SONGS AND RHYMES Reading Movement: This Is the Way We Pet ...
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No Place Like Home Kit 4 Grab and Go Activity Kit Birth to Pre-K READ Babies “Over in the Meadow” (2020) by Jane Cabrera. A fun variation on a classic counting rhyme. “Ten Little Puppies/Diez perritos” (2011) by Alma Flor Ada, F. Isabel Campoy and Ulises Wensell. Caregivers can bounce babies along to the repeating numbers in this popular Spanish counting rhyme. (Bilingual) Toddlers “Hats Are Not for Cats!” (2019) by Jacqueline Rayner. The household dog is a hat-hoarding tyrant. Delightful rhymes make this a great read-aloud. “Looking for Bongo” (2016) by Eric Velasquez. A sweet mystery for toddlers about a boy looking for his stuffed Bongo (and asking both house pets and multigenerational family members for help). (English with Spanish words) Preschool “I Want a Dog” (2019) by Jon Agee. A little girl goes to an animal shelter looking for a dog only to be presented with an array of unusual pets. A lively and playful read-aloud. “Mango, Abuela, and Me” (2017) by Meg Medina and Angela Dominguez. A parrot facilitates multigenerational, multilingual communication. (English with Spanish words) EARLY LITERACY TIP: When reading books with your little one, be sure to make time before or after to ask engaging questions about animal sounds or facial expressions. Even babies may babble an answer or repeat sounds. EARLY LITERACY TIP: When children practice sorting, they develop their ability to notice, process and categorize the world around them. SONGS AND RHYMES Movement: This Is the Way We Pet To the tune of “Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush.” Simulate petting throughout whole song; repeat with different animals. This is the way we pet the dog, pet the dog, pet the dog. This is the way we pet the dog, soft and slow. Fingerplay: I Had a Little Turtle (Version 2) Watch video from Jbrary here: https://bit.ly/2xTTuWu I had a little turtle (bounce fist with thumb up, cover with opposite hand) His name is Tiny Tim. I put him in the bathtub (turtle jumps down) To see if he could swim. (swimming motions, both hands) He drank up all the water Glub-glub-glub-glub-glub (cup hand and pretend to drink) He ate up all the soap (pinch hands at mouth and pretend to eat) And now he’s home sick in bed (lean head on hands together) with bubbles in his throat! (pat throat) Bubble, bubble, bubble (spin forearms around each other) Bubble, bubble pop! (clap on “pop!”) Movement: I Saw a Little Bird In My Backyard Once I saw a little bird go hop, hop, hop (hop) So I cried to little bird, Won’t you stop, stop, stop? (put hand out to stop) I went to the window to say how do you do? (wave hello) But he shook his little tail (shake backside) And far away he flew (flap arms) MAKE AT HOME Mother Hen Object Permanence Box Babies drop plastic eggs in a top hole and retrieve them from the open side. This activity refines babies’ motor control and practices object permanence, which is the idea that an object still exists even when it is out of sight. To make the box, cut an egg-sized hole in the bottom of a shoebox; tape around the perimeter of the hole to smooth the edges. Then cut a large square hole in the short side of the box. Flip the box over so the lid is on the bottom (and the egg hole on top), and tape the lid to the box. Decorate with construction paper if you would like. To engage toddlers, ask them to put certain color eggs into the box and count along while taking them out. Summer Reading Program
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No Place Like HomeKit 4 Grab and Go Activity Kit
Birth to Pre-K
READ Babies
“Over in the Meadow” (2020) by Jane Cabrera. A fun variation on a classic counting rhyme.
“Ten Little Puppies/Diez perritos” (2011) by Alma Flor Ada, F. Isabel Campoy and Ulises Wensell. Caregivers can bounce babies along to the repeating numbers in this popular Spanish counting rhyme. (Bilingual)
Toddlers“Hats Are Not for Cats!” (2019) by Jacqueline Rayner. The household dog is a hat-hoarding tyrant. Delightful rhymes make this a great read-aloud.
“Looking for Bongo” (2016) by Eric Velasquez. A sweet mystery for toddlers about a boy looking for his stuffed Bongo (and asking both house pets and multigenerational family members for help). (English with Spanish words)
Preschool “I Want a Dog” (2019) by Jon Agee. A little girl goes to an animal shelter looking for a dog only to be presented with an array of unusual pets. A lively and playful read-aloud.
“Mango, Abuela, and Me” (2017) by Meg Medina and Angela Dominguez. A parrot facilitates multigenerational, multilingual communication. (English with Spanish words)
EARLY LITERACY TIP:When reading books with your little one, be sure to make time before or after to ask engaging questions about animal sounds or facial expressions. Even babies may babble an answer or repeat sounds.
EARLY LITERACY TIP: When children practice sorting, they develop their ability to notice, process and categorize the world around them.
SONGS AND RHYMES Movement: This Is the Way We Pet
To the tune of “Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush.” Simulate petting throughout whole song; repeat with different animals.
This is the way we pet the dog, pet the dog, pet the dog.This is the way we pet the dog, soft and slow.
Fingerplay: I Had a Little Turtle (Version 2)Watch video from Jbrary here: https://bit.ly/2xTTuWu
I had a little turtle (bounce fist with thumb up, cover with opposite hand)His name is Tiny Tim.I put him in the bathtub (turtle jumps down)To see if he could swim. (swimming motions, both hands)He drank up all the waterGlub-glub-glub-glub-glub (cup hand and pretend to drink)He ate up all the soap (pinch hands at mouth and pretend to eat)And now he’s homesick in bed (lean head on hands together)with bubbles in his throat! (pat throat)Bubble, bubble, bubble (spin forearms around each other)Bubble, bubble pop! (clap on “pop!”)
Movement: I Saw a Little Bird In My Backyard
Once I saw a little bird go hop, hop, hop (hop)So I cried to little bird,Won’t you stop, stop, stop? (put hand out to stop)I went to the window to say how do you do? (wave hello)But he shook his little tail (shake backside)And far away he flew (flap arms)
MAKE AT HOME Mother Hen Object Permanence Box
Babies drop plastic eggs in a top hole and retrieve them from the open side. This activity refines babies’ motor control and practices object permanence, which is the idea that an object still exists even when it is out of sight.
To make the box, cut an egg-sized hole in the bottom of a shoebox; tape around the perimeter of the hole to smooth the edges. Then cut a large square hole in the short side of the box. Flip the box over so the lid is on the bottom (and the egg hole on top), and tape the lid to the box. Decorate with construction paper if you would like. To engage toddlers, ask them to put certain color eggs into the box and count along while taking them out.
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Forest Animal Finger PuppetsTape forest animal finger puppets around little fingers, then let toddlers play. Precut the templates, or to modify for preschoolers, let them cut out the finger puppets themselves with safety scissors.
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Animal Home Matching Ask your child to point or draw a line to the animal’s home.
Afterwards, ask questions about each home and how the animals get there.
