Terrific Twos: Feet are Fantastic!

Do you have a Terrific Two-Year Old?  Then you and your child have probably enjoyed our weekly program especially for boys and girls aged 24-36 months.  The first week of the Fall program introduced several concepts to two-year olds such as hands, feet and the actions of each of these body parts.  With interactive motions children will begin to think symbolically and develop oral language skills.  Through such playtime, children then practice putting thoughts into words.  Rhythmic language through the song and books listed below also engage your child to learn about feet and their motions.


My Two Feet Rhyme
(Sung to the tune of 'Mary had a Little Lamb')
This is what my feet can do, feet can do, feet can do.
This is what my feet can do...
Can you do it too?

Let your feet go hop, hop, hop,
Hop, hop, hop, hop, hop, hop.
Let your feet go hop, hop, hop...
All around the room.

This is what my feet can do, feet can do, feet can do.
This is what my feet can do...
Can you do it too?

Let your feet go march, march, march,
March, march, march, march, march, march.
Let your feet go march, march, march...
All around the room.

This is what my feet can do, feet can do, feet can do.
This is what my feet can do...
Can you do it too?

Let your feet go tip-toeing, tip-toeing, tip-toeing,
Let your feet go tip-toeing, tip-toeing, tip-toeing...
All around the room.

Now your feet can sit right down, sit right down, sit right down.
Now your feet can sit right down, very quietly.

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The story read in this week's Terrific Twos program was My Two Hands, My Two Feet by Rick Walton
In separate rhyming stories, two girls describe how they use their hands and feet.
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For more fun books about feet to read together, try one of these: 

Two Shoes, Blue Shoes, New Shoes by Sally Fitz-Gibbon
A brand new pair of shoes can hop and skip to school better than anything. And nobody is as proud of her shiny footwear as this little girl, who bounces and dances her way through an imaginative adventure that only her two, new, blue shoes can discover.
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Who Has These Feet? by Laura Hulbert
In a lively guessing game format, find out why the feet of tree frogs, and those of eight other animals, are perfectly adapted to their habitats.
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Ooh La La Polka Dot Boots by Ellen Olson-Brown
Illustrations and brief rhyming text sing the praises of polka dot boots, which add panache to any outfit.
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Hello Toes! Hello Feet! by Ann Whitford Paul
A girl takes delight in all the things she and her feet do throughout the day.
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Hooray for Feet! by Susan Pearson
Hooray for Feet! celebrates the many ways our feet are always part of the action: holding us up, hurrying us along, stopping us short, taking us wherever we want to go.
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Harris Finds His Feet by Catherine Raynor
Harris, a very small hare with very big feet, has an elderly Grandad who teaches him the many uses of big, strong feet and other important life lessons.
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I Feel a Foot! by Maranke Rinck & Martijn van der Linden
Five animal friends, awakened by a strange noise, discover a creature in the dark that seems to be a giant-sized version of each of them.
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One is a Snail, Ten is a Crab: a counting by feet book by April Pulley Sayre and Jeff Sayre
A counting book featuring animals with different numbers of feet.
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Baby Shoes by Dashka Slater
After taking a walk with his mother, Baby's new white shoes with the blue stripe are covered with a variety of colors.
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Right and Lefty: a tale of two feet by Rachel Vail
Even though Lefty and Righty like different things, they find they must learn to get along together without tripping over each other.

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