Books
Toddler
You and Me: We're Opposites by Harriet Ziefert
A Garden of Opposites by Nancy Davis
Preschool
Aliens Love Underpants by Claire Freedman
What Color is Your Underwear? by Sam Lloyd
Songs/Rhymes
Tall as a Tree (Toddler)
Tall as a tree.
stand up tall with arms over head
Wide as a house.
stretch arms out to sides, feet apart
Thin as a pin.
arms at sides, feet together
Small as a mouse.
sink down to floor and crouch
--source unknown
Activities
Don’t Stare at
the Bear
--Storytime Crafts:
Crazy Days by Kathryn Totten. Ft. Atkinson, WI: Upstart Books, 2004.
Parachute
Instead of a craft, the toddlers played with the parachute. We sang:
Come Under My
Umbrella (parachute)
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.
Row, Row, Row
Your Boat
Row, row, row
your boat,
Gently down the
stream.
Merrily, merrily,
merrily, merrily,
Life is but a
dream!
--Traditional
Ring Around
the Rosie
Ring around the
rosie
A pocket full of
posie
Ashes, ashes, we
all fall down!
--Traditional
Craft
The preschoolers were given a copy of a bear paper doll from Kathryn Totten's book Storytime Crafts: Crazy Days (see above). They cut out their bear and his clothing.
