Concepts: top/bottom, high/low, fast/slow, big/little
Pre-literacy: Practice tracing letter B. "Put your finger on the top and draw down. Go back to the top and bounce around."
We're talking about our bodies! Heads, shoulders, knees, toes, hands, wrist, ankles, legs, eyebrows, eyelashes, elbows, ears, earlobes (yes, earlobes. One child exclaimed "Those are earlobes?!"). We sang Hands Are For Clapping (We LOVE Jim Gill music!) and followed up with Heads And Shoulders, Knees And Toes. Click on the song titles to get to videos that will help you learn the songs.
We also talked about what we do when we like the music we are listening to. We can sway our bodies, nod our heads, clap our hands, tap our toes, and/or smile to show we like the music.
By the way, Jim has a fantastic entry on his blog about engaging with your child. You can find that entry here. My favorite part is that he is including the American Library Association's recommendations for young children and their parents/caregivers:
Talk together.
Sing together.
Read together.
Play together.
Write together.
It is part of the American Library Association's Every Child Ready To Read initiative. You can learn more about that at http://www.everychildreadytoread.org.
