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Itsy Bitsy Spider Rhyme

April 17, 2009 on 12:40 am | In 4's and 5's, Adult Aside, Age Levels, Fingerplays and Rhymes, Music/Songs, Narrative Skills, Storytime Component, Vocabulary |

Early Literacy Aside: Even with simple rhymes you can talk about what’s happening. This gives them more vocabulary, more words to know, and if you ask questions they respond to you are also developing their narrative skills.
Say/sing the rhyme:
The itsy bitsy spider went up the waterspout.
Down came the rain and washed the spider out.
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain.
And the itsy bitsy spider climbed up the spout again.
Aside: Here are some examples of the kinds of questions you can ask your children. [Then you ask the children a couple of questions. Some possibilities are below. Be careful to keep it fun and engaging, not like a test of knowledge.]
Where was the spider going?
What happened when the rain started?
Where do you think spiders live?
Have you seen a spider? Where? What was it doing?
What do you know about spiders?
Submitted by a library staff person at Public Library of Charlotte and Mechlenburg County (NC)