Sign language for jump
Book: Bouncing Time by Patricia Hubbbell, illustrated by Melissa Sweet
Song: Five Green and Speckled Frogs (with plush frogs on a log)
Song: Five Little Monkeys – Sharon, Lois, and Bram
Flannelboard chant: “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)
Song: “If You’re Hoppy and You Know It”
If you’re hoppy and you know it give a jump,
If you’re hoppy and you know it give a jump,
If you’re hoppy and you know it then you really want to show it,
If you’re hoppy and you know it give a jump.
(Credit: Miss Sarah’s Storytime)
Book: Hop, Hop, Jump! by Lauren Thompson, illustrated by Jarrett Krosoczka
Rhyme: Kangaroo Brown
Jump! Jump! Kangaroo Brown
Jump! Jump! Off to town
Jump! Jump! Up and down
Jump! Jump! Kangaroo Brown
(Continue with Hop!.. Leap!…)
Song: “I Like to Hop” – Brian Vogan & His Good Buddies: Born to Wiggle
Song: “Jumping and Counting” – Jim Gill: Jim Gill’s Irrational Anthem
Song: “Icky Sticky Bubble Gum” – David Landau: Kids and Kitties
Activity: Balls and bouncers in community room
