HANDS

My hands upon my head I'll place,
Upon my shoulders, on my face,
At my waist and by my side,
Then behind me they will hide.
Then I'll raise them way up high,
And let my fingers fly, fly, fly,
Then I clap them-- One - Two - Three!
Now see how quiet they can be.


These words can be read or sung to your own tune! To make it fun for your toddler, help them to do the actions in the song. They'll love it!

That’s My Name!

Materials:
· A piece of paper or a paper plate
· A marker or something else to write with
· Cereal pieces to trace the letters with
· For children with lower vision, the written letters of the child’s name could be reinforced by something they could feel, such as lines of glue dried in advance, or even cotton balls.
Activity:
1) Write your child’s name out in BIG letters and read it out loud to them.
2) Take pieces of cereal and line them along the shape of the letters in the name, and encourage them to join you in this game. This is a great pre-reading activity, as well as eye-hand coordination practice.
3) As you work together, talk about what you’re doing, how the cereal feels, the color of the plate, or anything else nearby. Make sure to let your child practice some of this language for his or herself.
Eat the cereal together and do it again!

Brown Bear, Brown Bear What do You See? Puppets

What to do:
Print the black and white sheets on appropriate colored construction paper or print the color pages
Cut out each animal and tape it to a popsicle stick or an unsharpened pencil.
Animal sounds: As you color the pictures, talk about each animal. What sound does the animal make? Where does the animal live? Has the child ever seen that animal?
Use the sheets as... FELT BOARD CHARACTERS as well. You can find the characters at the website under the resources at the end of this section.

Bill Martin Jr. (the author) and Eric Carle (the illustrator) of the book Brown Bear, Brown Bear What do You See? Is a great way to help your child with colors and the different animals and sounds. As you do this activity you can sign the different colors or animals.

Paper Bag Books

Making paper bag books with your child is a fun way to provide a literacy experience as well as a creative art project. You can write down the words as your child tells the story. Then let your child illustrate the pictures!
Instructions:
1. Use three lunch sized paper bags lay them on top of each other with alternating ends. Fold them in half and punch two holes on the folded side about one inch apart.
2. Place the paper bags on top of each other, forming a book. Fold the book closed and put ribbon through the holes and tie them in bows.
3. Now its time to write and decorate your book! Be creative by gluing things on to the pages. You can also use the open end of the book as a hiding place for extra pictures!