Looking for an easy way to warm up in chilly weather? Curl up with your child to share a good book or a silly song. You’ll have fun and help your child learn important pre-reading skills with our books, songs and rhymes!
Babies
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Rhyme: "Criss Cross Applesauce" |
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Criss cross, applesauce, |
Trace “x” on baby’s chest or back. |
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Spiders climbing up your back |
Creep fingers up baby’s back. |
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Cool breeze, |
Blow gently on baby’s neck. |
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Tight squeeze, |
Give baby a hug. |
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Now you’ve got the shivers! – BRRRRR! |
Tickle baby all over. |
Toddlers
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Action Rhyme: "Five Little Pumpkins" |
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Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate |
Hold up five fingers on one hand |
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The first one said, "Oh my, it's getting late!" |
Fold fingers down and hold up one |
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The second one said, "There are witches in the air!" |
Hold up a second finger |
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The third one said, "But we don’t care!" |
Hold up a third finger |
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The fourth one said, "It's time to have some fun!" |
Hold up a fourth finger |
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The fifth one said, "Let's run and run and run!" |
Hold up a fifth finger |
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But "Woo-oo-oo" went the wind, |
Whistle like the wind |
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And OUT went the light, |
Clap hands loudly |
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And the five little pumpkins |
Hold up five fingers on one hand |
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Rolled right out of sight! |
Roll hands over each other quickly |
Preschoolers
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Action Rhyme: "When the Leaves Are On the Ground" |
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When the leaves are on the ground |
Pat the ground by your feet |
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Instead of on the trees, |
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I like to make a pile of them |
Pretend to make a pile of leaves |
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Way up to my knees. |
Tap your knees |
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I like to run and jump in them |
Hop up from the ground |
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And kick them all around. |
Pretend to kick leaves |
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I like the prickly feel of them |
Rub hands together |
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And their crinkly, crackly sound. |
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