1 00:00:00,066 --> 00:00:01,606 >> You guys want to do the Wiggle song? 2 00:00:02,776 --> 00:00:03,556 Our Wiggle book? 3 00:00:03,656 --> 00:00:04,366 Here, sit down. 4 00:00:04,506 --> 00:00:05,366 I'll show you. 5 00:00:07,086 --> 00:00:08,156 Ready? Where's your worms? 6 00:00:08,776 --> 00:00:09,456 Find your worms. 7 00:00:10,686 --> 00:00:12,996 [Chanting] Five little worms are sitting in the garden. 8 00:00:13,076 --> 00:00:13,786 One tunnels [phonetic] underground. 9 00:00:13,786 --> 00:00:15,896 Then there are four little wiggle worms playing in the garden, 10 00:00:15,926 --> 00:00:16,976 one tunnels underground, and then there are? 11 00:00:17,506 --> 00:00:17,856 >> Four. 12 00:00:18,116 --> 00:00:18,976 >> Four! 13 00:00:19,596 --> 00:00:23,246 [Chanting] Four little wiggle worms playing in the garden. 14 00:00:23,246 --> 00:00:25,696 One tunnels underground, then there was? 15 00:00:26,486 --> 00:00:27,226 >> Three. 16 00:00:27,306 --> 00:00:29,476 >> Three. 17 00:00:30,416 --> 00:00:33,786 [Chanting] Three little wiggle worms playing in the garden, 18 00:00:34,246 --> 00:00:37,616 one tunneled underground, then there was? 19 00:00:38,716 --> 00:00:39,236 >> One. 20 00:00:39,766 --> 00:00:41,426 >> Two. 21 00:00:42,476 --> 00:00:46,316 [Chanting] Two little wiggle worm playing in the garden. 22 00:00:46,406 --> 00:00:48,976 One tunneled underground, then there were? 23 00:00:49,516 --> 00:00:51,996 [ Inaudible ] 24 00:00:52,496 --> 00:00:53,976 One. 25 00:00:54,386 --> 00:00:57,436 [Chanting] One little wiggle worm playing in the garden. 26 00:00:57,596 --> 00:01:03,976 He tunneled underground, then there was none. 27 00:01:04,166 --> 00:01:05,306 They all went underground to eat. 28 00:01:05,306 --> 00:01:09,506 What we do is when we find a chant or book, we usually get the vocabularies. 29 00:01:09,536 --> 00:01:12,076 We pull the vocabularies out of the book or the chants. 30 00:01:12,726 --> 00:01:16,406 We try to make movements with them, like when they wiggle, you wiggle your fingers, 31 00:01:16,406 --> 00:01:18,006 they jiggle or they move their bodies. 32 00:01:18,166 --> 00:01:23,506 We also try to do dramatic play with them, using puppets and fingerplays. 33 00:01:23,726 --> 00:01:28,046 We initiate the activities by observing the children. 34 00:01:28,586 --> 00:01:32,856 It is very important to try and pick up some vocabularies 35 00:01:32,856 --> 00:01:36,536 that they can use throughout the weekly plan. 36 00:01:37,146 --> 00:01:42,266 When we choose our vocabularies, we try to choose it off an anchor text that we use. 37 00:01:43,356 --> 00:01:47,036 We utilize it with books, songs, chants. 38 00:01:47,716 --> 00:01:50,756 We post them throughout the classroom, so that they are -- 39 00:01:51,396 --> 00:01:55,066 we are able to speak with them throughout the day. 40 00:01:55,186 --> 00:02:00,436 While the children are playing, it catches their eye, and they start using it. 41 00:02:00,666 --> 00:02:04,316 They memorize, they pretty much memorize the chant, or the song, 42 00:02:04,656 --> 00:02:08,776 or the book that we're using, and they tell the story to themselves, 43 00:02:08,776 --> 00:02:10,976 or to their peers, or even to the teachers. 44 00:02:13,866 --> 00:02:18,456 Yesterday, you had some worms at your house? 45 00:02:18,456 --> 00:02:19,516 Did you find them? 46 00:02:19,956 --> 00:02:20,686 Where did you find them? 47 00:02:21,076 --> 00:02:22,846 Where do the worms live? 48 00:02:22,926 --> 00:02:24,466 >> In the garden. 49 00:02:24,766 --> 00:02:25,776 >> In the garden. 50 00:02:25,986 --> 00:02:26,816 What do they eat? 51 00:02:26,976 --> 00:02:33,876 >> They eat dirt, huh, when they're hungry. 52 00:02:33,876 --> 00:02:37,326 What happens when it rains? 53 00:02:37,486 --> 00:02:37,866 >> The rain [inaudible]. 54 00:02:38,326 --> 00:02:40,486 >> The rain comes down on them. 55 00:02:40,486 --> 00:02:42,176 >> They make puzzles. 56 00:02:43,376 --> 00:02:44,356 >> They make puzzles. 57 00:02:44,846 --> 00:02:47,826 Yeah? Do you like to make puzzles with the worms? 58 00:02:48,486 --> 00:02:49,286 Do they wiggle? 59 00:02:49,446 --> 00:02:50,386 >> Yeah. 60 00:02:50,906 --> 00:02:51,266 >> Yeah. 61 00:02:51,266 --> 00:02:52,026 >> They go like this. 62 00:02:52,026 --> 00:02:53,556 >> How? Show me. 63 00:02:53,606 --> 00:02:54,486 >> Then they move. 64 00:02:54,486 --> 00:02:55,326 >> Like this. 65 00:02:55,636 --> 00:02:56,916 >> they wiggle like that on your hand? 66 00:02:56,916 --> 00:02:59,446 Does it tickle your fingers? 67 00:02:59,646 --> 00:03:00,296 >> Yeah. 68 00:03:00,436 --> 00:03:01,576 >> Yeah, when you touch them? 69 00:03:02,036 --> 00:03:04,656 Using repetition is very important with our toddlers. 70 00:03:05,266 --> 00:03:09,316 That's why we use vocabulary words over and over, 71 00:03:09,316 --> 00:03:12,226 so that they can remember what we're telling them. 72 00:03:12,416 --> 00:03:18,896 And that's where -- they're using the words they can add to that, so to make sentences, 73 00:03:19,346 --> 00:03:21,216 whether it's one word, two words. 74 00:03:21,836 --> 00:03:26,946 And when they're chanting the songs, it's pretty much putting the vocabulary into them, 75 00:03:26,996 --> 00:03:30,106 so that they know how to say it in a sentence. 76 00:03:30,936 --> 00:03:35,696 And so sometimes, you do -- you hear the kids saying the chants throughout the day, 77 00:03:36,346 --> 00:03:37,866 and we continue it with them. 78 00:03:37,866 --> 00:03:38,786 We sing it with them. 79 00:03:39,276 --> 00:03:43,936 Or if they see the book out on the shelf, they'll pull it out, and we read it to them, 80 00:03:44,096 --> 00:03:45,766 and that helps them with their vocabulary.