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: Rainbow, colors
Book with Puppets: The Rainbow Snail by Karin Åkesson
Fingerplay: “Five Green Peas”
Five GREEN peas in a pea pod pressed, (hold hands in a fist)
One grew, two grew, so did all the rest. (put fingers up one by one.)
They grew and they grew and wouldn’t stop, (arms bigger)
They grew and they grew until they POPPED! (clap hands together)
Roll-a-Rhyme: Roll the nursery rhyme cube
Flannel Song: “Bubble, Bubble, Pop!”
One little red fish
Swimming in the water,
Swimming in the water,
Swimming in the water.
One little red fish
Swimming in the water,
Bubble, bubble, bubble, bubble…POP! (clap hands)
Additional verses: Increase the number and change the color of the fish.
(Credit: Jbrary)
Book: Duckie’s Rainbow by Frances Barry
Lap Song: “Bunny Hop”
Hop, hop, hop along,
And bounce on someone’s knee,
Higher & higher & higher & higher,
Bunny-hop with me.
Lap Song: “Little Red Wagon”
Bumpin’ up and down in my little red wagon,
Bumpin’ up and down in my little red wagon,
Bumpin’ up and down in my little red wagon,
Won’t you be my darlin’?
Additional verses:
Goin’ back and forth in my little red wagon… (lean front to back)
One wheel’s off and the axle’s broken… (lean side to side)
(Credit: Old Town School of Folk Music: Wiggleworms Love You)
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)
Scarf Song: “These Are the Colors over You” (Tune: “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”)
Red and yellow, green and blue,
These are the colors over you.
Red like an apple, green like a tree,
Yellow like the sun, and blue like the sea.
Red and yellow, green and blue,
These are the colors over you.
(Credit: Allegan District Library)
Scarf Song: “Peekaboo” (Tune: “Frère Jacques”)
Peekaboo, peekaboo,
I see you, I see you,
I see your button nose,
I see your tiny toes,
Peekaboo, I see you.
