Thursday, December 6, 2018

Tree Storytime 12/4/18 and 12/5/18

Book read: 
A tree for me by Nancy VanLaan

Other book suggestions: 
Tap the Magic Tree by Christie Matheson

ASL sign of the week: Tree

If You're a Tree and You Know It
If you're a tree and you know it grow up high. (reach high)
If you're a tree and you know it grow up high.
If you're a tree and you know it and you really want to show it,
If you're a tree and you know it grow up high. 
Other verses: Touch your roots (touch toes), and Wave Your Leaves (wave arms)

A Tree is a Home (from Holiday Zone)
A tree may be a home for a bird (flap arms like a bird)
A tree may be a home for a bee (buzz hand like a bee)
A tree may be a home for a snake (slither like a snake)
A tree may be a home for a monkey (swing arms)
I would if a tree would make a good home for me? (point to self)

Five little monkeys swinging in a tree

The lights on the tree (to the tune of "The Wheels on the Bus", from Feltboard Magic)
The lights on the tree go blink, blink, blink.
Blink, blink, blink. (open and shut hands)
The lights on the tree go blink, blink, blink.
All day long.
Other actions could include birds tweet, bells ring, etc)

Craft: We used our bingo daubers on a tree template.

Literacy tip of the week: Explore the topics your child is interested in by reading books about them.

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