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Read Together: I Get Wet #1

Read about experiments with water. Focus children on the different shapes water takes in the book.

Read Together: I Get Wet #2

Gather children around a faucet and follow the water activity as the text describes.

Read Together: Mrs. McNosh Hangs Up Her Wash #1

Read the story and have children listen to all the silly things Mrs. McNosh washes and hangs up to dry.

Read Together: Mrs. McNosh Hangs Up Her Wash #2

Reread the story. Ask children to recall events and tell what the main idea of the story is.

Read Together: Row, Row, Row Your Boat #1

Read the story, focusing on words children might use in their explorations during the week.

Read Together: Row, Row, Row Your Boat #2

Reread the book. Point out the beavers building a dam.

Read Together: Ten Dirty Pigs/Ten Clean Pigs

Read the story and have children look for all the different ways water moves in the story.

Read Together: Toy Boat #1

Read Toy Boat by Randall de Seve. Help children track the movements of the boat as it floats in the water.

Read Together: Toy Boat #2

Reread Toy Boat by Randal de Seve. Help children visualize the action of the story

Read Together: Toy Boat #3

Reread the story. Focus children on all the things that might make the toy boat sink.

Read Together: Who Sank the Boat? #1

Read the story and have children think about why the boat sinks further into the water each time an animal gets in.

Read Together: Who Sank the Boat? #2

Reread the book. Focus children on how the animals balance the boat.

Recite Together: “A Sailor Went to Sea”

Explain the difference between sea and see. Recite the chant and have children clap hands on each beat.

Recite Together: “Big and Small”

Recite the poem and have children act out the motions.

Recite Together: “Busy Beaver”

Recite the poem “Busy Beaver” and invite children to act it out.

Recite Together: “Five Little Piggies”

Chant the poem and do the hand motions with children.

Recite Together: “Silly, Silly Mrs. McNosh”

Read the poem “Silly, Silly Mrs. McNosh.” Invite children to recite it with you.

Recite Together: “Ten Little Water Drops”

Recite the poem with gestures. Invite children to make up new gestures to show how the water drops moved.

Recite Together: Who, Me?

Recite the chant after reading Who Sank the Boat? and invite children to join in.

Retelling: Who Sank the Boat?

Encourage children to use the puppets they made in the Art Center to retell the story.

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