Preschool Storytime 4/22/2021: Letter U

Singing the Alphabet

Today we sang the alphabet forwards and backwards to the tune of "Row, Row, Row Your Boat".

We like to practice our letters in all different ways! Kids tend to learn the alphabet by rote…they memorize it quickly. Switching up the tune or singing the alphabet backwards really challenges them to connect each letter's shape with it’s name and/or sound. We also slow down (especially spots like LMNOP which to many young learners sounds like it’s meant to be a single name or sound)

Hands Up, Hands Down

Hands up, hands down! Hands up, hands down! Hands up, hands down...and then you shake, shake shake them all around. Then you shake, shake, shake them all around!

Hands in, hands out! Hands in, hands out! Hands in, hands out...and then you shake, shake, shake them all about. Then you shake, shake, shake them all about!

Hands open, hands closed. Hands open, hands closed. Hands open, hands closed. Hands on your shoulders, hands on your knees, hands on your head, hands on your toes!

Hands up, hands down! Hands in, hands out! Hands open, hands closed! Open...closed...in...out...up...down...and then you shake, shake, shake them all around. Then you shake, shake, shake them all around!

One Little Red Fish Swimming Underwater

Tune: Bumping Up and Down in My Little Red Wagon

One little red fish swimming underwater. One little red fish swimming underwater. One little red fish swimming underwater. Bubble, bubble, bubble, bubble, pop!

Repeat as many times as you'd like with different numbers and colors!

We Got a Lovely Letter in the Mail

(Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)

Oh, we got a lovely letter in the mail (clap, clap)

Oh, we got a lovely letter in the mail (clap, clap)

Getting mail is so much fun! Now let’s see what’s in this one.

Oh, this lovely little letter in the mail. (clap, clap)

Today our letter was from the library's good friend Unicorn! This is what the letter said:

Dear Miss Anne & Storytime Friends,

I’ve sent you a gift that starts with the “uh” sound and will be helpful on a rainy day!

Love, Unicorn!

Unicorn sent us an umbrella! Our umbrella gave us the chance to talk about a couple of other "uh" words too. To be useful, an umbrella needs to be "up" and we need to be "under" it!

Come Under My Umbrella

Tune: Did You Ever See a Lassie

Come under my umbrella, umbrella, umbrella. Come under my umbrella, it's starting to storm!

With thunder and lightning, and wind and rain. Come under my umbrella, it's starting to storm!