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Action Songs
Sing songs with actions and gestures to help toddlers expand their vocabularies and practice concepts.
Draw and Write Together: “I Am a Fine Musician”
Teach children the song “I Am a Fine Musician.” Reinforce the directionality of print by using a written chart of the lyrics.
Draw and Write Together: It’s a Whatchamacallit
Have children generate rhyme words as they dictate or write to complete the poem “It’s a Whatchamacallit.”
Draw and Write Together: “Peter Piper Paints” #1
Help children find word cards that begin with the letter "p" to complete a group poem.
Draw and Write Together: Poems and Pictures
Discuss how an author uses words in a poem to “paint” pictures in our minds.
Draw and Write Together: The Colors Of Us
Write a group poem about different tones of skin color.
Draw and Write Together: “The River”
Read the poem “The River.” Have children draw a picture of how they imagined the river flowed down the mountain.
Draw and Write Together: Water Poetry
Help children write or dictate a poem about water using the template provided.
Draw and Write Together: “We Use Wheels” Rhyme
Invite children to dictate, write, and draw their own rhymes about wheels.
Draw and Write Together: Wheels Poetry
Children write a group poem about objects that have wheels.
Learn About Letter Sounds Together: Beginning Sound (/z/)
Help children learn the /z/ sound by having them come up with real or made-up words that begin with the /z/ sound.
Learn About Letters Together: “Peter Piper Paints” #2
Have children recite a poem and clap the words that have the letter "p."
Learn About Letters Together: “Rocket–Doodle–Doo” #1 (BTL clip)
Watch a Between the Lions video and have children dance and hold up a letter "Rr" when they see a word with "r."
Nature's Music
Sit quietly outside with one or two toddlers and listen to sounds together. Talk and sing about the sounds you hear.
Read Together: Jazz Baby #1
Have children close their eyes and listen to a short jazz recording before you read the story Jazz Baby by Lisa Wheeler.
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: “Feelings”
Recite the rhyme “Feelings” with children and ask them to act out the feeling words as you read them the rhyme.
Recite Together: “Jazz Baby, Jazz Baby” #1
Recite the poem “Jazz Baby, Jazz Baby” with motions. Invite children to join you in reciting and acting out the sound words.