Fall 1 - Week 2

Baby Rhyme Time
Our theme this week is Bedtime.  We read the book Almost Bedtime by Stephen Gass.  To extend our theme at home, to help your baby settle down rub baby's back and hum or sing a favorite lullaby.

Rhyme: The Moon is Round

The moon is round, (draw circle on baby’s cheek)

The moon is round.

It has two eyes,

A nose,

But knows no sound.

Rhyme: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

Twinkle, twinkle little star,

How I wonder what you are.

Up above the world so high,

Like a diamond in the sky.

Twinkle, twinkle little star,

How I wonder what you are.

Wonderful Ones

We are having tons of fun with our Ones!  This week we read I Love You as Big as the World by David Van Buren and Baby Loves Hugs and Kisses by Michael Lawrence.  

Rhyme: Hugs and Kisses Every Day

The baby at the house goes hug, hug, hug,

Hug, hug, hug, hug, hug, hug.

The baby at the house goes hug, hug, hug,

Every day.                        (Mom – kiss)

Rhyme: Shaker song (twice)

Shake it high and shake it low;

Shake it high, shake it low,

Shake it high and shake it low

This is how the rattle goes.

Shake it fast; now shake it slow;

Shake it fast; shake it slow;

Shake it fast; now shake it slow;

This is how the shaker goes

Terrific Twos

We are having fun with Leaves!  We read the books Leaves In Fall by Wes Rustad and Fall Leaves Fall!  Wes Hall.  To continue the fun at home, see if you can find some leaves with your little ones and make leaf rubbings using crayons and paper over the leaf on a hard surface.

Pretty Leaves are Falling Down (Tune: "London Bridge")

Pretty leaves are falling down, falling down, falling down.

Pretty leaves are falling down, all around the town.

(wiggle fingers)

Let's rake them up in a pile, in a pile, in a pile.

Let's rake them up in a pile, all around the town.

(make raking motions)

Let's all jump in and have some fun,

have some fun, have some fun.

Let's all jump in and have some fun, all around the town.

(jump into circle)

Rhyme/Flannel: Five Little Leaves

Five little leaves so bright and gay

went dancing about on a tree one day

the wind came blowing through the town

o-o-o-o     o-o-o-o

One little leaf came tumbling down.

(repeat with 4, 3, 2, 1 little leaf). 

1, 2, 3, Go!
We are continuing our Barnyard Fun with our Feathered Friends at the farm!
This week we read the books Quack and Count by Keith Baker and Cock-a-Doodle Quack 
Quack by Ivor Baadiel and Sophie Jubb.  To continue the fun at home, try taking a walk 
own by our Fox River and try spying some ducks or geese.

Around The Farmyard

All around the farmyard,

(Hold hands walk in a circle)

The animals were sleeping,

The rooster thought it was time to wake up

Shhhh!

1-2-3 (hold up fingers)

Cock-a-doodle (flap wings)

Up jumped the animals! (jump high)

Song with Puppets: Barnyard Song

(Tune: If You’re Happy And You Know It)

If you’re a rooster and you know it say

“Cock-a-doodle-doo”,

If you’re a rooster and you know it say

“Cock-a-doodle-doo”,

If you’re a rooster and you know it, then you really ought to show it,

If you’re a rooster and you know it say

“Cock-a-doodle-doo.”

(Repeat with pig, cow, duck, lamb)

Story Mix for 3-6
This week we are talking about Clothes!  We read the books A Pocket for Corduroy by 
Don Freeman and Mrs. Mopple's Washing Line by Anita Hewitt.  As an extension at
home, ask our child what their favorite thing to wear is and why!  




There’s something in my pocket

Could it be a moose? (hands into antlers)

Could it be a train with a bell and a caboose?  (train arms)

Could it be a snake?  (wiggle)

Or some sticky icky glue?

Right here in my pocket is…

A KISS from me to you! (blow kiss)

Action Rhyme: 
Down in the valley where nobody goes

The Hoochie Koochie Washer people are washing their clothes

They go ooh aah, aah, aah. They go ooh aah, ahh, ahh

That’s how the washer people wash their clothes