Books Shared:
Literacy Tip:
Repeating songs and stories allows children to recall and repeat, which helps develop listening, speaking, and social communication. The Hello and Goodbye Songs are listed in the column to the right and each week, the books, songs and activities are posted with the intention of allowing you to repeat and enhance the things we do in storytime.
Songs & Activities:
Action Rhyme
Hats & Earmuffs Hats & earmuffs go on my head, Pajamas are what I wear to bed. Pants & shorts around my hips, Shirt is buttoned, jacket zipped. Check the weather for the day, Go outside ready to play!
Action Rhyme
This is the Suitcase that Jack Packed (Adapted by Erin Lassiter for KidsSoup.com) Based on the Mother Goose Rhyme "This is the House That Jack Built") (Search for images on the Internet to match the clothing in the rhyme or use an actual suitcase and clothes) This is the suitcase that Jack packed. This is the jacket, folded and flat, That lay in the suitcase that Jack packed. These are the pants, bent at the knee, That lay on the jacket, folded and flat, That lay in the suitcase that Jack packed. These are the shirts, one, two, and three, That lay on the pants, bent at the knee, That lay on the jacket, folded and flat, That lay in the suitcase that Jack packed. These are the socks, all rolled up like a ball, That lay on the shirts, one, two, and three, That lay on the pants, bent at the knee, That lay on the jacket, folded and flat, That lay in the suitcase that Jack packed. This is the hat, all crumpled and small, That lay on the socks, all rolled up like a ball, That lay on the shirts, one, two, and three, That lay on the pants, bent at the knee, That lay on the jacket, folded and flat, That lay in the suitcase that Jack packed.
Craft
Decorate a shirt, pants, shorts, and/or skirt shape with markers, stickers, pom poms, yarn, buttons, etc. Hang with clothespins on a piece of yarn or twine, like a clothesline.
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Books Shared:
Literacy Tip:
Drawing, painting, and other mark making activities help develop the awareness of print, necessary for the development of reading. During storytime, we spread out large sheets of paper and provided cups of "mud" (chocolate pudding mixed with crushed graham crackers) and large paintbrushes. The children were encouraged to paint with "mud" in any way that felt good to them. The goal was to fill up as much of the paper as possible.. A great follow up activity would be to have your child paint with the "mud", then use their fingers to draw shapes, letters, and pictures in the puddle.
Songs & Activities:
Song
Stuck In the Mud (Sung to the tune of "Hi Ho the Derry O!" - pretend to get stuck in an imaginary mud puddle on the floor.) My feet are stuck in the mud, My feet are stuck in the mud, Oh, no, what do I do? My feet are stuck in the mud! Substitute other body parts for "feet" in subsequent verses.
Song
5 Pigs so Squeaky Clean (Sung to the tune of "5 Green and Speckled Frogs") 5 pigs so squeaky clean, Cleanest you've ever seen, Wanted to go outside and play, Oink! Oink! 1 jumped into the mud, Landed with a great big thud. Now there are 4 clean squeaky pigs, Oink! OInk!
Activity
Mud Painting For a full description of this activity, see the Literacy Tip above.
Snack
Mud Cups Prepare chocolate pudding and mix in crushed graham crackers. (Option: add whipped cream to the pudding for a lighter, more airy mud) Bury a gummy worm in the mud. Enjoy!
Other Fun Ideas To Try:
Books Shared:
Literacy Tip:
Mice on Ice is a great book to increase phonological awareness (the ability to hear the smaller sounds in words) with children. This is necessary to the development of reading and is, therefore, a useful and fun skill to practice. Encourage your child to come up with other rhymes for "ice" and "cat," 2 prominent rhymes in the book. Accept all answers, even nonsense words as the point is to develop the awareness of the sounds. If your child says "sice" for example, you might say "that is a great rhyming word, and so funny. Let's see if we can come up with some other made up words that rhyme with "ice."
Songs & Activities:
Song
I Love Ice (sung to the tune of "3 Blind Mice" - clap to the rhythm) I love ice, I love ice. It's so nice, It's so nice. I love to put ice in my drink, I love to skate around the rink, I love to play with ice in the sink, I love ice! (borrowed from Jean Warren - Warren Publishing House)
Song
Slippery Song (sung to the tune of "Have You Ever Seen a Lassie?" - skate in place, then stand up and sit down throughout the song) Have you ever gone ice skating, ice skating, ice skating, Have you ever gone ice skating, then whoops - you fell down? One minute, you're standing, The next, you are landing. Have you even gone ice skating, then whoops - you fell down?! (source unknown)
Activity
Rhyming Words Play with language by rhyming new words with the ones in the book "Mice on Ice" Ice, nice, mice, dice, lice, rice, etc. Cat, hat, bat, mat, sat, vat, fat, pat, etc. Throw in some silly words too - like bekice or jadat!
Craft
Ice Skating Rink Drawing Play some music ("Skater's Waltz") is a good choice. Demonstrate how to draw to the rhythm of the music. Provide a piece of light blue paper and some white chalk. Have your child "skate" the chalk around the paper, creating ice skate marks. Encourage him/her to vary the marks depending on the song, adding loops, zig zags, and circles, for example. Another option is to create ice skates to glue onto the finished chalk drawings.
Snack
Enjoy ice pops, ice cream, shaved ice, etc. to go along with the theme. Other Fun Ideas To Try: |
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