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

The Ants Go Marching edited by Ann Owen

Step Gently Out by Helen Frost

What the Ladybug Heard by Julia Donaldson

The Flea’s Sneeze by Lynn Downey

Bugs Galore! by Peter Stein

Centipede’s 100 Shoes by Tony Ross

Ant, Ant, Ant! (An Insect Chant) by April Pulley Sayre

Spider on the Floor by Bill Russell

Backyard Bugs by Jill McDonald

I Love Bugs by Philemon Sturges

Little Miss Spider by David Kirk

Why Mosquitos Buzz in People’s Ears by Verna Aardema

Fun With Fingerplays and Songs

Can You Move with Me? (Tune: “Do Your Ears Hang Low”) Can you wiggle like a worm? Can you squiggle? Can you squirm? Can you flutter? Can you fly Like a gentle butterfly? Can you crawl upon the ground Like a beetle that is round? Can you move with me?

A Bee Is on My Toe (tune: “The Farmer in the Dell”) A bee is on my toe, a bee is on my toe Heigh-ho just watch me blow A bee is on my toe.

Repeat with the following verses: A ladybug is on my hand… A fly is on my knee… A spider is on my arm…

Hunting Bugs A-hunting we will go, A-hunting we will go, We'll catch a (insert any insect here) and put it in a box and then we'll let it go!

Here Is the Beehive Here is the beehive, where are the bees? Hidden away were nobody sees. Watch and you will see them come out of their hive, One, two, three, four, five, Buzz, buzz, buzz.

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

Updated 11/19

Other Fun Things

Bugs on a Log Snack You’ll need: celery cut into 4" lengths peanut butter raisins Directions: Spread peanut butter in celery and arrange raisins on top. You can substitute cream cheese for peanut butter.

Fingerprint Bugs Have child dip thumb in washable paint and print a thumb print on paper. This is the bugs body. With a marker add legs and antennae.

Lady Bug Friend Paint a rock red. Once the red paint has dried, draw a capital T with black paint down the back of the rock and add black spots like a ladybug.

Outdoor Bug Hunt

Give your child a magnifying glass and go on a outdoor bug hunt together. Encourage your child to look at the bugs carefully and tell you what he or she sees.

The Insects Outside (tune: “The Wheels on the Bus”) The fireflies at night go blink, blink, blink Blink, blink, blink, blink, blink, blink The fireflies at night go blink, blink, blink Out in the garden. The bees in the flowers go buzz, buzz, buzz Buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz The bees in the flowers go buzz, buzz, buzz Out in the garden.

Repeat with the following verses: cricket/fields/chirp caterpillars/on the leaves/munch spiders/in the bush/spin their webs worms/in the ground/wiggle and squirm

The 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.

Caterpillar Little fuzzy caterpillar In your warm cocoon The cold winter's over and you'll be hatching soon. Then you'll spread your wings On a warm summer's day And wave us all goodbye As you fly, fly away.

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