Vol. 18 No.
All Mixed Up!
November 2013
Little Owl Lost by Chris Haughton Hi, Pizza Man! by Virginia Walter Move Over, Rover! by Karen Beaumont Lemons Are Not Red by Laura Vaccaro Seeger Good Thing Youre Not an Octopus! by Julie Markes Have You Seen My New Blue Socks? by Eve Bunting A Friend for Minerva Louise by Janet Morgan Stoeke Lazy Daisy, Cranky Frankie by Mary Ellen Jordan & Andrew Weldon
Nursery Rhyme: Diddle Diddle Dumpling Songs & Fingerplays to Share
CD: All Around the Kitchen Dan Zanes from The Best of the Land of Nod Vol. 1
Very, Very Tall Sock Song Im very, very tall Tune: Hickory Dickory Dock" Hickory Dickory Dock (stand on tiptoes, arms up) Lets put on our socks. Im very, very small The Farmyard We can walk around, without a sound, (stoop) (point to fingers on hand as each animal is When we wear our socks. Sometimes Im tall named) (for additional verses, substitute other action words (tiptoes, arms up) In the farmyard at the end of the day, for walk, such as slide, tiptoe and jump.) Guess what I am now? All the animals politely say, preschoolexpress.com (either stoop or stretch) Thank you for my food today. The cow says, Moo, The pigeon, Coo, The Brown Kangaroo The sheep say, Baa, Mixed Up Owls The brown kangaroo is very funny, The lamb says, Maa, Little baby owls, learning to say who She leaps and runs and hops like a bunny. The hen, Cluck, cluck, cluck, They flapped their wings and then said, [shoe]!
(point to fingers on opposite hand)
Quack, says the duck, The dog, Bow wow, The cat, Meow, The horse, Neigh, The pig grunts, Oink. Then the barn is locked up tight,
(hop)
And on her stomach is a pocket so wide
(put hand on stomach like a pocket) (other hand jumps into pocket)
Momma Owl wailed, No! No! Not [shoe]! Please, oh please, say Who, who, who! Continue with the following:
Her baby can jump in and go for a ride.
glue, blue, stew, moo, true, boo
Mailbox magazine Preschool edition Oct/Nov 08
And the farmer says, Goodnight. Your
(entwine fingers of both hands) (hands together against check)
next visit will be: December _____ Next months theme will be: Wish Upon a Star
More Books to Share:
Silly Tilly by Eileen Spinelli Tweak, Tweak by Eve Bunting Fall Mixed Up by Bob Raczka The Mixed-Up Chameleon by Eric Carle The Cow Who Clucked by Denise Fleming Which is Round? Which is Bigger? by Mineko Mamada Find a Cow NOW! by Janet Stevens & Susan Stevens Crummel Duck, Duck, Goose! A Coyotes on the Loose by Karen Beaumont Cock-A-Doodle MOOO! A Mixed-Up Menagerie by Keith DuQuette
Activity Ideas:
Pick, Pick, Pick: Do you have little ones with restless fingers? Send them to this center! Attach a wide variety of stickers to a sheet of poster board and then place the poster board at a center. A youngster sits and picks at the stickers, eventually removing them from the board. This process is excellent finemotor skill practice, and its soothing! Stick it On!: Attach the hook sides of Velcro fasteners to random blocks in your block center. Provide colorful pom-poms. Youngsters visit the center and build with the blocks. Then they stick pom-poms to the Velcro fasteners. These block constructions look like artsy sculptures and help build spatial skills!
The Mailbox magazine, Preschool edition Oct/Nov 2013
Silly Chefs!: Cut out pictures of foods from a store circular and place them near a bowl, then tell the youngsters you will be a silly chef. Say for example, Silly Chef says to put a bapple in the bowl. After the giggles die down, have a child find a picture with a name that rhymes with bapple (apple) and place it in the bowl. Continue with other silly rhymes!
Book of the Month:
The Values Book: Teaching 16 Basic Values to Young Children
by Pam Schiller & Tamera Bryant PTC J 649.1 S
The Mailbox magazine, Preschool edition Dec/Jan 2013-14
Young children learn best by doing, and that includes learning values. The Values Book is packed with easy activities, projects and ideas to help children learn values and build character, both individually and in groups. Each chapter addresses one of 16 different values, including understanding, patience and tolerance. After defining the value, each chapter begins with questions to help adults clarify what that value means to them. The perfect book to introduce and strengthen the teaching of values in any early childhood classroom or home.
Road to Reading Tip:
FUN WITH SOUNDS: Sing or tell your child nursery rhymes, such as Jack and Jill or Humpty Dumpty. Once your child knows the rhyme, pause and let your child finish the line. (For example, start singing, Jack and Jill went up the ________.
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EARLY LITERACY EXTRA! (BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE) What is John wearing? His britches! What else could he wear? Perhaps his dungarees, trousers, pants, knickers, jeans, or slacks. What other words can you and your child think of?
