Spots and Dots – Preschool Storytime

Books We Shared

In Dog’s Colorful Day by Emma Dodd, Dog is a white dog with one black spot.  But, this day Dog collects many different spots on his adventures!  Have fun with colors and counting in this vibrantly illustrated story.

Press Here by Hervé Tullet is a fun interactive book.  It starts with one yellow dot, but with each page turn you press it, blow it or clap and see what wonderful thing your action has made the dot do.

Flannelboard Story

Five Green and Speckled Frogs

Five green and speckled frogs
Sat on a hollow log
Eating the most delicious bugs.
Yum! Yum!
One jumped into the pool
Where it was nice and cool
Now there are four green speckled frogs.
Ribbit Ribbit!

Other verses:
Count down until there are no more frogs left.

Movements

Our movements today were about insects that could have spots.

I’m a Little Ladybug
I’m a little ladybug on the go (fly finger around)
Landing on an arm and then an elbow (touch arm, then elbow)
See me fly around and around your hand (circle hand with finger)
Then watch as on your thumb I land (touch ladybug finger to thumb)

The Itsy Bitsy Spider
The itsy bitsy spider (L shape with both hands.  Place thumb of one hand on forefinger of the other)
went up the water spout.   (“walk” your fingers up thumb to forefinger, alternating.)
Down came the rain and (wiggle fingers and bring then downward)
Washed the spider out. (make baseball “safe” motion)
Out came the sun and (hands above head in a circle)
and dried up all the rain. (hands out at side of body)
And the itsy bitsy spider (L shape with both hands.  Place thumb of one hand on forefinger of the other)
went up the spout again. (“walk” your fingers up thumb to forefinger, alternating.)

 Continue the Fun

Spot some more spots and dots books at your Pasadena Public Library Branch:
   

Preschool Storytime, Central Library 3/25/2017