Wee Read - Bumble Bees

Early Literacy Tip of the Week: Relax and have fun! It's okay if your baby crawls or moves away - she will still hear and benefit from your voice.

Good Morning

Hello, How are You?

Bumble Bee

Sung to: "Jingle Bells"

Bumble Bee, bumble bee,

Landing on my nose,

Bumble bee, bumble bee,

Now he's on my toes.

On my arms, on my legs,

On my elbows.

Bumble bee, oh bumble bee

He lands, and then he goes.

--PreschoolEducation

Open Shut Them

Book One

Hide-and-Squeak by Heather Vogel Frederick

Dancing Up and Dancing Down - with scarves

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

Where is Baby? - with scarves

Sung to: “Where is Thumbkin?”

Where is baby? Where is baby?

There you are! There you are!

I’m so glad to see you, I’m so glad to see you

Peek-a-boo! Peek-a-boo!

--ALSC

Roll Your Scarf - with scarves

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

I Wiggle My Fingers

Book Two

Animal Baths by Bob Barner

The Bees in the Flowers

The bees in the flowers go buzz buzz buzz,

Buzz, buzz, buzz,

Buzz, buzz, buzz.

The bees in the flowers go buzz buzz buzz,

All day long

--PreschoolEducation

I'm Bringing Home a Baby Bumble Bee

I'm bringing home a baby bumble bee.

Won't my mommy be so proud of me?

I'm bringing home a baby bumble bee.

Bzz, bzz, bzz says the bee.

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

Read Together

What Do You Say? by Mandy Stanley

The More We Get Together

Storytime - Bees

Toddler

Books: Chicky Chicky Chook Chook by Cathy MacLennon and Bear and Bee by Sergio Ruzzier

Songs / Rhymes: “Good Morning”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Open, Shut Them”, “Bumble Bee” with bee puppet, “I’m Bringing Home a Baby Bumble Bee” with bee puppet, “I Wiggle My Fingers”, and “The More We Get Together”.

Craft: Bumble Bees. Materials: black construction paper wings, yellow construction bodies, googly eyes, crayons, glue, and tape. The toddlers glued their bee parts together and then drew on black stripes. We had a record high attendance on this day and I ran out of crafts for the older siblings!

Preschool

Books: Buzz by Janet S. Wong and Bear and Bee by Sergio Ruzzier.

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”, “Bumble Bee” with bee puppet, “Head and Shoulders”, and “The More We Get Together”.

Craft: Bee Windsocks: black construction paper stripes, white construction paper handles, sheet of yellow construction paper, yellow streamers, glue, tape, crayons, and scissors. The preschoolers glued the black stripes to the yellow paper, added the yellow streamers at the bottom, and placed the handles on top. They had fun pretending that bees were flying around the room. We had another very large group in this class and I ran out of crafts for the older siblings again!

Songs/Rhymes

Bumble Bee

Sung to: "Are You Sleeping"

Bumble bee, bumble bee

Don't sting me, don't sting me.

Just fly to your home,

And leave me alone.

Don't sting me, don't sting me.

--PreschoolEducation

I'm Bringing Home a Baby Bumble Bee

I'm bringing home a baby bumble bee.

Won't my mommy be so proud of me?
I'm bringing home a baby bumble bee.

Bzz, bzz, bzz says the bee.

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

Wee Read - Turtles

Early Literacy Tip of the Week: Babies are born with the ability to learn every language’s sounds. When your baby babbles, he is practicing the sounds he’ll need in order to speak the language he is taught.

Good Morning

Hello, How are You?

I’m a Little Fishy

Sung to: I’m a Little Teapot

I'm a little fishy, I can swim

Here is my tail, here is my fin.

When I want to have fun with my friends,

I wiggle my tail and dive right in!

--PreschoolEducation

Open Shut Them

Book One

Turtle Splash!: Countdown at the Pond by Cathryn Falwell

Down in the Meadow

Down in the meadow in a little bitty pool

Swam ten little turtles and a mama turtle too

“Swim!” said mama turtle “Swim like I do!”

so they swam and they swam all over the pool

Change to different action words Splash, dive, float, etc.

--PreschoolEducation.com

Fish are Swimming

Sung to: "Frere Jacques"

Fish are swimming, fish are swimming,

In the sea, in the sea,

A-splishing and a-splashing,

A-splishing and a-splashing,

Look and see, look and see.

--PreschoolEducation

Five Little Fishies

Sung to: "5 Little Monkeys Swinging From a Tree

5 little fishies 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 fishies etc...

--PreschoolEducation

I Wiggle My Fingers

Book Two

Totty  by Paola Opal

1,2,3,4,5 I Caught a Fish Alive

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

Turtle Turtle

Sung to: “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”

Turtle, turtle moves so slow,

Crawling, crawling, watch him go.

At the pond he looks around,

See his head move up and down.

Turtle, turtle wants to swim,

Now he slides and dives right in!

--PreschoolExpress

Read Together

Amazing Animals by Mark Shulman

The More We Get Together

Storytime - Turtles

Toddler

Books: Totty by Paola Opal and Scootby Cathryn Falwell 

Songs / Rhymes: “Good Morning”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “If You’re Happy and You Know It”, “Open, Shut Them”, “Down in the Meadow”, “Turtle, Turtle” with turtle puppet, “I Wiggle My Fingers”, and “The More We Get Together”.

Craft: Turtles in the Grass. Materials: die cut green construction paper turtles, die cut white construction paper clouds, die cut light green construction paper grass, half sheet of light blue construction paper, crayons, glue, and tape. The toddlers glued their turtles, grass, and clouds to the blue paper and then colored them in.

Preschool

Books: Turtles by Emily Green and Hi, Harry!: The Moving Story of How OneSlow Tortoise Slowly Made a Friend by Martin Waddell

Songs / Rhymes: “Welcome to the Library”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Hi There, So Glad You Came”, “The Banana Song”, “Open, Shut Them”, “Down in the Meadow”, and “The More We Get Together”. 

Craft: Build a Turtle: dark green construction paper circles, ovals, and triangles, large green die cut construction paper circles, glue, tape, crayons, and scissors. The preschoolers glued and taped their shapes onto their large circles to make a turtle. The template came from First-School.ws.

Songs/Rhymes

Down in the Meadow

Down in the meadow in a little bitty pool
Swam ten little turtles and a mama turtle too
“Swim!” said mama turtle “Swim like I do!”
so they swam and they swam all over the pool

Change to different action words Splash, dive, float, etc.

--PreschoolEducation.com

Turtle, Turtle

Sung to: “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”

Turtle, turtle moves so slow,
Crawling, crawling, watch him go.
At the pond he looks around,
See his head move up and down.
Turtle, turtle wants to swim,
Now he slides and dives right in!

--PreschoolExpress

Wee Read - Look at You!

Early Literacy Tip of the Week:

To keep your baby focused, remove everything that competes with your face and voice.

Good Morning

Hello, How are You?

Mr. Sun

Oh Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun

Won’t you please shine down on me?

Oh Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun

Hiding behind a tree.

These little children are asking you

To please come out so they can

Play with you.

Oh Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun

Won’t you please shine down on me?

--Traditional

Open Shut Them

Book One

Hello Summer! by Kabushiki Kaisha Sanrio

Hands Up High

Hands up high
Hands down low
Hide those hands,

Now where did they go?
One hand up, the other hand too.
Clap them, fold them, now we're through.

--Manly Library (clicking on the link will prompt a document download)

Tommy Thumbs Up

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

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

Look at You!: A Baby Body Book by Kathy Henderson

Riding on My Pony

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

With Our Hands

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

Read Together

Touch and Feel Wild Animals by Julie Aigner-Clark

The More We Get Together