Storytime - Build with Me

Books

• I Love Tools by Philemon Sturges
• Toddler
• Machines at Work by Byron Barton
• Toddler
• Building a House by Byron Barton
• Preschool
• Toolbox Twins by Lola Schaefer
• Preschool

Songs/Rhymes

Johnny Hammers One Hammer

Johnny hammers one hammer,

One hammer, one hammer.

(pat one hand on leg)

Johnny hammers with one hammer all day long.

Repeat with two hands for two hammers, use feet for three and four hammers.

--PreKFun

Carpenter’s Song

This is the way we saw the wood

Saw the wood, saw the wood

This is the way we saw the wood

Sawing, sawing, sawing.

This is the way we hammer the nail

Hammer the nail, hammer the nail

This is the way we hammer the nail

Pound, pound, pound.

This is the way we stir the paint

Stir the paint, stir the paint

This is the way we stir the paint

Stir, stir, stir.

--PreKFun

Craft

Toolbelts

Materials: Construction paper strips, printable tools (hammer, wrench, and saw), scissors, crayons, glue, and tape. The children colored their tools, then glued them to the strips and fastened them around their waists. I pre-cut the tools for the toddlers and allowed the preschoolers to cut out their own.

The idea came from Ms. Hegna's Story Room.

The images came from Brilliant Beginnings Preschool.