Book: Red House, Tree House, Little Bitty Brown Mouse by Jane Godwin, illustrated by Blanca Gómez
Song: “Sammy” – Hap Palmer: Getting to Know Myself
Book: The Earth Is Good: A Chant in Praise of Nature by Michael DeMunn, illustrated by Jim McMullan
Song: “Mat Man” – Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer: Get Set for School Sing Along
Yoga: Mountain and tree
Social Story: Big Earth, Little Me by Thom Wiley, illustrated by Kate Endle
Craft: Earth suncatchers
Book: Snakes Have No Legs! by Kelly Tills
Song/Video: “Snakes (You Can Look But You Better Not Touch)” – The Wiggles: Wiggly Safari
Book: Snakes in Space by Kathryn Dennis
Song: “Tap, Tap, Tap” – Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer: Get Set for School Sing Along
Yoga: Snake pose
Social Story: Can I Play Too? by Mo Willems
Craft: Paper chain snakes
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: And Then Came Hope by Stephen Savage
Song: “Tap, Tap, Tap” – Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer: Get Set for School Sing Along
Movement: Learn the yoga pose “row your boat”
Social Story: We’re All in the Same Boat! by Barney Saltzberg
Craft: Pool noodle boats
Book: Life on Mars by Jon Agee
Song: “If You’re Going to the Moon” (Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
If you’re going to the moon, wear your boots. (stomp, stomp)
If you’re going to the moon, wear your boots. (stomp, stomp)
If you’re going to the moon, this is what you have to do.
If you’re going to the moon, wear your boots. (stomp, stomp)
Additional verses:
If you’re going to the moon, wear your suit (ziiiip!)
If you’re going to the moon, wear your gloves (clap, clap)
If you’re going to the moon, wear your helmet (pat your head)
Song: “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Book: Are You Big? by Mo Willems
Song: “Rocketship Run” – Laurie Berkner: Rocketship Run
Song: “Zoom, Zoom, Zoom”
Zoom, zoom, zoom,
We’re going to the moon.
Zoom, zoom, zoom,
We’re going to the moon.
If you want to take a trip
climb aboard my rocket ship.
Zoom, zoom, zoom,
We’re going to the moon.
In 5, 4, 3, 2, 1,
Blast off!
(Credit: Jbrary)
Song: “Icky Sticky Bubble Gum” – David Landau: Kids and Kitties
Book: Hooray for Today! by Brian Won
Song: “If I Was a Bird” – Old Town School of Folk Music: Wiggleworms Love You
Book: Early Bird by Toni Yuly
Song/Video: “Dance for the Sun” – Kira Willey: Dance for the Sun
Movement: Learn the yoga pose “swan”
Social Story: Love the World by Todd Parr
Craft: Feathered bird craft
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: Spring, bunny, flowers
Book: Peek-a-Bloom! by Marie Torres Cimarusti, illustrated by Stephanie Peterson
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!
Fingerplay: “Round and Round the Garden”
Round and round the garden,
Like a teddy bear, (trace baby’s hand)
One step, two steps,
A tickle under there! (crawl up their arm and tickle armpit)
Song: “Ten Little Flowers”
One little, two little, three little flowers,
Four little, five little, six little flowers,
Seven little, eight little, nine little flowers,
Ten flowers in the spring.
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: Mouse’s First Spring by Lauren Thompson, illustrated by Buket Erdogan
Lap Rhyme: “Little Frog”
A little frog in a pond am I,
Hippity, hippity, hop! (bounce)
And I can jump in the air so high, (lift)
Hippity, hippity, hop! (bounce)
Lap Song: “Bumpity Bumpity Goes the Dump Truck”
Bumpity bumpity goes the dump truck.
Bumpity bumpity goes the dump truck.
Bumpity bumpity goes the dump truck.
Dump out the load. (tip baby to the side)
(Credit: Jbrary)
Lap Song: “Bunny Hop”
Hop, hop, hop along,
And bounce on someone’s knee.
Higher and higher and higher and higher,
Bunny hop with me.
Shaker Eggs: “Red, Red Robin” – Rosie Flores: Sing Along with Putumayo
Book: Bear’s Big Breakfast by Lynn Rowe Reed, illustrated by Brett Helquist
Song: “I’m Toast in the Toaster” (Tune: “I’m A Little Teapot”)
I’m toast in the toaster, (mime holding a loaf of bread)
And I’m getting very hot!
Tick, tock, (move hands back and forth)
Tick, tock,
Up I pop! (jump in the air and raise hands)
Action Song: “Bananas Unite!”
Bananas unite! (put your hands above your head so your body makes a banana shape)
Sing each line twice.
Peel bananas, peel, peel bananas. (“peel” your arms down to your sides)
Chop bananas, chop, chop bananas. (hold one hand straight up and down and chop on the other hand)
Mash bananas, mash, mash bananas. (make one hand into a fist and mash the other hand)
Eat bananas, eat, eat bananas. (pretend to eat)
Go bananas, go, go bananas! (do a silly dance)
(Credit: Jbrary)
Book: Ellie’s Breakfast by Sarah Garland
Song: “If You Like Your Eggs Scrambled” (Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
If you like your eggs scrambled, clap your hands.
If you like your eggs scrambled, clap your hands.
Yes, they’re yummy and they’re yellow,
So you’ll be a happy fellow,
If you like your eggs scrambled, clap your hands.
Additional verses:
If you like your eggs fried, jump up high…
If you want bacon with your eggs, wiggle your legs…
(Credit: King County Library System)
Shaker Eggs: “I Know a Chicken” – Laurie Berkner: Whaddaya Think of That?
Book: Please, Mr. Panda by Steve Antony
Song: “Peanut Butter” – Dr. Jean: Keep on Singing and Dancing with Dr. Jean
Fingerplay: “Five Fat Sausages”
Five fat sausages frying in a pan. (hold up 5 fingers)
One went POP! The other went BAM! (clap hands)
Repeat, counting down until there are no sausages left.
Song: “Roll Your Hands” – Carol Totsky Hammett: Toddlers on Parade
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: Firefly Home by Jane Clarke, illustrated by Britta Teckentrup
Song: “Tap, Tap, Tap” – Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer: Get Set for School Sing Along
Movement: Learn the yoga pose “butterfly”
Social Story: Try a Bite, Trilobite! by Jonathan Fenske
Craft: Ladybug headbands
Book: Wind by Ann Herriges
Song: “Whistling Wind” (Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
If you hear the whistling wind,
Cup your ears.
If you hear the whistling wind,
Cup your ears.
If you hear it in the trees
Making music with the leaves,
If you hear the whistling wind,
Cup your ears.
If you feel the blustery wind,
Whirl around.
If you feel the blustery wind,
Whirl around.
If you feel it lift your hair
Like a kite up in the air,
If you feel the blustery wind,
Whirl around.
(Credit: Durby Peterson via The Librarian Is on The Loose)
Book: Hear the Wind Blow by Doe Boyle, illustrated by Emily Paik
Flannel: “Five Little Clouds”
Five little clouds up in the sky,
Drifting, floating way up high.
One disappeared from the sky so blue
When a big gust of wind came blowing through! (make a whooshing sound and remove one cloud)
Repeat, counting down until there are no little clouds.
Song: “Shakin’ Like a Leafy Tree” – The Wiggles: Racing to the Rainbow
Book: Kite Day by Will Hillenbrand
Song: “My Kite” (Tune: “The Farmer in the Dell”)
My kite is up so high,
My kite is up so high,
Oh my – – just watch it fly,
My kite is up so high.
My kite is falling down,
My kite is falling down,
Oh no – – it’s down so low,
My kite is falling down.
The wind has caught my kite,
The wind has caught my kite,
What fun – – I’m on the run,
The wind has caught my kite.
My kite is up so high,
My kite is up so high,
Oh my – – just watch it fly,
My kite is up so high.
(Credit: Preschool Education)
Book: Green Is a Chile Pepper: A Book of Colors by Roseanne Greenfield Thong, illustrated by John Parra or Green Food Fun by Lisa Bullard
Flannel: “The Green Grass Grew All Around”
Song: “The Little Green Frogs” – Carol Hammett and Elaine Bueffel: It’s Toddler Time
Book: Where Is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox, illustrated by Judy Horacek
Flannel: “Green Sheep Hide and Seek”
Hide the sheep behind a colored door. Repeat until you find the sheep.
Green sheep, green sheep, playing hide and seek.
Are you under the __ door?
Let’s take a peek!
(Credit: Adapted from So Tomorrow)
Flannel: “Ten Little Grasshoppers”
One little, two little, three little grasshoppers,
Four little, five little, six little grasshoppers,
Seven little, eight little, nine little grasshoppers,
Ten grasshoppers in my yard.
Grasshoppers, grasshoppers, hopping all around me, (slap thighs to rhythm)
Grasshoppers, grasshoppers, hopping all around me,
Grasshoppers, grasshoppers, hopping all around me,
Ten grasshoppers in my yard.
Ten little, nine little, eight little grasshoppers,
Seven little, six little, five little grasshoppers,
Four little, three little, two little grasshoppers,
One grasshopper in my yard.
Grasshopper, grasshopper, hopping all around me,
Grasshopper, grasshopper, hopping all around me,
Grasshopper, grasshopper, hopping all around me,
One grasshopper in my yard.
(Credit: 2008 CSLP Manual)
Book: Green by Nancy Harris
Song: “Bodies 1-2-3” – Peter and Ellen Allard: Sing It! Say It! Stamp It! Sway It! Vol. 2
Song: “Icky Sticky Bubble Gum” – David Landau: Kids and Kitties
