Today's Stories
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"Hi, Pizza Man!"
by Virginia Walter

I Hear by Rachel Isadora

Listen To Me
by Barbara J. Neasi

The Listening Walk
by Paul Showers

Moo, Baa, La La La!
by Sandra Boynton

Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?
by Bill Martin, Jr.

Clickety Clack
by Robert Spence

Mr. Brown Can Moo!
Can You?
by Dr. Seuss

Tick-tock, Drip-drop!: A Bedtime Story
by Nicola Moon

Noisy Nora
by Rosemary Wells

Splish Splash,
Bang Crash!
by Karen Gundersheimer

Q is for Duck: An Alphabet Guessing Game
by Mary Elting

Everyone likes to know they are loved. Tell your children often that you care. Especially when disciplining them or dealing with stressful situations, help them understand that you can dislike something they’ve done while continuing to love them. Touching is an important way to show children that they are loved. Make sure your toddlers get lots of hugs, kisses, and tender touches every day.

Talk with toddlers about sounds you hear.
Ask some of these questions:

• Close your eyes and listen. What sounds do you hear? Cars? Horns? Running water? Radio or television? What else?
• Lightly put your fingers on your throat when singing or talking. Do you feel your throat tingle?
• While talking, gently pat your chest or your mouth to make the sound change. Can you do that while singing?
• (Put different sized items in small covered containers and shake.) Does macaroni sound different than raisins? Cereal?
• Practice talking in a loud voice…now a normal voice…now a whisper. Can you be perfectly still? Can you hear more sounds when you are still?

Songs & Nursery Rhymes

Boom! Bang!
Boom, bang, boom, bang!
(beat fist in palm)
Rumpety, lumpety, bump! (slap knees)
Zoom, zam, zoom, zam!
(shoot hands forward)
Clippety, clappety, clump! (nod head)
Rustles and bustles (hug shoulders)
And swishes and zings,
(lean side to side)
What wonderful noises
(throw hands over head)
A thunderstorm brings!! (clap hands)

Pound Goes the Hammer
Pound, pound, pound-pound-pound
(pound fists)
Goes the hammer.
Pound-pound-pound.
Bzz, bzz, bzz-bzz-bzz,
(sawing motion)
Goes the saw.
Bzz-bzz-bzz.
Chop, chop, chop-chop-chop.
(chop palm)
Goes the axe.
Chop-chop-chop.

Quiet Mouse
Once there lived a quiet mouse
(make fist with thumb extended)
In a quiet little house.
(insert thumb into fist)
When all was quiet as can be
Out popped he!!
(throw arms and hands apart)

Choo-Choo Train
Choo-choo train, choo-choo train
(hold waist and sway)
Puffing down the track.
Now we're going forward, Now we're going back.
Now the bell is ringing, ding-ding
(shake one hand)
Now the whistle blows, toot-toot
(shake the other hand)
We can make a lot of noise (sway)
Everywhere we go!

Ram Sam Sam
A ram sam sam
(hit one fist on top of another)
A ram sam sam
(hit one fist on top of another)
Goolie Goolie Goolie (Roll hands)
and a Ram Sam Sam (Hit fists again)
A Raffy A Raffy (Lift arms)
Goolie Goolie Goolie (Roll hands again)
and a RAM SAM SAM! (Hit fists again)

Plink, Plank, Plunk
(tune of Three Blind Mice - pretend to play banjo)
Plink, plank, plunk. Plink, plank, plunk.
Strum, tickle-tickle, strum.
Strum, tickle-tickle, strum.
I make music on my banjo.
I play fast, And I play slow.
Fingers running to and fro.
Plink, plank, plunk.