Tales for Toddlers - October 5

Welcome back to Tales for Toddlers! This fun program is geared towards children 2 and under, though all are welcome to attend. We read stories, sing songs, play with puppets, and just have fun!

We read:

Good Morning Toucan

Good Night, Owl

Fruity Cutie Colors, by Tom Arma

The Bear on the Bed, by Ruth Miller

A New House for Mouse, by Petr Horacek

Our feltboard story was The Three Billy Goats Gruff

We sang:

Spider-Man

ABCs

B-I-N-G-O

Daddy Bought a Motor Car

Twinkle twinkle little star,
Daddy bought a motor car.
Push the button, pull the choke,
Off we go in a puff of smoke!
Twinkle twinkle little star,
Daddy bought a motor car.

I'm a Little Teapot

That's all for this week! See you next time!

6 Weeks of Colour - Butterflies

Our fourth week of colour took flight! We're learning all about butterflies!

Interesting facts about butterflies:

- Butterflies can't hear, but they can feel vibrations
- Butterflies taste with their feet
- Butterflies smell with their antennae
- Female butterflies are usually bigger, and live longer than male butterflies
- Like crabs and lobsters, butterflies have skeletons on the outside of their bodies (exoskeletons)

We read:

Gotta Go! Gotta Go! by Sam Swope

Belinda the Butterfly's Beautiful Colors, by Lynn Morris

Caterpillar Dance, by Will Grace

We read a feltboard story:

The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle

 

 

We sang: 

The Butterfly Song (Tune: "Up on the Housetop") 

First comes a butterfly and lays an eggm

Out comes a caterpillar with many legs,

Oh see the caterpillar spin and spin,

A little chrysalis to sleep in. 

Oh, oh, oh, wait and see, 

Oh, oh, oh, wait and see,

Out of the chrysalis, my oh my,

Out comes a pretty butterfly. 

The Fuzzy Caterpillar (Tune: The Itsy Bitsy Spider) 

The fuzzy caterpillar

Curled upon a leaf,

Spun her little chrysalis,

And then feel asleep.

While she was sleeping,

She dreamed that she could fly,

And later when she woke up,

She was a butterfly! 

Next, we made our craft! 

Materials: 

- coffee filters

- clothespins

- markers

For snack, we had some yummy grapes! See you next week! 

6 Weeks of Colour - Flowers!

Our third week of colour smells fabulous! We're learning all about flowers!

Interesting facts about flowers:

- Roses are related to apples, raspberries, cherries, peaches, plums, nectarines, pears, and almonds.

- The largest flower in the world is the titan arums, which grows flowers 10 feet high and 3 feet wide. It grows in the rainforest of Sumatra, Indonesia, and Malaysia Borneo in Sabah and Sarawak.

- The juice from bluebell flowers can be used to make glue.

- Moon flowers only bloom at night, and close during the day.

We read:

Grow Flower, Grow! by Lisa Bruce

What Does Bunny See? by Maggie Smith

Bamboo & Friends: The Flower's Busy Day, by Felicia Law

Zinnia's Flower Garden, by Monica Wellington

Spring Blossoms, by Carole Gerber

Planting a Rainbow, by Lois Ehlert

Bumblebee, Bumblebee, Do You Know Me? a Garden Guessing Game, by Anne Rockwell

Lola Plants a Garden, by Anna McQuinn

We sang:

The Parts of a Flower (Tune: Head and Shoulders)

Flowers, stem, leaves, and roots,
Leaves and roots,
Leaves and roots.
Flowers, stem, leaves, and roots,
These are the parts of a flower.

Spring Song (Tune: The Farmer in the Dell)

The sun is shining bright,
The sun is shining bright,
Oh how I love the warmth,
The sun is shining bright.

The rain is falling down,
The rain is falling down,
Oh how I love the sound,
The rain is falling down.

The flowers start to bloom,
The flowers start to bloom,
Oh how I love the sight,
The flowers start to bloom.

For our craft, we painted flowers with pom poms and clothespins.

Materials:

- paint
- clothespins
- pom poms/puff balls
- paper

For snack, we had some yummy grapes.

Tales for Toddlers - September 28

Welcome back to Tales for Toddlers! This fun program is geared towards children 2 and under, though all are welcome to attend. We read stories, sing songs, play with puppets, and just have fun!

We read:

Blue Chameleon

Flowers

Polar Bear's Underwear

We sang:

Spiderman

Patty Cake

Patty-cake, patty-cake,
Baker's man,
Bake me a cake as fast as you can!
Roll it, pat it,
And mark it with a "c",
And put it in the oven for Corrie and me!

ABCs

If Your Clothes Have Any Blue

If your clothes have any blue, any blue,
If your clothes have any blue, any blue,
If your clothes have any blue,
Put your finger on your shoe!
If your clothes have any blue, any blue.

If your clothes have any red (put your finger on your head)
If your clothes have any mellow (smile like a happy fellow)
If your clothes have any brown (turn your smile into a frown)
If you clothes have any black (put your hands behind your back)
If your clothes have any white (stomp your feet with all your might)

Old MacDonald Had a Farm (Feltboard Story)

Daddy Bought a Motor Car

Twinkle twinkle little star,
Daddy bought a motor car.
Push the button, pull the choke,
Off we go in a puff of smoke.
Twinkle twinkle little star,
Daddy bought a motor car.

That's all for this week! See you next time!