I do Tiny Tot Story Time twice a month at the local library. If you have the time, go to your local library and volunteer to do story time. It's awesome! It's a lot of work but so rewarding! I focus my story time for the little kids--baby to preschool. We sing songs, read a couple of books, and do a craft. And we have so much fun!! Here is links to all of my story time material. Please feel free to use this material for your own personal use as you would like. You can use these ideas for a story time or at home with your kids.
September:
Down on the Farm
October:
Autumn Time
Halloween
November:
Thanksgiving
December:
Winter Fun
January:
Cool Animals
February:
Valentine's Day
Teddy Bears
March:
Splish Splash Fun
Easter Bunny Hop
April:
Cats and Dogs
May:
Mother's Day
Bugs
Showing posts with label Literacy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Literacy. Show all posts
Friday, May 20, 2016
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
October Week 5
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Month: October
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Week 5
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Gentlemen Training:
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Taking your turn to talk
Read My Mouth is a Volcano by
Julia Cook.
Talk about appropriate ways to interrupt when someone is talking and
how it is polite to wait your turn to talk when someone else is talking. Go over
the steps to appropriately interrupt a conversation found at: http://www.toddlerapproved.com/2012/05/my-mouth-is-volcano-and-other-tips-and.html
Do some practice scenarios, including when two adults are talking and
when you are talking on the phone. Also, go over what counts as an emergency.
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Day One
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Literacy:
Sing the Alphabet Song.
The letter this week is I. Practice tracing the letter with our finger,
saying the letter, and saying the sound. Trace a capital letter I using a
Halloween bag of goo from:
Read a skeleton book:
Skeleton Hiccups—Margery Cuyler
Dem Bones—Bob Barner
There’s something…riddles from:
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Math:
Spooky eyes dice game from: http://preparednotscared.blogspot.com/2010/10/spooky-eyes-dice-game.html
Do the number tracing activity from: http://www.miss-kindergarten.com/2011/09/number-recognition-practice.html
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Snack
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Science/Social Studies:
Body Parts: Talk about how we all have bones that hold us together. All
of our bones connected together make what’s called our skeleton. Go over
basic body parts with some songs.
Watch the Skeleton Dance and do the worksheets
along with it.
The witch has an Itch (tune: Farmer in the
Dell)
The witch has an itch, The witch has an itch.
Oh where, oh where, oh where does the witch have an itch?
On her tiny little ____, her tiny little ____,
The witch has an itch on her tiny little _____.
(Children fill in body parts like toe, nose, etc.)
Hinges
I'm all made of hinges, 'cause ev'rything bends
From the top of my neck way down to my ends.
I'm hinges in front, and I'm hinges in back;
But I have to be hinges, or else I would crack!
Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes
Head, shoulders, knees, and toes,
Knees and toes, knees, and toes.
Head, shoulders, knees, and toes,
Eyes, ears, mouth, and nose.
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Art:
Make Q-tip skeleton or X-ray from:
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Movement:
Who Has The Bone? (From:
http://supersimplelearning.com/songs/themes-series/halloween/the-skeleton-dance/
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For this game, you will need a plastic bone. A picture of a bone is fine, too. Have everyone sit in a circle. One player is the skeleton and stands in the middle of the circle, covering his eyes. Play "The Skeleton Dance" song. The seated players pass the bone around the circle until the music stops. All of the seated players put their hands behind their backs. When the teacher says, "Okay!" the skeleton opens his eyes and tries to guess who is holding the bone. He can ask, "Do you have the bone?" Seated students reply either, "No, I don't. Try again!" or, "Yes, I do. Here you are!" The player with the bone becomes the next skeleton.
My neighbor also has a bone toss game that I might try to borrow.
Fingerplays and songs:
For This Is Halloween
(tune:10 Little Indians) One little skeleton hopping up and down, One little skeleton hopping up and down, One little skeleton hopping up and down, For this is Halloween.
Two little children playing trick or treat…
Three little pumpkins standing in a row… Four little goblins running all around… Five little witches flying through the air…
Skeleton Parade
The skeletons are out tonight They march about the street With bony bodies, bony heads And bony hands and feet. Bony bony bony bones With nothing in between Up and down and all around They march on Halloween. |
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Day Two
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Literacy:
Sing the Alphabet Song.
Today’s letter is i. Make an “ice monster” out of a tissue box. Have
kids feed the ice monster things that start with I. Print out pictures and
dig out some toys of things that start with I.
Read a Halloween story:
The Spooky Wheels on the Bus—J. Elizabeth Mills
Mouse’s First Halloween—Lauren Thompson
Over in the Hollow—Rebecca Dickinson
Write a spooky story together by drawing out cards from a pumpkin to
fill in the blanks or just asking the kids to fill in the blanks.
Once upon spooky night there was a _____________________. His name was
________________. He was very scared of _________________________. Now this was a very special night because
it was Halloween. [Character] decided to go trick-or-treating even though he
was so scared of [fear]. He just hoped he wouldn’t run into one. Slowly and carefully,
he stepped out of his house. Slowly and carefully, he opened his gate. Slowly
and carefully, he stepped onto the sidewalk. Aaaaaaugghhhh! He ran into a
_____________________. But it was not a [fear], so he wasn’t afraid. He said,
“Happy Halloween!” and continued on his way. Slowly and carefully, he walked
to the first house on the street. Slowly and carefully, he knocked on the
door. Creeeeeeaaakkk. The door opened and there stood a
__________________________. But it was not a [fear], so [character] wasn’t
afraid. He said, “Trick-or-Treat” and then thanked the [ ] for his candy.
Slowly and carefully, he walked toward the next house. He was almost there
when a ____________________ jumped out at him from behind a tree.
Aaaaauggghhhhh! [Character] jumped and began to run away. He wasn’t looking
where he was running and tripped over a rock and fell down. His candy spilled
all over the sidewalk and his knee hurt from falling down. [Character] began
to cry. Suddenly a hand appeared to help him up. [Character] took the hand
and stood up. He turned to thank the person who helped him only to discover
it was [fear]. The [fear] smiled at him and said, “Are you okay?” [Character]
gulped. The [fear] didn’t seem so scary anymore…actually, he seemed kind of
nice. [Character] smiled and said, “Thank you for your help. Would you like
to go trick-or-treating with me?” The new friends then went trick-or-treating
together and had a very happy Halloween.
We could draw pictures to go along with the story after we tell the
story together.
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Math:
Candy Corn Math
Counting teeth (Counting 1-20) from: http://learningandteachingwithpreschoolers.blogspot.com/2012/10/freeky-friday-freebie-blog-hop.html
Candy corn math puzzles (matching dots and numbers) from:
Candy corn math printables:
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Snack
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Science/Social studies:
Erupting Monsters from: http://www.growingajeweledrose.com/2012/09/erupting-monsters.html
Before doing the activity, ask questions and have kids make
predictions, such as what do you think will happen when we add this?
Spooktacular Smorgasboard of Simple Science & Sensory Ideas for
Halloween (lots of great ideas!): http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2012/10/spooktacular-smorgasboard-of-simple.html
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Art:
Do the Monster Eyes Activity from:
Possibly do the Halloween Footprint Bunting or Halloween spook banner
from:
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Movement/Music:
Talk about what a beat is in music. Practice clapping a beat and then
drumming a simple beat.
Songs and Rhymes:
In The
Graveyard
(Tune: Clementine) In the graveyard, In the graveyard, When the moon Begins to shine There’s a doctor Crazy doctor And his monster, Frankenstein.
Oh, my
monster,
Oh, my monster, Oh, my monster, Frankenstein You are very, Very scary Don’t come near me Frankenstein.
Creepy Crawly Monster (Itsy Bitsy Spider)
A creepy, crawly monster
Is coming straight at me.
Closer and closer,
He climbs upon my knee.
Up to my shoulder the monster’s much too near,
“Happy Halloween,” he whispers in my ear.
Halloween, Halloween (Jingle Bells)
Halloween, Halloween,
Halloween is here.
Ghosts and goblins,
Spooks and bats,
Are flying through the air. Boo!
(Repeat)
The Monsters are So Loud (When Johnny Comes Marching Home)
The monsters stomp around the house,
Boom! Boom!
Boom! Boom!
The monsters stomp around the house,
Boom! Boom!
Boom! Boom!
The monsters stomp around the house,
Their mothers and fathers send them out
And they stomp some more outside…around the house.
Second verse: The monsters yell around the house,
Eeeeeeeeh! Eeeeeeeh!
Five Little Monsters (play like This Little Piggie)
This little monster has a big red nose.
This little monster has purple toes.
This little monster plays all night.
This little monster is such a fright.
And this little monster goes:
“Tee-hee-hee, I’m not scary, I’m just silly me!”
I’m a Monster (Allouette)
I’m a monster,
I’m a big, big monster.
I’m a monster, this is what I say…
Roar!
I’m a monster,
I’m a big, big monster.
I’m a monster, this is what I do…
Tickle!
Here’s a link for some fun Halloween games:
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Letter of the week + Books
I started out this year focusing on a letter a week and reading a book that focused on something that started with that letter. Here's a list of the letters and books that we did:
A-Hey, Little Ant by Phillip Hoose
B-The Berenstein's B Book
C-The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
D-Dinosaur Roar by Jack Tickle
E-Elmer by David McKee
F-Welcome Fall by Jill Ackerman, Awesome Autumn by Bruce Goldstone, and Leaf Man by Lois Elhert
G-Goodnight, Gorilla by Peggy Rathman
H-All the Pretty Little Horses by Saport, Clarence Goes Out West and Meets a Purple Horse by Adams, and Horse by Malachy Doyle
I-An Island Grows by Schaefer
J-Jamberry by Bruce Degan
K-Kite Day: A Bear and Mole Story by Hillenbrand
L-Love Bugs by David A. Carter
M-Henry's Map by David Elliot
N-Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola
O-Gentle Giant Octopus by Karen Wallace, My Very Own Octopus by Bernard Most, Octopus's Garden by Ringo Starr, and Octopus Alone by Divya Srinivasan
P-Three Hens and a Peacock by Lester L. Laminack, Bees, Snails, & Peacock Tails by Betsy Franco, and Colorful Peacocks by Deborah Underwood
You might notice that we didn't make it all the way to the end of the alphabet. We fizzled out during the summer and then got distracted by other ideas for the Fall. Sorry! But, in an effort, to redeem myself, here's a link to No Time for Flashcards. They also did this same thing, but THEY made it to the END of the alphabet!
Here's the wonderful link: http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2014/04/letter-of-the-week-books.html
Enjoy!
A-Hey, Little Ant by Phillip Hoose
B-The Berenstein's B Book
C-The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
D-Dinosaur Roar by Jack Tickle
E-Elmer by David McKee
F-Welcome Fall by Jill Ackerman, Awesome Autumn by Bruce Goldstone, and Leaf Man by Lois Elhert
G-Goodnight, Gorilla by Peggy Rathman
H-All the Pretty Little Horses by Saport, Clarence Goes Out West and Meets a Purple Horse by Adams, and Horse by Malachy Doyle
I-An Island Grows by Schaefer
J-Jamberry by Bruce Degan
K-Kite Day: A Bear and Mole Story by Hillenbrand
L-Love Bugs by David A. Carter
M-Henry's Map by David Elliot
N-Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola
O-Gentle Giant Octopus by Karen Wallace, My Very Own Octopus by Bernard Most, Octopus's Garden by Ringo Starr, and Octopus Alone by Divya Srinivasan
P-Three Hens and a Peacock by Lester L. Laminack, Bees, Snails, & Peacock Tails by Betsy Franco, and Colorful Peacocks by Deborah Underwood
You might notice that we didn't make it all the way to the end of the alphabet. We fizzled out during the summer and then got distracted by other ideas for the Fall. Sorry! But, in an effort, to redeem myself, here's a link to No Time for Flashcards. They also did this same thing, but THEY made it to the END of the alphabet!
Here's the wonderful link: http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2014/04/letter-of-the-week-books.html
Enjoy!
Saturday, August 9, 2014
October Week 4
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Month: October
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Week 4
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Gentlemen Training:
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What to do when you’re afraid
Read Tell Me a Scary Story but
Not Too Scary by Carl Reiner and The
Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda D. Williams.
Use the activity from: http://www.toddlerapproved.com/2011/10/book-of-week-little-old-lady-who-wasnt.html
to tell the story of the Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything.
Talk about things that might scare us and that everyone is scared of
something. Talk about how some things like monsters, ghosts, witches, etc.
are just play and aren’t real. Discuss things we can do when we’re afraid or
have a bad dream: sing a happy song, count to 10, take deep breaths, imagine
something funny, talk about it, etc.
Talk about how in the first book we read, the boy was scared but how it
ended up being silly. Talk about how the little old lady reacted to things in
the second story.
Watch the video Go Away Big Green Monster from Super Simple Songs: http://youtu.be/4coi65CT1G4
Here’s an activity idea from: http://supersimplelearning.com/songs/original-series/one/go-away/
Print the flashcards for monster, vampire, witch, and ghost. Give the
children soft fluffy balls or something they can throw at the cards. On each,
"Go away!" they can throw one at the appropriate card. At the end
of that verse, take that card away and go on to the next verse.
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Day One
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Literacy:
Sing the Alphabet Song.
The letter this week is H. Practice tracing the letter with our finger,
saying the letter, and saying the sound. Trace a capital letter H using a
Halloween bag of goo from:
Read a witch book:
Wobble, the Witch Cat—Mary Calhoun
Room on the Broom—Julia Donaldson
Read the poem On Halloween Night with visuals from:
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Math:
Print out the 13 days of Halloween pictures from: http://www.oopseydaisyblog.com/2011/10/the-13-nights-of-halloween.html
Hide the pictures around the house and have the kids look for them.
Once we have all of the pictures, sing the song together.
Sorting and Matching—Do the witch’s buttons from: http://www.oopseydaisyblog.com/2010/10/h-is-for-halloween-packet.html
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Snack
We could make Witch’s Stew from: http://www.oopseydaisyblog.com/2010/10/h-is-for-halloween-packet.html
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Science/Social Studies:
Experiment and play with different sensory things. Focus on the senses
and describing textures (soft, hard, gooey, dry, etc.)
Here are some great ideas for sensory activities:
I think we’ll play with goo and cloud dough.
We could also play with play dough and put objects in the play dough
(such as plastic spiders, eyes, etc.) and see if the kids can guess what it
is by just touching it.
Here’s a play dough resource:
Have the kids make up a witch recipe for a witch soup. Be creative and
gross using ingredients such as bat toe nails, etc.
Have your kiddos make a Book of Brews by coming up with unique witch
spells and writing the ingredients and directions. Another variation of this
book would be to have your kids write different recipes such as Spider
Stew, Bat Burgers, and French Fried Frogs.
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Art:
Make a paper bag witch puppet from:
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Movement:
Songs and fingerplays from: http://thehometeacher.org/2011/09/witches-13-days-of-halloween-ideas.html
If I was a Witch
If I was a witch I would climb
on my broom
And fly away with a zoom zoom
zoom
(Show the children walking
fingers and say this is your witch. Next show the children their pointer
finger and say this is a broom. Then have them put their witch on their broom
and make her fly)
Three Wee Witchies
Not last night, but the night
before
(Shake head, gesture with hand
over shoulder to show the day before)
Three wee witchies came knocking
at my door
(Show three fingers, knock on
floor)
One played the fiddle
(Play an imaginary fiddle)
One played the drum
(Play an imaginary drum)
And one had a pancake
stuck to her bum!
The Witch Rides Tonight
(Game: tune:Farmer in the Dell)
The witch rides tonight
The witch rides tonight
Heigh-ho, it’s Halloween
The witch rides tonight!
The witch takes a cat…
The cat takes a bat…
The bat takes a spider…
The spider takes a goblin…
The goblin takes a skeleton…
The skeleton takes a
ghost…
The ghost scares them all…
Five Little Witches
Five little witches standing by
the door. (hold up five fingers)
One flew out and then there were
four. (Flying motion with hand)
Four little witches standing by
a tree. (four fingers)
One went to pick a pumpkin and
then there were three. (picking motion with three fingers)
Three little witches stirring
their brew.(stir)
One fell in and then there were
two. (two fingers)
Two little witches went for a
run. (run with fingers)
One got lost and then there was
one. (one finger)
One little witch, yes, only one.
(one finger)
She cast a spell and now there
are none.(make motions as if to cast spell and then put hands in lap)
Old Mother Witch
Old Mother Witch is coming to
town
Coming to town, coming to town
Old Mother Witch is coming to
town
So early in the morning.
This is the way she rides her
broom…
This is the way she wears her
hat…
This is the way she stirs her
brew…
This is the way she pets her
black cat…
This is where she has her wart…
This is how she scares you BOO…
Old Mother Witch is going away…
Three Little Witches
One little, two little, three little witches. (Hold up 1,2,3 fingers) Fly over haystacks, fly over ditches. (Make flying motion with hands) Fly over moonbeams without any hitches. (Make flying motion with opposite hand.) Hey, Ho, Halloween Night! (Clap) One little, two little, three little witches. (Hold up 1,2,3 fingers) Fly over barb wire and tore there britches. (Make flying motion with one hand, then turn and show your “torn britches”) Had to go home and get some stitches. (Pretend to sew) Hey, Ho, Halloween Night! (Clap)
The witch has an Itch (tune: Farmer in
the Dell)
The witch has an itch, The witch has an itch.
Oh where, oh where, oh where does the witch have an itch?
On her tiny little ____, her tiny little ____,
The witch has an itch on her tiny little _____.
(Children fill in body parts like toe, nose,
etc.)
Play witch hockey with brooms and a ball. The Dollar Store sometimes
has little brooms that would be perfect for little kids.
Another game idea from: http://www.oopseydaisyblog.com/2010/10/h-is-for-halloween-packet.html
Pass the Witch’s Broomstick
Have children stand in circle. Pass the broomstick from one child to
the next. This game is like hot potato. When the music stops, the child
holding the witch’s broomstick stands in the center of the circle (witch’s
cauldron).
Sing to the tune of ‘If You’re Happy and You Know It’
Pass the witch’s broomstick round the circle here.
While you hear the music playing, do not fear.
But if the music stops or if the broomstick drops,
You will ride the broomstick while the goblins cheer. Hee-hee-hee!
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Day Two
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Literacy:
Sing the Alphabet Song.
Today’s letter is h. Trace a small h in our bags of goo. Think of
Halloween sounds with the letter h: hoooo, hee, hahaha.
Read: There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat—Lucille Colandro
Look at the sequencing in the story. See if the kids can remember what
happens next. Make a little old lady with printables and a Ziploc bag and
have the kids feed the little old lady the different things from the story in
the right order.
Resources:
The little old lady could also swallow other things such as letters,
letter sounds, word families, numbers, etc.
Another possible literacy activity from: http://www.teachingheart.net/aspiderunit.html
Positional words
Use an empty spider web and the sentence frame, "The spider is _____ the web." Use 5 different pages like this. On each, place a spider somewhere on the page, and then fill in the blank accordingly. Examples: inside, above, under, on, and beside |
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Math:
Spider Math Game from:
Spider Legs Game from:
Some other great math activities can be found at:
Spider unit printable: http://ateachingmommy.com/2011/10/spiders-expanded/
Spider math mats (put the correct # of spider on the web): http://kinderkorner.com/pics10.html
Clothespin spiders (you do numbers, colors, letters, or any kind of
matching): http://abbypediatricot.blogspot.com/2011/10/clothespin-spiders.html
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Snack
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Science/Social studies:
Read a non-fiction book about spiders.
Some ideas for books:
National Geographic Readers:
Spiders—Laura Marsh
About Arachnids: A Guide for
Children—Cathryn Sill
Spiders Have Fangs: And other
amazing facts about arachnids—Claire Llewellyn
Spinning Spiders—Melvin Berger
Make a small fact book about spiders.
Here’s some facts from: http://www.teachingheart.net/aspiderunit.html
Facts About Spiders
*Spiders are not insects.
*Spiders' babies come from eggs. *Most spiders have either six or eight eyes. *Not all spiders spin webs. *There are more than 30,000 species of spiders. *Spiders eat many types of harmful insects, helping to keep your garden free of pests. *All spiders have fangs, though which venom is ejected. Spider bites can be painful and sometimes fatal. *Not all spiders spin webs.
We could also add information about bats and talk about nocturnal
creatures.
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Art:
There’s so many ideas for spider or bat art projects! I think we will
combine a bunch of these and see what happens!
Handprint spider on a string: http://funhandprintartblog.com/category/halloween
Handprint spider on paperplate spider web: http://funhandprintartblog.com/2011/10/handprint-spider-watercolor-resist-paper-plate-web.html
Handprint spider on lacing card web:
Paper plate spiders: http://www.mypreschool-crafts.com/fall.html
Paper plate bat
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Movement/Music:
Songs and fingerplays about bats and spiders:
The Itsy Bitsy Spider
The itsy bitsy spider went 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 went up the spout again.
Visuals for this song can be found at: http://www.oopseydaisyblog.com/2010/10/h-is-for-halloween-packet.html
Busy Spider (Tune: This Old Man)
Busy spider, he made one Great big web on a drum, With a spin, spin
spin ‘Round and ‘round he goes. He puts on, quite a show.
Busy spider, he made two Great big webs on some shoes. With a spin,
spin, spin
“round and ‘round he goes.
He puts on, quite a show.
Busy spider, he made three Great big webs on a tree. With a spin, spin,
spin, ‘Round and ‘round he goes. He puts on quite a show.
Busy spider, he made four Great big webs on the door. With a spin,
spin, spin,
‘Round and ‘round he goes. When he sleeps, no one knows!
Fly Like Bats (Tune: Frere Jacques)
Fly like bats, fly like bats,
All around, all around
They can go up and
down They can fly without a sound Fly like bats, fly like bats.
Use the movement cards from http://www.oopseydaisyblog.com/2010/10/h-is-for-halloween-packet.html
to play a Halloween moving game.
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