Book: Boats on the Bay by Jeanne Walker Harvey, illustrated by Grady McFerrin
Song: “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” – Old Town School of Folk Music: Songs for Wiggleworms
Book: Splish-Splash by Nicola Smee
Song/Video: “Dance for the Sun” – Kira Willey: Dance for the Sun
Movement: Learn the yoga pose “row your boat”
Social Story: Sometimes You Get What You Want by Meredith Gary, illustrated by Lisa Brown
Craft: Pool noodle boats
Book: Sea, Sand, Me! by Patricia Hubbell, illustrated by Lisa Campbell Ernst
Song: “The Waves at the Beach” (Tune: “The Wheels on the Bus”)
The waves at the beach go up and down, (raise and lower arms)
Up and down, up and down,
The waves at the beach go up and down
All day long.
Additional verses:
The sun at the beach goes shine, shine, shine… (open and close hands)
The crab at the beach goes pinch, pinch, pinch… (pinch fingers)
The seagulls at the beach go flap, flap, flap… (flap arms)
The children at the beach have fun, fun, fun… (clap hands)
(Credit: Jen in the Library)
Book: Hot Dog by Doug Salati
Song: “Mat Man” – Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer: Get Set for School Sing Along
Movement: Learn the yoga pose “crab”
Social Story: There Might Be Lobsters by Carolyn Crimi, illustrated by Laurel Molk
Craft: Paper plate seagulls
Book: I Love Bugs! by Philemon Sturges, illustrated by Shari Halpern
Song: “Itsy Bitsy Spider” – Old Town School of Folk Music: Songs for Wiggleworms
Book: Caterpillar’s Wish by Mary Murphy
Song: “Tap, Tap, Tap” – Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer: Get Set for School Sing Along
Movement: Learn the yoga pose “butterfly”
Social Story: I Like Myself! by Karen Beaumont, illustrated by David Catrow
Craft: Craft stick caterpillars
Opening Song: “Hello Bubble”
Hello bubble, hello bubble,
Come and land, come and land,
Right in the middle, right in the middle,
Of my hand, of my hand.
Puppet Song: “When Ducks Get Up in the Morning”
When ducks get up in the morning, they always say good day
When ducks get up in the morning, they always say good day
Quack, quack, quack, quack, this is what they say
Quack, quack, quack, quack, this is what they say
Repeat with other animals/sounds
(Credit: King County Library System)
Sign Language: Horse, cow, duck, pig
Book: Snappy Little Farmyard by Dugald A. Steer
Fingerplay: “This Little Piggy”
This little piggy went to market,
This little piggy stayed home,
This little piggy had roast beef,
This little piggy had none,
And this little piggy cried “wee wee wee” all the way home.
Fingerplay: “Here is the Beehive”
Here is the beehive,
But where are the bees?
Hidden away where nobody sees.
Soon they’ll come creeping out of the hive.
One! Two! Three! Four! Five!
BZZZZZZ!!!!! Back in the hive, bees!
Flannel: “Little Boy Blue”
Little boy Blue, come blow your horn,
The sheep’s in the meadow,
The cow’s in the corn,
But where is the boy who looks after the sheep?
He’s under a haystack, fast asleep.
Book: Farm Animals by Simms Taback
Puppet Song: “Old MacDonald Had a Farm”
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.
And on his farm, he had a cow, E-I-E-I-O.
With a moo, moo here, and a moo, moo there.
Here a moo, there a moo, everywhere a moo, moo.
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.
Repeat with other animals/sounds
Lap Song: “Giddyap Giddyap”
Giddyap, giddyap ride to town. (bounce)
Giddyap, giddyap up and down. (lift)
Giddyap fast, giddyap slow.
Giddyap, giddyap WHOA! (lean baby back)
(Credit: Read Sing Play)
Lap Song: “A Bouncing We Will Go”
A bouncing we will go, a bouncing we will go,
High-ho the derry oh, a bouncing we will go.
Repeat with rocking and tickling
(Credit: King County Library System)
Lap Song: “Bunny Hop”
Hop, hop, hop along,
And bounce on someone’s knee,
Higher & higher & higher & higher,
Bunny-hop with me.
Shaker Eggs: “I Know a Chicken” – Laurie Berkner: Whaddaya Think of That?
Opening Song: “Bread and Butter”
Book: Anywhere Farm by Phyllis Root, illustrated by G. Brian Karas
Song: “Won’t You Plant Your Seeds With Care?” – Kathy Reid-Naiman: Say Hello to the Morning
Song: “The Gardener Plants the Seeds” (Tune: “The Farmer in the Dell”)
The gardener plants the seeds.
The gardener plants the seeds.
High ho the derry oh,
The gardener plants the seeds.
Additional verses:
The rain falls on the ground…
The sun shines bright and warm…
The seeds begin to grow…
Flowers grow everywhere…
Book: What Does Bunny See? by Linda Sue Park, illustrated by Maggie Smith
Rhyme: “A Little Brown Rabbit Popped Out of the Ground” (Tune: “There Was an Old Lady”)
A little brown rabbit popped out of the ground,
Wriggled his whiskers and looked around.
Another small rabbit who lived in the grass
Popped his head out and watched him pass.
Then both the small rabbits went hoppity hop,
Hoppity, hoppity, hop,
Till they came to a wall and had to stop.
Then both the small rabbits turned themselves round,
And hurried off home to their holes in the ground.
(Credit: Early Play Rhymes)
Flannel: “There’s Something In My Garden”
Song: “It is Springtime” (:12) – Junior Jukebox: Four Seasons
Book/Puppets: Puddle Jumpers by Anne Margaret Lewis, illustrated by Nancy Cote
Opening Song: “Bread and Butter”
Book: The Life Cycle of a Carrot by Linda Tagliaferro
Fingerplay: “Five Little Peas”
Five little peas in a pea pod pressed. (fold hands in front of you)
1 grew, 2 grew, and so did all the rest. (pull one set of fingers out of the fist at a time)
They grew and they grew, (slowly pull hands apart)
And they did not stop, (stretch arms as far apart as possible)
Until one day, that pod went, Pop! (clap hands loudly)
Book: Lunch by Denise Fleming
Flannel & Puppet Song: “Out In the Garden” by Jean Warren (Tune: “Down By the Station”) (Use a mouse puppet to eat the veggies from the garden.)
Out in the garden early in the morning,
See the red tomatoes all in a row,
See the hungry mouse coming out to eat them,
Munch, crunch, munch, crunch, off they go.
Additional verses:
Red tomatoes
Yellow corn
Green peas
Orange carrots
Purple peppers
White onions
Brown potatoes
Book: The Watermelon Seed by Greg Pizzoli
Song: “Apples and Bananas” – Raffi: One Light, One Sun
Song: “Hot Potato” – The Wiggles: Yummy Yummy
Book: One Little Spoonful by Aliki
Song: “Roly Poly” (Tune: “Frère Jacques”)
Roly poly, roly poly
Up, up, up
up, up, up
Roly roly poly
roly roly poly
down, down, down
down, down, down
Repeat with: out/in, fast/slow
(Credit: Jbrary)
Song: “This is the Way We Drink Our Milk” (Tune: “Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush”)
This is the way we drink our milk,
Drink our milk, drink our milk.
This is the way we drink our milk
Early in the morning.
Repeat with: juice, water
Book: Lunch by Denise Fleming
Flannel: “Five Little Kernels”
Five little kernels sizzling in the pot.
All of a sudden, one went POP!
Repeat, counting down until you get to zero.
Song: “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes”
Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes,
Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes,
Eyes and ears and mouth and nose,
Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes.
Rhyme: “Five Big Lemons”
Five big lemons sitting in the bowl. (hold up five fingers)
One fell out and started to roll. (hold up one finger, then roll hands)
It bumped the table and hit my toe. (clap once, then touch toes)
How many lemons in the bowl? 1-2-3-4! (count lemons)
Shaker Eggs: “Shake Your Shakers” (Tune: “The Wheels on the Bus”)
Shake your shakers, shake, shake, shake,
Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake shake.
Shake your shakers, shake, shake, shake,
Shake your shakers.
Additional verses:
Shake your shakers high, high, high
Shake your shakers low, low, low
Shake your shakers fast, fast, fast
Shake your shakers slow, slow, slow
Shaker Eggs: “Egg Shakers Up”
Egg shakers up.
Egg shakers down.
Egg shakers dancing
All around the town.
Shake them on your shoulders.
Shake them on your head.
Shake them on your knees,
And shake them right to bed!
Song: “Icky Sticky Bubble Gum” – David Landau: Kids and Kitties
Opening Song: “Hello Bubble”
Hello bubble, hello bubble,
Come and land, come and land,
Right in the middle, right in the middle,
Of my hand, of my hand.
Puppet Song: “When Ducks Get Up in the Morning”
When ducks get up in the morning, they always say good day.
When ducks get up in the morning, they always say good day.
Quack, quack, quack, quack, this is what they say.
Quack, quack, quack, quack, this is what they say.
Repeat with seal (arf), gators (snap), tigers (roar).
(Credit: King County Library System)
Book: Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? by Bill Martin Jr., illustrated by Eric Carle
Puppet Song: “The Animals at the Zoo” (Tune: “The Wheels on the Bus”)
The lions at the zoo go roar, roar, roar,
Roar, roar, roar, roar, roar, roar!
The lions at the zoo go roar, roar, roar
All day long!
Additional verses:
Monkeys…ooh, ooh, ah
Seals…arf, arf, arf
Snakes…hiss, hiss, hiss
Penguins…waddle, waddle, waddle
Fingerplay: “Here is the Beehive”
Here is the beehive,
But where are the bees?
Hidden away where nobody sees.
Soon they’ll come creeping out of the hive.
One! Two! Three! Four! Five!
BZZZZZZ!!!!! Back in the hive, bees!
Flannel: “A-Hunting We Will Go”
A-hunting we will go,
A-hunting we will go.
We’ll take a fox,
Put him in a box,
And then we’ll let him go.
Additional verses:
Bear…sit her in a chair
Frog…put him on a log
Mouse…put her in a house
Whale…tickle his tail
Goat…put him in a boat
(Credit: Jen in the Library)
Book: Peekaboo Zoo by Susan Hood, illustrated by Simone Abel
Lap Rhyme: “A Hippopotamus Got on a City Bus”
A hip, a hip, a hippopotamus,
Got on, got on, got on a city bus,
And all, and all, and all the people said,
“You’re squishing us!” (hug baby)
A cow, a cow, a cow got on the bus,
And all, and all, and all the people said,
“Moooove over!” (lean baby to side)
A sheep, a sheep, a sheep got on the bus,
And all, and all, and all the people said,
“Baaaaaack up!” (lean baby back)
(Credit: Jbrary)
Lap Song: “Bunny Hop”
Hop, hop, hop along,
And bounce on someone’s knee,
Higher & higher & higher & higher,
Bunny-hop with me.
Lap Rhyme: “Alice the Camel”
Alice the Camel has 2 humps (bounce)
Alice the Camel has 2 humps
Alice the Camel has 2 humps
So go, Alice, go!
Additional verses:
Alice the camel has 1 hump…So go, Alice, go!
Alice the camel has no humps…Because Alice is a horse!
Shaker Eggs: “Going to the Zoo” – Raffi: The Raffi Singable Songs Collection
Book: Zoo Day by Anne Rockwell, illustrated by Lizzy Rockwell
Song: “The Monkey Dance” – The Wiggles: Yummy Yummy
Book: Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell
Song: “Mat Man” – Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer: Get Set for School Sing Along
Movement/Yoga: R is for Roar
Social Story: How to Be by Lisa Brown
Craft: Paper plate zoo animals
Opening Song: “Bread and Butter”
Book: Wild Zoo Train by Carmela LaVigna Coyle, illustrated by Steve Gray
Puppet Song: “The Animals at the Zoo” (Tune: “The Wheels on the Bus”)
The lions at the zoo go roar, roar, roar,
Roar, roar, roar, roar, roar, roar!
The lions at the zoo go roar, roar, roar
All day long!
Additional verses:
Monkeys…ooh, ooh, ah
Snakes…hiss, hiss, hiss
Penguins…waddle, waddle, waddle
Song: “Going to the Zoo” – Raffi: The Raffi Singable Songs Collection
Book: The Underpants Zoo by Brian Sendelbach
Puppet Song: “We Went to the Zoo One Day” (Tune: “Mary Had a Little Lamb”)
We went to the zoo one day,
Zoo one day, zoo one day.
We went to the zoo one day,
And this is what we saw: snake!
Repeat with other animal puppets.
Song: “Hear the Animals” – Junior Jukebox: The Zoo
Book: 1, 2, 3 to the Zoo by Eric Carle
Song: “The Monkey Dance” – The Wiggles: Yummy Yummy
