Goodnight Baseball by Michael Dahl
Hit the Ball Duck by Jez Alborough
Additional book suggestions:
Dino Sports series by Lisa Wheeler (Dino-Baseball, Dino-Soccer)
Other suggestions found at: http://storytimepreschooltoddlers.blogspot.com/2009/04/sports-and-games-storytime.html
This is the way...
This is the way we hit the ball,
Hit the ball, hit the ball,
This is the way we hit the ball,
When we play baseball.
This is the way we kick the ball,
Kick the ball, kick the ball,
This is the way we kick the ball,
When we play soccer.
Substitute other sports related actions (ex. Run the bases, throw the ball, swing the bat)
Here is a ball (catching game)
Here is a ball I keep on the shelf.
I can toss it and catch it and bounce it myself. (do actions as indicated)
Here is a ball I toss to you.(throw ball to child)
Please catch it and toss it right back to me too.
(Note: These action related rhymes and songs are great for helping develop your child's large motor skills.)
My favorite fastest shoes (color identification song using cut out shoes)
I was walking along the street one day (march)
With my knees up high, can you walk this way?
But I stepped in something. What should I do?
My favorite, fastest shoes have turned the color blue!
I was hopping along the street one day (hop)
On just one foot, can you hop this way?
But I hopped in something. I'm filled with dread.
My favorite, fastest shoes have turned the color red!
I was twirling along the street one day (twirl)
Around and around, can you twirl this way?
But I twirled in something. I'm not a happy fellow.
My favorite, fastest shoes have turned the color yellow!
I tiptoed along the street one day. (tiptoe)
Way up on my toes, can you tiptoe this way?
But I tiptoed in something. I'm about to make a scene!
My favorite, fastest shoes have turned the color green!
I stood still on the street one day (stand in place)
With my feet like this, can you stand this way?
I stepped in nothing, but this isn't very fun.
My shoes are meant to run, run, run! (run)
Bouncing Ball
I'm bouncing, bouncing everywhere,
I'm bouncing, bouncing, like a ball.
I bounce and bounce until I fall.
Five Little Footballs (counting activity, using )
Five little footballs, trying hard to score.
One makes a touchdown!
Hear the crowd roar!
Four little footballs, trying hard to score.
One makes a touchdown!
Hear the crowd roar!
Countdown until there are no footballs left.
Sing "Take me out to the ballgame"
Literacy tip of the week: In school your child will be asked to make connections between similar stories and books. If a book you read to your child is similar to one you have already read with them, make sure to point this out. Ask them some simple questions about how the books are alike or different. One of the books we read this week, "Goodnight Baseball" is very similar to the classic "Goodnight Moon", so it provides a great example of this.
Craft:
We decorated our football pictures with torn paper :)
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