Winter-Babies

Books

Baby Loves Winter! by Karen Katz
Bear & Hare Snow! by Emily Gravett
In the Snow by Sharon Phillips Denslow
Oh! by Kevin Henkes
Snow Babies by Laura Ellen Anderson
Wish by Emma Dodd

Flannel Boards

Bounces, Rhymes & Fingerplays

Bumping Up and Down on My Little Blue Sled
from: Jbrary
Bumping up and down in my little blue sled
Bumping up and down in my little blue sled
Bumping up and down in my little blue sled
Won’t you be my darling?

Snow is coming down on my little blue sled
Waving to my friend on my little blue sled

Jack Frost’s Nose
from: Verona Story Time
Where did you get that little red nose? touch nose
Jack Frost kissed it I suppose. pinch nose
He kissed it once one kiss on nose
He kissed it twice two kisses
Poor little nose, it’s as cold as ice wiggle nose

Snow Is Falling Down
from:King County Library System
Snow is falling down, shhhhh.
Snow is falling down, shhhhh.
Slowly, slowly, very slowly,
Snow is falling down, shhhhh.

Watch the Snowflakes
from: Jen In the Library
tune: “Frere Jacques”
Watch the snowflakes, watch the snowflakes flutter hands, starting above head
Floating down, floating down bring hands down a little with each line
Oh so very slowly, oh so very slowly
All the way down
Down to the ground. touch the ground

Verses:
Oh so very quickly wiggle fingers faster
From oh so very high stand up on tiptoes
Oh so very twirly twirl hands round and around each other

Music

Snowflake, Snowflake by Carole Peterson
We pull out our scarves to wave along to the song. At the appropiate moments we will touch the ground, our noses, and toes with the scarves.

Valentine’s Day-Toddlers

Books

A Kiss Like This by Mary Murphy
Click, Clack, Moo I Love You! by Doreen Cronin
Group Hug by Jean Reidy
How Do Dinosaurs Say I Love You by Jane Yolen
If You’ll Be My Valentine by Cynthia Rylant
The Littlest Things Give the Loveliest Hugs by Mark Sperring
Love from Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
Mouse’s First Valentine by Lauren Thompson
My Heart Is Like a Zoo by Michael Hall
We Love You Mr. Panda by Steve Antony

Flannel Boards

Fingerplays

Bread and Butter “I Love You” Chant
Bread and butter, marmalade and jam,
Let’s say “I Love You”
As quietly as we can.
“I Love You”

loudly…
quickly…
slowly…
high…
low…

Little Heart
I have a little heart, place hand over heart
And it goes thump, thump, thump pat chest three times
It keeps right on beating, When I jump, jump, jump jump three times
I get a special feeling, when I look at you. point to group
It makes me want to give you a hug or two. hug yourself

Music

Skinnamarink by Sharon Lois, & Bram
Always a classic.
There’s A Little Wheel A-Turning In My Heart by Laurie Berkner
wheel turning-roll your arms
clap hands
stomping feet
barking dog-woof woof
eyes blinking
sleeping-rest your hands on your head
truck honking-boop your nose
wheel turning-roll your arms

Little Red Valentine

This flannel board came from Storytime ABC’s. There are ton’s of great ideas on the blog to switch this up from the simple song. You can incorporate more colors, enough hearts for all children, or even teach the ASL for the colors!

tune: Skip To My Lou

Little Red Valentine, I love you.
Little Red Valentine, I love you.
Little Red Valentine, I love you.
Orange one says, “I do, too!”

Little Orange Valentine, I love you.
Little Orange Valentine, I love you.
Little Orange Valentine, I love you.
Yellow one Says, “I do, too!”

Little Yellow Valentine, I love you.
Little Yellow Valentine, I love you.
Little Yellow Valentine, I love you.
Green One says, “I do, too!”

Little Green Valentine, I love you.
Little Green Valentine, I love you.
Little Green Valentine, I love you.
Blue one says, “I do, too!”

Little Blue Valentine, I love you.
Little Blue Valentine, I love you.
Little Blue Valentine, I love you.
Purple on says, “I do, too!”

Little Purple Valentine, I love you.
Little Purple Valentine, I love you.
Little Purple Valentine, I love you.
Pink one says, I do, too!”

Little Pink Valentine, I love you.
Little Pink Valentine, I love you.
Little Pink Valentine, I love you.
Everyone says, “We do, too!”