Book Fun!

OPENING STRETCH
Hello Toes
Hello toes, good bye toes.
Hello toes, good bye toes.
My toes are feeling shy today,
And now they're feeling better!

Repeat with elbows and hands.

OPENING RHYMES
Itsy bitsy spider
The itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout.
Down came the rain and washed the spider out.
Out came the sun, and dried up all the rain.
And the itsy bitsy spider went up the spout again.

Hey diddle diddle
Hey diddle diddle. They cat and the fiddle.
The cow jumped over the moon.
The little dog laughed to see such sport.
And the dish ran away with the spoon.

Humpty Dumpty
Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall.
Humpty dumpty had a great fall.
And all the king's horses.
And all the king's men.
Couldn't put Humpty together again.

BOOK: Book! Book! Book! by Deborah Bruss
Literacy Tip: This book includes a lot of environmental print. Point out where the pictures include letters in signs, and then also notice signs during your day while at the store or in the car.

Animals make different sounds. It's fun to imitate them. We're going to do a song together with animal sounds.

SONG WITH FELT PIECES OR PUPPETS
Mmm - mmm went the little green frog one day.
Mmm - mmm went the little green frog.
Mmm - mmm went the little green frog one day.
So they all went, mmm - mmm, ahh.
But we all know frogs go,
(CLAP) La dee da dee da.
(CLAP) La dee da dee da.
(CLAP) La dee da dee da.
We all know frogs go,
(CLAP) La dee da dee da.
They don't go mmm - mmm, ahh.

Additional verses:
Grrr - grrr went the big brown bear one day...
But we all know bears go (CLAP) huggy, huggy hug...

Wiggle - wiggle went the little grey worm one day...
But we all know worms go (CLAP) squishy, squishy squish...

Swish - swish went the little green turtle one day...
But we all know frogs go (CLAP) cowabunga dude...

Splish - splash went the little blue fish one day...
But we all know fish go (CLAP) nanee, nanee, na...

WORD OF THE DAY: F-R-O-G
Name the each of the letters as you pull them out of a bag, and then practice the sound each letter makes. Have fun with it!

Now let's share a book together that you can help tell.

BOOK: Let's Play in the Forest by Claudia Rueda
Literacy Tip: Include your child in the repeated phrase. When your child is able to participate in the story, the child is more motivated to interact with books.

MOVEMENT
Hokey Pokey

MOTHER GOOSE RHYMES
Hickory dickory dock. The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck one. The mouse ran down.
Hickory dickory dock.

I know a little pony,
Her name is Dapple Grey,
She lives down in the meadow,
Not very far away
She goes nimble, nimble, nimble.
And trot, trot, trot.
And then she stops and waits a bit.
Gallop, gallop gallop, WHOAH.

The Grand Old Duke of York.
He had ten thousand men.
He marched them up to the top of the hill,
And marched them down again.
And when you're up, you're up.
And when you're down, you're down.
And when you're only half-way up,
You're neither up or down.

"I'm a little teapot"
I'm a little teapot, short and stout.
Here is my handle, here is my spout.
When I get all steamed up, hear me shout,
"Tip me over, and pour me out."

I'm a little teapot, it is true.
Now let me show you what I can do.
I can change my handle, I can change my spout.
Tip me over and pour me out.

"Tall as a tree"
Tall as a tree, wide as a house.
This as a pin, and small as a mouse.

BOOK: Big, Bigger, Biggest by Nancy Coffelt

Literacy Tip: This is a great book for building vocabulary. The more words a child knows, the more prepared the child is to read.

RHYMES
The world is full of big and small,
The world is full of up and down
The world is full of dark and light,
The world, it keeps a-going round.

Willaby wallaby wee, an elephant sat on me.
Willaby wallaby woo, an elephant sat on you.
Willaby wallaby wog, an elephant sat on frog.
Willaby wallaby wear, an elephant sat on bear.
Willaby wallaby wurtle, an elephant sat on turtle.
Willaby wallaby wish, an elephant sat on fish.

GOOD BYE SONGS
See you later, alligator. After awhile crocodile.
See you soon, little baboon. Bye, bye butterfly.
I'm out the door, dinosaur

Make new friends, but keep the old.
One is silver, and the other gold.
A circle is round, it has no end.
That's how long I want to be your friend.

Keep reading, playing, and learning with each other. I'll see you next week!