Fall 3 Weekly Programming

Baby Rhyme Time
We are counting in Baby Rhyme Time this week!  We read the books Spot's First Numbers by Eric Hill and Counting Kisses by Karen Katz.  To add to our theme at home, do simple counting with your baby...count toys, fingers, toes, anything!

Rhyme: Tick-Tock (#2)

Tick-tock, tick-tock, (Swing side to side)

I’m a little cuckoo clock.

Tick-tock, tick-tock,

Now I’m striking one o’clock.  (Up in air)

Cuckoo!  Cuckoo!

(Two, Three)

Rhyme: One to Five

One little nose,

Two little feet,

Three little tickles on your tummy so sweet!

Four little kisses on five little toes,

Then one more kiss for your sweet little nose

Wonderful Ones
We are having lots of fun in Wonderful Ones!  We read the books Ten Tiny Tickles by Karen Katz and Peekaboo Morning by Isadora.  To extend at home, play or sing your little one's favorite action rhyme together!

Rhyme: Up, down, Turn Around

Up, down, turn around,

Touch the sky and touch the ground.

Wiggle your fingers, wiggle your toes, wiggle your shoulders,

Say “Hello!”

Rhyme:  Peek a Boo

Peek-a-boo, peek-a-boo

I see you, I see you!

I see your little nose,

I see your little toes.

I see you! Peek-a-boo!

Terrific Twos
We're continuing our "I can..." series with "I Can Eat"!  This week we read the books I Like a Snack on a Iceberg by Ready Arno and How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food? by Jan Yolen.  To continue the fun at home, make your little one's favorite snack together!

Action Song:
Let's make some pizza, (For me and you)
We're making pizza, (And Mom helps too!).
Roll out some dough (go go go)
Spread out the sauce (of course!)
And put on the cheese (yes please)
Then place on some ham (yeah man!).
Mom turn on the oven (watch it cook)
I think the pizza's ready (let's take a look).
We've made some pizza (Try a slice)
We've made some pizza (mmm it's nice!).
Eating pizza - so much fun
Eating pizza - yum yum yum.

Action Song:

Apples on a tree, Apples on a tree

Pick them off, Eat them up

Apples on a tree

Carrots in the ground, Carrots in the ground

Pull them up, wash them off

Carrots in the ground

Food in your tummy, Food in your tummy

Lick your lips, Mmm Mmm Mmm

Yum yum yummy

1, 2, 3, Go!
We are having more Farm fun this week!  We read the books Old MacDonald Drives A Tractor by Don Carter and Down on The Farm by Merrilly Kutner.  At home, talk about what jobs the Farmer has on the farm.  Come up with some ideas and then pretend together and act them out in play.

Action Song: Hurry Hurry Drive The Tractor
Hurry hurry drive the tractor, Hurry hurry drive the tractor, Hurry hurry drive the tractor,Grrrr, Grrrr, Grrrr, Grrr, Hurry hurry plow the field, Hurry hurry plow the field, Hurry hurry plow the field,Grrrr, Grrr, Grrr, Grrr Hurry hurry cut the hay, Hurry hurry cut the hay, Hurry hurry cut the hay, Grrr, Grrr, Grrr, Grrr!

Flannelboard Rhyme: Five Little Farmers

Five little farmers get up early each day.
For there is work to be done and no time to play.
(Yawn and stretch.)
The first little farmer goes to milk the cow.
(Close both fists, make milking motions up and down.)

The second little farmer gets ready to plow.
(Grasp a steering wheel and pretend to drive.)
The third little farmer feeds the hens and chicks.
(Pretend to scatter corn.)
The fourth little farmer has gates to fix.
(Make hammering motions.)
The fifth little farmer sells vegetables in town.
(Cup hands around mouth as if calling out.)
Five busy little farmers work 'til the sun goes down.
(Yawn, stretch, sleep)

Story Mix
We're continuing the Fall fun in Story Mix!  We read the books Busy Little Squirrel by Nancy Tafuri and Gingerbread Boy by Paul Galdone.  For more fun at home, retell the story with your preschooler and act out the Gingerbread Boy!  

Action Rhyme:

 This is the way we rake the leaves,    This is the way we jump in the leaves,

 Rake the leaves, rake the leaves.        Jump in the leaves, jump in the leaves

 This is the way we rake the leaves     This is the way we jump in the leaves 

When Fall is here!                                 When Fall is here!

Rhyme:

5 little gingerbread boys baking in a pan

1 jumped up and said, “Catch me if you can!”

I chased it and chased it and chased it some more,

Then the gingerbread boy ran out the door.   4,3,2,1