Sign language: Mouse (flick index finger back and forth across tip of nose)
Rhyme: Round about, round about, goes the wee mouse (draw circle)
Up a bit, up a bit, in a wee house (tickle chin)
Big Book: Mouse Paint by Eileen Stoll Walsh
Song: They’re a Part of Me (Tune: “The Wheels on the Bus”)
I can make my hands go clap, clap, clap
Clap, clap, clap
Clap, clap, clap
I can make my hands go clap, clap, clap
They’re a part of me.
I can make my feet go stomp, stomp, stomp, etc…
I can make my hands wave bye, bye, bye…
Rhyme: Hurry scurry little mouse
Book: Lunch by Denise Fleming
Puppet/Rhyme: (with mice in box puppet)
Where are the baby mice? Squeak, squeak, squeak,
I cannot see them peek, peek, peek,
Here they come out of their hole,
One, two, three, and that is all!
(Credit: Perry Public Library)
Song (with scarves): “Mickey Mouse March” – Larry Groce: Disney’s Children’s Favorite Songs 4
Song: Three Blind Mice – Bob McGrath: Sing Along with Bob #2
Song: Hickory Dickory Dock (with poster)
Song: (Tune: “Shortnin’ Bread”)
Mama’s little baby loves bouncin’, bouncin’
Mama’s little baby loves bouncin’ round.
Mama’s little baby loves bouncin’, bouncin’
Mama’s little baby loves bouncin’ round.
Lean to the left, lean to the right,
Now hug that baby nice and tight.
Lean to the left, lean to the right,
Now hug that baby nice and tight.
Daddy’s little baby loves wigglin’ wigglin’ etc.
Rhyme: Here we go up, up, up
Book (choral reading): The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear by Don and Audrey Wood, illustrated by Don Wood
Song (shaky eggs): “The Bear Went Over the Mountain” – Susie Tallman: Animal Songs
