Books:
2-5 year olds
Mervin the Sloth is About to do the Best Thing in the World by Colleen AF Venable - Can you guess what it is?
Sloth at the Zoom by Helaine Becker - What happens when a shipping error places a slow sloth among fast animals?
Sloth Went by Adam Lehrhaupt - Sometimes a little poop can be a big adventure
SnoozeFEST by Samantha Berger - Bedtime story meets Coachella
4-7 year olds
Jasper & Ollie by Alex Willan - A book about best friends
Score One for the Sloths by Helen Lester - Celebrate the value of both individuality and being true to oneself.
Slow Samson by Bethany Christou - Can Samson make it to his friends' party on time?
The Very Sleepy Sloth by Andrew Murray - A book about talents
6-9 year olds
Sloth Slept On by Frann Preston-Gannon - Some kids find a unique animal and set out to discover where it belongs.
"Slowly, Slowly, Slowly," said the Sloth by Eric Carle - A book about a peaceful lifestyle.
Smile, Breathe, and Go Slowly: Slumby the Sloth Goes to School by Chiara Carminati - A book of diversity & inclusion.
Sparky! by Jenny Offill - A sloth as a pet?
Songs:
S-L-O-T-H (To the tune of: B-I-N-G-O) Lazy Sloth (To the tune of: This Old Man/Nick Nack Paddy Whack)
The rainforest has many friends Nap all day
My favorite is the Sloth Sleep all night
S...L...O...T...H Yes, I am a lazy sloth
S...L...O...T...H With three toed arms
S...L...O...T...H I can move move move
I really love the sloth The slowest mammal here on Earth
The rainforest has many friends Take it easy
My favorite is the Sloth Take it slow
*Clap*...L...O...T...H Yes, I am a lazy sloth
*Clap*...L...O...T...H When I need to go poo
*Clap*...L...O...T...H I wiggle wiggle wiggle
I really love the sloth The slowest mammal here on Earth
The rainforest has many friends
My favorite is the Sloth Sloths are Sleeping (To the tune of: Frère Jacques)
*Clap*...*Clap*...O...T...H Sloths are sleeping. Sloths are sleeping.
*Clap*...*Clap*...O...T...H In their trees. In their trees.
*Clap*...*Clap*...O...T...H Sleeping very quietly. Sleeping very quietly.
I really love the sloth Look and see. Look and see.
The rainforest has many friends
My favorite is the Sloth Five Little Sloths (To the tune of: Five Little Ducks)
*Clap*...*Clap*...*Clap*...T...H Five little sloths were sleeping one day
*Clap*...*Clap*...*Clap*...T...H Hanging from a branch and dreaming away
*Clap*...*Clap*...*Clap*...T...H Mommy sloth said, “Squeak! Squeak! Squeak! Squeak!”
I really love the sloth But four little sloths were still fast asleep!
The rainforest has many friends Four little sloths were sleeping one day
My favorite is the Sloth Hanging from a branch and dreaming away
*Clap*...*Clap*...*Clap*...*Clap*...H Mommy sloth said, “Squeak! Squeak! Squeak! Squeak!”
*Clap*...*Clap*...*Clap*...*Clap*...H But three little sloths were still fast asleep!
*Clap*...*Clap*...*Clap*...*Clap*...H
I really love the sloth Three little sloths were sleeping one day
Hanging from a branch and dreaming away
The rainforest has many friends Mommy sloth said, “Squeak! Squeak! Squeak! Squeak!”
My favorite is the Sloth But Two little sloths were still fast asleep!
*Clap*...*Clap*...*Clap*...*Clap*...*Clap*
*Clap*...*Clap*...*Clap*...*Clap*...*Clap* Two little sloths were sleeping one day
*Clap*...*Clap*...*Clap*...*Clap*...*Clap* Hanging from a branch and dreaming away
I really love the sloth Mommy sloth said, “Squeak! Squeak! Squeak! Squeak!”
But one little sloth was still fast asleep!
One little sloth was sleeping one day
Hanging from a branch and dreaming away
Mommy sloth said, “Squeak! Squeak! Squeak! Squeak!”
And no little sloths were still fast asleep!
Craft:
What you’ll need:
1) Paper plate
2) Pens,
3) Sticky tape
4) String
What you do:
1) Help your little one cut out 2 eye holes in the paper plate. And then cut off the bottom (just below the dome).
2) Get them to draw and color a sloth’s face on the paper plate.
3) Tape string to the sides of the plate and tie it around your little one’s head as a mask.