Fall 2 - Weekly Programming

Baby Rhyme Time
This week we read the books Peek-a-Boo, You!  by Roberta Intrater and Read to Your Bunny by Rosemary Wells.  An early literacy activity to try at home with your baby is Follow the Leader Sounds which promotes Phonological Awareness  
• Make a sound that your child has made before (da-da-da) 
• Look at your child to see if he will repeat the sounds 
• Or if child begins to make a sound, repeat the sound and see if child will 
repeat sound back to you

Prop Rhyme:Two Little Babies

Two little babies,

Ready to play,

Jump up and down,

At the start of day.

Crawl to the left,

Crawl to the right,

Keep on playing till the night.

Rhyme: The Baby Hokey Pokey

You put your right hand in,

You put your right hand out,

You put your right hand in,

And you shake it all about.

You do the hokey pokey and you turn yourself about,

That’s what it’s all about.

(Left hand)

Wonderful Ones
This week we read together Duck & Goose Finds a Pumpkin by Tad Hills and I Love Fall! by Alison Inches.  For extra Fall fun with your little one, rake a small leaf pile and let them explore!

Opening Action Rhyme: Where Is Your Nose?

(Tune: “Where is Thumbkin?”)

Where is your nose? Where is your nose?

There it is, there it is!

Touch it with your finger; touch it with your finger,

Just like me, just like me.

Where are your hands?-Clap your hands together

Where are your feet? -Stamp your feet loudly

Rhyme: Two Green Apples

Way up high in a tree,

Two green apples smiled at me.

So I shook that tree as hard as I could,

And down fell the apples,

Mmmmm, they were good!

Terrific Twos
This week we are "Taking a Walk" in Terrific Twos.  We read the books I Went Walking by Sue Williams and Walking Through the Jungle by Debbie Harter.  Naturally, extend this theme at home by taking a walk with your little one!  Describe what you see while on your walk!

Rhyme: (With Puppet)
One foot (raise one leg)
now the other (raise other leg)
we walk down the street (march in place)
walking fast (march fast)
walking slow (march slowly) 
we walk on two feet! (march in place)


1, 2, 3, Go!
This week we are talking about Horses!  We read the books Rockabye Farm by Diane Hamm and Horses! Trotting! Prancing! Racing! by Patricia Hubbell.  Have more fun at home by pretending to play horses.  Talk about what they eat and why we have them as pets and more.

Action Rhyme:Horses in the Pasture
Horses in the pasture (point to one side)
Horses in the hay (point to other side)
Horses like to run and jump (run and jump in place)
Each and every day (clap along with words)

Action Rhyme:Clippity-Clop

Clippity, clippity, clippity-clop (alternately slap hands on lap)

This is the way the horses trot

Clippity, clippity, clippity-clop

Faster, faster, faster (slap hands faster and faster)

Until you…(even faster)

Drop! (slap both hands on ground)

Story Mix
This week we are talking about Scarecrows!  We read the books Scarecrows by Calvin Harris and Scarecrow's Hat by Ken Brown.  If you happen to visit the pumpkin farm with your child, count how many scarecrows you see while you are there!

Scarecrow    (tune: "Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear Turn Around")

Scarecrow, Scarecrow, turn around.

Scarecrow, scarecrow, jump up and down

Scarecrow, scarecrow, arms up high

Scarecrow, Scarecrow, wink one eye

Scarecrow, scarecrow, bend your knee

Scarecrow, scarecrow, flap in the breeze

Scarecrow, scarecrow, climb into bed

Scarecrow, scarecrow, rest your head

Focus rhyme:

I’m a dingle-dangle scarecrow     

With a flippy floppy hat
I can shake my hands like this

I can shake my feet like that

When all the cows were sleeping and the sun had gone to bed

Up jumped the scarecrow and this is what he said:

I’m a dingle-dangle scarecrow…

When all the hens were roosting and the moon went behind a cloud,

Up jumped the scarecrow and shouted very loud:

I’m a dingle-dangle scarecrow…