunny, a bunny,
Did you ever see a bunny, that hops -- so slow?
He hops this way and that way,

And this way, and that way.

Did you ever see a bunny, that hops so slow?

--PreschoolEducation

Read Together

Pat the Bunny by Dorothy Kunhardt

The More We Get Together

Storytime - A Bob Shea Day

Toddler

Books

New Socks and Oh, Daddy! by Bob Shea 

Songs / Rhymes: “Good Morning”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Open, Shut Them”, “If You Have a Red Sock” game, “Five Little Fishies” on the felt board, “I Wiggle My Fingers”, and “The More We Get Together”.

Special Activity: I handed each toddler a cut out of a pair of socks, each a different color. Then I sang “If You Have a Red Sock”, substituting different colors for red. If the toddlers had the color I mentioned, they brought it to the front of the room and placed it in the basket.

Craft: Build a Hippo. Materials: hippo printout on purple paper, crayons, glue, and tape. The toddlers glued and taped their parts to make their own hippos. The template came from Crafts for Children.

Preschool

Books

New Socks, I’m a Shark, and Dinosaurvs. the Potty  by Bob Shea 

Songs / Rhymes: “Welcome to the Library”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Open, Shut Them”, “If You Have a Red Sock”, “Five Little Fishies” on the felt board, and “The More We Get Together”. 

Special Activity: The preschoolers also played "If You have a Red Sock".

Craft: Dinosaur vs. ________. Materials: Dinosaur vs. ______ printable, glue, tape, crayons, and scissors. The preschoolers imagined what they’d like to see Dinosaur go up against. Ideas included Dinosaur vs. a Ballerina, Dinosaur vs. Mommy, and Dinosaur vs. Spring. The template came from The Voices Inside My Headphones. Thanks, Sethers!

Songs

Five Little Fish
Sung to: "5 Little Monkeys Swinging From a Tree
5 little fish swimming in the sea
Teasin' Mr. Shark
You can't catch me!
When along comes Mr. Shark as quiet as can be

AAAAANNNNDDD snap!

4 little  Etc...

--PreschoolEducation

If You Have a Red Sock

Sung to: Mary Wore a Red Dress

If you have a red sock,

A red sock, a red sock.

If you have a red sock,

Bring it to me now.

--Miss Mollie

Wee Read - Moving Right Along

Early Literacy Tip of the Week:

Ask your baby questions about what's happening on the page, such as, "Where is the duck?" Pause, point and answer for baby, "Oh, look, there's the duck!"

Good Morning

Hello, How are You?

Clap, Clap, Clap Your Hands

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

Open Shut Them

Book One

Maisy Drives the Bus by Lucy Cousins

The Wheels on the Bus

The wheels on the bus go round and round,

Round and round, round and round.

The wheels on the bus go round and round,

All through the town.

Continue with:

Doors go open and shut

Horn goes beep, beep, beep

Wipers go swish, swish, swish

--Traditional

The Little Train

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

Going for a Ride in My Train

Sung to: Ten Little Indians

Going for a ride in my little ______ train

Going for a ride in my little ______ train

Going for a ride in my little ______ train
Chugga, chugga, chugga, chugga

Choo, choo!

Insert color of train

--Recipe for Reading

I Wiggle My Fingers

Book Two

Beep Beep by Petr Horacek

Did You Ever See an Airplane?  
Sung to: "Did You Ever See a Lassie?"
Did you ever see an airplane,
An airplane, and airplane?
Did you ever see an airplane
Way up in the sky?
There are big ones and small ones
And short ones and tall ones.
Did you ever see an airplane
Way up in the sky?

--PreschoolEducation

We’re Going Down a Smooth Road

Sung to: “Short’nin’ Bread”

We’re going down a smooth road, a smooth road, a smooth road.

We’re going down a smooth road, a smooth road now.

We’re going down a bumpy road, a bumpy road, a bumpy road.

We’re going down a bumpy road, a bumpy road now.

We’re going down a rough road, a rough road, a rough road.

We’re going down a rough road, UH OH! POTHOLE!

--ALSC

Read Together

Where are Maisy's Friends? by Lucy Cousins

The More We Get Together

Storytime - The Bunny Hop

Toddler

Books: 

Oh So Tiny Bunny by David Kirk 

Dinnertime! by Sue Williams

Songs / Rhymes: “Good Morning”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Funny Bunny Hop”, “Open, Shut Them”, “Here’s a Little Bunny” with bunny finger puppet, “Did You Ever See a Bunny?”, “I Wiggle My Fingers”, “Come Under My Umbrella” with parachute, “Row Boat, Row Boat” with parachute, “London Bridge” with parachute, and “The More We Get Together”.

Games: Miss Mollie hid animals behind eggs on the felt board. The toddlers helped her find the bunny by guessing the color of egg he was behind.

Craft: There was no craft today. We played with the parachute instead.

Preschool

Books: 

A Boy and His Bunny by Sean Bryan 

Little Bunny Foo Foo: The Real Story by Cori Doerrfeld

Songs / Rhymes: “Welcome to the Library”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Hi There, So Glad You Came”, “Open, Shut Them”, “Funny Bunny Hop”, “Did You Ever See a Bunny?”, “I Wiggle My Fingers”, “Come Under My Umbrella” with the parachute, “London Bridge” with the parachute, “Ring Around the Rosie” with the parachute, and “The More We Get Together”. 

Craft: There was no craft today. We played with the parachute instead.

Songs

Funny Bunny Hop

Funny, little bunny goes hop, hop, hop!
Funny little bunny, please stop,stop,stop!
Wiggle your ears and crinkle your nose.
Then wiggle, wiggle, wiggle right down to your toes.

--PreschoolEducation

Here’s a Little Bunny (with bunny finger puppet)

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

Did you Ever see a Bunny?

Sung to: "Did You Ever See a Lassie?"

Did you ever see a bunny, a bunny, a bunny,
Did you ever see a bunny, that hops -- so slow?
He hops this way and that way,

And this way, and that way.

Did you ever see a bunny, that hops so slow?

--PreschoolEducation

Come Under My Umbrella

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).

--Kendra at Read, Sing, Play

London Bridge

London Bridge is falling down.

Falling down, falling down.

London Bridge is falling down,

My fair lady.

--Traditional

Wee Read - Quack!

Early Literacy Tip of the Week:

Babies need to feel comfortable in order to learn. Make sure your baby is well fed, changed, and wide awake before play time.

Good Morning

Hello, How are You?

Duckling Do

Duckling do, duckling see,

Duckling do it just like me.

Duckling open your little beak,

Duckling jump on your duckling feet.

Duckling paddle, duckling flap,

Waddle around with a quack quack quack!

--Children’s Programming Monthly v. 1 no. 10 pg. 5 by Kathy MacMillan

Open Shut Them

Book One

Goose Needs a Hug by Tad Hills

The Ducks on the Pond

Sung to: “The Wheels on the Bus”

The ducks on the pond go quack quack quack,

Quack quack quack, quack quack quack.

The ducks on the pond go quack quack quack,

All through the day.

--Children’s Programming Monthly v. 1 no. 10 pg. 5 by Kathy MacMillan

Patty Cake

Patty cake, patty cake, baker’s man,

Bake me a cake as fast as you can

Roll it

And pat it

And mark it with a “B”

And put it in the oven for baby and me.

--Traditional

One Little Duck Went Out One Day

One little duck went out one day

Over the hill and far away

Mother Duck said, “Quack, quack, quack, quack!”

And two little ducks came waddling back.

Continue to five little ducks.

--Traditional

I Wiggle My Fingers

Book Two

Goodnight, My Duckling by Nancy Tafuri

Little Ducks Song

Sung to: "London Bridge"

Little ducks go quack, quack, quack
Quack, quack, quack,
Quack, quack, quack -
Little ducks go quack quack quack
In the springtime.

--PreschoolEducation.com

Slowly, Slowly

Slowly, slowly, very slowly

Creeps the garden snail.

Slowly, slowly, very slowly

Up the garden rail.

Quickly, quickly, very quickly

Runs the little mouse.

Quickly, quickly, very quickly

Round about the house.

--Manly Library

Read Together

Five Little Ducks illustrated by Juliet Williams

The More We Get Together

Storytime - Moo!

Toddler

Books

The Cow Who Clucked by Denise Fleming 

Cowlick by Christen Ditchfield

Songs / Rhymes: “Good Morning”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “If You’re Happy and You Know It”, “Open, Shut Them”, “I Went to the Farm One Day” with cow puppet, “Head and Shoulders”, “The Hokey Pokey”, “I Wiggle My Fingers”, and “The More We Get Together”. 

Craft: Cows in the Pasture. Materials: cow pictures, green paper, Easter grass, crayons, glue, and tape. The toddlers glued their cows to their papers, colored them in, and then taped on the cows’ food: grass. The idea came from Preschool Storytime Crafts. The clipart came from Open Clip Art.

Preschool

Books

The Cow Loves Cookies by Karma Wilson 

Is Everyone Ready for Fun? by Jan Thomas.

Songs / Rhymes: “Welcome to the Library”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Hi There, So Glad You Came”, “Head and Shoulders”, “Open, Shut Them”, “The Hokey Pokey”, “I Wiggle My Fingers”, and “The More We Get Together”.

Special Activity: The preschoolers said what they knew about cows and I wrote the words down on the board. They knew what letter cow started with, what cows give us to drink, and that cows are big (not small). I taught them that cows’ feet are called hooves, a baby cow is called a calf, and that cows weigh 1500 lbs!

Craft: C is for Cow. Materials: C coloring paper, cow head and tail on paper, Easter grass, crayons, glue, scissors, and tape. The preschoolers cut out their cow heads and tails. They glued them on to their Cs and added the Easter grass for the cows to eat. The idea came from Always Something to Learn. The template was from DLTK Kids.

Songs

I Went to the Farm One Day (with cow puppet)

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

Wee Read - Parachute Day

Early Literacy Tip of the Week:

Ask your baby questions and answer yourself. This models turn-taking in conversation.

Good Morning

Hello, How are You?

I Put My Arms up High

--Babies in the Library by Jane Marino. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, 2003.How Does Baby Feel?

Open Shut Them

Book One

Little Robin Redbreast by Shari Halpern

Red Bird

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

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

I Wiggle My Fingers

Book Two

How Does Baby Feel? by Karen Katz

Come Under My Umbrella (with 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 (with parachute)

Row boat, row boat go so fast (shake the chute fast).

Row boat, row boat go so slow (wave the chute slowly).

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).

--Kendra at Read, Sing, Play

Ring Around the Rosie (with parachute)

Ring around the rosie

A pocket full of posie

Ashes, ashes, we all fall down!

--Traditional

The More We Get Together

Flannel Friday - Pea Soup

Hello, Flannel Friday! I'm back!

I found this rhyme on Katie's (Sharing Soda's) wiki page. The pot template is from a Crayola coloring sheet. The logs and fire are from an earlier flannel I did called Campfire Pokey.

Pea Soup

One little pea,

Jumped into the pot,

And waited for the soup to get hot.

(Tuck thumb into fist)

Two little peas jumped into the pot,

And waited for the soup to get hot.

(Tuck pointer finger into fist)

Three little peas jumped into the pot,

And waited for the soup to get hot.

(Tuck middle finger into fist)

Four little peas jumped into the pot,

And waited for the soup to get hot.

(Tuck little finger into fist)

Finally the soup got so very hot,

All the little peas jumped out of the pot!

(Open hand and wiggle all your fingers)

--Katie at Sharing Soda

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Storytime - Out of This World

Toddler

Books

I Want to Be an Astronaut by Byron Barton 

On the Launchpad: A Counting Book About Rockets by Michael Dahl

Songs / Rhymes: “Good Morning”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Bend and Stretch and Reach for the Stars”, “Open, Shut Them”, “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”, “Four Little Stars” on the felt board, “I Wiggle My Fingers”, and “The More We Get Together”. 

Craft: Twinkle Twinkle Stars. Materials: foam stars, popsicle sticks, glitter, crayons, glue, and tape. The toddlers glued their sticks to their stars and colored them in. They put more glue on the star and I sprinkled some glitter on top. Everyone sang “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” with their stars.

Preschool

Books

Zoom Zoom Zoom! I’m Off to the Moon!  by Dan Yaccarino 

If I Were an Alien by Vivian French and Lisa Williams

Songs / Rhymes: “Welcome to the Library”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Hi There, So Glad You Came”, “Head and Shoulders”, “Open, Shut Them”, “Bend and Stretch”, “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”, “I Wiggle My Fingers”, and “The More We Get Together”.

Special Activity: The preschoolers helped me spell out the word star on the magnetic board. They then helped me think of words that rhymed with star and told me what letter to add to the end of the word to make it more than one.

Craft: Build Your Own Solar System (see craft picture for Toddlers). Materials: black construction paper, pompoms, construction paper crayons, glitter, crayons, glue, scissors, and tape. The preschoolers drew on their paper using the construction paper crayons and pasted on their pompoms. When they were finished, they added more glue and I sprinkled some glitter on their pictures.

Songs

Bend and Stretch

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

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,

How I wonder what you are.

Up above the world so high,

Like a diamond in the sky.

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,

How I wonder what you are.

--Traditional

Four Little Stars

Four little stars
winking at me.
One shot off, and then there were three!
Three little stars
with nothing to do.
One shot off, and then there were two!

Two little stars
Afraid of the sun.
One shot off, and then there was one!

One little star, alone is no fun. 

It shot off, and then there was none!

-- PreschoolEducation.com