You are keeping your grandchildren or grandchild for the afternoon or maybe the weekend. Suddenly a thunderstorm comes raging through. Most children are at least a little upset by storms because of the thunder & lightning - sometimes the electricity will go off. Don’t just hold the children in your arms and tell them not to worry (there is really nothing wrong with doing this – but where is the magic?). Take action. You’ve planned ahead for this – you know where 2 old sheets or blankets are stored. You have flashlights (hopefully one for each grandchild but just one will do). You have 4 straight-backed chairs from your breakfast or dining room or the 4 chairs from your card table. You have bread & peanut butter & jelly – and you have storybooks.
Say “OK, kids. Let’s get ready for the storm. We’ll make our shelter” (right in the middle of your largest room). Place the chairs to form a square. Put one blanket on the floor – the other over the tops of the chairs. Grab a loaf of bread, peanut butter – jelly – knife – flashlights and books. You ‘re all set – crawl in with all the giggling flashlight holders by the glow of flashlight, read a story or two. Soon the storm’s over and the brave band crawls out of the shelter with only a ‘little peanut butter & jelly in their hair and you have had one magic moment’. Note: The will probably have to become a tradition on stormy days - so stay prepared.
Thunderstorm preparation:
4 straight-backed chairs
2 sheets or blankets
Bread – peanut butter – jelly – maybe a roll of paper towels
Flashlights
Storybooks
What made the magic? Little souls that were afraid of the storm had their minds taken off fear by preparing for & having an adventure. They felt cozy in the small make-believe shelter – eating the peanut butter & jelly sandwiches was like a picnic and Grandmother kept their minds off the storm by reading a favorite story by flashlight. ‘Magic’.
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Nighttime Treasure Hunt
Write clues on pieces of paper (Mom or Dad can read the clues to kids).
Set up pop up tent in yard for base camp. Give them 1st clue – to lead to 1st box.
Box #1 – Small flashlights (maybe the kind they wear on their heads). These will help them find other treasures. In the box with flashlights is clue for box #2.
Box #2 –
Box #3 –
Box #4 -
Set up pop up tent in yard for base camp. Give them 1st clue – to lead to 1st box.
Box #1 – Small flashlights (maybe the kind they wear on their heads). These will help them find other treasures. In the box with flashlights is clue for box #2.
Box #2 –
Box #3 –
Box #4 -
Fall Farm Weekend
Activities:
- Raking leaves from around oak trees (Tell mowers to leave them for several weeks)
- Burning leaves (unless it is too dry)
- Make fall leaf collection from woods
- If full moon – have ‘hayride’ on Bo’s flat bed (need to make some side rails to make it safe)
- Weiner Roast around outside fire
- ‘Maybe carve Halloween pumpkins’
- Set up tent for ‘pretend campout’
- Go fishing (when triplets are older or Sean could fish now)
Barney 1-2-3-4 Seasons
Items Needed:
1. Pictures of all four seasons: maybe small bulletin boards or decorate jars as shown on video
2. Umbrellas – 3 or 4 small kids size in different colors or multi colored
3. Hats – several silly hats of all sizes and colors
4. Optional: Some kind of pretend sled that could be used to pull kids across floor or carpet
‘Silly Hat Song’
Oh, a silly hat, a silly hat
I wear it on my head because that’s where it’s at.
And I know it’s as funny as it can be!
Oh, a silly hat, a silly hat
I wear it on my head because that’s where it’s at.
And I like it cause it feels like part of me!
It may be big or it may be little.
It might even have a hole in the middle.
And it might be colored red or blue or green.
And if someone saw my silly hat
That I have on my head because that’s where it’s at
They’d think it’s the silliest thing they’d seen.
(Repeat)
1. Pictures of all four seasons: maybe small bulletin boards or decorate jars as shown on video
2. Umbrellas – 3 or 4 small kids size in different colors or multi colored
3. Hats – several silly hats of all sizes and colors
4. Optional: Some kind of pretend sled that could be used to pull kids across floor or carpet
‘Silly Hat Song’
Oh, a silly hat, a silly hat
I wear it on my head because that’s where it’s at.
And I know it’s as funny as it can be!
Oh, a silly hat, a silly hat
I wear it on my head because that’s where it’s at.
And I like it cause it feels like part of me!
It may be big or it may be little.
It might even have a hole in the middle.
And it might be colored red or blue or green.
And if someone saw my silly hat
That I have on my head because that’s where it’s at
They’d think it’s the silliest thing they’d seen.
(Repeat)
Curious Buddies - Let's Build
Items Needed:
· Large colored blocks in basic shapes
· Light weight blocks that look like bricks (optional)
· Large plain wooden blocks in various shapes
· Trucks: dump truck, bulldozer, cement mixer and excavator (these should be fairly small but workable – with moving parts)
· Small ‘Hot Wheel’ sized trucks and bulldozers for table time
· Large box or container – big enough for kids to get inside and play
· Dry pinto beans – several packages
o Put several piles of pinto beans inside the large box along with the construction trucks and let kids haul and move the beans around with the trucks
· Construction paper (all colors)
· Glue
· Bird stickers
· Hammering toys
· Toys with bolts and screws to turn
· Books, puzzles about construction
Table Time:
1. Read book about trucks or construction
2. Give kids small trucks to hold as you read
3. Teach shapes with blocks
4. Teach big-little, short-tall (using blocks)
5. Let the kids make birdhouses, using construction paper shapes and bird stickers. Instructions below.
Play Room:
1. Have large blocks ready and help kids build different things
2. Hand out construction trucks
3. Put out box with beans so they can use the trucks
Options: Have toys with bolts and screws to turn and some type of hammering toys
Bird House: (for 3 kids)
o Cut 3 blue squares
o Cut 3 red triangles
o Cut 3 yellow circles
o Cut 3 orange or brown rectangles
Glue shapes on another sheet of construction paper to make the bird
House:
o Square – body of the house
o Triangle – roof
o Circle – hold for the bird
o Rectangle – post to hold birdhouse
Add bird stickers around the birdhouse
· Large colored blocks in basic shapes
· Light weight blocks that look like bricks (optional)
· Large plain wooden blocks in various shapes
· Trucks: dump truck, bulldozer, cement mixer and excavator (these should be fairly small but workable – with moving parts)
· Small ‘Hot Wheel’ sized trucks and bulldozers for table time
· Large box or container – big enough for kids to get inside and play
· Dry pinto beans – several packages
o Put several piles of pinto beans inside the large box along with the construction trucks and let kids haul and move the beans around with the trucks
· Construction paper (all colors)
· Glue
· Bird stickers
· Hammering toys
· Toys with bolts and screws to turn
· Books, puzzles about construction
Table Time:
1. Read book about trucks or construction
2. Give kids small trucks to hold as you read
3. Teach shapes with blocks
4. Teach big-little, short-tall (using blocks)
5. Let the kids make birdhouses, using construction paper shapes and bird stickers. Instructions below.
Play Room:
1. Have large blocks ready and help kids build different things
2. Hand out construction trucks
3. Put out box with beans so they can use the trucks
Options: Have toys with bolts and screws to turn and some type of hammering toys
Bird House: (for 3 kids)
o Cut 3 blue squares
o Cut 3 red triangles
o Cut 3 yellow circles
o Cut 3 orange or brown rectangles
Glue shapes on another sheet of construction paper to make the bird
House:
o Square – body of the house
o Triangle – roof
o Circle – hold for the bird
o Rectangle – post to hold birdhouse
Add bird stickers around the birdhouse
Curious Buddies - Helping at Home
*Note – This is not the best interactive DVD. Most of it you would demonstrate during regular playtime (picking up toys, sharing, etc).
Items Needed: Help make a fruit salad
1. Apple
2. Orange
3. Banana
4. Grapes
5. Strawberries
Kids help wash the fruit and then you chip it up for a salad. Let the kids spoon it into bowls and eat it as a snack. Clean up with help from the kids.
*Sorting Boxes: Put toys on the table and let the kids sort them into proper boxes. Such as Lego’s in one box, blocks in another, balls in another, etc. (all items should be small enough to use at the table).
*Matching Socks: Have a pile of brightly colored socks in the middle of the table and let the kids match pairs and put them neatly in a box.
*A pile of socks for each child would make it easier.
*Discuss – In and Out
Demonstrate with small boxes that have tops. Put items in the box and then take the top off and remove item. Let kids practice putting in and taking out. 5” x 5” gift boxes with tops would be about the right size. Small toy animals, people or cars would do for demonstration.
Items Needed: Help make a fruit salad
1. Apple
2. Orange
3. Banana
4. Grapes
5. Strawberries
Kids help wash the fruit and then you chip it up for a salad. Let the kids spoon it into bowls and eat it as a snack. Clean up with help from the kids.
*Sorting Boxes: Put toys on the table and let the kids sort them into proper boxes. Such as Lego’s in one box, blocks in another, balls in another, etc. (all items should be small enough to use at the table).
*Matching Socks: Have a pile of brightly colored socks in the middle of the table and let the kids match pairs and put them neatly in a box.
*A pile of socks for each child would make it easier.
*Discuss – In and Out
Demonstrate with small boxes that have tops. Put items in the box and then take the top off and remove item. Let kids practice putting in and taking out. 5” x 5” gift boxes with tops would be about the right size. Small toy animals, people or cars would do for demonstration.
Barney - Sense-Sational Day
Note: This is not a great video – wait until kids are a little older before using
Items Needed:
1. Play dough in these colors: red, blue, orange, yellow, green and purple
2. Finger paint:
a. Red and yellow to make orange
b. Blue and yellow to make green
c. Blue and red to make purple
3. Paper for painting, brushes, smocks, floor protector and clean-up paper towels, etc.
4. Video camera toy or real one
5. Bird puppet or toy mockingbird
6. Items for listing game:
a. 3 noise makers to use as buzzers
b. Recordings of animal sounds
c. Numbers for keeping score
*See video for game setup
7. Blindfolds for food tasting
8. Carrots, apple, broccoli, celery, pickle and other fruits and veg
9. Popcorn popper and popcorn, cups or bags for popcorn
Go outside to see what you can hear: birds, airplanes, dogs barking, cars, etc.
Anything to show the five sense of: smell, hearing, touch, seeing and taste – popcorn lets you use all five senses
Songs:
‘Rainbow Song’
Oh, I like red. It’s the color of an apple.
Orange. It’s the color of an orange.
Yellow. It’s a lemon and a wonderful sun, sun, sun!
Green. It’s the color of trees and lots of things that grow.
And then there’s blue for the sky –
And purple a color that’s fun, fun, fun!
And when we put those colors side by side –
Now, what do you think we’ve done?
We made a rainbow –
And it’s a really beautiful one, one, one!
(Repeat)
Items Needed:
1. Play dough in these colors: red, blue, orange, yellow, green and purple
2. Finger paint:
a. Red and yellow to make orange
b. Blue and yellow to make green
c. Blue and red to make purple
3. Paper for painting, brushes, smocks, floor protector and clean-up paper towels, etc.
4. Video camera toy or real one
5. Bird puppet or toy mockingbird
6. Items for listing game:
a. 3 noise makers to use as buzzers
b. Recordings of animal sounds
c. Numbers for keeping score
*See video for game setup
7. Blindfolds for food tasting
8. Carrots, apple, broccoli, celery, pickle and other fruits and veg
9. Popcorn popper and popcorn, cups or bags for popcorn
Go outside to see what you can hear: birds, airplanes, dogs barking, cars, etc.
Anything to show the five sense of: smell, hearing, touch, seeing and taste – popcorn lets you use all five senses
Songs:
‘Rainbow Song’
Oh, I like red. It’s the color of an apple.
Orange. It’s the color of an orange.
Yellow. It’s a lemon and a wonderful sun, sun, sun!
Green. It’s the color of trees and lots of things that grow.
And then there’s blue for the sky –
And purple a color that’s fun, fun, fun!
And when we put those colors side by side –
Now, what do you think we’ve done?
We made a rainbow –
And it’s a really beautiful one, one, one!
(Repeat)
Barney - Campfire Sing A Long
Items Needed:
1. Little pop up tent – optional
2. Whistles – 3 or 4 little ones on strings to go around kids necks
3. Caps (Baseball type or other camping looking hats)
4. Backpacks – optional
5. Butterfly – little one made of paper or silk
6. Red and white checked tablecloth
7. Snacks
8. Clean up trash bag (black if possible)
9. Toy turtle – optional
10. Flashlights – 3 or 4 little toy ones that really work
11. Pretend campfire – optional
12. Construction paper, glue and plastic putty spreaders for each child to make a butterfly to play with.
a. Trace butterfly outline on to construction paper (trace 2 for each butterfly). It should be about 5 inches by 5 inches (cut out outlined butterfly).
b. Cut designs for wings in different colors of construction paper
c. Glue designs on each side
d. Glue the two sides together with the putty spreaders in the middle to make a handle
e. The wings of the butterfly will move as the child moves it through the air
Songs:
‘Little Cabin in the Forest’
Little cabin in the forest green.
Little Herbie by the window screen.
Saw a rabbit hopping by – knocking at the door.
Help me! Help me! Was his plea –
Before the hunter exterminates me!
Little rabbit come inside –
Safely to abide.
Safely to abide.
‘Clean Up Song’
Clean up! Clean up!
Everybody, everywhere.
Clean up! Clean up!
Everyone do your share!
‘The Ant Song’
The ants go marching one by one, hoo-rah! Hoo-rah!
The ants go marching two by two, hoo-rah! Hoo-rah!
The ants go marching three by three –
The little one stopped to climb a tree.
And they all go marching down in the ground
To get out of the rain.
Boom, boom, boom, boom –
Boom, boom, boom, boom.
The ants go marching four by four, hoo-rah! Hoo-rah!
The ants go marching five by five, hoo-rah! Hoo-rah!
The ants go marching six by six –
The little one stopped to pick up sticks!
And they all go marching down in the ground
To get out of the rain.
Boom, boom, boom, boom –
Boom, boom, boom, boom.
The ants go marching seven by seven, hoo-rah! Hoo-rah!
The ants go marching eight by eight, hoo-rah! Hoo-rah!
The ants go marching nine by nine –
The little one stopped to check the time!
And they all go marching down in the ground
To get out of the rain.
Boom, boom, boom, boom –
Boom, boom, boom, boom.
The ants go marching ten by ten, hoo-rah! Hoo-rah!
The ants go marching ten by ten, hoo-rah! Hoo-rah!
The ants go marching ten by ten –
The little one stopped to say ‘The End!’
And they all go marching down in the ground
To get out of the rain.
Boom, boom, boom, booooooooom!
‘The Turtle Poem’
There was a little turtle
He lived by the dock.
He swam in a puddle.
He climbed on a rock.
He snapped at a mosquito.
He snapped at a flea.
He snapped at a minnow,
And he snapped at me!
He caught the mosquito.
He caught the flea.
He caught the minnow,
But he didn’t get me!
‘Frog Song’
There once was a green little frog, frog, frog.
Who played in the woods on a log, log, log.
A screech owl sitting in a tree, tree, tree –
Came after the frog with a screech, screech, screech!
When the frog heard the owl, in a flash, flash, flash –
He leaped into the pond with a splash, splash, splash!
(Repeat song singing faster)
1. Little pop up tent – optional
2. Whistles – 3 or 4 little ones on strings to go around kids necks
3. Caps (Baseball type or other camping looking hats)
4. Backpacks – optional
5. Butterfly – little one made of paper or silk
6. Red and white checked tablecloth
7. Snacks
8. Clean up trash bag (black if possible)
9. Toy turtle – optional
10. Flashlights – 3 or 4 little toy ones that really work
11. Pretend campfire – optional
12. Construction paper, glue and plastic putty spreaders for each child to make a butterfly to play with.
a. Trace butterfly outline on to construction paper (trace 2 for each butterfly). It should be about 5 inches by 5 inches (cut out outlined butterfly).
b. Cut designs for wings in different colors of construction paper
c. Glue designs on each side
d. Glue the two sides together with the putty spreaders in the middle to make a handle
e. The wings of the butterfly will move as the child moves it through the air
Songs:
‘Little Cabin in the Forest’
Little cabin in the forest green.
Little Herbie by the window screen.
Saw a rabbit hopping by – knocking at the door.
Help me! Help me! Was his plea –
Before the hunter exterminates me!
Little rabbit come inside –
Safely to abide.
Safely to abide.
‘Clean Up Song’
Clean up! Clean up!
Everybody, everywhere.
Clean up! Clean up!
Everyone do your share!
‘The Ant Song’
The ants go marching one by one, hoo-rah! Hoo-rah!
The ants go marching two by two, hoo-rah! Hoo-rah!
The ants go marching three by three –
The little one stopped to climb a tree.
And they all go marching down in the ground
To get out of the rain.
Boom, boom, boom, boom –
Boom, boom, boom, boom.
The ants go marching four by four, hoo-rah! Hoo-rah!
The ants go marching five by five, hoo-rah! Hoo-rah!
The ants go marching six by six –
The little one stopped to pick up sticks!
And they all go marching down in the ground
To get out of the rain.
Boom, boom, boom, boom –
Boom, boom, boom, boom.
The ants go marching seven by seven, hoo-rah! Hoo-rah!
The ants go marching eight by eight, hoo-rah! Hoo-rah!
The ants go marching nine by nine –
The little one stopped to check the time!
And they all go marching down in the ground
To get out of the rain.
Boom, boom, boom, boom –
Boom, boom, boom, boom.
The ants go marching ten by ten, hoo-rah! Hoo-rah!
The ants go marching ten by ten, hoo-rah! Hoo-rah!
The ants go marching ten by ten –
The little one stopped to say ‘The End!’
And they all go marching down in the ground
To get out of the rain.
Boom, boom, boom, booooooooom!
‘The Turtle Poem’
There was a little turtle
He lived by the dock.
He swam in a puddle.
He climbed on a rock.
He snapped at a mosquito.
He snapped at a flea.
He snapped at a minnow,
And he snapped at me!
He caught the mosquito.
He caught the flea.
He caught the minnow,
But he didn’t get me!
‘Frog Song’
There once was a green little frog, frog, frog.
Who played in the woods on a log, log, log.
A screech owl sitting in a tree, tree, tree –
Came after the frog with a screech, screech, screech!
When the frog heard the owl, in a flash, flash, flash –
He leaped into the pond with a splash, splash, splash!
(Repeat song singing faster)
Barney - Safety
‘Hello Song’
Look through the window
And who do I see?
_______ friend ________ (insert child’s name)
Looking back at me.
Look through the window
And who do I see?
_______ friend ________ (insert child’s name)
Waving back at me.
Hello! Hello! Hello and how are you?
I’m fine. I’m fine. And hope that you are too.
(Repeat)
‘Safety Rhyme’
Safety means being smart
Each and every day
So I won’t get hurt
When I work or play.
‘Traffic Light Song’
Always watch the traffic light –
The traffic light, the traffic light!
Green means go.
Yellow means slow.
And red means Stop! Stop! Stop!
(Repeat)
+++Need to get or make a pretend traffic light+++
‘Walk Across the Street’
(Tune to ‘When the Saints Go Marching In’)
Oh, when I walk (repeat)
Across the street (repeat)
Oh, when I walk across the street.
I always cross at the corner –
When I walk across the street.
Oh, when I walk (repeat)
Across the street (repeat)
Oh, when I walk across the street.
I always stop, look and listen –
When I walk across the street.
Oh, when I walk (repeat)
Across the street (repeat)
Oh, when I walk across the street.
I always hold hands with a grown up –
When I walk across the street.
Oh, when I walk across the street –
I always cross at the corner
I always stop, look and listen
I always hold hands with a grown up –
When I walk across the street.
‘I Can Laugh’
I like my head. How about you?
It lets me know I’m alive.
How many things can you do with your head?
I can surely do at least five.
(Chorus)
Oh, I can laugh! (ha ha) Cry! (boo hoo)
I can listen, I can blink, I can sneeze (ah choo)
All of these things I can do with my head –
I can do them, how about you?
Count to ten, say them again.
One, two, three –
Four, five, six –
Seven –
Eight, nine, ten.
Repeat chorus then repeat whole song.
++++++Things Needed++++++
Fire hats
Bells (something for fire engine bells)
Pretend water hoses
Maybe pretend cardboard space ship or control panel – not really necessary
Cardboard cars with seat belts (see video to copy)
Stop sign in red and go sign in green
‘Seat Belt Song’
Driving to ________________ I buckle my seat belt.
Driving to ________________ I buckle my seat belt.
Driving to ________________ I buckle my seat belt.
Buckle up my seatbelt. (Fill in blanks with places)
‘Bubble Bath Song’
First you take the water –
And you turn it, you turn it.
(Repeat)
Chorus:
For your bubble, bubble bath (with bubbles)
Bubble, bubble bath (with bubbles)
Next you mix the bubbles –
With the water, with the water.
(Repeat)
(Repeat chorus)
Then you take your body –
And you wash it, you wash it.
(Repeat chorus)
Out of the tub with a towel
And you dry it, you dry it.
(Repeat)
Safety Rules for Bath Time:
Have a grown up help you in and out of our bath.
Have a grown up turn the water on and off.
Things you should not touch: (have pictures or items)
Iron, cooking pan, stove, water faucet, fireplace, matches, candles, etc.
‘Clean Up Song’
Clean up, clean up. Everybody, everywhere.
Clean up, clean up. Everybody do your share.
(Repeat as toys are being picked up)
‘Fire Truck Song’
(Items needed: fire hats, bell, and pretend water hoses)
Hurry, hurry drive the fire truck.
Hurry, hurry drive the fire truck.
Hurry, hurry drive the fire truck.
Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding!
Hurry, hurry climb the ladder.
Hurry, hurry climb the ladder.
Hurry, hurry climb the ladder.
Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding!
Hurry, hurry squirt the water.
Hurry, hurry squirt the water.
Hurry, hurry squirt the water.
Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding!
(Repeat song – singing faster each time)
Fire Rules:
1. Tell a grownup if you see a fire
2. Get out of the building
3. Crawl under smoke
4. Stay out – do not go back in building
‘Five Senses Song’
With our eyes we see!
With our ears we hear!
With our fingers we touch!
With our nose we smell!
With our mouth we taste!
I am an eye.
Yes, an eye is what I am.
Sometimes I need some glasses to see the best I can.
Chorus:
With our eyes we see
With our ears we hear
With our fingers we can touch
With our nose we smell
With our mouth we taste
Now, thank you very much!
I am an ear.
If I’m working you can hear.
Please don’t put things in me!
I’d like to make that clear.
(Chorus)
You know me.
I’m a finger that lets you feel and touch.
I can tell if it’s hot or cold,
Or if it’s smooth or rough!
(Chorus)
I am a mouth,
I’m the one that lets you taste.
With me you enjoy your dinner –
So it won’t go to waste.
(Chorus)
Look through the window
And who do I see?
_______ friend ________ (insert child’s name)
Looking back at me.
Look through the window
And who do I see?
_______ friend ________ (insert child’s name)
Waving back at me.
Hello! Hello! Hello and how are you?
I’m fine. I’m fine. And hope that you are too.
(Repeat)
‘Safety Rhyme’
Safety means being smart
Each and every day
So I won’t get hurt
When I work or play.
‘Traffic Light Song’
Always watch the traffic light –
The traffic light, the traffic light!
Green means go.
Yellow means slow.
And red means Stop! Stop! Stop!
(Repeat)
+++Need to get or make a pretend traffic light+++
‘Walk Across the Street’
(Tune to ‘When the Saints Go Marching In’)
Oh, when I walk (repeat)
Across the street (repeat)
Oh, when I walk across the street.
I always cross at the corner –
When I walk across the street.
Oh, when I walk (repeat)
Across the street (repeat)
Oh, when I walk across the street.
I always stop, look and listen –
When I walk across the street.
Oh, when I walk (repeat)
Across the street (repeat)
Oh, when I walk across the street.
I always hold hands with a grown up –
When I walk across the street.
Oh, when I walk across the street –
I always cross at the corner
I always stop, look and listen
I always hold hands with a grown up –
When I walk across the street.
‘I Can Laugh’
I like my head. How about you?
It lets me know I’m alive.
How many things can you do with your head?
I can surely do at least five.
(Chorus)
Oh, I can laugh! (ha ha) Cry! (boo hoo)
I can listen, I can blink, I can sneeze (ah choo)
All of these things I can do with my head –
I can do them, how about you?
Count to ten, say them again.
One, two, three –
Four, five, six –
Seven –
Eight, nine, ten.
Repeat chorus then repeat whole song.
++++++Things Needed++++++
Fire hats
Bells (something for fire engine bells)
Pretend water hoses
Maybe pretend cardboard space ship or control panel – not really necessary
Cardboard cars with seat belts (see video to copy)
Stop sign in red and go sign in green
‘Seat Belt Song’
Driving to ________________ I buckle my seat belt.
Driving to ________________ I buckle my seat belt.
Driving to ________________ I buckle my seat belt.
Buckle up my seatbelt. (Fill in blanks with places)
‘Bubble Bath Song’
First you take the water –
And you turn it, you turn it.
(Repeat)
Chorus:
For your bubble, bubble bath (with bubbles)
Bubble, bubble bath (with bubbles)
Next you mix the bubbles –
With the water, with the water.
(Repeat)
(Repeat chorus)
Then you take your body –
And you wash it, you wash it.
(Repeat chorus)
Out of the tub with a towel
And you dry it, you dry it.
(Repeat)
Safety Rules for Bath Time:
Have a grown up help you in and out of our bath.
Have a grown up turn the water on and off.
Things you should not touch: (have pictures or items)
Iron, cooking pan, stove, water faucet, fireplace, matches, candles, etc.
‘Clean Up Song’
Clean up, clean up. Everybody, everywhere.
Clean up, clean up. Everybody do your share.
(Repeat as toys are being picked up)
‘Fire Truck Song’
(Items needed: fire hats, bell, and pretend water hoses)
Hurry, hurry drive the fire truck.
Hurry, hurry drive the fire truck.
Hurry, hurry drive the fire truck.
Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding!
Hurry, hurry climb the ladder.
Hurry, hurry climb the ladder.
Hurry, hurry climb the ladder.
Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding!
Hurry, hurry squirt the water.
Hurry, hurry squirt the water.
Hurry, hurry squirt the water.
Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding!
(Repeat song – singing faster each time)
Fire Rules:
1. Tell a grownup if you see a fire
2. Get out of the building
3. Crawl under smoke
4. Stay out – do not go back in building
‘Five Senses Song’
With our eyes we see!
With our ears we hear!
With our fingers we touch!
With our nose we smell!
With our mouth we taste!
I am an eye.
Yes, an eye is what I am.
Sometimes I need some glasses to see the best I can.
Chorus:
With our eyes we see
With our ears we hear
With our fingers we can touch
With our nose we smell
With our mouth we taste
Now, thank you very much!
I am an ear.
If I’m working you can hear.
Please don’t put things in me!
I’d like to make that clear.
(Chorus)
You know me.
I’m a finger that lets you feel and touch.
I can tell if it’s hot or cold,
Or if it’s smooth or rough!
(Chorus)
I am a mouth,
I’m the one that lets you taste.
With me you enjoy your dinner –
So it won’t go to waste.
(Chorus)
Barney - Numbers, Numbers, Numbers
Items Needed:
- Large laminated numbers 1 thru 10
- Each number should be different color. See DVD so you can make them the same color as on DVD.
- A cot or blanket to use as a bed, plus pillows
- Number limbo poles – see DVD for how to make
- Items for ‘Six Shake Pudding’: one plastic table cloth, a thermos with cold milk, instant pudding, plastic container with lid for shaking, four cups or bowls and four spoons. Have everything plastic so it can be thrown away.
- Paper towels to clean up any mess
Look on separate pages for song words.
Barney - Now I Know My ABCs
- Large shapes – triangles, squares, circles, etc. (these can be laminated paper, plastic, wood or other materials. It would be good if you have a white magnet board and magnetic shapes. They should also be in bright colors.)
- Big beach ball in colored stripes
- Ball hoppers (that kids bounce on) – 3 would be good. Could use just one. If you get three, make them different colors.
- Streamer swirls in different colors. Be sure to make the holders out of something that is safe for little children. Will need three or four.
- Sponge shapes for painting
- Washable paint in tubes for mixing and painting
- Paper for painting – paper plates for mixing paint colors. Brushes.
- Wooden alphabet blocks. Three sets if they are not too expensive.
- Alphabet letters (see 1. for the kind to get)
- Big pot for alphabet soup – also large spoon for stirring soup
- Plastic tea set
- Punch and cookies – cookies should be in shapes, ABC’s or numbers
- Dress up hats
- Plastic tablecloth and roll of paper towels for clean up
Barney – ‘All Aboard for Sharing’ – Video
Items Needed:
- Assorted hats (fireman, police, doctor, etc.)
- 3 striped railroad engineer hats
- Various musical instruments (horns, cymbals, tambourines, etc.)
- Toy train whistle – if you can find one
- Plastic or cardboard colored boxes, tied together to make a pretend train (blue, yellow, green and red). Be sure red box is tied on last to make it the caboose. Will also need small stuffed animals and toys as passengers on the train.
- (Optional) A small toy train with an engine, flat car, passenger car and caboose
- Book – ‘The Little Engine That Could’
- Snack – fruit or veg – this is not necessary if it is not snack time
Songs:
‘The Marching Song’ (Tune – ‘When The Saints Go Marching In’)
Oh, when our band (echo – oh, when our band)
Begins to play (echo – begins to play)
Oh, when our band begins to play.
I love to march to the music.
When our band begins to play.
Oh, when our band (echo – oh, when our band)
Begins to march (echo – begins to march)
Oh, when our band begins to march.
I love to march to the music.
When our band begins to march.
(Repeat whole song)
‘Little Red Caboose’
Little Red Caboose – chug, chug, chug.
Little Red Caboose – chug, chug, chug.
Little Red Caboose behind the train.
Train! Train! Train!
Smoke stack on his back – back, back, back.
Going down the track – track, track, track.
Little Red Caboose behind the train.
Wooooo! Wooooo!
(Repeat song twice – singing faster each time)
‘Down By The Station’
Down by the station –
Early in the morning.
See the little puffer billies
All in a row.
See the stationmaster –
Turn the little handle.
Puff, puff, toot, toot!
Off we go.
Off we go.
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