Opposites

This week, in spite of some cancellations because of snow, we had storytimes about Opposites. It's a difficult concept to discuss with Toddlers especially, but we just focused on Up versus Down or Soft versus Hard, instead of the concept/term itself. 

Books:

Toddler Books:

Big Bug - Henry Cole
Where is the Green Sheep? - Mem Fox

Exactly the Opposite - Tana Hoban

You and Me - Giovanni Manna

Big Bug, Little Big - Paul Stickland

Preschool Books:

Where is the Green Sheep? - Mem Fox
Exactly the Opposite - Tana Hoban

You and Me - Giovanni Manna

Is It Big Or Is It Little? - Claudia Rueda

Big Bug, Little Big - Paul Stickland

What's Opposite? - Stephen Swinburne

Rhymes/Fingerplays/Songs:

Bread and Butter:

Bread and butter, marmalade and jam,

Let's clap our hands as fast as we can. (clap hands fast)

Bread and butter, marmalade and jam,

Let's clap our hands as slow as we can. (claps hands slowly)

Repeat with:

High/Low; Loud/Quiet; etc.

Source: Jbrary

*I found this via Jbrary, but I changed it to clapping hands instead of saying "Hello" or "Goodbye". That way I could use it in the middle of the storytime as an extension activity.

Stop Says the RED Light:

Stop says the RED light,

Go says the GREEN,

Now just wait, says the YELLOW in between.

That's what they say and that's what they mean.

We all must obey them, even the queen.

Source: Jbrary

*I used round cut-outs of flannels and set them up in the order of a traffic light (red, yellow, green). For each of the directions - STOP, GO, and WAIT - I taught them the sign language word.

Open, Shut Them - Hap Palmer (song)