January 19^th  2014 

Winter Session, Week 2

Welcome to the Winter 2014 Session of our Ready, Set Read! Blog, Week 1.  We have lots of things to share from our different programs for you to try with your little ones at home.  Make sure to also stop by our “Ready, Set, Read!” Station in the Early Learning Center in which you and your child can listen and read a story together and complete a fun activity!  This week’s book is Froggy Gets Dressed by Jonathon London .  If you happen to miss a book/activity and still want to enjoy them they go over to our Rakow Branch for two weeks after our time with it is done.  Enjoy!

Baby Rhyme Time!

This week we are introducing Nursery Rhymes.    Some books that go with our theme for you to read with your little one are: This is the Farmer by Tafuri and My First Touch and Feel Farm – a Tiger Tales Book. 

Here are some songs that we used in our program for you to use at home… 

Rhyme: Baa Baa Black Sheep

Baa, baa black sheep,

Have you any wool?

Yes sir, yes sir,

Three bags full.

One for the master,

And one for the dame,

And one for the little boy

Who lives down the lane.

Rhyme: Hey Diddle,  Diddle

This little pig went to market,

This little pig stayed home.

This little pig had roast beef,

This little pig had none.

This little pig cried,

“Wee, wee, wee,” all the way home.

Wonderful Ones

This week we are talking about Winter Animals.  We read That’s Not My Penguin by Watt and Winter Friends by Sams, C. and Stoick, J.

Here are some songs that we used in our program for you to use at home… 

Rhyme: Little Bird

Little bird, little bird,
Fly around,
Up to the sky,
Down to the ground.
Little bird, little bird,
Flap your wings.
Open your beak
And sweetly sing.
Little bird, little bird,

Fly to your nest.
Now it is time
To take a rest.

Rhyme: Polar Bear

Walking through the arctic. (echo)

And what do you think I saw. (echo)

A great big polar bear.

He said stand UP!

And shake, shake, this way, shake, shake that way.

Shake, shake, this way and then sit down.

Terrific Twos!

This week is about Counting with Mittens!  We are on the number 2.  Here are some books to read to with your child that goes along with our theme: Snow by Ford and Hat for Minerva Louise by Stoeke.

Here are some songs and rhymes we used in our program this week….

Rhyme: 

Let’s put on our mittens and button our coats

Wrap a scarf snugly around our throats

Pull on our boots and 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

Rhyme: 

Crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch up the hill so slow (march fingers up arm)

Sliding, sliding, sliding, sliding down the hill we go (slide hand down arm)

Story Mix for 3-6

We are talking about Transportation!  This week it’s about Trains!  A couple of books we read are: Engine Engine Number Nine, by Calmenson and Train Trip by Caswell.

Rhyme:

This is a choo-choo train (bend arms at elbows)

Puffing down the track   (rotate arms)

Now it’s going forward   (lean forward)

Now it’s going back.        (lean back)

Now the bell is ringing    (pull bell)

Now the whistle blows   (fist near mouth & blow)

        What a lot of noise it makes  (cover ears)

        Everywhere it goes!