Wee Read - Goodbye, Summer!

Early Literacy Tip of the Week:

Play with tongue twisters, mix up events in a story, and read favorite stories again and again. Most importantly, have fun!

Good Morning

Hello, How are You?

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist twist twist

Can do this this this

Touch his knees knees knees

Touch his nose nose nose

Touch his hair hair hair

Touch his toes toes toes

--District 196

Open Shut Them

Book One

Here Are My Hands by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault

Waves at the Beach

Sung to: “The Wheels on the Bus”

--The Big Book of Stories, Songs, and Sing-Alongs by Beth Maddigan and Stefanie Drennan. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2003.

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

I Wiggle My Fingers

These are the Colors Over You

Sung to: "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"

Pink/purple and orange/yellow and green and blue

These are the colors over you

Pink as a blossom, green as a tree

Orange as a carrot (yellow as the sun), blue as the sea

Pink and orange and green and blue

These are the colors over you.

--Kendra from Read, Sing, Play

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

Read Together

That’s Not My Dinosaur by Fiona Watt

The More We Get Together