Each Toddler Storytime includes activities that support all or most of the five early literacy practices identified as essential in helping your child develop the skills they need before they can learn to read. The five practices – singing, talking, reading, playing and writing – were developed for Every Child Ready to Read®, an initiative of the Association for Library Services for Children (ALSC) and the Public Library Association (PLA).
Reading:
A Nose Like a Hose by Jenny Samuels
Singing:
Hello, Friends!
(tune: "Goodnight Ladies")
Hello friends.
Hello friends.
Hello friends.
We're glad you came today!
Everybody Say Hello!
(tune: "London Bridge")
Everybody say hello, say hello, say hello,
Everybody say hello, hello Wesley!
(Wesley is my turtle puppet who pops out of my apron pocket whenever we sing this song. Then he sits quietly on his rock and listens to the stories and sings along with us. At the end of storytime he says goodbye to the children, gives them high fives, eats pretend food from their hands, blows kisses, and plays hide and seek!)
Goodbye, Friends!
(tune: "Goodnight Ladies")
Goodbye friends.
Goodbye friends.
Goodbye friends.
We're glad you came today!
Put Your Finger On
(Here is a cute video of a little boy doing the actions to this song! It may also help if you are not familiar with this song by Parachute Express.)
Put your finger on, put your finger on,
Put your finger on your...nose.
Put your finger on, put your finger on,
Put your finger on your...nose.
Turn around and clap, clap.
Turn around and clap, clap.
Turn around and clap, clap.
Turn around and clap, clap.
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
Head, shoulders, knees and toes,
knees and toes.
Head, shoulders, knees and toes,
knees and toes.
Eyes and ears and mouth and nose,
Head, shoulders, knees and toes,
knees and toes.
(tune: "Goodnight Ladies")
Goodbye friends.
Goodbye friends.
Goodbye friends.
We're glad you came today!
Put Your Finger On
(Here is a cute video of a little boy doing the actions to this song! It may also help if you are not familiar with this song by Parachute Express.)
Put your finger on, put your finger on,
Put your finger on your...nose.
Put your finger on, put your finger on,
Put your finger on your...nose.
Turn around and clap, clap.
Turn around and clap, clap.
Turn around and clap, clap.
Turn around and clap, clap.
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
Head, shoulders, knees and toes,
knees and toes.
Head, shoulders, knees and toes,
knees and toes.
Eyes and ears and mouth and nose,
Head, shoulders, knees and toes,
knees and toes.
(tune: "Sally Wore a Red Dress")
What's in the green box,
The green box, the green box?
What's in the green box
For us to play?
Talking/Playing:
I asked the Toddlers to use their NOSES instead of their eyes to discover what was in the green box this week! Inside was cinnamon-spiced playdough, along with a variety of objects that could be used to make impressions, shape the dough, and even scrape it off the table.
I asked the Toddlers to use their NOSES instead of their eyes to discover what was in the green box this week! Inside was cinnamon-spiced playdough, along with a variety of objects that could be used to make impressions, shape the dough, and even scrape it off the table.
Writing:
The green box also contained a "Use Your Nose" activity sheet which encouraged toddlers and their adults to draw a line from the nose in the center of the page to any pictures that showed something that has a scent and can be smelled with our nose.
The green box also contained a "Use Your Nose" activity sheet which encouraged toddlers and their adults to draw a line from the nose in the center of the page to any pictures that showed something that has a scent and can be smelled with our nose.
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