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

Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing by Judi Barrett

Princess Bess Gets Dressed by Margery Cuyler

The Sheep In Wolf’s Clothing by Helen Lester

Ella Sarah Gets Dressed by Margaret Chodos-Irvine

Froggy Gets Dressed by Jonathan London

Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons by Eric Litwin

Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback

Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear? by Nancy White Carlstrom

Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed by Mo Willems

Ants in My Pants by Wendy Mould

Fancy Nancy by Jane O’Connor

I Like Old Clothes by Mary Ann Hoberman

Fun With Fingerplays and Songs

Pop! On Your Clothes! (tune: “Pop Goes the Weasel”) All around the family room, The mommy/daddy chased the children. The children thought it so much fun. Whoop! ‘Til she/he caught one.

Now get dressed you pokey-poke. All good children know-o, P.J.’s can’t be worn outside. Pop! On your clothes!

Underwear (tune: “Jingle Bells”) Underwear, underwear, We wear underwear! Undershirts and jockey shorts, T-shirts, fancy pants! Underwear, underwear! We wear underwear! No matter what you wear outside, Start first with underwear!

Buttons, Zippers, Snaps, and Bows (tune: “Here We Go ‘Round the Mulberry Bush”) Buttons, zippers, snaps, and bows Snaps and bows, snaps and bows Buttons, zippers, snaps, and bows That’s the way we close our clothes!

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Other Fun Things

Put It On This traditional relay can be adapted for any age group. If the children are very young, you may wish to have them run to a spot and simply put a hat on, take it off, and run back to tag the next person. As the chil-dren get older, more complex articles, involving zip-pers, buttons, etc., can be added.

Mittens Match Cut two mittens out of each of several different colors of felt or fabric. Mix the mittens up and have your child sort them out by colors.

Hats *use around 5 different hats e.g firefighter, cowboy, construction, police, baseball, etc.

What, what can I be when I wear a hat like that? I can be a ____________ when I wear a hat like that!

Clap for Clothes We wear some shoes. (point to shoes) They come in twos. One, two, (point to one shoe, then the other) Clap your hands. (clap two times) We wear a shirt. Brush off the dirt. Brush, brush. One, two. Clap your hands. We wear some pants To do a dance. Dance, dance. Brush, brush. One, two. Clap your hands. We wear some socks To jump on rocks. Jump, jump. Dance, dance. Brush, brush. One, two. Clap your hands. Now we’re all dressed. We look our best! Jump, jump. Dance, dance. Brush, brush. One, two. Clap your hands.

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