Dear Parents: Today we used some of these books, fingerplays, and other materials in our toddler and preschool storytimes. Please continue helping your child develop a love for books and reading by sharing these rhymes, books, and other activities with your child.

Books To Share

We’re Going On a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen Where’s My Teddy by Jez Alborough Don’t Push the Button by Bill Cotter Go Away, Big Green Monster by Ed Emberley Boo by Ed Newman I’m Not Scared by Jonathan Allen Bunny My Honey by Anita Jeram Tickle Monster by Edouard Manceau My Mom is There by Martin Thomas Leonardo the Terrible Monster by Mo Willems Bear Feels Scared by Karma Wilson A Dark, Dark Tale by Ruth Brown My Daddy Is a Silly Monkey by Dianne Hofmeyr When Lions Roar by Robie Harris The I’m Not Scared Book by Todd Parr

Fun With Fingerplays and Songs

Monsters Galore Monsters galore, can you roar? Roar. Monsters galore, can you soar? Make flying motions. Monsters galore, please shut the door. Clap hands. Monsters galore, fall on the floor! Fall down.

Feelings Tune: “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” I have feelings, so do you. Let’s all sing about a few. We get happy, we get sad. We get scared, we get mad. I am proud of being me That’s a feeling, too, you see. I have feelings, so do you. We just sang about a few. Itsy Bitsy Spider The itsy bitsy spider climbed up the water spout. Down came the rain and washed the spider out. Out came the sun and dried up all the rain. And the itsy bitsy spider climbed up the spout

again.

Dear Parents and Caregivers: Our Toddler and Preschool storytimes celebrate the diversity of people, places, and more through books, fingerplays, and other materials. Please continue helping your child develop a love for the world around them and a love for books and reading by sharing these rhymes, books, and other activities with your child. To learn more about our Storytime Values, please see https://read.poudrelibraries.org/kids/storytime.cfm

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Updated 8/19

Other Fun Things

Make a Scary Face Using a hand held mirror placed on a floor, place chenille stems, googly eyes in assorted colors and designs, yarn in various lengths, colored straws cut into smaller pieces and pom-poms in assorted sizes and colors on the mirror and help your child create a scary face. Then have your child put their own face on top of the mirror.

Feelings Faces Take paper plates and let your child draw a

scary face or happy face or sad face or others.

Talk about what each one means to them.

Ten Batty Bats Ten batty bats (Hold up 10 fingers) Flew through the town (Flap arms like flying) Five were black (Hold up right hand) Five were brown (Hold up left hand) They flew up high (Wave hands above head) They flew down to the ground (Wave hands below knees) Ten batty bats (Hold 10 fingers up) Flew through the town ! (Flap arms like flying) This Old Ghost (tune: “This Old Man”) This old ghost, he played one, He played peek-a-boo on the run. With a boo! boo! boo! And clap, clap, clap This old ghost is a friendly chap. Repeat: This old ghost, he played two… in a shoe This old ghost, he played three... behind a tree Two Little Black Cats Two little black cats sitting on a hill (Thumbs on fists and on knees) One named Jack and one named Jill (wave one thumb, then other) Step away, Jack (put Jack behind your back) Step away Jill (put Jill behind your back) Come back, Jack! (bring Jack to front) Come back Jill! (bring Jill to front)

Every Child Ready to Read @ Your Library® Learning to read begins before your child starts school. Help your children develop early literacy skills now; this makes it easier for children to learn to read once they begin school. Five of the best ways to help your child get ready to read are:

If you would like more information, please ask the staff in the children’s area.

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