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Texas Reading Club Manual 97
Nametag
Hold Hands!
Make nametags using the hand pattern provided at the end of this chapter. Toddlers will use
their hands to count from one to ten several times during this program.
Displays
Numbers
Display concept books about numbers on a table in the storytime room.
Refreshments
Serve cheese sticks and round crackers. Ask the children to try to make the numeral 10 using the
cheese and crackers before they eat their snack. Encourage the children to see what other
numbers can be made from the sticks and crackers.
Fingerplays
En la calle del ocho
On the Street of Number Eight
(Traditional. Translated by Alexandra Corona.)
En la calle del ocho
Me encontré a Pinocho,
Y me dijo que contará
Del uno al ocho:
Uno, dos, tres, cuatro,
Cinco, seis, siete, ocho.
On the street of number eight
I found Pinocchio,
And he told me
To count to eight: (Hold up fists, unfolding one
finger at a time while counting)
One, two, three, four,
Five, six, seven, eight.
Action Rhymes
A brincar
Hop
(Traditional. Translated by Alexandra Corona. Hop on one foot each time you say the word
“brinca.” Clap your hands when counting.)
Brinca, brinca, brinca alto.
Brinca, brinca de un salto.
Uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco.
Otra vez da un brinco.
Seis, siete, ocho, nieve, diez.
Brinca, brinca otra vez.
Hop, hop, hop high.
Hop, hop, and hop.
One, two, three, four, five.
One more time hop again.
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
Hop, hop, and hop again.