Story Mix for Three to Six: Traveling Tunes

You may be traveling this week for the Thanksgiving holiday.  What better way to make the time in the car, train or airplane go faster than to share a fun song or book!  Children will also learn through repetition and rhyming sounds, syllables and words.   Repetition and rhyming help children understand word construction and meaning based on sound. The fun actions you can perform in each song such as the movements of a duck, or driving to Grandmother's house, make these activities memorable and entertaining. 


My Little Duck Song
My little duck says,
Quack, quack, quack
Quack, quack, quack
Quack, quack, quack
My little duck says,
Quack, quack, quack,
All day long!

My little duck goes
Waddle, waddle, waddle
Waddle, waddle, waddle
Waddle, waddle, waddle
My little duck goes,
Waddle, waddle, waddle
All day long!

My little duck goes
Splash, splash, splash
Splash, splash, splash
Splash, splash, splash
My little duck goes,
Splash, splash, splash
All day long!

My little duck goes
Paddle, paddle, paddle
Paddle, paddle, paddle
Paddle, paddle, paddle
My little duck goes,
Paddle, paddle, paddle
All day long!

Over the River and Thru the Woods
Over the river and thru the woods
To Grandmother’s house we go
The car knows the way
To go today
To Grandmother's house, hoo-ray!

Over the river and thru the woods
To Grandmother’s house we go
The play with the toys
And make lots of noise
And give Grandma a hug and kiss!

We read these stories in Story Mix this week:

All For Pie, Pie For All by David Martin
Grandma Cat bakes an apple pie that is heartily enjoyed by her family as well as the Mouse and Ant families that live nearby.
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Grandpa Bud by Siobhan Dodds
A grandfather busily prepares all kinds of food for his granddaughter and the guests he thinks she is bringing to visit him. 
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Honk Honk!  Beep Beep!  by Daniel Kirk 
When a father and son set out early one morning for a cross-country drive in their jeep, they see all sorts of vehicles and pick up diverse passengers along the way.
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