Toddler Tub Plan

One of my projects for this summer was to organize and put together what is called a Toddler Tub. These are back-up plans for when the original librarian that does story time can't be there and someone needs to fill in. They will pull out one of these tubs and use the plan for that morning's story time, instead of having to come up with a story time on the spot. There are certain items included in the tub already, so I really didn't have much work to do besides just choosing things. The only things I had to come up with by myself was the song and rhymes. The theme of this particular Toddler Tub was Farm Animals #1, so I thought the song and rhymes were pretty obvious.

Sing: Welcome song

Parental Aside: Racing to Read: Sing and Rhyme

Read: Who Took the Farmer’s Hat?

Song: Old MacDonald

Activity: Puppets

Give puppets to the children (or to the parents if the children cannot hold them) to use during the Old MacDonald song

Parental aside: This activity will help the children associate words with the proper figures.

Read: This Little Chick

Rhyme: Mary Had a Little Lamb

Mary had a little lamb,
its fleece was white as snow;
And everywhere that Mary went,
the lamb was sure to go. It followed her to school one day,
which was against the rule;
It made the children laugh and play,
to see a lamb at school.

And so the teacher turned it out,
but still it lingered near,
And waited patiently about,
till Mary did appear.
"Why does the lamb love Mary so?"
the eager children cry;
"Why, Mary loves the lamb, you know",
the teacher did reply.

Read: Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type

Activity: “This Little Chick Felt Board Rhyme”

This little chick is black.

She stands in the barnyard on a big haystack.

This little chick is brown.

She is feeling sad and wearing a frown.

This little chick is yellow.

She’s friends with the rooster; he’s a handsome fellow.

This little chick is white.

She dances and plays, oh what a sight.

This little chick is purple.

She spends her day running around in a circle.

This little chick is green.

She is the prettiest chick I’ve ever seen.

This little chick is blue.

She lays eggs for me and you.

This little chick is pink.

She goes down to the pond to get a drink.

All of these chicks live at the farm,

Out in the big red barn.

After naming the color, put the correct colored chick (or the barn) up on the felt board.

Parental aside: This activity will help the children associate the proper colors with the proper words.

Sing: Goodbye song