Books To Share Fun With Fingerplays and Songs · Ant, Ant, Ant! (An Insect Chant) by April Pulley...
Transcript of Books To Share Fun With Fingerplays and Songs · Ant, Ant, Ant! (An Insect Chant) by April Pulley...
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 Ants Go Marching edited by Ann Owen
Step Gently Out by Helen Frost
What the Ladybug Heard by Julia Donaldson
The Flea’s Sneeze by Lynn Downey
Bugs Galore! by Peter Stein
Centipede’s 100 Shoes by Tony Ross
Ant, Ant, Ant! (An Insect Chant) by April Pulley Sayre
Spider on the Floor by Bill Russell
Backyard Bugs by Jill McDonald
I Love Bugs by Philemon Sturges
Little Miss Spider by David Kirk
Why Mosquitos Buzz in People’s Ears by Verna Aardema
Fun With Fingerplays and Songs
Can You Move with Me? (Tune: “Do Your Ears Hang Low”) Can you wiggle like a worm? Can you squiggle? Can you squirm? Can you flutter? Can you fly Like a gentle butterfly? Can you crawl upon the ground Like a beetle that is round? Can you move with me?
A Bee Is on My Toe (tune: “The Farmer in the Dell”) A bee is on my toe, a bee is on my toe Heigh-ho just watch me blow A bee is on my toe.
Repeat with the following verses: A ladybug is on my hand… A fly is on my knee… A spider is on my arm…
Hunting Bugs A-hunting we will go, A-hunting we will go, We'll catch a (insert any insect here) and put it in a box and then we'll let it go!
Here Is the Beehive Here is the beehive, where are the bees? Hidden away were nobody sees. Watch and you will see them come out of their hive, One, two, three, four, five, Buzz, buzz, buzz.
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
Updated 11/19
Other Fun Things
Bugs on a Log Snack You’ll need: celery cut into 4" lengths peanut butter raisins Directions: Spread peanut butter in celery and arrange raisins on top. You can substitute cream cheese for peanut butter.
Fingerprint Bugs Have child dip thumb in washable paint and print a thumb print on paper. This is the bugs body. With a marker add legs and antennae.
Lady Bug Friend Paint a rock red. Once the red paint has dried, draw a capital T with black paint down the back of the rock and add black spots like a ladybug.
Outdoor Bug Hunt
Give your child a magnifying glass and go on a outdoor bug hunt together. Encourage your child to look at the bugs carefully and tell you what he or she sees.
The Insects Outside (tune: “The Wheels on the Bus”) The fireflies at night go blink, blink, blink Blink, blink, blink, blink, blink, blink The fireflies at night go blink, blink, blink Out in the garden. The bees in the flowers go buzz, buzz, buzz Buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz The bees in the flowers go buzz, buzz, buzz Out in the garden.
Repeat with the following verses: cricket/fields/chirp caterpillars/on the leaves/munch spiders/in the bush/spin their webs worms/in the ground/wiggle and squirm
The Itsy-Bitsy Spider The itsy-bitsy spider Climbed up the water spout. Down came the rain And washed the spider out. Out came the sun And dried up all the rain. And the itsy-bitsy spider Climbed up the spout again.
Caterpillar Little fuzzy caterpillar In your warm cocoon The cold winter's over and you'll be hatching soon. Then you'll spread your wings On a warm summer's day And wave us all goodbye As you fly, fly away.
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