Farms Storytimes - Week of June 13, 2011

This week at storytime we talked about farms!

Our Toddler Storytime Lineup included:
Song - Fingerpopping from Preschool Aerobic Fun
Introduction to the letter 'G' for goat
Puppets Guessing Game - from the book Spots, Feathers, and Curly Tails by Nancy Tafuri
Book - Farmyard Beat by Lindsey Craig
Action Rhyme - This Is the Way We do our Chores...
Song - Walking Old Joe from Songs for Wiggleworms
Book -Clip Clop by Nicola Smee
Flannel- Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Book - Maisy on the Farm by Lucy Cousins

Our Preschool Storytime Lineup included:

Song - The Wheels on the Bus from Sing Along with Bob #2 by Bob McGrath
Introduction to the letter 'G' for goat
Puppets Guessing Game - from the book Spots, Feathers, and Curly Tails by Nancy Tafuri
Book -Stuck in the Mud by Jane Clarke
Flannel- Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Song - Walking Old Joe from Songs for Wiggleworms
Book -Cow Loves Cookies by Karma Wilson
Action Rhyme - This Is the Way We do our Chores...
Book - Farmyard Beat by Lindsey Craig

Rhymes
This is the Way We Do Our Chores

(to the tune of 'Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush)
This is the way we milk the cow,
Milk the cow, milk the cow.
This is the way we milk the cow,
So early in the morning!


...brush the horse
...pick up eggs
...drive the tractor


Ready to Read Skill: Sounds (Phonological Awareness)

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, and singing songs. Emphasizing the rhyming words in books, like we did with Farmyard Beat, Clip Clop, Stuck in the Mud and The Cow Loves Cookies. Doing motions with the rhymes also helps your child break the words into smaller parts, and singing songs is another great way to work on this skill while having fun!