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Hedgehog image copyright 2005 by  Lois EhlertOnline Storytime - WALKING

Today's Stories
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Gramma's Walk by Anna Grossnickle Hines
Gramma’s Walk

by Anna Grossnickle Hines

Going On A Lion Hunt
by Harriet Ziefert

I Went Walking by Sue Williams
I Went Walking

by Sue Williams

I Can Take a Walk!
by Shigeo Watanabe

Let's Go Home, Little Bear by Martin Waddell
Let’s Go Home, Little Bear
by Martin Waddell

I Walk and Read
by Tana Hoban

Mooses Come Walking by Arlo Guthrie
Mooses Come Walking

by Arlo Guthrie

Didi and Daddy on the Promenade
by Marilyn Singer

Sheep Take a Hike by Nancy Shaw
Sheep Take a Hike

by Nancy Shaw

Tom & Pippo Go for a Walk
by Helen Oxenbury

Spot's Walk in the Woods by Eric Hill
Spot’s Walk in the Woods

by Eric Hill

The Trek by Ann Jonas
The Trek
by Ann Jonas

A Good Night Walk by Elisha Cooper
A Good Night Walk

by Elisha Cooper

Online story times are designed to introduce your child to language, literature and the library. By exposing your toddler to a wide variety of the best books available and making reading an everyday part of life, you will lay the foundations for a lifelong love of reading.

Learn more about Toddler Story Times.
Check the calendar for Babies & Books and Tales for Twos story times.

Fun Activities

Sign Language
Walk =  Have your hands in front, palms down, with fingers pointed away from the body. Alternately swing hands down, palms facing body, and pull each arm back to the body, in a motion like the legs walking.

Discovery Walk
Take a walk to your neighborhood park and encourage children to bring home souvenirs. tennis shoesTo bring souvenirs home, put a loop of masking tape around the child’s wrist, sticky side out. Small treasures can be attached for the trip home. Once back, examine the treasures and talk about where or how they were found.
 Remember to keep walks short so children don’t get overly tired. Walking is good exercise, but wearing out children results in a cranky mood and an unhappy memory of the activity.

Songs & Nursery Rhymes

Clown walkingAs I Was Walking
As I was walking down the street,
(march in place)
Down the street, down the street,
As I was walking down the street,
Hi, ho! Hi, ho! Hi, ho!
(clap hands and march)

Max and his mom I chanced to meet. (wave)
Chanced to meet, chanced to meet,
Max and his mom I chanced to meet.
Hi, ho! Hi, ho! Hi, ho!
(clap hands)

A rig-a-jig-jig and away we go,
(clapping hands, walk in circle)
Away we go, away we go,
A rig-a-jig-jig and away we go.
Hi, ho! Hi, ho! Hi, ho!

(repeat using the names of other children in your group)Boy walking and listening to music

Walking
One foot, (raise one leg)
Now the other, (raise other leg)
We walk down the street.
(march in place)
Frankenstein's monster walkingWalking fast (march fast)
Walking slow (march slow)
We walk on two feet.
(march in place)

Continue with:
Dogs walk down the street.
(add arms to marching motion)…four feet
Spiders walk down the street.
(add wiggling fingers)…eight feet

Here We Go
Here we go walking slow,
(march in place slowly)
Here we go walking fast
(march quickly)
Here we go walking round and round (march in circles)
Round the block and back.
(back to original position)

Additional verses:
We hold hands walking slow…
(swing hands)

We climb steps so slow…
(climbing stairs motion)
We watch for cars going slow…
(look left and right)
Repeat first verse.

 
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