1. HAVE FUN WITH BOOKS
Can you and your child retell what happened in one of these stories from storytime:
Red Hat by Lita Judge © 2013
Winter is the Warmest Season by Lauren Stringer © 2006
The Hat by Jan Brett © 1997
Little Bear's Big Sweater by David Bedford © 2009
Recommended Books:
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2. NOTICE PRINT ALL AROUND YOU
Check out our Staff Picks for Notice Print All Around You.
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 Johnson County Library's 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.
Dressing for Winter Weather
Let's put on our mittens and button our coat.
Wrap a scarf snugly around our throat.
Pull on your boots, fasten the straps and tie on tightly our warm winter caps.
Then open the door and out we go Into the soft and feathery snow.
The Mitten Song
Thumbs in the thumb place [hold up hand, fingers together thumb apart]
Fingers all together! When it's cold [rub hands together]
It doesn't matter whether, mittens are wool, or made of finest leather. [Hold up two hands, fingers together, thumb apart]
This is the song we sign in mitten weather,
Thumb in thumb place, fingers all together!
If Your Clothes Have Any Red [tune: "If You're Happy and You Know It" ]
If Your clothes have any red, any red,
If Your clothes have any red, any red,
If your clothes have any red,
Put your finger on your head,
If Your clothes have any red, any red.If your clothes have any blue, any blue,
If your clothes have any blue, any blue,
If your clothes have any blue,
Count your fingers up to two,
If your clothes have any blue, any blue.If your clothes have any green, any green.
If your clothes have any green, any green.
If your clothes have any green,
Curl your fingers, snarl and look real mean,
If your clothes have any green, any green.If your clothes have any yellow, any yellow,
If your clothes have any yellow, any yellow.
If your clothes have any yellow,
Sit back down and look real mellow,
If your clothes have any yellow, any yellow.
Cozy Sweater [tune: "I'm a Little Teapot" ]
On goes my cozy sweater, over my head.
One arm is yellow, the other is red.
When the weather's cold and I want to play.
I pull it on and outside I stay.
My Sweater [tune: "My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean" ]
My sweater is warm and cozy,
my sweater is warm and dry.
When I play in very cold weather,
Oh bring me a sweater to wear.
Oh bring me, bring me,
Oh bring me a sweater to wear, to wear.
Bring me, bring me, oh bring me my sweater to wear!
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.