Dear Parents and Caregivers: Our Toddler and Preschool
storytimes celebrate the diversity of people, places, and more
through books, fingerplays, and other materials. Please continue
helping your child develop a love for the world around them and a
love for books and reading by sharing these rhymes, books, and
other activities with your child. To learn more about our Storytime
Values, please see
https://read.poudrelibraries.org/kids/storytime.cfm.
Books to Share
If The Dinosaurs Came Back by Bernard Most
Here Are My Hands by Bill Martin Jr.
What Will Hatch by Jennifer Ward
Anything by Dianna Aston
A Seed is Sleepy by Dianna Aston
What Do Wheels Do All Day? by April Prince
Sometimes I Forget You're a Robot by Sam Brown
I Love Tools! by Philemon Sturges
Fix It, Sam by Lori Ries
Three Lost Seeds by Stephie Morton
My Truck Is Stuck! by Kevin Lewis
1, 2, 3 to the Zoo Eric Carle
Go, shapes, go! by Denise Fleming
A Pig is Big by Douglas Florian
Iggy Peck, Architect by Andrea Beatty
The Three Little Pigs by Mei Matsuoka
Oscar and the Cricket by Geoff Waring
I Fall Down by Vicki Cobb
Fun with Fingerplays and Songs
Shadows See my shadow, see my shadow Move this way, move that
way. See it do what I do, see it do what I do, It follows me, it
follows me.
I see shadows, I see shadows, On the wall, On the wall. Some are
short and scary, Some are short and scary, Some are tall, Some are
tall.
The Water Cycle (sing 2x) The water cycle – it goes around and
round The water cycle – keeps going up and down The water cycle –
it goes around and round, It goes around and round and round Water
Can Be All Three Three states of matter are surrounding me, As
solid, liquid, and gas, you see, And water can be all three (ice,
water, air!) Water can be all three. Muscles, Bones and Skin Inside
outside upside down. Muscles and bones with skin all around. What
keeps our body safe and sound? Muscles and bones with skin all
around!
https://read.poudrelibraries.org/kids/storytime.cfm
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Council Tree Library 2733 Council Tree Avenue
Harmony Library 4616 South Shields
A joint-use facility of
Front Range Community College and Poudre River Public Library
District
www.PoudreLibraries.org 221.6740 Reasonable accommodations will
be made for access to programs for
people with disabilities. Please call 221.6740 for
assistance.
Updated 9/13
Other Fun Things
Rock Garden Gather one rock from each family outdoor adventures
and then keep a journal with a little story attached to that
specific rock. Build your own “Family Adventure Rock Garden” and
put it in a prominent place in your yard. Include “pet” rocks they
have painted.
Wash, Wash, Wash Your Hands
Wash, wash, wash, your hands
Play our handy game
Rub and scrub, scrub and rub
Germs go down the drain HEY!
Wash, wash, wash, your hands
Play our handy game
Rub and scrub, scrub and rub
Germs go down the drain HEY!
Everybody Touch Your Head Everybody touch your head Now touch
your toes Everybody touch your legs Now touch your tummy Roll your
arms up And roll your arms down Roll your arms up And shake them
all around 2) eyes-lips-shoulders-knees 3) hips-back-neck-ears 4)
teeth-hands-tongue- elbows 5) cheeks-chest-chin-ankles .
Planet Song - Sung to “Ants Go Marching “ The Planets revolve
around the sun...hurrah, hurrah The Planets revolve around the
sun...hurrah, hurrah The Planets revolve around the sun, they spin
on their axis everyone And they all go spinning...around and around
they go Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars...hurrah, hurrah Mercury,
Venus, Earth and Mars...hurrah, hurrah Mercury, Venus, Earth and
Mars all whirling and twirling among the stars And they all go
spinning, around, and around they go.
Every Child Ready to Read @ Your Library® Learning to read
begins before your child starts school. Help your children develop
early literacy skills now; this makes it easier for children to
learn to read once they begin school. Five of the best ways to help
your child get ready to read are:
If you would like more information, please ask the staff in the
children’s area.
Every Child Ready to Read® is a project of the Association for
Library Service to Children and the Public Library Association,
divisions of the Ameri-can Library Association.
Talking Singing Reading
Writing Playing
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Go on a nature hike and gather objects such as sticks, rocks,
feathers, seeds, and then fill a small bucket with water. Let your
child place the items in the water and do their own science
experiment.