Buttons

 

 

 

Books:   

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Corduroy by Don Freeman 

A Lost Button (In Frog and Toad are Friends) by Arnold Lobel 

Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback

The Magical, Mystical, Marvelous Coat by Catherine Ann Cullen

I Like Your Buttons! by Sarah Lamstein

Bedtime for Button by Amber Stewart

Button Soup by Doris Orgel (A version of Stone Soup)

Little Rooster's Diamond Button by Margaret Read MacDonald 

Gus and Button by Saxton Freymann

Buttons by Brock Cole (long; great story, but better for older kids, not preschool) 

 

 

Activities: 

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Belly Button (Sandra Boynton; Philadelphia Chickens #12)

 

The Button Song

(Chant the words, adding the 'push the button' motion described in each verse)

Hi, my name is Joe.

I got a wife and three kids,

I work in a button factory.

One day, the boss came to me and said,

“Joe, are you busy?” I said no,

He said, "Push this button with your right hand".

 

Hi, my name is Joe.

I got a wife and three kids,

I work in a button factory.

 One day, the boss came to me and said,

“Joe, are you busy?” I said no,

He said, "Push this button with your left hand".

 

Hi, my name is Joe.

I got a wife and three kids,

I work in a button factory.

One day, the boss came to me and said,

“Joe, are you busy?” I said no,

He said, "Push this button with your right leg".

 

Hi, my name is Joe.

I got a wife and three kids,

I work in a button factory.

One day, the boss came to me and said,

“Joe, are you busy?” I said no,

He said, "Push this button with your left leg".

 

Hi, my name is Joe.

I got a wife and three kids,

I work in a button factory.

One day, the boss came to me and said,

“Joe, are you busy?” I said no,

He said, "Push this button with your head".

 

Hi, my name is Joe.

I got a wife and three kids,

I work in a button factory.

One day, the boss came to me and said,

“Joe, are you busy?” I said no,

He said, "Push this button with your tongue".

 

Hi, my name is Joe.

I got a wife and three kids,

I work in a button factory.

One day, the boss came to me and said,

“Joe, are you busy?”

I SAID "YES!!!"

 

Our Button Song

(Tune: Did You Ever See a Lassie?)

Let's sing a song of buttons,

Of buttons, of buttons,

Let's sing a song of buttons,

That fasten our clothes!

 

There are big ones and small ones,

With two holes and four holes.

Let's sing a song of buttons

That fasten our clothes.

 

 

Mary Has Buttons on Her Shirt

(Tune: Mary had a Little Lamb)

(Substitute a child's name or make a flannel board person with a shirt full of buttons)

Mary has buttons on her shirt,

On her shirt, on her shirt,

Mary has buttons on her shirt,

Let's all count them now.

 

I Have Buttons On My Shirt

(Tune: Mary had a Little Lamb)

Wear a shirt or vest with lots of large buttons sewn onto it so that you can count them.

I have buttons on my shirt,

on my shirt, on my shirt.

I have buttons on my shirt;

Let's all count them now!

 

 

Crafts: 

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Button Flowers

Cut bright colored flowers using the Accucut "Flower #1B". Thread a pipe cleaner through a flower shape. Thread a button on top of the flower and push the pipe cleaner back through the flower. Twist in the back to secure.

 

Button Frame

Cut frames using the Accucut "Frame Fold-Up #2" or "Note Card Window VX-12". Glue buttons onto the frame using white glue and allow lots of time to dry!