Song Cards
Prep:聽15 Minutes / Activity Time: 5-10 Minutes
Your 2-year-old may be able to recall repetitive parts to familiar songs, fingerplays and nursery rhymes. Create song cards and invite your child to choose a card to sing or say. Kids love to have choices!聽
- Index cards聽
- Markers or crayons聽
Step 1:鈥Make picture cards of three to four of your child鈥檚 favorite songs, fingerplays and nursery rhymes. For example: use clip art or draw a spider on a card to represent The Itsy Bitsy Spider, an egg on a wall for Humpty Dumpty or a bus for The Wheels on the Bus.鈥
Step 2:鈥Show your child three card choices and ask him鈥痶o choose the one he wants to do first.鈥
Step 3:鈥Tell your child, 鈥淵ou chose the spider for鈥The Itsy Bitsy Spider. Let鈥檚 sing it together.鈥 Get your little spider ready!鈥濃
Step 4:鈥Ask your child if he wants to choose another card. Continue as long as your child is engaged and interested.鈥
Give your child just two cards to choose from. Follow the remaining steps.鈥
Ask your child to look at a card and tell you what song, fingerplay or nursery rhyme it represents. Do this only after he has had several practices with the cards.聽