Counting Storytime 1/21/14 and 1/22/13

Books read:
Count the Monkeys by Mac Barnett
Let's Count Goats by Mem Fox

Other book suggestions:
Mouse Count by Ellen Stoll Walsh
Moo, moo brown cow by Jakki Wood
Baby Bear Counts One by Ashley Wolff

Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

10 Little Bubbles (to the tune of "Ten Little Indians")
One little,
Two little,
Three little bubbles (count on fingers)
Four little,
Five little,
Six little bubbles.
Seven little,
Eight little,
Nine little bubbles.
Ten little bubbles in the air.

Let's pop, pop, pop those bubbbles, (clap hands as if popping bubbles)
Pop, pop, those bubbles.
Pop, pop, pop those bubbles,
Pop them everywhere!

Counting Pokey (from A-Z Kids Stuff)
You put one finger up, (finger up)
You put one finger down. (finger down)
You put one finger up and you shake it all around. (shake finger)
You give a shakey-shakey and turn it all about,
That's how you learn to count! (continue singing as many numbers as desired)

Numbers Jump from CD

123 Action
One two
Touch your head. (place hands on head)
Three, four, hands on ears. (place hands on your ears)
Five six, hands on eyes. (place hands on eyes)
Seven, eight,  hands on knees. (place hands on your knees)
Nine, ten, hands in lap (place hands in your lap)

Five fat sausages (from Perry Public Library)
Five fat sausages sizzling in a pan.
One got hot and it went BAM! (clap)

Four fat sausage sizzling in a pan.
One got hot and it went BAM! (clap)

Three fat sausages sizzling in a pan.
One got hot and it went BAM! (clap)

Two fat sausages sizzling in a pan.
One got hot and it went BAM! (clap)

One fat sausage sizzling in a pan,
It got hot and it went BAM! (clap)

No fat sausages sizzling in a pan.
They all got hot and them went BAM! (clap)

Literacy tip of the week: 
Counting books and rhymes can be great for developing literacy skills. The ordered sequence of events and numbers in these books and rhymes helps children with their narrative skills. Narrative skills are what allow children to describe a story as an ordered sequence of events.

Craft:We made number collages :)