All About Me Storytime 8/4/15 and 8/5/15

Books read: 
My nose, your nose by Melanie Walsh
I'm me! by Sara Sheridan

Other book suggestions:
I'm gonna like me! by Jamie Lee Curtis
I like me! by Nancy Carlson

ASL Sign of the Week: Book

I have a nose (modified from Stillwater Library)
On my face I have a nose (touch nose)
Way down here I have ten toes (touch toes)
I have two eyes that I can blink (touch eyes)
I have a hed to help me think (touch head)
I have a chin and very near (touch chin)
I have two ears so I can hear (point to ears)
Here are my arms to hold up high,
I can almost touch the sky!

Touch game (from Stillwater Library)

Touch your nose,

Touch your chin

That's the way this game begins

Touch your eyes

Touch your knees

Now pretend you are going to sneez

Touch your hair

Touch one ear

Touch your two red lips right here

Touch your elbows where they bend

That's the way the touch game ends.

Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes 

If you're happy and you know it 

I can!

Chanting "I can" followed by having the children repeat different actions. (ex. Running, Jumping, Spinning, Stomping Feet, Clapping Hands)

I am special (with mirror, from Teach Preschool)
I am special,
I am special,
Look at me!
Look at me!
I am very special,
I am very special,
Look at me!
Look at me!

Rhythm in my fingers by Jim Gill

Can't wait to celebrate by Jim Gill

Craft: We decorated our names with torn paper.

Literacy tip of the week: Choose books based on your child's interest. It is a great way to get them to develop a love of reading!