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

Little Cloud by Eric Carle

The Hat by Jan Brett

John Denver’s Sunshine on My Shoulders adapted by Christopher Canyon

Rainy Day! by Patricia Lakin

It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles G. Shaw

Puddle by Richard Jackson

Puddle by Hyewon Yum

Puddle Jumpers by Anne Margaret Lewis

Red Sky at Night by Elly Mackay

If Frogs Made Weather by Marion Dane Bauer

Dinos in the Snow! by Karma Wilson

Who Took the Farmer’s Hat? by Joan L. Nodset

The Wind Blew by Pat Hutchins

Rain! by Linda Ashman

Fun With Fingerplays and Songs

What’s the Weather? (tune: “Oh, My Darling Clementine”) What's the weather, what's the weather. What's the weather, everyone? Is it windy, is it cloudy, Is there rain, or is there sun?

Sunny (tune: “BINGO”) There was a day when it was hot, and sunny was the weather S-U-N-N-Y S-U-N-N-Y S-U-N-N-Y And sunny was the weather.

Other Verses: There was a day when it was wet and rainy was the weather… R-A-I-N-Y… There was a day when it was cold and snowy was the weather… S-N-O-W-Y… There was a day when I got blown and windy was the weather… W-I-N-D-Y…

You Are My Sunshine You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are gray. You’ll never know dear, how much I love you. Please don’t take my sunshine away.

Rain, Rain, Go Away Rain, rain, go away, Come again another day. Rain, rain, go away, All the children want to play.

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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Reasonable accommodations will be made for access to programs for people with disabilities. Please call 221.6740 for assistance.

Updated 8/19

Other Fun Things

Rain Painting Sprinkle drops of food coloring on a paper plate. Hold it in the rain for about a minute. Talk about the designs created by the rain.

Cloud Watching Lie on a blanket outdoors and watch the clouds. Name the different things you see.

Chalk Shadows On a nice sunny day, trace your child’s shadow with chalk. If you do this at different times during the day, you can compare how the shadow changes.

Rainbow Snack Have your child make a delicious, nutritious rainbow salad using fruit: Red strawberries Yellow pineapple Blue blueberries Orange oranges Green apples Purple grapes

It’s Raining, It’s Pouring It’s raining, it’s pouring The old man is snoring. He went to bed and bumped his head, And he couldn’t get up in the morning.

If It’s Windy by Jean Warren (tune: “If You’re Happy And You Know It”) If it’s windy and you know it swing and sway. If it’s windy and you know it swing and sway. If it’s windy and you know it, Then your clothes will surely show it. If it’s windy and you know it, swing and sway.

If it’s sunny and you know it, then go play. If it’s sunny and you know it, then go play. If it’s sunny and you know it, Then your clothes will surely show it. If it’s sunny and you know it, then go play.

If it’s rainy and you know it, splash about. If it’s rainy and you know it, splash about. If it’s rainy and you know it, Then your clothes will surely show it. If it’s rainy and you know it, splash about.

If it’s snowy and you know it, stomp around. If it’s snowy and you know it, stomp around. If it’s snowy and you know it, Then your clothes will surely show it. If it’s snowy and you know it, stomp around.

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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