Sign Language: sun, rain, book, flower, eat, drink
Book: Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert
Rhyme: Five Fat Peas
Five fat peas in a pea pod pressed (hold hands in a fist)
One grew, two grew, so did the rest. (Put fingers up one by one.)
They grew and they grew and did not stop,
Until one day that pea pod POPPED! (clap hands together.)
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: Mouse’s First Spring by Lauren Thompson
Rhyme: Big Round Sun
Big round sun in the spring sky Sign for Sun
Waved to a cloud that was passing by Wave!
The little cloud laughed as it started to rain Sign for Rain
And out came the big round sun again. Sign for Sun
(Credit: Mel’s Desk)
Song: “Hop, Hop, Hop Along” (Tune: “Row Your Boat”)
Hop, hop, hop along (hop)
Or bounce on someone’s knee (bounce)
Higher and higher and higher and higher (lift)
Bunny hop with me. (hop)
Song/Fingerplay: “Ten Little Flowers” (Tune: “Ten Little Fingers”)
One little, two little, three little flowers,
Four little, five little, six little flowers,
Seven little, eight little, nine little flowers,
Ten little flowers in the springtime.
Give them rain and lots of sunshine.
Give them rain and lots of sunshine.
Give them rain and lots of sunshine,
So they’ll grow up tall!
(Credit: Modified from The Holiday Zone)
Book: Eric Carle’s How Things Grow
Song (Recording) with shaky eggs: “The Valley of Vegetables” – Laurie Berkner: Buzz Buzz
