Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Bathtime Storytime 1/13/15 and 1/14/15

Book read: 
Animal Baths by Bob Barner
The Pigeon Needs a Bath by Mo Willems

Other book suggestions:
Bears in the Bath by Shirley Parenteau
Squeaky Clean by Simon Puttock
I Don't Want to Take a Bath by Julie Sykes

This Is The Way (from Mel's Desk)
This is the way we wash our arms,
Wash our arms, wash our arms.
This is the way we wash our arms,
When we're in the bathtub.
(repeat using legs, tummy, head, etc)
  
"Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes" (washing each body part)

Bathtime by Brett Band for Kids

Three Bubbles (from Perry Public Library)
A small bubble (make circle with your hands)
A medium sized bubble (make larger circle with your hands)
A great big bubble I see (make large circle with your arms)
Now let's count them, are you read?
1-2-3 (make three circles again)
POP! (clap hands loudly)

Float Around (modified from Perry Public Library, to the tune of "Row Your Boat")
Float, float, float around. (lay down and float)
In a soapy tub.
Get yourself nice and clean, scruba, duba dub.

Five Elephants in the Bathtub (from Suralune Storytime)
One elephant in the bathtub,
Going for a swim.
Knock, knock,
Splash, splash,
Come on in!

Two elephants in the bathtub,
Going for a swim.
Knock, knock,
Splash, splash,
Come on in!

Continue and count up to five elephants. Replace "Come on in!" with "It all fell in!"

Craft: We decorated a bathtub printout with "bubbles" (blue circular stickers).

Literacy tip of the week: When you sing songs and read books to your child you are also building their general knowledge of the world. For instance, when your child sees that flies gather around the Pigeon in "The Pigeon Needs a Bath" they learn something about that insect's behavior.

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