Dear Parents: Today we used some of these books, fingerplays, and other materials in our toddler and preschool storytimes. Please continue helping your child develop a love for books and reading by sharing these rhymes, books, and other activities with your child.

Books To Share

Bear at Home by Stella Blackstone

My House by Byron Barton

Owl Babies by Martin Waddell

Big Orange Splot by Daniel Pinkwater

The House in the Night by Susan Marie Swanson

A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle

A House for Birdie by Stuart J. Murphy

Whose House is This?: A Look at Animal Homes--Webs, Nests, and Shells by Elizabeth Gregoire

Library Mouse: Home Sweet Home by Daniel Kirk

The Wonderful House by Margaret Wise Brown

The Napping House by Audrey Wood

Henry Builds a Cabin by D.B. Johnson

Apt. 3 by Ezra Jack Keats

Goodbye House by Frank Asch

The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton

A Home for Bird by Philip C. Stead

The Three Little Pigs retold and illustrated by

James Marshall

A House is a House For Me by Mary Ann

Hoberman

Mousetropolis by R. Gregory Christie

Do Lions Live on Lily Pads? by Melanie Walsh

Fun With Fingerplays and Songs

A House for Me The carpenter’s hammer Goes rap, rap, rap (make a fist of one hand and pound in the palm of the other) And his saw goes see, saw, see (move arm in sawing motion) He hammers and hammer And saws and saws And builds a house for me. (make house outline) Tap at the Door Tap at the door, Tap one hand with fingers of other Peep in, Form fingers into rings around eyes. Turn the knob, Make turning motion with other hand. Walk in, Walk fingers of one hand on palm of other. And—shut the door! Clap loudly. Home Sweet Home A nest is a home for a robin, (cup hands to form a

nest)

A hive is a home for a bee, (turn cupped hands over)

A hole is a home for a rabbit, (make a hole with hands)

And a house is a home for me, (make roof with peaked

hands) This Is My Turtle This is my turtle (make a fist) She lives in a shell She likes her home very well She pokes her head out (stick out thumb) When she wants to eat And pulls it back in (tuck thumb in) When she wants to sleep

Homes & Habitats

Dear Parents and Caregivers: Our Toddler and Preschool storytimes celebrate the diversity of people, places, and more through books, fingerplays, and other materials. Please continue helping your child develop a love for the world around them and a love for books and reading by sharing these rhymes, books, and other activities with your child. To learn more about our Storytime Values, please see https://read.poudrelibraries.org/kids/storytime.cfm

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Updated 5/19

Other Fun Things

Activity idea – make bird feeders or squirrel feed-ers. Make a house from sandwich-size paper bags

stuffed with recycled paper. Staple shut and add

roof, door and windows from colored paper glued

to bag.

Little Turtle I have a little turtle (make a fist – stick out thumb) He lives in a box (draw square in the air) He swims in the puddles (pretend to swim) And climbs on the rocks (pretend to climb) He snapped at a mosquito (pinch with fingers in air) He snapped at a flea He snapped at a minnow And he snapped at me! He caught the mosquito (clap hands once) He caught the flea He caught the minnow But he didn’t catch me! (shake head “no”)

Where Animals Live Tune: Mulberry Bush The barn is where the horses live, horses live, horses live, The barn is where the horses live, In this great big world. The forest is where the deer live... The desert is where the rattlesnakes live... The ocean is where the whales live… The House Mouse (from Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young by Jack Prelutsky) Do actions and sounds if desired

Little brown house mouse, laugh and leap, Chitter and cheep while the cat’s asleep, Chatter and call and slip through the wall, Trip through the kitchen, skip down the hall. Little brown mouse, don’t be meek, Dance and squeak and prance and tweak. There’s cheese to take and plenty of cake As long as you’re gone when the cat’s awake.

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