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 EARTH Book by Todd Parr

What a Wonderful World by George David Weiss

We Are Extremely Very Good Recyclers characters created by Lauren Child

Emeraldalicious by Victoria Kann

Each Living Thing by Joanne Ryder

All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon

Earth Day Birthday by Pattie Schnetzler

Compost Stew by Mary McKenna Siddals

Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback

Bag In the Wind by Ted Kooser

What a Wonderful World by Bob Thiele and George Weiss

Blue Sky, White Stars by Sarvinder Naberhaus

Bee: A Peek-Through Picture Book illustrated by Britta Teckentrup

Colors by Shelley Rotner

Fun With Fingerplays and Songs

Recycling For Our Earth (Tune: "Mary Had a Little Lamb") Hear the cans go crunch, crunch, crunch, Crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch, Hear the cans go crunch, crunch, crunch, Recycle for our earth. Hear the bottle go ding, ding, ding, Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. Hear the bottle go ding, ding, ding, Recycle for our earth. Hear the paper go crinkle, crinkle, crinkle, crinkle, crinkle, crinkle, crinkle, crinkle, crinkle. Hear the paper go crinkle, crinkle, crinkle, Recycle for our earth.

Pick up Litter (Tune: "If You’re Happy and You Know It") If you see a piece of litter, pick it up. If you see a piece of litter, pick it up. You will make the world look better If you pick up all the litter. If you see a piece of litter, pick it up.

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 3/14

Other Fun Things

Air Pollution Detectors Use markers to write each child's name on a separate index card. Have each child spread some petroleum jelly on the other side of the card, and hang the cards around the house and in the yard. To see what is floating around in our air, let the kids use magnifying glasses to observe what dust, debris, particles, bugs, etc. have collected on the cards during a one-week period.

Volcano Snack Materials Needed: Clear Cups Milk Cola Whipping Cream

Directions: Have child pour l/3 cup of milk in glass. Add whipping cream (the canned kind works best). Pour cola until the cream floats to the top. Add a straw and enjoy.

Keep It Clean (Tune: “The Farmer in the Dell”) Let's keep the earth clean, let's keep the earth clean, Let's all work together to keep the earth clean. Let's keep the water clean, let's keep the water clean, Let's all work together to keep the water clean. Let's keep the air clean, let’s keep the air clean, Let's all work together to keep the air clean.

Planet Earth (Tune: “Bingo”) There is a planet we call home And Earth is its name-O! E-A-R-T-H E-A-R-T-H E-A-R-T-H And Earth is its name-O!

I Saw a Piece of Trash (Tune: “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”) Oh, I saw a piece of trash, so I went to pick it up. I saw a piece of trash, so I went to pick it up. I saw a piece of trash, so I went to pick it up. But it blew away up in the air. I keep my earth clean, so I ran and ran and ran. I keep my earth clean, so I ran and ran and ran. I keep my earth clean, so I ran and ran and ran. I threw that trash in the garbage can.

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.

Every Child Ready to Read® is a project of the Association for Library Service to Children and the Public Library Association, divisions of the American Library Association.

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Updated 11/19