You can use the poem below for this activity:

 

Hello: With your face close to baby’s face say this poem:

Hello, hello, I love you very much.

Hello, hello my fingers they can touch.

Hello, hello, I’ll touch your little nose (touch baby’s nose)

Hello, hello, I’ll kiss your little nose (kiss baby’s nose)

Repeat this poem using other body parts, ears, cheek, toes etc…

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5 little monkeys swinging in a tree (hold up 5 fingers - kids will love it if you have monkey finger puppets!)
Teasing Mister Alligator, you can’t catch me, you  can’t catch me (some people wag a finger during this verse while others like to put their hands to their heads like moose antlers and wiggle their fingers)
Along came Mister Alligator, quiet as can be (speak quietly and with palms together, sway your hands back and forth like a fish moving)
And snapped that monkey right out that tree! (raise your voice and open palms then loudly clap your hands together)

4 little monkeys swinging in a tree (hold up 4 fingers - kids will love it if you have monkey finger puppets!)
Teasing Mister Alligator, you can’t catch me, you  can’t catch me (some people wag a finger during this verse while others like to put their hands to their heads like moose antlers and wiggle their fingers)
Along came Mister Alligator, quiet as can be (speak quietly and with palms together, sway your hands back and forth like a fish moving)
And snapped that monkey right out that tree! (raise your voice and open palms then loudly clap your hands together)

3 little monkeys swinging in a tree (hold up 3 fingers - kids will love it if you have monkey finger puppets!)
Teasing Mister Alligator, you can’t catch me, you  can’t catch me (some people wag a finger during this verse while others like to put their hands to their heads like moose antlers and wiggle their fingers)
Along came Mister Alligator, quiet as can be (speak quietly and with palms together, sway your hands back and forth like a fish moving)
And snapped that monkey right out that tree! (raise your voice and open palms then loudly clap your hands together)

2 little monkeys swinging in a tree (hold up 2 fingers - kids will love it if you have monkey finger puppets!)
Teasing Mister Alligator, you can’t catch me, you  can’t catch me (some people wag a finger during this verse while others like to put their hands to their heads like moose antlers and wiggle their fingers)
Along came Mister Alligator, quiet as can be (speak quietly and with palms together, sway your hands back and forth like a fish moving)
And snapped that monkey right out that tree! (raise your voice and open palms then loudly clap your hands together)

1 little monkey swinging in a tree (hold up 1 finger - kids will love it if you have monkey finger puppets!)
Teasing Mister Alligator, you can’t catch me, you  can’t catch me (some people wag a finger during this verse while others like to put their hands to their heads like moose antlers and wiggle their fingers)
Along came Mister Alligator, quiet as can be (speak quietly and with palms together, sway your hands back and forth like a fish moving)
And snapped that monkey right out that tree! (raise your voice and open palms then loudly clap your hands together)

No more monkeys swinging in the tree!!!!

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I believe that the most important traffic safety we can teach our young children is to hold their parent’s or caregivers hands while crossing the street. I have a two year old who often refuses to hold my hand while crossing the street so I know this can be a hard concept to teach! Children at this age crave independence and often act on impulse. And they simply do not understand the consequence of being hit by a car.

One activity that is likely to be helpful in teaching your child this concept is to gather up toys such as cars, little people and traffic lights and signs. If you do not have these types of toys draw or print off clip arts of these objects.

Choose a time when your child is relaxed and playful and set up your traffic scene together. Talk about the cars driving on the road, the cars stopping at a stop sign or light and then have your ‘people’ walk across the ’street’ holding hands. Be sure to emphasize that you and your child walk across the street it is important that he holds your hand.

Play this game often to help your children remember to hold a grownups hand while crossing the street.

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I would love to hear about other fun ways to count. Leave a comment!

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Tape or glue the pictures to squares of cardstock and use the cards to play a memory type game. For younger children have the pictures faced up and have the children point to the rhyme matches. Once that skill is aquired try playing the game with the pictures faced down!

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Aquire a variety of different coloured eggs and scatter all the halves on the floor or table and have your children match the colours together. For children who have not yet learned how to match colours just start out with a few colours and put the matching colours close to eachother. As your childs matching skills advance add more colours and mix the eggs up more. For older toddlers and preschoolers you may want to try plastic eggs with patterns.

My little girl who just turned two loves this game. After she makes a match we yell out what the egg colour is. 

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String bits of food – such as bread, nuts, or popcorn on a thin string or thread. Space the food several inches apart and tack both ends of the string to a tree trunk or limb. Watch the birds and see which foods they like the most.

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 Materials: Coloured chalk and plastic pump bottles. Fill the pump bottles with water. Have the children colour the sidewalk with coloured chalk and then have them spray water over it with the pump bottle. This will make a water design on the chalk.

“Creative Activities For Young Children” – Mary Mayesky

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*Edit* This is an activity mainly for those who give tithing to their church. If you would like your child to put a certain percentage of their earnings towards a charity or something else that would also be a great thing to make a ‘money box’ for.

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