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!

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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.