Toddler Time, Nov 14

Toddler Time is on Thursday at 9:30am and 10:30am and geared towards little ones age 12 months to 36 months.  What we did at Toddler Time:

Enter the Storytime Room and say hello to our doves.
Get your name written on a shape to put on our flannel board to show who is here today

Start with our welcome songs

Sing "Mary Had a Little Lamb" aka song of the month!

Sing songs

Read A Fawn in the Grass by Joanne Ryder
*We shortened the story based on the attention of the group. This is a good book to start noticing animals in nature.

Flannel Board: I spy with my little eye...
... animal who's big, brown and furry and who loves honey (bear)
... animal who's long and green and slithers on his stomach (snake)
... animal who stays up at night and says 'whoo' (owl)
... animal who has a big, bushy tail and who loves to eat nuts (squirrel)
*I spy games can be played anywhere and at anytime- a great way to help build vocabulary and engage children in the world around them

Sing Songs

Read Wake Up, Big Barn! by Suzanne Tanner Chitwood
*Rhyming text and animal sounds entertain younger children, while older children can look closer to figure out what type of material and objects were used to make the pictures.

Made lots of noise with our shakers, including singing along with the shaking song


Everyone is then welcomed to stay and play with our baskets of books, toys, and stuffed animals.


Early Literacy Tip
When you say animal sounds with your child, what your child is really learning is the sounds WE say in our language! This will help them become a good reader because they'll need to hear all those sounds in order to sound out words when they read. Talking with your child will help them get ready to read!  (Practice: Speaking)