• Pre-school

Fix-it Duck by:Alborough, Jez

When Duck tries to fix things, they get worse.

Little Bunny's cool tool set by:Boelts, Maribeth

Little Bunny doesn't want to share his new tool set.

Tool book by:Gibbons, Gail

Shows different tools used in building and how they are used

Peace at last by:Murphy, Jill

Mr. Bear spends the night searching for peace and quiet to sleep.

Cookie rescue by:Ring, Susan

Handy Manny helps a neighbor fix her oven problem.

Old MacDonald had a woodshop by:Shulman, Lisa

A female Old MacDonald builds a farm in a workshop.

B is for bulldozer by:sobel, June

Builders construct a roller coaster using tools and materials that begin with each letter of the alphabet.

Turtle and Snake fix it by:Spohn, Kate

Turtle tries his new tools at Snake's house, but makes even more work for himself.

I love tools by:Sturges, Philemon

A boy and girl use lots of tools to make a bird house.

Tools in the shop

[tune of Wheels on the bus:]
The hammer in the shop goes "bang-bang-bang.
Bang-bang-bang; bang-bang-bang.
The hammer in the shop goes "bang-bang-bang."
All day long.
* The drill in the shop goes "brrr-brrr-brrr"
* The saw in the shop goes "buzz-buzz-buzz."
* The sock-et wrench goes "click-click-click."
* The router in the shop goes "whir-whir-whir."
* The measuring tape goes "snap-snap-snap."

Ellison has 5 tool dies you can cut out and have children glue tools on to a photocopied tool belt that can be found in online color pages.