Story Mix For Three to Six: We Love Toys!

Story Mix is the weekly program for kids ages 3 - 6 and introduces stories, songs, activity and fun!  We are beginning our second Fall 2011 session with a Toys themed rhymes and stories to share.  Shared reading is valuable because your child has your full attention, and you are enjoying the experience together.   Shared reading with your child develops vocabulary, comprehension and encourages imaginative thinking.

Through singing and rhyming together, your child will improve their counting skills, learn rhythm which is important for learning syllables and vocabulary, and develop more ways for creative play as you come up with ideas for new people, places and things in the rhymes.

Roll Over Rhyme/Game
There were 6 in the bed and the little one said...
Roll over, roll over!
They all rolled over and the doll fell out.

There were 5 in the bed and the little one said...
Roll over, roll over!
They all rolled over and the truck fell out.

There were 4 in the bed and the little one said...
Roll over, roll over!
They all rolled over and the ball fell out.

Replace the underlined words with funny objects and names of people.
Count down from the starting number and replace it with the new number. 


Action Rhyme:  
Flop your arms, flop your feet,
Let your arms go free,
Be the floppiest rag doll,
You ever did see!

Pretend you and your child are a rag doll and act out the motions in the rhyme and you sing. Try this with other characters, such as a tree with branches that sway in the wind or a scary monster:

Sway your arms, move your feet,
Let your branches go free,
Be the biggest tree
You ever did see!

Make a scary face,
Raise your arms in the air,
Be the ugliest monster
You ever did fear!


During Story Mix, we read these books:

I’m Not Scared by Jonathan Allen
When Baby Owl takes his stuffed Owly out for a walk in the moonlit woods, he insists that he is not afraid of the other animals that keep popping up and making them jump. 
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Just Like Jasper by Nick Butterworth
Jasper Cat goes to a toy store to spend his birthday money. 
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Emma In Charge by David McPhail
Emma pretends that she and her dolls spend a day at school.
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