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Action Songs
Sing songs with actions and gestures to help toddlers expand their vocabularies and practice concepts.
Back and Forth, Up and Down
Move a baby’s arms up and down and back and forth or count his fingers and toes as you use songs, chants, and nursery rhymes to introduce patterns and counting games.
Count Your Fingers and Toes!
Use your baby’s fascination with fingers and toes to have fun counting.
Draw and Write Together: Food Rhymes
Recite the rhyme “Oh, So Yummy.” Have children suggest foods to replace “Carrots, carrots” to make a new rhyme.
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: Night Music
Reread the poem “Night Music,” and together then compose a new group poem based on city sounds.
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.
Explore Together (indoors): Letter Hunt
Place letter cards around the room and send children on a letter hunt.
Explore Together (indoors): More Shake and Listen
Have children predict which objects make the loudest sounds. Facilitate children’s explorations.
Explore Together (outdoors): Letter Hunt
Explore and talk about places where children might find letters outside.
Family Connection: Unit 8, Week 3, #3
Send a Family Connection letter home with children.
Feel the Vibrations
Explore vibrations with your child. Sing a song or hunt for things that vibrate to help her understand how sound is caused by vibrations.
Greeting Song: “Hola Greeting Song” #1
Sing the greeting song, hold up three name cards and greet those children by name. Repeat until every child is included.