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

Flannel Friday - Have You Seen My New Blue Socks?

It's Friday once again!

A few weeks ago I picked up Have You Seen My New Blue Socks? by Eve Bunting. It's a very cute story about a duck who has misplaced his beloved clothing. His friends Fox, Ox, and the Peacocks help him look for his socks rhyming all the way. The pictures aren't quite bright or big enough to share the book in storytime, so I made it into a felt board.

Duck's shoes had to be removable, but they kept falling off, so I reinforced their stickiness with a piece of Velcro glued to the back. I didn't glue down the purple socks to the rocks in case I wanted to use the rocks with another set. All of the details on the pieces were made with puffy paint. I used The Flannel Board Storytelling Book (2nd ed.) by Judy Sierra and Felt Board Fun for Everyday and Holidays by Liz and Dick Wilmes for templates.

Andrea is hosting this week's roundup. You can find Flannel Friday on the FF blog, on Facebook, and on Pinterest.

Flannel Friday - Move Like the Animals

After a brief Flannel Friday hiatus, I'm back!

Today's post features a collection of animal movements we used for storytime this week. Each picture is from Open Clip Art Library. They were added to a word document, printed out, and laminated.

I put double sided tape on the back of each, and hung them on the dry erase board side of my flannel board. The children were invited to shout out the name of the animal and imitate their movements.

Don't forget to check out the weekly roundup hosted by Erin at Falling Flannelboards. Keep an eye out for us on Pinterest and chat with the Flannel Friday crew on Facebook!

Preschool/Toddler Time - Ducks

More ducks!!!

See my post here to find out about my Toddler and Preschool Storytime formats.

Books Used
Dimity Duck by Jane Yolen and Sebastien Braun

I used this with my toddler and preschool groups.








Duck Dunks by Lynne Berry
Toddlers only.












 
Duckie's Ducklings by Frances Barry
Preschool only. The children were hysterical with laughter when I turned the page to find another duckling that Duckie didn't notice!






Special Song

"Little Ducks" (to the tune of "London Bridge" borrowed from PreschoolEducation

I played the song on my keyboard after I taught the children the words.

Felt Board

I used Miss Mary Liberry's "Baby Duck, Are You in the Blue Egg?" activity. My version looks like this:

Craft

Toddler Craft on top, preschool craft on bottom.

Wee Read - Ducks

Our Baby Storytime (now called Wee Read) is on Wednesdays from 10:30 to 11:00 for ages 0 months to 18 months with an adult.

I had more than usual for Baby Storytime today, some new faces, and they had lots of energy! But they made it through and I was very proud of them. Before beginning storytime, I taught them the sign for duck: place your hand in front of your mouth and join your thumb to your fingers, giving the appearance of a duck bill.

1. "Good Morning" (Toddler only)
Good morning, good morning,
Good morning to you.
Good morning, good morning,
and how do you do?

2. "Hello, How are You?"
Verse 1: Hello, how are you? x3
How are you today?

Verse 2: I am fine, how about you? x3
How are you today?

Repeat Verse 1.

It's good to see (1st child's name) here.
It's good to see (2nd child's name) here.
It's good to see (3rd child's name) here.
How are you today?
(repeat this verse until all children have been named.)

Repeat Verse 1.

3. "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 wave, "Hello!"

-- borrowed from Jim Thomas

4. "Open, Shut Them"
Open, shut them, open, shut them,
Give a great big clap.
Open, shut them, open, shut them.
Put them in your lap.

Creep them, creep them, to your chin.
Creep them, creep them,
But do not let them in!

(repeat first verse, substituting little clap)

5. I Can Help by David Hyde Costello

6. "Head and Shoulders"

Head and shoulders, 

Knees and toes, knees and toes.

Head and shoulders,

Knees and toes, knees and toes.

Eyes and ears and a mouth and nose.

Head and shoulders,

Knees and toes, knees and toes.

7. "Little Ducks"

To the tune of "London Bridge"

Little ducks go quack, quack, quack.

Quack, quack, quack.

Quack, quack, quack.

Little ducks go quack, quack, quack,

In the springtime.

-- borrowed from Preschool Education

8. "Peek-a-Boo"

To the tune of "Are You Sleeping?"

Peek-a-boo, peek-a-boo.

I see you, I see you.

I see your button nose, I see your tiny toes.

Peek-a-boo. I see you.

-- borrowed from Jim Thomas

9. Dimity Duck by Jane Yolen

We were able to get through half of this book; luckily there's a good breaking point when the frog joins the duck. 

10. "One Little Duck"

One little duck went out one day,

Over the hills and far away.

Mother duck said, "Quack, quack, quack, quack."

And two little ducks came waddling back.

(continue to five little ducks)

I used die cut felt ducks to do this song.

11. "Blue Bird, Blue Bird"

Blue bird, blue bird on my window,

Blue bird, blue bird on my window,

Blue bird, blue bird on my window,

Oh, Mommy, I'm tired.

-- borrowed from Jim Thomas

For this song, I use different color birds cut from foam (by the generous Dr. Thomas), blue, red, yellow, and green. While holding the bird in my left hand, I sign with my right. This song incorporates eight signs: each color, bird, window, Mommy, and tired.

12. Read Together - Touch and Feel Baby Animals by Julie Aigner-Clark

I'm lucky enough to have several copies of different board books. At this point in the program, each baby receives a board book. I read the book aloud once, then give the caregivers time to explore the book with their child.

13. "The More We Get Together"
The more we get together,
Together, together,
The more we get together,
The happier we'll be.

Because your friends are my friends,
and my friends are your friends.
The more we get together,
The happier we'll be. 

14. Play Time!

I allow between 10 and 15 minutes of free play for the children. This also allows the caregivers to interact with each other, giving them time for Adult Talk.