Storytime for 2 and 3 yr old: March into Spring

For today's program, the toddlers and caregivers celebrated the coming spring ( and a little of St. Patrick's Day). We listened to Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato by Tomie DePaolo and Where is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox ( plus learned about opposites in Kipper's Book of Opposites by Mick Inkpen). We also shook some eggs, counted some speckled frogs, and made a Irish potato craft ( potato shape with a St. Patrick's hat pattern for the kids to color and glue on the craft.)

Here are a few songs we did today:

This Little Leprechaun added 8-7-97 Original Author Unknown

This little leprechaun slid down the rainbow, (Point to thumb.)
This little leprechaun stayed home. (Point to index finger.)
This little leprechaun picked a shamrock, (Point to middle finger.)
This little leprechaun found some gold. (Point to ring finger.)
This little leprechaun cried, "See if you can catch me," (Point to little finger.)
As he ran home. (Wiggle little finger.)




I'm a little Daisy added 3-15-02 Original Author Unknown

Sung to: "I'm a Little Teapot"

I'm a little daisy
Tall and slim (Stand on tiptoes)
Here are my petals (Place hands on side of head & wiggle fingers)
Here is my stem (Hold arms down at sides of legs)
When the sun comes up (Make sun with arms)
And the rain comes down (Flutter hands to floor like rain-end in crouching position)
I grow, grow, grow- up from the ground! (slowly raise up bring hand over head)




Our next Storytime for 2 and 3 is Monday, March 18 at 10 am. We'll still see some leprechauns, but also some bunnies, chicks and eggs.

See You Soon!!