Butterfly Storytime - Tales for Twos

Early Literacy Tip – Spending time outside exploring nature with your child will give you lots of opportunities to talk to you child about new things that you see and do. Having a wide range of experiences will give your child a good foundation for reading comprehension when they are in school someday.

“The More We Get Together” from Singable Songs For the Very Young by Raffi


Book: Butterfly Butterfly by Petr Horacek

One Little, Two Little, Three Little Butterflies
One little, two little, three little butterflies,
Four little, five little, six little butterflies,
Seven little, eight little, nine little butterflies,
Ten butterflies flap their wings. (flap like a butterfly)

Printed butterflies, colored, laminated and with magnets on the back.

Book: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

If You’re a Butterfly and You Know It
If you’re a butterfly and you know it flap your wings,
If you’re a butterfly and you know it flap your wings,
If you’re a butterfly and you know it and you know it
and you really want to show it
If you’re a butterfly and you know it flap your wings.
(Continue with …fly around…)

Book: Waiting for Wings by Lois Ehlert

“Beanbag Boogie” from Kids in Motion by Greg & Steve

We Are Leaving (sing to the tune of “Frere Jacques”)
We are leaving, we are leaving,
Time to go, time to go.
It was nice to see you,
It was nice to see you.
Good-bye. Good-bye.