1. HAVE FUN WITH BOOKS
Here are the books we read at storytime:
Yes Day! by Amy Drouse Rosenthal © 2009
Market Day by Carol Foskett Cordsen © 2008
Quinito, Day and Night by Ina Cumpiano © 2008
Night's Nice by Ed Emberley © 2008
2. NOTICE PRINT ALL AROUND YOU
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3. TALK, TALK, TALK
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4. TELL STORIES ABOUT EVERYTHING
Have you tried TumbleBooks, an online library of read-along stories, videos and language games for use on computer, Ipad and mobile devices?
5. LOOK FOR LETTERS EVERYWHERE
Try some fun alphabet activities from the Corinth Youth Services Pinterest page.
6. TAKE TIME TO RHYME, SING AND PLAY WORD GAMES
Here are the rhymes and songs from today:
Welcome To Storytime! [tune: Twinkle, Twinkle]
Welcome, welcome everyone,
Now we're here, let's have some fun.
First we'll sing the ABC's,
then we'll read and sing with me.
Welcome, welcome, everyone,
Now we're here let's have some fun.
Are You Sleeping [Tune:"Frere Jacques"]
Are you sleeping, are you sleeping Brother John, Brother John?
Morning bells are ringing, Morning bells are ringing
Ding, ding dong! Ding, ding, dong!
Are you dressing, are you dressing Sister Sue, Sister Sue
Mom is cooking breakfast, Mom is cooking breakfast,
Yum, yum, yum! Yum, yum, yum!
Getting Dressed [tune: The Farmer in the Dell]
I'm getting dressed myself, I'm getting dressed myself.
Hi-ho, I'm growing-o, I'm getting dressed myself.
I'm putting on my shirt, I'm putting on my shirt.
Hi-ho, I'm growing-o, I'm putting on my shirt.Additional second verses:
I'm putting on my pants...
I'm putting on my socks...
I'm putting on my shoes...
Now look what I have done, now look what I have done. Hi-ho, I'm growing-o, Now look what I have done.
Scrambled Eggs [tune: If You're Happy and You Know It]
If you like your eggs scrambled, clap your hands.
If you like your eggs scrambled, clap your hands.
If you like your eggs scrambled, and it's your favorite way to make them,
If you like your eggs scrambled, clap your hands.Additional verses:
If you like your eggs fried, touch your toes...
If you like your eggs hard boiled, snap your fingers...
The Apple Tree
Way up high in the apple tree,
Five little apples smiled down at me.
I shook that tree as hard as I could,
and down came an apple,
Mmmmmm, mmmmmm good!
Way up high in the apple tree,
four little apples smiled down at me [etc]
Way up high in the apple tree, no more apples left to see.
This is the way we. . .
This is the way we milk the cows Milk the cows, milk the cows
This is the way we milk the cows so early in the morning.
This is the way we feed the chickens
Feed the chickens, feed the chickens
This is the way we feed the chickens so early in the morning.
Opposites
We can do opposites, opposites, opposites. We can do opposites follow me.
Top and bottom ~ (point to top of head, then bottom of foot.)
Front and back ~ (Touch front, then back.)
Happy and sad ~ (Make a happy face, then look sad.)
Left and right ~ (Extend left arm, then right.)
Up and Down ~ (Point up and then down.)
LOUD and soft ~ (shout and whisper.)
Open and shut ~ (Open and close fist.)
Stand and sit ~ (Stand up and sit down.)
At Night it is Dark [tune: The Farmer in the Dell]
At night it is dark, at night it is dark.
The sun has gone, the moon has come.
At night, it is dark.I can see the stars, I can see the stars.
They twinkle softly in the sky,
I can see the stars.
The More We Read Together [Tune: “The More We Get Together” ]
The more we read together, together, together,
The more we read together, the better it is!
'Cause reading and singing and talking together,
Is how you learn the six skills for reading by six.