Did you know that jumping over a candle stick was a form of fortune telling and considered a sport many years ago? It was believed that the ability to jump over a candle without extinguishing the flame was a sign of good luck.
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A local educator shares the story of The Little Red Hen. Learn what happens when the hard working hen asks her lazy friends to help her make some bread. Sing and move in music time and have fun making words with the alphabet. -
A local educators teaches the nursery rhyme, Itsy Bitsy Spider in several fun ways using clues, words and actions. Play counting and sorting games with many different kinds of bugs. Sing and move in music time.
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Have you ever heard a tale about a little girl, three bears, three bowls of porridge, three chairs, and three beds? The story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears is shared with an invitation to imagine another ending to the story. Fun with alphabet, music, and art activities complete our Circle Time at Home!
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Learn the nursery rhyme, Little Miss Muffet through actions and print. Play a syllable game with Maddie the Mouse puppet. Sing and move in music time and learn how to say Little Miss Muffet using sign language. Join a local family as they do laundry together.
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Hear the tale of a very special gingerbread cookie who came to life and went on quite an adventure. No one can catch the gingerbread man until he meets a tricky fox! Learn another way to share the Itsy Bitsy Spider nursery rhyme using sign language. Play a syllable game with puppet Scruffy and play a song with Violet the Violin and Bob the Bow.
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Have fun with the nursery rhyme Jack and Jill through actions, pictures and words. Can you imagine Jack and Jill as birds? Learn a new song in music time where Jack and Jill are two bluebird friends!
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A story retelling of Little Red Riding Hood helps children to remember the story characters as they identify the beginning, middle and end of the story and share in an engaging writing activity about the wolf. Let your imagination run wild with “Land Art!”
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"Little Red Riding Hood" is a French fairytale for young children about a young girl and a wolf. The story comes from a folktale which means that it was a spoken story for a long time before it was a written story. Two local educators share this story first with an emphasis on story narration followed by an interactive writing lesson focused on the meaning of kindness.
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Humpty Dumpty is a very popular nursery rhyme that is frequently used today to teach young children about the concept of rhyme. Humpty Dumpty is an egg that falls off a wall and cannot be put together again. It is believed that the phrase “humpty dumpty” originates from an eighteenth century slang term for a small clumsy person.
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Revisiting the fairytale, Jack and the Beanstalk, offers children a chance to hear the tale in a different way and retell it with their teacher. When a young child hears and retells the same story, they become familiar and comfortable with a greater number of words and phrases.
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Hickory, Dickory, Dock is a well-known English nursery rhyme starting with words that imitate the traditional clock-like sounds. This rhyme can be used to introduce children to the skill of telling time. -
Jack and the Beanstalk is an old English fairytale about a poor mother and her son, Jack, who sells their only cow for three magic beans. Learn what happens when Jack plants the magic beans and finds himself on a daring adventure! Using their imagination, fairytales help teach children learn how stories are developed with different characters and how conflicts are resolved.
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“Hey Diddle, Diddle” is an amusing rhyme that encourages children to laugh at it silliness. It’s not meant to make sense. It’s meant to stimulate children’s imagination and bring about happiness! A number of familiar animals do silly things as the rhyme unfolds.
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Revisiting the fairytale, “The Three Little Pigs” offers children a chance to hear the tale in a different way and retell it with their teacher. When a young child hears the same story multiple times, they become familiar and comfortable with a greater number of words.
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“Baa, Baa, Black Sheep” is a very old English nursery rhyme that is still used today to teach young children about the concept of rhyme. A local educator teaches the rhyme within a story format and includes a focus on characteristics of the sheep.
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"The Three Little Pigs" is a fairy tale about three pigs who build three houses of different materials. A big bad wolf blows down the first two pigs' houses, made of straw and sticks, but is not able to blow down the third pig's house made of bricks. Using their imagination, fairy tales help teach children learn how stories are developed with different characters and how conflicts are resolved.
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"One, Two, Buckle My Shoe" is a nursery rhyme used to teach number recognition, counting skills, and language arts skills to young children. Rhyming helps young children learn about words, sounds, and language formation. Grades: Preschool and Kindergarten.
