Book: Ned’s New Home by Kevin Tseng
Song: “Apples and Bananas” – Raffi: One Light, One Sun
Book: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Song: “Fruit Salad Salsa” – Laurie Berkner: Victor Vito
Book: Banana! by Ed Vere
Song: “Hot Potato” – The Wiggles: Yummy Yummy
Song: “Be Bananas” – Stuart Stotts and Tom Pease: Celebrate
Song: “Jumping and Counting” – Jim Gill: Jim Gill’s Irrational Anthem
Song: “Icky Sticky Bubblegum”- David Landau: Kids and Kitties
Craft: g is for grapes
Book: 10 Little Kisses by Taylor Garland
Flannel: Valentine Hearts
Valentines, valentines, how many do I see?
Valentines, valentines, count them with me.
I have a red one, orange one, yellow one too.
I have a green one, purple one, and one that is blue.
I have a pink one, brown one, and one that is white.
And one last valentine as black as the night.
Valentines, valentines, how many do I see?
Valentines, valentines, count them with me.
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10.
Song: “Blow a Kiss” – Laurie Berkner: Under a Shady Tree
Song: “If You Love Someone” (Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
If you love someone and you know it clap your hands.
If you love someone and you know it clap your hands.
If you love someone and you really want to show it,
If you love someone and you know it clap your hands!
Additional verses:
If you love someone and you know it shout hooray…
If you love someone and you know it blow a kiss…
Book: All Kinds of Kisses by Nancy Tafuri
Song: “Skinnamarink” – Sharon, Lois and Bram: Sing Around the Campfire
Book: Disney Baby My First Valentine’s Day by Sara Miller, illustrated by Jerrod Maruyama
Book: Where is Baby’s Valentine? by Karen Katz
Song: “Jumping and Counting” – Jim Gill: Jim Gill’s Irrational Anthem
Song: “Icky Sticky Bubblegum”- David Landau: Kids and Kitties
Craft: “Woolly be my Valentine” sheep with pom poms
Book: How Big is a Pig? by Claire Beaton
Song/Flannel: “Five pigs so squeaky clean”
Five pigs so squeaky clean
Cleanest you’ve ever seen
Wanted to go outside and play
Oink! Oink!
One jumped into the mud
Landed with a big THUD
Then there were four clean squeaky pigs. (3, 2, 1, 0)
(Credit: Mel’s Desk)
Song: “The Tail of a Pig” (Tune: “The Wheels on the Bus”)
The tail of a pig curls round and round, round and round, round and round.(circle finger round and round)
The tail of a pig curls round and round
All through the mud.
Additional verses:
The mouth of a pig goes oink, oink, oink… All through the mud. (put hand in front of mouth like a snout)
The snout of a pig goes root, root, root… All through the mud. (act with snout and hands like you are rooting through the mud, explain to kids what rooting means!)
The hooves of a pig go run, run, run… All through the mud. (make a running motion with hands)
The ears of a pig go twitch, twitch, twitch… All through the mud. (place hands near ears and wave)
(Credit: Recipes for Reading blog)
Book: What This Story Needs is a Pig in a Wig by Emma J. Viljan
Song: “I’m a Little Piggy” (Tune: “I’m a Little Teapot”)
I’m a little piggy
Short and stout (bend up and down)
Here are my ears (point to ears)
And here is my snout (point to nose)
When I see the yummy food in my pail (put hand up over eyes like you are looking)
I oink, oink oink (oink!)
and wiggle my tail (wiggle your piggy tails!)
(Credit: Recipes for Reading blog)
Book: Piggy Pie Po (#1 and #3) by Audrey and Don Wood
Song: “Pig on Her Head” – Laurie Berkner: The Best of the Laurie Berkner Band
Song: “Jumping and Counting” – Jim Gill: Jim Gill’s Irrational Anthem
Song: “Icky Sticky Bubblegum”- David Landau: Kids and Kitties
Craft: Peppa Pig coloring page with glued snowflakes
Book: If It’s Snowy and You Know It, Clap your Paws! by Kim Norman, illustrated by Liza Woodruff
Song: “Snow on the Rooftops” – Kathy Reid-Naiman: Sing the Cold Away
Song: “Boots and Parka, Scarf and Hat” (Tune: “Heads, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes”)
Boots and parka, scarf and hat, scarf and hat
Boots and parka, scarf and hat, scarf and hat
In wintertime we dress like that!
Boots and parka, scarf and hat, scarf and hat
(Credit: Mel’s Desk)
Book: Snow by Manya Stojic
Song: “Snowflake Snowflake” (Tune:“Twinkle, Twinkle”)
Snowflake, snowflake dance around
Snowflake, snowflake touch the ground
Snowflake landing on my nose
Snowflake landing on my toes
Snowflake, snowflake dance around
Snowflake, snowflake touch the ground.
Song: “Let’s Play in the Snow” – Rachel Buchman: Sing a Song of Seasons
Book: Winter by Ailie Busby
Song: “We’re Marching in the Snow” – Miss Carole: Season Sings!
Song: “Jumping and Counting” – Jim Gill: Jim Gill’s Irrational Anthem
Song: “Icky Sticky Bubblegum”- David Landau: Kids and Kitties
Craft: Paper Shred Snowman
Book: Red House, Tree House, Little Bitty Brown Mouse by Jane Godwin, illustrated by Blanca Gomez
Flannel: Green sheep hide and seek
Song: “If You’re Wearing…” (Tune: “Mary Had a Little Lamb”)
If you’re wearing red today, red today, red today
If you’re wearing red today, please stand up!
Additional verses:
Blue… clap your hands
Green… touch your ears
Black… tickle your toes
Book: Monsters Love Colors by Mike Austin
Song: “Monster Boogie” – Laurie Berkner: Buzz Buzz
Book: I Spy with My Little Eye by Edward Gibbs
Song: “Jumping and Counting” – Jim Gill: Jim Gill’s Irrational Anthem
Song (with scarves): “Wave Your Scarf” (Tune: “London Bridge”)
Before you begin, name the colors and wave the matching scarf
Wave your scarf up and down, up and down, up and down.
Wave your scarf up and down,
Wave your scarf.
Additional verses:
Side to side
Fast/slow
Round and round
Wave goodbye with your scarf, with your scarf, with your scarf…. Wave goodbye!
Song: “Icky Sticky Bubble Gum” –David Landau: Kids and Kitties
Craft: Colored objects on colored circles
Book: Who Ate All the Cookie Dough? by Karen Beaumont
Rhyme: Making Cookies
I am making cookie dough. (hold out arms in a circle, like a bowl)
Round and round the beaters go. (roll hands)
Add some flour from a cup. (shake a pretend cup)
Stir and stir the batter up. (stirring motion)
Roll them, cut them nice and neat. (rolling pin motion)
Put them on a cookie sheet. (place pretend cookies)
Bake them, count them 1-2-3. (counting motion)
Serve them to my friends for tea. (take a bite!)
(Credit: Sunflower Storytime)
Flannel: Five Plates of Cookies
Five plates of cookies – I can’t bake any more!
Give one away, and now there are four.
Four plates of cookies, colorful to see;
Give one away, and now there are three.
Three plates of cookies, shall I give one to you?
I think I will, and now there are two.
Two plates of cookies for lots of fun.
Give one away, and now there is one.
One plate of cookies left, as you can plainly see –
That is the one I’m taking home with me!
(Credit: Geri Ceci Cupery – E.D. Locke Library)
Song: “Hot Potato” – The Wiggles: Yummy Yummy
Book: Maisy Makes Gingerbread by Lucy Cousins or Duckling Wants a Cookie by Mo Willems
Rhyme: Homemade Gingerbread
Stir a bowl of gingerbread,
Smooth and spicy brown.
Roll it with a rolling pin,
Up and up and down.
With a cookie cutter,
Make some little men.
Put them in the oven,
Till half past ten.
(Credit: canteach.ca)
Song: “Can’t Wait to Celebrate” – Jim Gill: Jim Gill’s Irrational Anthem
Book: Who Took the Cookies from the Cookie Jar? by David Carter
Song: “Icky Sticky Bubble Gum” – David Landau: Kids and Kitties
Craft: gingerbread girl coloring sheet with paper circles for buttons
Book: Monsters Don’t Eat Broccoli by Barbara Jean Hicks, illustrated by Sue Hendra
Song: “Monster Boogie” – Laurie Berkner: Buzz Buzz
Song: “Vegetable Song” (Tune: “Twinkle Twinkle”)
Carrots, peas, and broccoli,
Vegetables are good for me.
For my snack and in my lunch,
Veggie sticks are great to munch.
Carrots, peas, and broccoli,
Vegetables are good for me.
Book: Up, Down and Around by Katherine Ayres, illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott
Rhyme: 10 Vegetables
I have ten little vegetables,
And they all taste yummy to me.
They grow everywhere,
Would you like to see?
I can pick them from up high,
I can pick them from down low.
I can chop them and put them in a pot,
And cook them nice and slow.
Song: “When the Pod went Pop!” – Rachel Buchman: Sing a Song of Seasons
(say “pop” then clap)
Rhyme: Five fat peas
Five plump peas in a peapod pressed (press two fists together)
One grew, two grew, so did all the rest (fingers gradually pop up from fist)
They grew and they grew and they did not stop (slowly, spread hands farther & farther apart)
Until one day the pod went POP! (bring hands together with a big clap!)
Book: Very Tasty Vegetables by Bryony Jones, designed and illustrated by Rebecca Fox
Song: “Jump, Jump” – Joanie Leeds and the Nightlights: I’m a Rock Star
Song: “The Wheels on the Bus” – Children’s Music: Toddlers on Parade
Song: “Icky Sticky Bubblegum”- David Landau: Kids and Kitties
Closing rhyme
Craft: Peas in a pod
Book: Polar Bear’s Underwear by tupera tupera
Action Rhyme: “Old Shoes, New Shoes”
Old shoes, new shoes, (clap)
I am wearing my shoes
One, two, three four,
Now I stomp them on the floor!
Song: “Jump, Jump” – Joanie Leeds and the Nightlights: I’m a Rock Star
Book: How Do I Put It On? by Shigeo Watanabe, illustrated by Yasuo Ohtomo
Song: “Boots” – Laurie Berkner: Victor Vito
Book: Under My Hood I Have a Hat by Karla Kuskin, illustrated by Fumi Kosaka
Song: “Hat, Shirt, Pants and Shoes” (Tune: “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes”)
Hat, shirt, pants and shoes, pants and shoes.
Hat, shirt, pants and shoes, pants and shoes
Scarf and belt and mittens and socks.
Hat, shirt, pants and shoes, pants and shoes.
Book: Book-o-Hats by Donald Lemke, art and design by Bob Lentz
Song: “I Like My Hat” – Carole Peterson: Stinky Cake
Song: “Icky-Sticky Bubble Gum” – David Landau: Kids and Kitties
Craft: Dress a paper scarecrow. (Source: Sunflower Storytime)
Book: It’s a Field Trip, Busy Bus! by Jody Jensen Shaffer, illustrated by Claire Messer
Song: “(Silly) Wheels on the Bus” – Miss Nina and the Jumping Jacks: Every Day’s Your Birthday
Book: The Seals on the Bus by Lenny Hort, illustrated by G. Brian Karas
Song: “Drivin’ in my Car” – Ralph’s World: Ralph’s World
Song: “1-2 Hands” – Laurie Berkner: Superhero
Rhyme: Stop Light March
Green says, “Go!” (march quickly)
Go! Go! Go!
Yellow says, “Slow!” (march slowly)
Slow…slow…slow
And red says, “Stop!” (stop and freeze)
Go! Go! Go! (march fast)
Slow…slow…slow (march slowly)
and STOP! (stop)
Book: The Bus Stop by Janet Morgan Stoeke
Song: “Icky-Sticky Bubble Gum” – David Landau: Kids and Kitties
Closing Song
Craft: Bus out of paper shapes
Book: Dig, Dump, Roll by Sally Sutton, illustrated by Brian Lovelock
Fingerplay: “Five Little Nails”
Five little nails, standing straight and steady
Here I come with my hammer ready!
Bam, bam, bam! That nail goes down.
Now there are just four nails to pound.
(count down)
(Credit: Mel’s Desk)
Action Rhyme: Cranes
Cranes reach up (reach up)
Cranes reach down (reach down)
Cranes reach out, (reach straight out.)
And all around. (turn around).
Book: Raise the Roof! by Anastasia Suen, illustrated by Elwood H. Smith
Song: “Construction Worker Song”
This is the way we pound our nails, pound our nails, pound our nails
This is the way we pound our nails, so early in the morning
Additional verses:
saw the wood, stack the bricks, stir the paint, paint the walls
(Credit: Pre-K Fun)
Song: “The Wheels on the Truck”
The wheels on the truck go round and round (roll hands)
Round and round, round and round
The wheels on the truck go round and round
All through the town
Additional verses:
The shovel on the truck goes dig dig dig…
The horn on the truck goes honk honk honk…
Book: Blocks by Irene Dickson
Song: “1-2 Hands” – Laurie Berkner: Superhero
Song: “Icky-Sticky Bubble Gum” – David Landau: Kids and Kitties
Activity: Building with blocks
