Come check one out!

This month we read books about animals and books about transportation.  Check the books out that we've read together to share at home!

City Animals by Simms Taback

Safari Animals by Simms Taback

Big Fat Hen by Keith Baker

Clip-Clop by Nicola Smee

From Head to Toe by Eric Carle

Here are my Hands by Bill Martin Jr.

I Love Trains! by Philemon Sturges

I Love Trucks! by Philemon Sturges

My Car by Byron Barton

Trucks, Trucks, Trucks by Peter Sis

"What can I do to help my toddler learn about letters?"

Learning to tell one letter from another involves being able to see the differences in letter shapes.  Helping babies and toddlers learn about different shapes and understand how things are alike and different will help prepare them to learn the alphabet.

-Hang mobiles with different shapes in your baby’s crib.

-Read books that feature geometric shapes like White on White and Black and Black by Tana Hoban. Babies also like to look at human faces.

-Use books like the baby face series by Margaret Miller to help your child compare and contrast shapes.

-Point out the shapes of toys, such as. “This ball is round.” (Help your baby or toddler feel the rounded shape.)

-Use simple puzzles to help children see different shapes.

-Read alphabet books and sing alphabet songs to introduce children to letters.

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A Fun Finger Play!

Try this fun finger play at home with your little one! Not only is it lots of fun but it helps them learn their body parts too!

Five Fingers

Five fingers on this hand, (hold up one hand)

Five fingers on that, (hold up other hand)

A dear little nose, (point to nose)

A mouth like a rose, (point to mouth)

Two cheeks so tiny and fat, (tap both cheeks)

Two eyes, two ears, (point to each)

And ten little toes (point to toes),

That’s the way the baby grows!

Don't forget about Lapsit on Saturdays now, too!

Every Saturday at 10:00 a.m. join us for this “first playgroup” experience featuring stories, songs, baby games and of course, bubbles! We would love to see you there!

A song to sing to help your little one learn colors!

“What are you Wearing?”

(Sung to the tune of “Mary Had a Little Lamb.”)

(Name) has a (color) shirt on.

(Color) shirt on, (color) shirt on.

(Name) has a (color) shirt on.

I see (him/her) today.