OPENING FINGERPLAY: Open Them Shut Them*<\/strong><\/p>\n BOOK: Very Hungry Caterpillar<\/strong> by CARLE SONG: Little Arabella Miller<\/strong> Little Arabella Miller Little Arabella Miller ACTION SONG: Caterpillar, Caterpillar<\/strong> Caterpillar caterpillar BOOK: Jump!<\/strong> by FISCHER LITERACY TIP: Narrative Skills<\/strong> BOUNCE: I’m A Little Beetle<\/strong> I’m a little beetle I’m a little bumblebee… FLANNEL SONG: A Hunting We Will Go*<\/strong> FLANNEL SONG: Ladybugs’ Picnic<\/strong> ACTION SONG: Itsy Bitsy Spider<\/strong> ACTION RHYME: This is Big Big Big*<\/strong> <\/p>\n CLOSING SONG: Sneeze Game*<\/strong> <\/p>\n *Check out the My Baby Storytime<\/a> page for the words and\/or citations for these weekly activities!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It’s springtime! We all feel wiggly after a long winter! OPENING SONG: Hello Song* OPENING FINGERPLAY: Open Them Shut Them* BOOK: Very Hungry Caterpillar by CARLE SONG: Little Arabella Miller I learned this off a Wee Sing CD. Sing it … Continue reading
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\nI learned this off a Wee Sing CD. Sing it to Twinkle, Twinkle. I use this Folkmanis caterpillar\/butterfly<\/a> as a prop!<\/em><\/p>\n
\nhad a fuzzy caterpillar
\nFirst she put it on her mother
\nThen upon her little brother
\nThey said, “Arabella Miller,
\nTake away your caterpillar!”<\/p>\n
\nTook her fuzzy caterpillar
\nPut it on a branch so high
\nSoon to be a butterfly
\nThey said, “Arabella Miller,
\nNow we love your caterpillar!”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nSing to: Are You Sleeping?<\/em><\/p>\n
\nWiggle fingers of one hand<\/em>
\nIn the tree, in the tree
\nSpread arms like branches<\/em>
\nFirst you wiggle this way
\nWiggle hand left<\/em>
\nThen you wiggle that way
\nWiggle hands right<\/em>
\nLook at me, look at me
\nPoint to self<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nFUN new book with super rhymes.<\/em>
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\nSimple books like this with repeated patterns are great ways for very young children to test their predicting skills. Before you turn the page, ask your child, “What’s going to happen next?”<\/em><\/p>\n
\nI wrote this little rhyme a few years ago. Bounce babies in laps, then lift them up when you say, “Fly!” You can use it with toddlers and preschoolers, too–just have them JUMP when you say “Fly!”<\/em><\/p>\n
\nAnd I wiggle all day
\nIf you get too close to me,
\nI’ll FLY away!<\/p>\n
\nI’m a little ladybug…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nToday we used bug\/rug, bee\/tree, ants\/pants, and spider\/glider!<\/em>
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\nThis is the classic Sesame Street song! Find it here<\/a>.<\/em>
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\nBonus literacy tip! Lots of nursery rhymes are really little stories. Learning these rhymes helps children understand how stories work: they have a beginning, a middle, and an end.<\/em><\/p>\n