1. HAVE FUN WITH BOOKS
Here are the books we read at storytime:
Tadpole Rex by Kurt Cyrus © 2008
Finklehopper Frog by Irene Livingston © 2003
One, Two, Three, Jump! by Penelope Lively © 1999
Too Many Frogs! by Sandy Asher © 2005
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.
Little Toad
I am a little toad. Hopping down the road. [hop up and down]
Just listen to my song. [make ribbit noises]
I sleep all winter long [palms together on check]
When spring comes, I peep out, [peep behind hands]
and then I jump about [jump around]
and now I catch a fly [clap hands]
and now I wink my eye. [wink]
and now and then I hop. [hop]
and now and then I stop [sit down]
Little Tadpole tune: "Frere Jacques"
Little tadpole, little tadpole
Lost his tail, lost his tail.
First he had just two feet
Now he has four feet
Look a frog, look a frog!
Froggies on the Well
Five little froggies sitting on a well.
One looked in, and down he fell.
Froggies jumped high, froggies jumped low.
Four little froggies sitting on a well. etc
Little Froggy [Tune: I'm a Little Teapot]
See the little froggy swimming in the pool.
The water's great, it's nice and cool.
When he gets all cleaned up, out he'll hop.
Squeaky cleam from bottom to top.
See the little froggy, on the lily pad.
Trying to catch flies, she's getting sad.
When she catches one, she'll gobble it up
Back in the water she'll go , Kerplop!
Five Little Speckled Frogs
Five little speckled frogs sitting on a speckled log [5 fingers on bent arm]
eating the MOST delicious bugs, yum! yum! [pick bugs out of air, rub tummy]
One jumped into the pool, [finger hops in pool]
where it was nice and cool, Then there were four speckled frogs! [Continue with four frogs, then three, etc]
Then there were NO more speckled frogs!
I Have a Little Frog
I have a little frog, his name is Tiny Tim,
I put him in the bathtub, to see if he would swim,
He drank up all the water, and gobbled up the soap!
and when he tried to talk He had a bubble in his throat!
Bloop Bloop
Bloop bloop went the little green frogs one day,
Bloop bloop went the little green frogs,
Bloop bloop went the little green frogs one day,
and they all went bloop, bloop, bloop.
Mary Had a Little Frog [tune: Mary Had a Little Lamb]
Mary had a little frog, little frog, little frog
Mary had a little frog, it's skin was green as grass.
And everywhere that Mary went, Mary went, Mary went,
Everywhere that Mary went, the frog would jump and splash.
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.