Our sign for today is “bird.” Your thumb and forefinger make a beak in front of your mouth; open and close.
Book: Birds by Kevin Henkes, illustrated by Laura Dronzek
Song: Kookaburra (first two verses)
Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree,
Merry merry king of the bush is he.
Laugh! Kookaburra, laugh!
Kookaburra, gay your life must be.
Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree,
Eating all the gumdrops he can see
Stop! Kookaburra, stop!
Kookaburra, save some there for me.
Rhyme: One arm goes up, one arm goes down, one arm goes up and down.
Two arms go up…
One leg goes up…
Two legs go up…
Book: What’s Up, Duck? by Tad Hills
Song: Little Bird
Little bird, little bird,
fly around the town.
Up to the sky,
Down to the ground.
Little bird, little bird,
flap your wings,
Open your beak
and sweetly sing.
Little bird, little bird,
fly right to your nest.
Now it’s time to
take a rest.
Song: I can make my hands go clap, clap, clap
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…
Book: I am Small by Emma Dodd
Rhyme: “Four Little Owls”
Four little owls sitting in a tree.
They looked the same,
But they were as different as could be.
One little owl had a wide white stripe,
One little owl had a small brown dot.
One little owl said “Whooo, whooo, whooo,”
One little owl said “Zot, zot, zot!”
Rhyme: The little clock goes tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock (swing baby side to side while standing)
The big clock goes ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong (swing back front to back)
Song (with shaky eggs): “Six Little Ducks” — Fisher Price Little People
