Infant/Toddler - Early Literacy Matters

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Songs/Finger plays
DATES TO REMEMBER:
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
* Christmas
It’s Holiday Time
* Kwanzaa
Tune: “Are You Sleeping?”
* Hanukkah
Are you ready? Are you ready?
It’s holiday time.
It’s holiday time.
There’s so much that
we can do,
Seeing friends and family, too.
It’s holiday time.
It’s holiday time.
* Safe Toys Month
I’m a Little Christmas Tree
Tune: “I’m a Little Teapot”
I’m a little fir tree
growing tall
Someday I’ll be the best
of all.
I’ll go home with a family
And a Christmas Tree
is what I’ll be!
Tis’ the season for caring
SLOW DOWN!
Marvel at this beautiful creation in your care .
Singing to babies is helpful when transitioning
from place to place or from one activity to an
Book Selections
The Snowy Day
by Jack Ezra Keats
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
by Laura Numeroff and Felicia Bond
other.
Wish Upon a Star
Soft music will help a tense, stressed
Polar bear, Polar bear
baby/toddler to relax.
The Mitten
by Beth Gordon
by Eric Carle
by Jan Brett
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Activities
Holiday Tips
Gift Box Sidewalk
Use the empty gift boxes that start to accumulate this time of year.
Cut the boxes open and cut the top & bottom flaps off.
Lay them down on the floor in a line or making a path.
Encourage the toddler to crawl or walk on top of them.
Talk about the colors, letters, and pictures he/she is walking or
crawling on.
TALK!
TALK!!
TALK!!!
Holiday Match-up
1. Cut out 2 each of matching
holiday shapes from
construction paper or tag-board
(candy canes, Santas, Rudolph,
presents, etc.).
2. Give the child one of the shapes
and place other match around
the room.
3. Have children look around for
Este hace juego con aquel
the matching shape .
Celebrate the looking
and the finding!
1. Corte 2 figuras idénticas de cartón ó papel duro.
(bastoncitos de navidad, regalos, árboles de navidad,
etc.)
2. Esconda alrededor del salón una de cada par de
figuras.
3. Dele al niño uno de cada figura.
A buscar el que le hace juego!
Otras alternativas:
Que el niño esconda tas figuras y lo ayude a usted a
encontrarlas.
Hablen de los colores, las letras, y el contorno de las
figuras.
Other tips:
- Let your toddler hide the shapes
outdoors and then help you find
them and match them.
* Toddlers love to feel like
they are helping out.
- You can use and talk about
letters, shapes, and colors.
< Read it in Spanish.
Contact Information:
Mailing Address: ELM HCC Ybor
Read
with your child
every day.
2112 N. 15th St.
Tampa, Fl 33605-5096
Phone: 813-259-6432
E-mail: pmorales2@hccfl.edu
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