Toddler Storytime--Pets!

Toddler Storytime...starting to get some practice doing this age group!

Books

I Spy Pets  by Edward Gibbs

My Kitten  by Margaret O'Hair; illustrated by Tammie Lyon

Songs/Rhymes/Fingerplays

This Is The Way We Say Hello!
(tune: Here we go 'round the Mulberry Bush)

This is the way we wave hello, wave hello, wave hello
This is the way we wave hello--hello, hello, hello!

This is the way we clap hello...
This is the way we tap hello...

Guessing Game:  Doggie, Doggie, who has your bone?

Five Little Doggies Jumping on the Bed
5 little doggies jumping on the bed
1 fell off and bumped his head
Mama called the doctor and the doctor said,
"No more doggies jumping on the bed!"

Continue counting down to one.

If You're a Pet and You Know It
(Tune: If you're happy and you know it)

If you're a doggie and you know it say, "Woof, woof!" (woof, woof)
If you're a doggie and you know it say, "Woof, woof!" (woof, woof)
If you're a doggie and you know it
And you really want to show it
If you're a doggie and you know it say, "Woof, woof!" (woof, woof)

Additional verses:
Fishy/swish, swish
Kitten/meow
Hamster/run in place
Bird/flap your wings
Turtle/walk real slow

Good-bye Song
(tune: Farmer in the Dell)
We wave good-bye like this,
We wave good-bye like this,
We clap our hands for all our friends
We wave good-bye like this!

Play and Learn

Feed the Dog (from Lakeshore)

Hide and Seek Dog's Bone

Trace Lines from puppy to ball (from HomeschoolCreations)

Dog Matching Game (from FileFolderFun)

Pattern Blocks--Pets (from PreKinders)