If you ever see a Monster

(it’s easy, you just make faces with the kids)
If you ever see a Monster
A big ugly monster
If you ever see a Monster
Here’s what you do!
Make this face…
And this face…
And this face…
And this face…
If you ever see a monster
Make sure you shout BOO!!!

Toddler Development Skills

What can 2 year olds do?

• Turning pages of a book
• Walking up and down the stairs
• Feeding themselves
• Pushing, pulling, filling, and dumping
• Stacking objects
• Tossing or rolling a ball
• Playing make-believe
• dressing up in costumes or hats
• Speaking in two-or-three word sentences
• Pointing to parts of the body or common objects
• Learning how to use common household items

What can 3 year olds do?

• Developing a three-minute attention span
• Appreciating stories with a developed plot and characters
• Drawing simple shapes
• Putting together a puzzle (5 pieces)
• Following uncomplicated directions
• Playing spontaneously with other children
• Identifying objects, colours, and sounds
• Counting, often up to five
• Pretending
• Speaking in full sentences
• Singing simple songs
• Repeating simple rhymes
• Developing an individual sense of humor
• Walking on tiptoes
• Throwing a ball

Art Read Alouds

Great Art Books to read with Children:

Seen Art? by John Scieszka

By Water’s Edge by Kay Barone

Ella’s Trip to the Museum by Elaine Clayton

Fancy Nancy at the Museum by Jane O’Connor

Museum Trip by Barbara Lehman

Look! Look! Look by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace

Miffy at the Museum by Dick Bruna
Meet Me at the Art Museum by David Goldin

FELTBOARD:Peanut Butter, Peanut Butter, Jelly, Jelly

Clap hands-slap knees, clap hands-slap knees, clap, clap
First you take the dough and you knead it, knead it.
Peanut butter, peanut butter, jelly
Pop it in the oven and bake it, bake it.
Peanut butter, peanut butter, jelly
Then you take the peanuts and crack them, crack them.
Peanut butter, peanut butter, jelly
Put them on the floor and mash them, mash them.
Peanut butter, peanut butter, jelly
Then you take a knife and spread it, spread it
Peanut butter, peanut butter, jelly
Next you take some grapes and squash them, squash them
Peanut butter, peanut butter, jelly
Next you take some grapes and squash them, squash them
Peanut butter, peanut butter, jelly
Glop it on the bread and smear it, smear it
Peanut butter, peanut butter, jelly
Then you take the sandwich and eat it, eat it
Peanut butter, peanut butter, jelly

Ravioli

To the tune of: Alouette)

Ravioli, ravioli, ravioli--
Ravioli, that's the stuff for me.
Do you have it on your pants?
Yes I have it on my pants.
On your pants? On my pants. Oh, oh, oh, oh.
Ravioli, ravioli, ravioli--
Ravioli, that's the stuff for me.

Ravioli, ravioli, ravioli--
Ravioli, that's the stuff for me.
Do you have it on your sleeve?
Yes I have it on my sleeve.
On your sleeve? On my sleeve.
On your pants? On my pants. Oh, oh, oh, oh.
Ravioli, ravioli, ravioli--
Ravioli, that's the stuff for me.

Do you have it on you shoe?? (chin, hair, nose etc. -- continue on
a round the body tour...)

The Green Grass Grew All Around

In the woods, there was a hole (echo: there was a hole)
The prettiest hole (the prettiest hole)
That you ever did see (that you ever did see),
Oh a hole in the woods, a hole in the ground,
And the green grass grew all around, all around
And the green grass grew all around.

And in that hole (and in that hole)
There was a root (there was a root)
The prettiest root (the prettiest root)
That you ever did see (that you ever did see)
Oh a root in hole and a hole in the ground
And the green grass grew all around, all around
And the green grass grew all around.

Continue with

tree -- tree on a root, root in the hole, hole in the ground, and the green
grass grew?
branch ? branch on a tree, tree on a root, root in the hole, hole in the
ground?
nest ? nest on a branch?
egg ? egg on a nest?
bird ? bird in the egg?