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

Wee Read - Summer Birds

Early Literacy Tip of the Week:

Using sign language with your baby helps children to think and express themselves symbolically, long before they can talk. --TheBump.com

Good Morning

Hello, How are You?

Good Morning, Mrs. Perky Bird (with crow puppet)

Sung to: “Short’nin’ Bread”

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

Open Shut Them

Book One

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

Flutter, Flutter, Butterfly

Sung to: "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”

Flutter, flutter, butterfly,

Floating in the summer sky.

Floating by for all to see,

floating by so merrily.

Flutter, flutter, butterfly,

floating in the summer sky.

--PreschoolEducation

Two Little Blue Birds

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

Cocoon

You spin a cocoon

(Spin in a circle)

Then you wait inside

(Crouch down low and cover face)

And when you come out

(Link thumbs, still covering face)

You’re a butterfly!

(Lift hands fluttering into the atmosphere!)

--HCPL

I Wiggle My Fingers

Book Two

I See Summer by Charles Ghingna

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 day long.

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

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.

--Jim Thomas

Read Together

There was no read together book today.

The More We Get Together

Wee Read - Summer

Early Literacy Tip: Develop your baby’s listening skills by using puppets and props to tell a story instead of reading it.

Books

Baby Loves Summer by Karen Katz

Flip, Flap, Fly by Phyllis Root

Peek-a-Baby by Karen Katz
Read-Together Book








 

Songs

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 say, "Hello!"

--Jim Thomas

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

They’re a Part of Me

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

Here’s a Ball

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

*Check out my Flannel Friday post on this rhyme.

Humpty Dumpty Up

Humpty Dumpty up and Humpty Dumpty down.

Humpty Dumpty left and Humpty Dumpty right.

Humpty Dumpty all around!

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.

Poor Humpty Dumpty!
--Jim Thomas 

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

Storytime - Ice Cream

Books

Baby Loves Summer by Karen Katz

Toddler and Preschool

I had the preschoolers take a more active role in guessing what was behind the flaps.

Should I Share My Ice Cream by Mo Willems

Toddler and Preschool

I wasn't sure if the toddlers would sit for the entire book, but they were entranced with the story.

Songs/Rhymes 

We All Want An Ice Cream Cone
Sung to: “Mary Had a Little Lamb”
We all want an ice cream cone,
Ice cream cone, ice cream cone
We all want an ice cream cone, we'll eat it every day.

(Flavor) is our favorite kind, favorite kind, favorite kind

(Flavor) is our favorite kind, we'll eat it every day.
--Storytime Source Page

*I played this song on my keyboard and the children sang along. The preschoolers were excited to shout out flavors and hear their suggestions in the song.

Down Around the Corner at the Ice Cream Shop

Down around the corner at the ice cream shop

Were five ice cream cones with some sprinkles on top.

Along came a child with a dollar to pay.

He bought one and took it away.

--Miss Mollie

*Check out my Flannel Friday page for this rhyme. 

Craft

Ice Cream Cones with Sprinkles. Materials: die cut card stock ice cream cones, construction paper, crayons, glue, and glitter. The children glued their cones to the paper and decorated them. When they were all finished, they added more glue and I sprinkled glitter over their creations.

Storytime - Summer

Last week's theme was Summer, and it's probably my favorite lesson plan yet this season.

Books

Maisy Makes Lemonade by Lucy Cousins 

Toddler

One Magical Day by Claire Freedman

Toddler

Froggy Learns to Swin by Jonathan London

Preschool

The Happy Hippopotami

Preschool

Special Songs/Rhymes

"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?

"The Waves at the Beach"

Sung to: “The Wheels on the Bus”

The waves on the beach

Go up and down

Up and down, up and down

The waves on the beach

Go up and down

All day long

*Use crabs, clams, and lobsters, too.

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

Felt Boards 

"If You're Going to the Pool"

*This song can be found on Mel's Desk. For the toddler group, I just put the picture of the item on the board and we sang the song. I asked the preschoolers to name something they would take with them to the pool, and as they guessed the items in my hand, I placed them on the board, then we sang the song.

Craft

Toddler - Each toddler received a die cut of an orange and yellow sun and a piece of sky blue construction paper. They glued the pieces together and colored them to make their own summer scenes.

Preschool - Since my preschool groups have been so big, I've scaled back on the crafts a little bit. I handed each child a summer themed worksheet from First School.ws that can be found here.