Today’s construction site story time is bustling with exciting books. Bulldozers, diggers, and so many other trucks to explore!
Song: Hello, Friends
(using ASL, to the tune of Goodnight, Ladies)
Hello, friends! Hello, friends!
Hello, friends! It’s time to say hello!
Song: Open Them, Shut Them
Open them, shut them, open them, shut them.
Give a little clap, clap, clap!
Open them, shut them, open them, shut them.
Put them in your lap, lap, lap!
Creep them, creep them, slowly creep them,
Right up to your chin, chin, chin!
Open wide your little mouth,
But do not let them in!
Song: Ten Little Fingers
I have ten little fingers, and they all belong to me. (point to self)
I can make them do things. Do you want to see? (point to eyes)
I can squeeze them up tight. I can open them up wide. (squeeze hands shut, then open them)
I can put them together. I can make them all hide. (clap, then hide hands behind back)
I can make them jump high. I can make them jump low. (wiggle fingers above head, then reach down)
I can fold them up quietly and hold them just so. (fold hands and place on lap)
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Book: Dalmatian in a Digger
Written by Rebecca Elliott and published by Picture Window Books.
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Song: Two Little Blackbirds
Two little blackbirds sitting on a hill, (hold pointer fingers in the air)
One named Jack, one named Jill. (fingers bow to each other)
Fly away Jack. Fly away Jill. (hide each finger behind your back)
Come back, Jack! Come back, Jill! (bring each finger to front)
Two little blackbirds sitting on a pole, (hold pointer fingers in the air)
One named Fast, one named Slow. (fingers bow to each other)
Fly away, Fast. Fly away, Slow. (hide fingers behind your back, quickly and slowly)
Come back, Fast! Come back, Slow! (bring fingers to front, quickly and slowly)
Two little blackbirds flying through the sky, (hold pointer fingers in the air)
One named Low, one named High. (fingers bow to each other, exaggerated low and high voice)
Fly away, Low. Fly away, High. (hide fingers behind your back, exaggerated low and high voice)
Come back, Low! Come back, High! (bring fingers to front, exaggerated low and high voice)
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Book: Bulldozer Helps Out
Written by Candace Fleming and Eric Rohmann, and published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
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Song: Pudding on a Plate
(using stuffed animals)
Pudding on a plate, pudding on a plate, (lean animal back and forth)
Wibble wobble wibble wobble, pudding on a plate.
Sausage in a pan, sausage in a pan, (turn animal to face left and right)
Turn the sausage turn the sausage, sausage in a pan.
Rice in a bowl, rice in a bowl, (bounce by alternating tip toes with left and right feet)
Tip toe tip toe, rice in a bowl.
Popcorn in a pot! Popcorn in a pot! (bounce animal up and down)
Pop pop pop pop, popcorn in a pot!
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Book: Billions of Bricks
Written by Kurt Cyrus and published by Christy Ottaviano Books/Henry Holt and Company.
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Craft: Build a Truck
Pick up a craft kit from the library and build your own truck using the shapes!
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Song: I am Special
(to the tune of Frere Jacques)
I am special, I am special, (point to self)
You can see, you can see. (point away from self)
Someone very special, someone very special, (hold hands out in questioning motion)
That is me, that is me. (point to self)
– Miss Alice, Youth Services Manager