Book: Spots, Feathers, and Curly Tails by Nancy Tafuri
Shaker Eggs: “I Know a Chicken” – Laurie Berkner: Whaddaya Think of That?
Book: Is Everyone Ready for Fun? by Jan Thomas
Song: “Tap, Tap, Tap” – Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer: Get Set for School Sing Along
Movement: Learn the yoga poses “cat” and “cow”
Social Story: “Meet Quinn” from Quinn at School: Relating, Connecting, and Responding at School by Rick H. Warren
Craft: Cotton ball sheep
(Credit: Preschool Activities)
Book: Ragweed’s Farm Dog Handbook by Anne Vittur Kennedy
Flannel: “Bingo”
There was a farmer had a dog,
And Bingo was his name-o!
B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O,
And Bingo was his name-o!
Repeat, replacing each letter with a clap, one by one, until all the letters are gone.
Song: “Pig On Her Head” – Laurie Berkner: The Best of the Laurie Berkner Band
Book: I Went Walking by Sue Williams, illustrated by Julie Vivas
Puppet Song: “Old MacDonald Had a Farm”
Song: “Bodies 1-2-3” – Peter and Ellen Allard: Sing it! Say it! Stamp it! Sway it! Vol. 2
Pop-up Book: Chick by Ed Vere
Song: “The Chicken Dance” – Bob Kames: The Ultimate Party Survival Kit
Book: I Spy on the Farm by Edward Gibbs
Song: “There’s a Dog in the School” – Stuart Stotts and Tom Pease: Celebrate: A Song Resource
Song: “(Silly) Wheels on the Bus” – Miss Nina & the Jumping Jacks: Every Day’s Your Birthday!
Book: Cows Go Boo! by Steve Webb, illustrated by Fred Blunt
Flannel: “Five Pigs So Squeaky Clean” (Tune: “Five Green and Speckled Frogs”)
Five pigs so squeaky clean,
Cleanest you’ve ever seen,
Wanted to go outside and play.
Oink! Oink!
One jumped into the mud,
Landed with a big THUD,
Then there were four clean and squeaky pigs.
Repeat, counting down until there are no clean and squeaky pigs.
(Credit: Mel’s Desk)
Action Song: “I’m a Little Chick” (Tune: “I’m a Little Teapot”)
I’m a little chick who’s ready to hatch, (crouch down inside your egg)
Pecking at my shell, Tap, tap, tap! (pecking motion with hands)
When I crack it open, out I’ll leap (jump out of shell)
I’ll flap my feathers, and say, “Peep! Peep! Peep!”
(Credit: Metropolitan Library System, Oklahoma City area)
Book: Moo! by David LaRochelle, illustrated by Mike Wohnoutka
Puppet Song: “Down on Grandpa’s Farm”
Down on Grandpa’s farm there is a black and white cow,
Down on Grandpa’s farm there is a black and white cow.
The cow she makes a sound like this: Moo! Moo!
The cow she makes a sound like this: Moo! Moo!
Chorus:
Oh, we’re on our way, we’re on our way,
On our way to Grandpa’s farm.
We’re on our way, we’re on our way,
On our way to Grandpa’s farm.
Additional verses:
Down on Grandpa’s farm there is a strong, brown horse…
Down on Grandpa’s farm there is fluffy, white sheep…
Down on Grandpa’s farm there is a muddy, pink pig…
Down on Grandpa’s farm there is a little, yellow chick…
(Credit: Adapted from Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives)
Book: Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney
Song: “I can make my hands go clap, clap, clap” (Tune: “Mary Had a Little Lamb”)
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.
Additional verses:
I can make my legs go jump, jump, jump…
I can make my feet go stomp, stomp, stomp, etc…
Book (with puppets): Ten Red Apples by Pat Hutchins
Song: “Apple Dance” (Tune: “Mulberry Bush”)
This is the way the apples hang, (Hold arms up over head)
The apples hang, the apples hang,
This is the way the apples hang,
Up high in the tree.
This is the way the apples drop, (Hit the floor with your fists)
The apples drop, the apples drop,
This is the way the apples drop,
Down to the ground.
This is the way the apples spin, (Roll hands or spin entire body)
The apples spin, the apples spin,
This is the way the apples spin,
Around on their stem.
This is the way the apples rock, (Rock from side to side)
Apples rock, apples rock,
This is the way the apples rock,
Back and forth in the basket.
Book: Big Red Farm by Christianne C. Jones and Todd Ouren
Song: “Bingo” on the whiteboard
Book: Fire Truck by Peter Sis
Song: “Drive the Fire Truck” – Old Town School of Folk Music: Songs for Wiggleworms
Craft: Shape Fire Truck
Sign language: Farm
Book: Cock-a-Doodle-Doo, Creak, Pop-pop, Moo by Jim Aylesworth, illustrated by Brad Sneed
Rhyme: Shoe the old horse (tap one foot)
Shoe the old mare (tap other foot)
But let the little pony
Run bare, bare, bare (tap feet together)
Song: Counting sheep (Tune: “This Old Man”)
Counting sheep, counting sheep
Helps my _________ go to sleep
One sheep, two sheep
Three sheep, four —
Soon my _________
Starts to snore
(Credit: Sing a Song of Storytime)
Book: Chicken, Chicken, Duck! by Nadia Krilanovich
Rhyme: One, two, buckle my shoe
Song: Hop, hop, hop along (Tune: “Row Your Boat”)
Hop, hop, hop along (hop)
Or bounce on someone’s knee (bounce)
Higher and higher and higher and higher (lift)
Bunny hop with me. (hop)
Puppets/Song: “Old McDonald” – Old Town School of Folk Music: Songs for Wiggleworms
Big Book: I Went Walking by Sue Williams, illustrated by Julie Vivas
Song (shaky eggs): “Mary Had a Little Lamb” – Old Town School of Folk Music: Songs for Wiggleworms
