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

Mud by Mary Lyn Ray

Finding Spring by Carin Berger

Wake Up, It’s Spring by Lisa Campbell Ernst

Mouse's First Spring by Lauren Thompson

And Then It’s Spring by Julie Fogliano

Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert

Fletcher and the Springtime Blossoms by Julia Rawlinson

It's Spring by Linda Glaser

999 Frogs Wake Up by Ken Kimura

Mushroom in the Rain by Mirra Ginsburg

The Wind Blew by Pat Hutchins

Bear Wants More by Karma Wilson

Hooray For Spring! by Kazuo Iwamura

Fun With Fingerplays and Songs

Puddle Song (tune: "Row, Row, Row Your Boat") Splash, splash, splash in puddles, Splashing all day long. Splashing's what we do when we Sing this splashing song. Jump… Hop… Stomp… Spin… Clap...

Spring Secret The sun told the breeze. The breeze turned about (Hold up index finger and trace a circle near your head.) And whispered the secret (Cup hands around mouth.) To a green grass sprout. The grass told a tulip. (Put curved hands palm to palm, like a tulip.) The tulip opened wide. (Spread hands apart, like a tulip opening.) And shouted the secret, (Put open hands on either side of mouth) "It's spring outside!"

I'm a Little Seed (tune: "I'm a Little Teapot") I'm a little seed, growing in the ground. I huddle up and I don't make a sound. If the rain falls and the sun shines just so, I push my leaves up to say hello!

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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Other Fun Things

Raindrop Rubbings Cut raindrop shapes from paper doilies, sandpaper, or other textured paper. Tape these raindrops to the table. Have your children place a piece of thin white paper over the raindrops and rub a crayon over the raindrop.

Seed Sorting Have a mixture of various larger seeds for children to sort (different types of beans, corn kernels, popcorn, flowers, etc.) into an empty egg carton. They can sort by type of seed, color, etc. Once the seeds are sorted, ask the children to predict which group of seeds has the most, then count to verify.

The Seed Grows (tune: "The Farmer in the Dell")

The gardener plants the seeds, The gardener plants the seeds, Deep down inside the ground, The gardener plants the seeds.

The rain clouds give them water, The rain clouds give them water, Seeds need some water to drink, The rain clouds give them water.

The sun gives heat and light, The sun gives heat and light, Seeds like it warm and bright, The sun gives heat and light.

The gardener pulls the weeds, The gardener pulls the weeds, The seeds need the room to grow, The gardener pulls the weeds.

The seeds grow into flowers, The seeds grow into flowers, Flowers that are beautiful, The seeds grow into flowers. Being a Tree How would it be (Stretch arms overhead.) if I were a tree, waving my arms (Wave arms.) at all that I see? Why do they bend? (Arms still up, bend from side to side at the waist.) I think I know now. They dance with the wind, (Arms still up and waving.) and then take a bow. (Bow.)

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Updated 12/19