Nest {Springtime Theme}

Nest is an "interactive story time that is geared towards children between age 0-3, and takes place at Little Bird on the 3rd Tuesday of every month at 10:00. During this fun and casual 30 minute program, children enjoy songs, nursery rhymes and stories, and parents have a great opportunity to make new friends!" Join us at 164 Ottawa St. N., Hamilton, ON, L8H 3Z3
Our next trip to Little Bird is Tuesday April 17, 2012

Springtime weather has arrived!  I have a sweet little collection of books and songs to celebrate.

Books:

• What's Up Duck? by Tad Hills
• Zoe's Windy Day by Barbara Reid
• Baby Animals at Night
• Hush, Little Chicks by Debi Gliori
• Farm Babies
• Quack! by Phyllis Root
• It's Raining, It's Pouring by Kin Eagle
• Little Cloud by Eric Carle

 

Songs:

• 5 green and speckled frogs
• 5 little ducks went out one day
• Down at the pond

Tune: “Down By The Station”

Down at the pond, early in the morning,

See the little ducks swimming in a row.

See the Mother duck, dive for her breakfast,

Up, down, up, down, watch her go!

Jean Warren

• Old MacDonald
• Little Baby Ducklings

Little baby ducklings, all brand new,

Fat ones, skinny ones, short ones, too.

But the biggest duck, with feathers on his back,

He led the others with a quack, quack, quack.

Quack, quack, quack,

Quack, quack, quack,

He led the others with a quack, quack, quack.

• Einsy Weinsy Spider
• A Tisket, A Tasket A Green and Yellow Basket

A-tisket a-tasket

A green and yellow basket

I wrote a letter to my love

And on the way I dropped it,

I dropped it,

I dropped it,

And on the way I dropped it.

A little boy he picked it up and put it in his pocket.^[

• Here we go 'round the mulberry bush 

Finger plays and poems:

• Spring is coming

"First you take the seed and you plant it in the ground." (Mime taking a seed and planting it in your other hand, balled up in a fist.)

"Next a rain cloud comes and waters all around." (Keep fist with seed same, use other hand to simulate a rain cloud raining down on seed.)

"Next the sun shines brightly, without a sound." (Keep fist with seed same, use other hand to shine down by moving fingers over seed.)

"And in just a few days... a flower is found!" (Move fist with seed up through other hand and open like a flower. This is actually the sign for "new" or "flower.")

• 2 little black birds
• Five Little Flowers

Five little flowers standing in the sun, (hold up five fingers)
See their heads nodding, bowing one by one? (bend fingers several times)
Down, down, down comes the gentle rain, (raise hands, wiggle fingers and lower arms to simulate falling rain)
And the five little flowers lift their heads up again! (hold up five fingers)

• Going on a bug hunt

We're going on a bug hunt!
We're going to catch some big ones.
What a sunny day!
Are you ready? OK!

Oh my! A bee!A black & yellow bee,
Flying over the flowers.
BUZZ.....

Oh, my! An ant!
A tiny, black ant,
Crawling through the grass.
Shh...

Oh, my! A grasshopper!
A big, green grasshopper,
Hopping around the tree.
Boing, boing...

Oh, my! A butterfly!
A pretty, orange butterfly,
Floating in the sky.
Whoosh, whoosh...

Oh my! A spider!
A big black spider,
Creeping on the tree. Creep, creep...

See you tomorrow!

Jen