Tools Storytimes - Week of July 4, 2011

This week at storytime we talked about tools!

Our Toddler Storytime Lineup included:
Song - Fingerpopping from Preschool Aerobic Fun
Introduction to the letter H for Hammer
Tool Belt
Book -Tap Tap Bang Bang by Emma Garcia
Action Rhyme - Pound Pound Pound
Song - Little Red Wagon from Songs for Wiggleworms
Book -Building a House by Byron Barton
Flannel- Old MacDonald Built a House
Book - Tip Tip Dig Dig by Emma Garcia
Song - Happy and You Know It from Songs for Wiggleworms

Our Preschool Storytime Lineup included:

Introduction to the letter H for hammer
Paddington Bear's Tool Belt
Book -Tools by taro Miura
Flannel- Old MacDonald Built a House
Book -I Love Tools by Philemon Sturges
Action Rhyme - Baking Tools
Prop Story - Growing Vegetable Soup from the book by Lois Ehlert


Ready to Read Skill: Words (Vocabulary)
Vocabulary means knowing the names of things. Knowing many words will help your child recognize written words and understand what he or she reads. Some great ways to work on this skill include talking to your child about what is going on around you, speaking clearly and using short sentences, and pointing out pictures in books when you say certain words. All the books we looked at this week that are great for building vocabulary- not only the names of the tools, but also the actions they require.