Little Red Hen and more

OPENING RHYMES
Hey Diddle Diddle
Open them, shut them

Little red hen: An old fable Retold by Heather Forest

Literacy Tip: This is a great participation story. Children can confidently contribute with the animal responses. Children build narrative skills when they can retell the story or act it out.

FELT
Pat-a-cake. Pat-a-cake.
Baker's man.
Bake me a cake as fast as you can.
Roll it. Pat it. Mark it with a "B".
And put it in the oven for baby and me!

Literacy Tip: Make cakes for members of your family or for different animals. Talk about the first letter in the person or animal's name. Name the letter and play with the sound it makes. Use this letter in your rhyme, and then ask what kind of cake you will make. For example, when you make a cake for rabbit, mark it with an "R". Rabbit's favorite cake is carrot cake, of course!

Word of the day – SHARE

FELT
One elephant went out to play upon a spider’s web one day
He had such enormous fun.
He called another one to come,
“El-e-phant!”
Boom, boom, boom, boom.

Continue counting counting elephants as they climb onto the spider's web. Eventually the spider can come home and scare all the elephants away.

Duck duck moose By Dave Horowitz

Literacy Tip: As you share this silly story, point out the words on street signs and billboards. in the pictures. They add a lot to the story, and your child will develop print knowledge. When you're driving in the car, take time to notice all the environmental print (stop signs, billboards, etc.) around you. Children will learn to "read" these very early on.

MOVEMENT
6 Little Ducks that I once knew; fat ones, fair ones, thin ones too.
But the one little duck with the feather on his back,
He led the others with a Quack, Quack, Quack.
Quack, Quack, Quack--Quack, Quack, Quack.
He led the others with a Quack, Quack, Quack.

Down to the meadow they would go,
Wibble, wobble, wibble, wobble, Ho hum ho.
And the one little duck with the feather on his back,
He led the others with a Quack, Quack, Quack.
Quack, Quack, Quack--Quack, Quack, Quack.
He led the others with a Quack, Quack, Quack.

Home from the meadow they would go,
Wibble, wobble, wibble, wobble, To and fro.
And the one little duck with the feather on his back,
He led the others with a Quack, Quack, Quack.
Quack, Quack, Quack - Quack, Quack, Quack.
He led the others with a Quack, Quack, Quack.

All the world By Liz Garton Scanlon

Literacy Tip: This book includes beautiful words and pictures. Use this book to build your child's vocabulary and connection to others in the world.

SONG
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 keeps a-going round.

GOODBYE 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, and keept the old.
One is silver, and the other is gold.
A circle is round. It has no end.
That's how long I want to be your friend.

Wonderful Fall

OPENING RHYMES
Hey diddle, diddle, the 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.

Open them, shut them.
Open them, shut them.
Give a little clap, clap, clap.
Open them, shut them.
Open them, shut them.
Lay them in your lap, lap, lap.

Puddles By Jonathan London
Literacy tip: This book is written in rhyme. When you read a story repeatedly, try leaving the last word of the rhyming pair out, and have your child fill it in.

RHYME
Rain is falling down, SPLASH!
Rain is falling down, SPLASH!
Pitter patter, pitter patter.
Rain is falling down, SPLASH!

Word of the day: W-E-T

SONG WITH FELT
The ants go marching one by one, Hoorah Hoorah!
The ants go marching one by one, Hoorah Hoorah!
The ants go marching one by one,
The little one stops to beat his drum.
And they all go marching down, to the ground, to get out of the rain,
Boom, boom, boom.
Literacy tip: This is a great song for building rhythm and rhyme. Encourage your child to march with their feet or to march with their hands on their thighs. Make rhyming sounds as you count higher. For example, when the ants march two by two, the little one stops to tie his shoe. Remember it is okay to make up nonsense rhymes - you can call them Dr. Seuss words!

QUIETING RHYME
Hands up high. Hands down low.
Hide your hands. Where did they go?
Out comes one. Out comes two.
Clap them. Fold them.
Now we’re through.

Ned's new home By Kevin Tseng
Literacy Tip: This is a great book for building narrative skills. Encourage your child to predict what is going to happen in the story, to retell what happens to Ned in different fruit, or to make up their own ideas.

SONG
I like bananas, coconuts and grapes.
I like bananas, coconuts and grapes.
I like bananas, coconuts and grapes.
That’s why they call me TARZAN OF THE APES!
Sing the first part of this song quieter and quieter, and then shout Tarzan of the apes loudly.

MUSIC
I like to eat, eat eat apples and bananas by Raffi
Literacy Tip: This is a great song for playing with the vowel sounds. Children are building phonological awareness as they make nonsense words.

QUIETING RHYME
Way up high in the apple tree, two red apples did I see
So I shook that tree as hard as I could.
And down came the apples.
Boom, Boom.
Mmmm they were good.

Use this same rhyme with other fruit. If you shake lemons out of the tree, make the most sour face you can!

Busy tree By Jennifer Ward
Literacy Tip: This is a great book for building vocabulary. There are lots of words to describe trees, including the trunk, twigs, branches, and boughs. Explore a neighborhood tree after sharing this book and talk about all that you discover.

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

Out to Sea

OPENING RHYMES
Hey diddle, diddle the cat and the fiddle….
Humpty dumpty sat on a wall…

Lost and found By Oliver Jeffers

Row row row your boat
Gently down the stream.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Life is but a dream.

Here is the sea, the wavy sea.
Here is the boat and here is me.
All the fishies down below,
Wiggle their tails,
And away they go!

Word of the day: BOAT

I'm going fishing with my fishing pole.
Down to the water at the fishing hole
I see fishies splashing about.
So I cast out my line,
And I reel one out.

I caught a red fish! It reminds me of apples.
Continue to cast out a line and reel in different sea creatures or different colored fish. You can cut fish out of construction paper and talk about what else is that color.

1,2,3,4,5. Once I caught a fish alive.
6,7,8,9,10. Then I let it go again.
Why did you let it go?
Because it bit my finger so.
Which finger did it bite?
This little finger on the right.

Little boat By Thomas Docherty

We played a game called “On the shore. In the sea.” We jumped into the circle when the leader said, “In the sea.” We jumped out of the circle when the leader said, “On the shore.”

A sailor went to sea sea sea.
To see what he could see see see.
But all that he could see see see.
Was the bottom of the deep blue sea sea sea.

Baby shark. Do do, do, do do.
Baby shark. Do do, do, do do.
Mama shark. Do do, do, do do.
Mama shark. Do do, do, do do.
Papa shark. Do do, do, do do.
Papa shark. Do do, do, do do.
Grandpa gums. Do do, do, do do.
Grandpa gums. Do do, do, do do.
Lady swimmer. Do do, do, do do.
Lady swimmer. Do do, do, do do.
Shark alert. Do do, do, do do.
Shark alert. Do do, do, do do.
On the shore!

I'm the biggest thing in the ocean By Kevin Sherry

GOODBYE 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. And keep the old.
One is silver and the other is gold.
A circle is round. It has no end.
That's how long I want to be your friend.