Book: Dr Xargle’s Book of Earthlets by Jeanne Willis, illustrated by Tony Ross
Song: “Aliens” – Mr. Elephant: Routine-Based Songs for Little Language Learners
Fingerplay/Flannel: “5 Little Aliens” (Tune: “Five Little Ducks”)
5 little aliens went out to play (hold up 5 fingers, wave)
All ’round mars and far away, (circle and raise hand)
When big alien cried, “Bloop-zak, bloop-zak,” (open and close other hand)
Only 4 little aliens came zooming back! (zig zag raised hand back down, with one less finger)
Repeat for 4, 3, and 2 aliens.
1 little alien went out to play
All ’round mars and far away,
When big alien cried, “Bloop-zak, bloop-zak,”
All little aliens came zooming back! (zig zag raised hand back down, with 5 fingers)
(Credit: Leah Portz, Verona Public Library)
Book: E-I-UFO: Old MacDonald Had a Farm by Zach von Zonk, illustrated by Benjamin Chaud
Puppet Song: “Old MacMartian Had a Ship” (Tune: “Old MacDonald Had a Farm”)
Old MacMartian (make finger antennae on head)
Had a ship, (down low, both palms down and fingers inward, set one hand over the other)
E-I-UFO. (slowly raise hands, shifting them back and forth, like a floating UFO)
And on that ship he had a ____, E-I-UFO.
With a ____, ____, here, and a ____, ____, there,
Here a ____, there a ____, everywhere a ____, ____,
Old MacMartian had a ship, E-I-UFO.
Verses:
Kangaroo/hop
Llama/nod
Guinea pig/zoom
Sloth/slow swing
Unicorn/prance
Friend (alien)/play
(Credit: Adapted from E-I-UFO: Old MacDonald Had a Farm by Zach von Zonk, actions by Leah Portz, Verona Public Library)
Book: Life on Mars by Jon Agee
