1, 2, 3 Go! Spring is Coming Soon!

The spring season is starting to appear as we welcome the month of March at the Gail Borden Public Library!  Our rhymes and stories below combine movement, rhyming, critical thinking and most of all fun!

Stories and songs in rhyme encourage new vocabulary, listening and oral language skills.  Sharing songs and stories together also encourages talking and conversation between you and your child.  Another idea would be to have your child draw a picture of what they see outside, such as a sunny day, a flower growing or a bunny rabbit with two long ears.    Helping your child write captions for the picture connects the spoken words to the ideas, and creates a visual representation of your child's imagination to share.

What’s the Weather? (sung to the tune of Clementine)
What’s the weather, what’s the weather,
What’s the weather outside now?
Is it sunny? Is it snowing?
Is it raining or cloudy now?
*(Is it…Sunny, snowing, raining or cloudy?)
It is __________, it is ____________
It is _____________outside now.
That’s the weather we see today.
It is _____________ outside now.

Rabbit Rhyme:
Can you make a rabbit with two ears so very long?
And let him hop and hop about on legs so small and strong?
He nibbles, nibbles carrots for his dinner every day.
As soon as he has had enough, He scampers far away.

If I Were a Flower Rhyme:
If I were a flower
Growing in the ground,
I’d stretch my arms
And raise my head
So I could look around.
Then I’d nod my head and say,
“I’m glad to see you all today.”

What Do You See With? (sung to the tune of Frere Jacques)
What do you see with?
What do you see with?
Tell me now, tell me now.
These are what you see with,
These are what you see with,
These are your eyes!

What do you clap with?
What do you clap with?
Tell me now, tell me now.
These are what you clap with,
These are what you clap with,
These are your hands!

Repeat the rhyme with other actions such as stamping with your feet or hugging with your arms.


Enjoy these books we read at 1, 2, 3 Go! 

The Happy Day by Ruth Krauss
In the middle of winter, different forest animals awake and run sniffing through the trees, to discover a single flower growing in the snow. 
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Snow Rabbit, Spring Rabbit:  A Book of Changing Seasons by Il Sung Na
While other animals migrate, hibernate, or stay busy all winter, a little white rabbit watches. 
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