Bathtime Storytimes - Week of September 6, 2010

This week at Storytime we talked about bathtime!

Our Toddler Storytime Included:
Song - Fingerpopping from Preschool Aerobic Fun
Introduction - Letter B for Bubbles and Bathtime
Props - Let's Give Baby a Bath
Book - Bubbles, Bubbles by Kathi Appelt
Flannel Story - Rub-a-dub-dub from the book by Jun Takabatake
Song - If You're Happy and You Know It from Songs for Wiggleworms
Book - Bath Day (Puppy and Me) by Julia Noonan
Action Rhyme - This Is the Way We Wash Our Hands
Book - Ten Dirty Pigs/Ten Clean Pigs by Carol Roth
Song - Jumping and Counting from Jim Gill's Irrational Anthem


Our Preschool Storytime included:
Book - Mo's Stinky Sweater by David Bedford
Action Rhyme - This Is the Way We Wash Our Hands
Book - King Bidgood's In the Bathtub by Audrey Wood
Song - I Took a Bath in the Washing Machine from Jim Gill Sings the Sneezing Song
Flannel Story - Rainbow Kittens
Book - Bath Time by Eileen Spinelli



Ready to Read Skill: Phonological Awareness (Sounds)
Phonological Awareness means being able to hear and play with the smaller sounds in words. Working on this skill will help your child sound out words when they start reading. Ways to improve phonological awareness include saying rhymes (like the ones in the books above) and emphasizing the rhyming words. Doing motions with the rhymes also helps your child break the words into smaller parts. Singing songs is another great way to work on this skill while having fun!

Rhymes
This is the Way We Wash Our Hands
(to the tune of Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush)
This is the way we wash our hands*,
Wash our hands, wash our hands.
This is the way we wash our hands
So early in the morning.

*Change the song to wash your hair, back, legs, feet, hands, etc. Have fun!

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