OPENING FINGERPLAY: Open Them Shut Them*<\/strong><\/p>\n BOOK: Small Seed<\/strong> by NICHOLLS FINGERPLAY: Big Round Sun<\/strong><\/p>\n Big round sun in the summer sky FLANNEL SONG: If It’s Raining Outside<\/strong> If it’s raining outside, wear your boots, …wear your coat BOOK: Lenny in the Garden<\/strong> by WILSON-MAX 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> LITERACY TIP: Print Motivation<\/strong> BOOK: Big Yellow Sunflower<\/strong> by BARRY FLANNEL RHYME: Out in the Garden<\/strong> Out in the garden Out in the garden Etc.<\/em>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n 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":" There was lots of sunshine this weekend–and lots of rain on the way! Gardens need both rain and sun to grow! OPENING SONG: Hello Song* OPENING FINGERPLAY: Open Them Shut Them* BOOK: Small Seed by NICHOLLS Another great book for … Continue reading
\nAnother great book for babies from Little Scholastic! Lots of rhyme and repetition as the small seed grows into a sunflower.<\/em>
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\nHold arms in circle over head<\/em>
\nWaved to a cloud that was passing by
\nWave!<\/em>
\nThe little cloud laughed as it started to rain
\nWiggle fingers downward for rain<\/em>
\nAnd out came the big round sun again.
\nHold up arms in circle above head again<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nSing to: If You’re Happy and You Know It.<\/em>
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\nIf it’s raining outside, wear your boots,
\nIf it’s raining outside, then your boots will keep you dry
\nIf it’s raining outside, wear your boots.<\/p>\n
\n…wear your hat
\n…bring your umbella<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nI can’t think of a single book Ken Wilson-Max has illustrated that HASN’T made me happy just to look at it. <\/em>
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\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 things we’d find in a garden: bee\/tree, ants\/pants, parrot\/carrot, and frog\/log.<\/em>
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\nMake sure your babies see you are a reader, too! Show them your garden catalogs, or the sports pages, or your latest book from the library. We are powerful models for our kids! If they see that we read, they are more likely to become readers themselves.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nThis folds out to a big beautiful flower! Practice holding the pages before you read this in storytime, but the effort is worth it…the flower is so bright and big enough for everyone to see!<\/em>
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\nGrowing in the sun
\nWere 5 pretty flowers
\nAnd I picked one!<\/p>\n
\nGrowing in the sun
\nWere 4 pretty flowers
\nAnd I picked one!<\/p>\n