Gotta Move: Trees

Baby Programs : Letters, Shapes, and Print Awareness

For the sitters, I used large, soft, magnetic letters to introduce "B-A-B-Y" and felt shapes to do the feltboard house. They were captivated by how I used my voice and moved the letters and pieces. For example, during the feltboard house, I modified the rhyme a bit to repeat the names of the shapes and allow me to let each child have an up close view of the shape: "Start with a square, a square, a square, a square, a square, a square right there!"



For the older babes, I had a soft, toy fire truck with the word "fire truck" stitched into the side. I went around to each child and pointed to the word. While reading My Car, I also went around the half circle, pointing to the word "gas" written in the illustrations.

P is for Pie and Pizza for Toddlers and Preschoolers (Letter Knowledge)

Ugly Pie Magnetic Board Pieces

Art without a citation is from Microsoft Clipart.

Gotta Move: Everybody's Jumping (Vocabulary)

Again, I put an activity on the back of the handout.  It is a "finish the drawing" activity that has a picture of a dog, and the prompt says, "What is Andy doing? Draw his surroundings." 

The "Find the Letter" ball is one I picked up at Dollar General.  It has alphabet letters and first sound icons (e.g. the letter D is pictured with a dog) printed all over the surface, in no particular order.



As always, if the embedded image does not load, you can find the pdf under "Youth Services Programs and Resources" --> "Music, Movement, and Early Literacy Programs" at http://librarieslearnlead.blogspot.com/ .

Preschoolers: L is for Lion and Lamb

If the embedded programming handout does not display below, visit the upper right hand corner of this blog: http://librarieslearnlead.blogspot.com/. Under "Youth Services Programs and Resources," choose "Preschool, ages 4 and 5." Then choose "(2011 3) L is for Lion and Lamb (Letter Knowledge)."

Toddler Program: B is for Birthday (Letter Knowledge)

If the embedded image below does not display, visit the upper right hand corner of this blog. Under "Youth Services Programs and Resources," choose "Toddler, ages 2 and 3." Then choose "(2011 3) B is for Birthday."




Below are the letter B b images I passed out before telling Don't Spill the Beans.  As I read, I called up certain letter Bb's by color and size, using the changing font of the text as a reminder.  (They are available in the "Graphics" folder.)

Gotta Move: Letter B (bells, bears, and ...)

Here's my newest outline for a music and movement program that addresses the six early literacy skills:



(If the image above does not load, go to "Youth Services Programs and Resources" ---> "Music and Movement Programs" --> "(2010 12 16) Letter B.")


Before "The North Wind Doth Blow," I will pass out the following pieces to the children:



(If the image above does not load, go to "Youth Services Programs and Resources" --> "Graphics" --> "North Wind Doth Blow (pieces).")

As I point to the words on the poster (that I got from enchantedlearning.com), I'll ask the child with the next word/image to come up and place it on the sticky board.