Summer Reading Splash!
Chill out at the beach!
Babies
Where is baby's beach ball? (a lift-the-flap book)
by Karen Katz
ISBN: 9781416949626
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| Rhyme: "Two Little Fishes" | |
| Two little fishes side by side, | (hold up two index fingers, side by side) |
| Swimming through the water, | (make a "swimming" motion, side to side) |
| Swimming through the tide! | (make a "swimming" motion, side to side) |
| They don’t need a motor, | (shake your head "no") |
| They don’t need a sail, | (shake your head "no") |
| They just wiggle their fins, | (tickle baby’s sides) |
| And wiggle their tails! | (tickle baby’s toes) |
Toddlers
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Ladybug girl at the beach
by David Soman and Jacky Davis; [pictures by David Soman]
ISBN: 9780803734166(hardcover)
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| Rhyme: "Five Little Seashells" | |
| Five little seashells, lying on the shore | (hold up five fingers) |
| Swish! went the waves, | (sweep hands from one side to the other) |
| and then there were four! | (bend down one finger) |
| Four little seashells, cozy as could be, | (hold up four fingers) |
| Swish! went the waves, | (sweep hands from one side to the other) |
| and then there were three! | (bend down one finger) |
| Three little seashells, all pearly new, | (hold up three fingers) |
| Swish! went the waves, | (sweep hands from one side to the other) |
| and then there were two! | (bend down one finger) |
| Two little seashells sleeping in the sun | (hold up two fingers) |
| Swish! went the waves, | (sweep hands from one side to the other) |
| and then there were one! | (bend down one finger) |
| One little seashell left all alone, | (hold up one finger) |
| I put it in my pocket and took it home! | (bend down last finger) |
Preschoolers
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Turtle, turtle, watch out!
by April Pulley Sayre; illustrated by Annie Patterson.
ISBN: 9781580891486
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| Rhyme: "I Had a Little Turtle" | |
| I had a little turtle | (wiggle fingers) |
| And he lived in a box | (make a “square” with your fingertips & thumbs) |
| He swam in a puddle, | (make a swimming motion with hand) |
| And he climbed on the rocks. | (make a climbing motion with hand) |
| He SNAPPED at a mosquito | (make a "snapping" motion with your hand) |
| And he SNAPPED at a flea | (make a "snapping" motion with your hand) |
| And he SNAPPED at a minnow | (make a "snapping" motion with your hand) |
| And he SNAPPED at me! | (make a "snapping" motion with your hand) |
| He CAUGHT the mosquito | (clap hands) |
| And he CAUGHT the flea | (clap hands) |
| And he CAUGHT the minnow | (clap hands) |
| But he didn’t catch ME! | |
