We hope you all had an exciting holiday break with lots of family time and rest (as much as is possible while parenting your ever-exploring toddlers).
This January, our themes are stars, snowmen, polar animals, children of the world and weather.
We’ll glue and paint stars, use star cookie cutters, and use tongs to transfer pom poms into a star ice cube tray.
We’ll glue snowmen, work with snowman nesting dolls, do snowman posting, and build a stackable snowman made out of wooden disks.
We have small polar animals to match, large ones to scrub, and several books about polar bears. One book gives the Spanish verbs for what polar bears like to do, such as sleeping, sliding, running, walking and swimming.
Children of the world are represented by cards showing baby body parts (hands, feet, face, ear, eyes, mouth), cards of children from different parts and cultures of the world, and “hello” cards in different languages, with a picture of a person in traditional clothes.
Weather is one of my favorite themes because we have so many weather songs that the children always love! We have a felt representations for rain, snow, thunder, clouds, sun and wind.
Songs
Some of our favorite songs:
(Tune: “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”)
Snowflakes, snowflakes,
Falling to the ground,
Great big snowflakes that do not make a sound.
(Tune: “I’m a Little Teapot”)
Build a little snowman, short and fat,
Give him a carrot nose and a tall hat.
Now my little snowman, won’t you stay?
Out comes the sun, and you melt away.
A chubby little snowman had a carrot nose,
Along came a bunny, and what do you suppose.
That hungry little bunny, ready for his lunch,
Ate the snowman’s carrot nose … nibble, nibble, crunch.
Thumbs in the thumb place,
Fingers all together, this is the song we sing in mitten weather.
Thumbs in the thumb place,
Fingers all together, this is the song we sing in mitten weather.
My lady wind, my lady wind,
in and out she blows about trying to get in.
Whooohooohooohooo,whoohoohoohoo,
Whooohooohooohooo, whoohoohoohoo.
Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun, please shine down on me.
Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun, hiding behind the tree.
These little children are asking you, to please come out so they can
play with you.
So, Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun, please shine down on me!
It’s raining, it’s pouring,
the old man is snoring.
he went to bed,
and bumped his head,
and didn’t wake up till morning.
(Tune: “Frere Jaques”)
Where is thunder, where is thunder,
Hear it boom! Hear it boom!
Pitter, patter, raindrops.
Pitter, patter, raindrops.
I’m all wet. I’m all wet.
(Tune: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star)
Pitter, patter, drip, drip, drop. How I wish the rain would stop.
Will the sun come out today? So we can go out to play?
Pitter, patter, drip, drip, drop. How I wish the rain would stop.
I have two little eyes, right above my nose,
The cutest little eyes, they can open and close.
First, I open, then I close.
That’s the way my little eyes go.
I have one little mouth, right below my nose.
The cutest little mouth, it can open and close.
First. I open, then I close.
That’s the way my little mouth goes.
I have eyes and a mouth, and in between is my nose,
The cutest eyes and mouth, they can open and close.
First, I open, then I close,
That’s the way my eyes and mouth go.
The next time it rains, perhaps you and your child can sing one of our weather songs together!
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