OPENING FINGERPLAY: Open Them Shut Them*<\/strong><\/p>\n BOOK: There Once Was a Puffin<\/strong> by JAQUES FLANNEL SONG: 5 Little Puffins Flew Out One Day<\/strong> 5 little puffins flew out one day SONG WITH PUPPETS: Did You Ever See a Fishy?<\/strong> Did you ever see a fishy, a fishy, a fishy FLANNEL SONG: A Hunting We Will Go*<\/strong> BOOK: Bedtime Kiss for Little Fish<\/strong> by GROVER BOUNCE: Fishes Swim<\/strong> Fishes swim in water clear LITERACY TIP: Print Motivation<\/strong> SCARVES: Octopus’ Garden<\/strong> by The Beatles 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":" Our Summer Reading Program starts this week! Our babies and toddlers have their own “Make a Splash” reading record! OPENING SONG: Hello Song* OPENING FINGERPLAY: Open Them Shut Them* BOOK: There Once Was a Puffin by JAQUES My mom used … Continue reading
\nMy mom used to read this poem to my sister and I when we were kids. It is still one of my all-time favorites to share!<\/em>
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\nAdapted from 5 Little Ducks, of course! The puffin in There Once Was a Puffin<\/strong> has tea with the fishes, so I added that in.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nOver the cliffs and far away
\nMama Puffin said, “Where can they be?”
\nBut only four came back for tea!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nSing to “Did You Ever See a Lassie?” I used several puppets and sang a few verses.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nDid you ever see a fishy swim this way and that?
\nSwim this way, swim that way, Swim this way, swim that way,
\nDid you ever see a fishy swim this way and that?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nToday we used puffin\/muffin, fish\/dish, crab\/cab, and whale\/pail.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nI discovered this on Readertotz!<\/a><\/em>
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\nFrom Clare Beaton’s Playtime Rhymes<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n
\nMove hand up and down across body<\/em>
\nBirds fly up in to the air
\nFlap arms<\/em>
\nSerpents creep along the ground
\nPalms together for snake<\/em>
\nBoys and girls run round and round!
\nWiggle feet or stomp<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nMake sure to sign up your babies for our Summer Reading Program!<\/em><\/p>\n
\nI handed out scarves and played Octopus’ Garden<\/strong> while we played with them!<\/em><\/p>\n