Dear Parents: Today we used some of these books, fingerplays, and other materials in our toddler and preschool storytimes. Please continue helping your child develop a love for books and reading by sharing these rhymes, books, and other activities with your child.

Books To Share

Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late! by Mo Willems

A Giraffe and a Half by Shel Silverstein

Hop! Plop! by Corey Rosen Schwartz & Tali Klein

Chickens to the Rescue by John Himmelman

My Cat, The Silliest Cat in the World by Gilles Bachelet

Joke books of all kinds Dewey Decimal Number—818.602

A Pet for Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold

Amelia Bedelia’s First Library Card by Herman Parish

Boy + Bot by Ame Dyckman

Down By the Bay by Raffi

Silly Tilly by Eileen Spinelli

Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road? by Jon Agee and others

Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw

Silly Sally by Audrey Wood

How This Book Was Made: Based on a True Story by Mac Barnett

Fun With Fingerplays and Songs

Do Your Ears Hang Low? Do your ears hang low? Do they wobble to and fro? Can you tie them in a knot? Can you tie them in a bow? Can you throw them over your shoulder like a regimental soldier? Do your ears hang low? Do your ears stand high? Do they point up to the sky? Do they hang down when they’re wet? Do they stand up when they’re dry? Can you telephone your neighbors with a minimum of labour? Do your ears stand high? Do your ears stand out? Can you wave them all about? Can you point them east and west? Can you point them north and south? Can you eat peanut butter With a flutter, flutter, flutter? Do your ears stand out?

I’m Bouncing I’m bouncing, bouncing, everywhere. (Jump in place.) I bounce and bounce into the air. I’m bouncing, bouncing like a ball. I bounce and bounce, Then down I fall. (Fall down.)

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.

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Updated 8/19

Other Fun Things

Make a Silly Sock Puppet What you’ll need: 1 sock, preferably a white tube sock An assortment of things to decorate it with like: yarn, markers, googly eyes, pieces of felt, fabric paint, etc.

How to make it: Create a face and some silly hair on the foot part of the sock. Stick your hand in and make a mouth. Now you have a silly friend to tell knock-knock jokes with!

Make a Funny Hat/Crown What you’ll need: A long strip (at least 20 in.) of cardboard or poster board dimensions 20” X 3” Decorations for the crown: pipe cleaners, beads, foam, felt, yarn, paint, buttons, feathers, just about anything! Glue Staples and stapler or tape

How to make it: Use the strip to make a headband to fit your child’s head. Staple or tape the headband together. Glue the decorations onto the headband. Make your crown as wild and funny as you can! Wear your crown whenever you’re feeling silly or want to make others laugh!

Shake My Sillies Out I’m gonna shake, shake, shake my sillies out, Shake, shake, shake my sillies out, Shake, shake, shake my sillies out, And wiggle my waggles away! I’m gonna clap, clap, clap my crazies out, Clap, clap, clap my crazies out, Clap, clap, clap my crazies out, And wiggle my waggles away! I’m gonna jump, jump, jump my jiggles out, Jump, jump, jump my jiggles out, Jump, jump, jump my jiggles out, And wiggle my waggles away! I’m gonna yawn, yawn, yawn my sleepies out, Yawn, yawn, yawn my sleepies out, Yawn, yawn, yawn my sleepies out, And wiggle my waggles away! Hooray! Ram Sam Sam A ram sam sam (Hit one fist on top of the other.) A ram sam sam (Hit one fist on top of the other.) Goolie Goolie Goolie (Roll hands.) And a ram sam sam (Hit fists again.) Goolie Goolie Goolie (Roll hands.) And a Ram Sam Sam! (Hit fists again.)

Dance Your Fingers Up Dance your fingers up, Dance your fingers down. Dance your fingers to the side, Dance them all around! Dance them on your shoulders, Dance them on your head. Dance them on your tummy, And put them all to bed!

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 American Library Association.

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