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Toddler

Books: I Say, You Say: Animal Sounds by Tad Carpenter and Now I’m Big by Karen Katz.

Songs / Rhymes: “Good Morning”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Open, Shut Them”, “Roll, Roll Sugarbabies”, “The Hokey Pokey”, “If You’re Happy and You Know It” with parachute, “Row Boat, Row Boat” with parachute, “Down at the Library in the Storytime Room” with parachute, “I Wiggle My Fingers”, and “The More We Get Together”.

Craft: There was no craft today.

Preschool

Books: Which Would You Rather Be by William Steig and Have You Seen My New Blue Socks? by Eve Bunting on the felt board.

Songs / Rhymes: “Welcome to the Library”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “A Tooty Tah”, “Open, Shut Them”, “The Hokey Pokey”, “If You’re Happy and You Know It” with parachute, “Row Boat, Row Boat” with parachute and “The More We Get Together”. 

Craft: There was no craft today.

Parachute Songs/Rhymes

If You're Happy and You Know It (parachute)

If you're happy and you know it,

Shake it slow.

If you're happy and you know it,

Shake it slow.

If you're happy and you know it,

And you really want to show it,

If you're happy and you know it,

Shake it slow.

*raise it high, shake it fast.

--Kendra at Read, Sing, Play

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

Down at the Library was a Parachute

Down at the library in the story room

Sat some kids and Miss Mollie and a parachute

Lift, said Miss Mollie, lift the 'chute

And they lifted and they lifted that parachute.

*Shake, said Miss Mollie, shake the 'chute

And they shook and they shook that parachute.

*Let go, said Miss Mollie, let go of the 'chute!

And they all let go of the parachute.

--Miss Mollie