Toddler Time

We started our day with a little play time but then cozied up to the table with our adult to work with numbers.  We put little candy pumpkins on each dot on a number. Then we counted the pumpkins and wrote the number on a bag of gel with our pointer finger. We did this with several different numbers before moving over to the rug for some Halloween fingerplays. 

"J" and Papa worked very well together! 







"R" and his mom put many puzzles together using shapes, during their play time.






Halloween Fingerplays
1. Haunted House: (to the tune of The Wheels on the Bus)
The ghost is in the house goes,
Boo, boo, boo,
Boo, boo, boo
Boo, boo, boo!
The ghost is in the house goes,
Boo, boo, boo!
On Halloween
2. Halloween: (sung to the tune of Mary Had a Little Lamb)
Halloween is coming soon,
coming soon, coming soon.
Halloween is coming soon!
Boo! Boo! Boo!

We identified the letters B and O. We also took turns finding the repeated word, BOO!

Happy Halloween!

Don't forget to stop at the library for the haunted house 

or the cookie decorating!

Coming in November.....Dinovember!!!

Stop in the library to see what mischief the dinosaurs have

 been up to!

Join us every Tuesday at 4p.m.

for a dinosaur related activity!

ALL AGES ARE WELCOME!

Preschool Pages

Halloween is in the air and only a few days away!  My two friends and I read the book, Pete the Cat and the Five Little Pumpkins.

After reading it we manipulated the story with our flannel board props.  We counted the pumpkins and used the words, "first, second, third, fourth and fifth".    

Then along with their grandmas, "B" and "J" colored, cut and glued their own gate and pumpkins along with the poem.  This way they can practice the story/poem at home.

 

 
 

I still had a truck book from last week that I knew the boys would enjoy.  We read the book, My Truck is Stuck!  "B" surprised me when I asked him what was happening to the bones in the truck.  He started turning the pages backwards to find the answer! Way to go "B"!  Looking back in a book is a great reading strategy!  "J" kept us wondering with his predictions!  He was on target so many times!  Our older friend, Bob stopped in to listen to the story! We always enjoy it when he stops by!

Happy Halloween!

Don't forget to stop at the library for the haunted house 

or the cookie decorating!

Coming in November.....Dinovember!!!

Stop in the library to see what mischief the dinosaurs have been up to!

Join us every Tuesday at 4p.m.

for a dinosaur related activity!

ALL AGES ARE WELCOME!

Toddler Time 

Count With Me was our theme today!

Two of my little library friends came to count with me today! 

Thanks "J" and "R"! I had a great time with you!

We started our day with the story Ten Little Puppies. The puppies in this book leave the group one-by-one. This gave us the practice of counting back from 10-1.  We also pointed out the letter and
 Tt and did a lot of counting.

 Next we recited the rhyme One, Two, Buckle My Shoe!   Then we sang the song, There Were Five in the Bed.  We did this one a couple of times while we moved and marched around in a circle.

My friends took turns matching the numbers in our book to the ones I wrote on the whiteboard. Once they found the matching number they circled it and we practiced saying the name of the number and thinking about what our mouth does at the beginning of each word. (ie: our teeth are together when we say 'Nine').  "R" loved taking his turn circling the numbers and was quite accurate for his matching!  "J" is great at seeing the sticks and curves/circles in numbers and letters!

 

Our activity was making number cards. Each child worked with their adult to put the number of stickers on the corresponding number. 

I shared with the adults the importance of the spacing of the dots so that the child could easily see where each dot was to aid in accurate counting.

  I also shared how to help their child use their "pointer" finger to one -to -one match when counting.  This is a skill they will use in reading and math.    

We ended with the book One Spotted Giraffe.  Both boys LOVE coming up and opening the flaps in our books. They are working on taking turns and are very respectful of each other.  We got to do more counting as we read as well as practicing how we say each number.

Preschool Pages

Trucks and vehicles was our theme today!  One friend joined me ("J"), but "B" was home sick!  Feel better "B"!

 

 Our first story was Chuck's Truck.

This is a great rhyming book!  We had fun rhyming, locating the Tt's in the words and predicting what would happen to Chuck's truck once all of the animals got in!  "J" predicted the truck would 'break down" and he was right!

Letter Tt was our focus letter and sound.  We felt how our tongue taps behind our teeth trying to get out when we say the name and the sound of the letter.  We pointed out that the letter T is made with sticks, no circles.  "J" was great at explaining that to me!


Our art activity today was making a truck with simple shapes.  We used squares, rectangles and circles.  We painted our  glue on with Q-tips to work on our fine motor skills and to avoid big globs from squeezing the glue bottle.  We even made a capital and lowercase Tt on our trucks!   

We ended our time with  Can You See What I See? It's a great "I Spy" type book  for  little ones.  We worked on naming each vehicle we searched for and made sure to say each syllable as best we could (am-bu-lance, fire-truck).