Song: Good Morning Dear Earth
Song: We Clap and Say Hello
Flannel: Little Mouse, Little Mouse
Song: If You're Happy and You Know It
Rhyme: 10 Little Fingers
Book: Freight Train by Donald Crews
Finger Play: 2 Little Blackbirds
Song: Shake Your Sillies Out
Song: Move Your Body Along
Flannel: This Little Train
Book: Shark vs. Train by Chris Barton
Song: Itsy Bitsy Spider
Finger Play: Engine on the Track
Song: Turn Around
Make and Take Craft: Stand Alone Trains
I got this great idea for a story time craft from Recipe for Reading. It was a huge hit and one of my favorite crafts we've ever done!
Supplies:
-card stock train shapes (prepared beforehand)
-toilet paper tubes
-crayons
Process: To get ready, cut the toilet paper tubes into 4ths and then cut a slit, about halfway through, in each piece. Cut out your train shape on sturdy card stock so the train will stand up by itself and not flop around. After story time, I laid out crayons and the toilet paper tube wheels on the table, showed the caregivers as a group how to put the wheels on and then walked around and provided help as needed. The kids loved coloring the trains and it was one of the most successful crafts that we've done- developmentally it was appropriate, but there was still the extra flair from the toilet paper tube wheels that turned it into something more than just a uniquely shaped coloring sheet.
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