Thursday, December 5, 2013

Bears Toddler Time

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
*Tell Miss Elizabeth your name if you already have a shape with your name on it

Start with our welcome songs

Sing "Wake Up and Wiggle" aka song of the month!

Sing songs -
Itsy Bitsy Spider/ Giant Big Spider

Read No by Claudia Reuda

Sing songs-
If you're happy and you know it
Bear Went Over the Mountain

Read Teddy Bear Teddy Bear Illustrated by Michael Hague
*We read and did the actions to this classic rhyme


"This is..." opposite repetition 

Shakers - shake: fast/ slow, high/ low, quite/ loud, in front/ behind, stop/go
Shaker song- "Shake it" to the tune of Jingle Bells

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

                                                       

Early Literacy Tip
Not all books you share have to be stories.... when you look at the pictures in a non-fiction book or read a wordless book your child is building background knowledge about the world. This will help them make sense out what they read later on.  You can also extend the story and ask the child to narrate when you have books that have limited words such as No. Reading with your children will help them get ready to read! (Practice: Reading)

Beautiful wordless books to checkout:
The Lion & the mouse by Jerry Pinkney
Thunderstorm by Arthur Geisert
A ball for Daisy by Christopher Raschka
Flotsam by David Wiesner


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