April 2021 Early Literacy Calendar

I Hear Thunder

sing to the tune Frère Jacques

I hear thunder, I hear thunder (pound hands gently on floor or lap)

Listen, don't you? Listen, don't you? (cup hand to ear)

Pitter, patter raindrops, pitter, patter raindrops (wiggle fingers in falling motion in front of face)

I'm wet through (shake body)

So you are! (tickle child)

Slowly Slowly Very Slowly Creeps The Garden Snail

for babies: have baby on their back either on the floor or your legs with their neck supported by your knees

for toddlers and preschoolers: you can indicate the movements on them or have them do the motions themselves or on you

see video for possible motions

Slowly, slowly, very slowly creeps the garden snail

Slowly, slowly, very slowly up the garden rail

Quickly, quickly, very quickly runs the little mouse

Quickly, quickly, very quickly into his little house!

Here Is A Leaf

Here is a green leaf (hold out one palm)

And here is a green leaf (hold out other palm)

That, you see, makes two (hold up two fingers)

Here is a bud (cup hands together)

That makes a flower (slowly open hands)

Watch it bloom for you (slowly open hands)

Wiggle Worms!

if you have a small piece of yarn, use that to indicate a worm otherwise just use a finger

Wiggle your worms up, then wiggle them down, wiggle your worms around and around.

Wiggle them high, wiggle them low, wiggle them fast, wiggle them slow.

Wiggle them over the tops of your toes, wiggle them under the tip of your nose.

Wiggle them up your arm to the top, wiggle them down to your fingers and stop.

Wiggle your worm across the top of your head, then put your worm back in his own little bed.

by Jean Warren