Book: Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! by Candace Fleming, illustrated by G. Brian Karas
Rhyme: Little Brown Rabbit Popped Out of the Ground
Flannel: There’s something in my garden
Song: “Won’t you plant your seeds with care” – Kathy Reid-Naiman: Say Hello to the Morning
Book: What Does Bunny See? by Linda Sue Park, illustrated by Maggie Smith
Song: “It Is Springtime” – Junior Jukebox: Four Seasons
Puppet Show: Spring is Here by Will Hillenbrand (abridged)
Craft: Fork-painted tulips
Sign language: Rabbit
Book: Bunny Fun by Sarah Weeks, illustrated by Sam Williams
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/rhyme: A little brown rabbit popped out of the ground
Rhyme: One, two, buckle my shoe
One, two, buckle my shoe (clap, tap shoes)
Three, four, shut the door (clap, cover eyes)
Five, six, pick up sticks (clap, wiggle fingers)
Seven, eight, lay them straight (clap, raise arms)
Nine, ten, a big fat hen (clap, widen arms)
Book: Little White Rabbit by Kevin Henkes
Song: “Did You Ever See a Bunny?” – Junior Jukebox; Four Seasons 18 Sunshiny Tunes!
Song: Forgot a bag to carry (Tune: “Ring around the Rosie”)
Forgot a bag to carry (sign for bag)
Our books at the library (sign for book)
Stack’em, stack’em (lift baby, or stack hands)
They all fall down (baby to lap, or hands open)
Credit: Leah Portz
Rhyme: Trot, trot to Boston
Song: “Bunny Hop” – The Tinseltown Players; Do the Bunny Hop
Book: Bunny and Me by Adele Aron Greenspun and Joanie Schwarz
Song (shaky eggs): “Bunny Brown” – Caspar Babypants; Hot Dog!
Rhyme: Baby bunny bounces high
Baby bunny bounces low
Baby bunny blinks his eye
Baby bunny waves good-bye
Sign language for bunny
Book: Bunny Fun by Sarah Weeks, illustrated by Sam Williams
Song: “Say, Say Oh Baby” – Priscilla Hegner: Baby Games
Song: “Here we go up, up, up” (Tune: “Here we go looby loo”)
Here we go up, up, up (lift baby)
Here we go down, down, down,
Here we go up, up, up
Here we go down, down, down.
Book: What Does Bunny See? by Linda Sue Park, illustrated by Maggie Smith
Song: “Did You Ever See a Bunny?” – Junior Jukebox: Four Seasons
Song: “Hop, hop, hop along” (Tune: “Row, Row, Row your Boat”)
Hop, hop, hop along (bounce)
Or bounce on someone’s knee
Higher and higher and higher and higher
Bunny hop with me.
Rhyme: That’s Me Complete
I have ten little fingers and ten little toes (wiggle fingers and toes)
Two little arms and one little nose (wave arms, touch nose)
One little mouth and two little ears (touch mouth and ears)
Two little eyes for smiles and tears (touch your eyes)
One little head and two little feet (touch head, wiggle feet)
One little chin, that’s ME complete! (touch chin and pat chest)
(Source: Wadsworth Library)
Book: Wee Little Bunny by Lauren Thompson, illustrated by John Butler
Rhyme: Baby bunny bounces high
Baby bunny bounces low
Baby bunny blinks his eye
Baby bunny waves good-bye
Song (with shaky eggs): “Bunny Brown” – Caspar Babypants: Hot Dog!
Opening song with bunny puppet
Sign language for bunny
Book: The Little Rabbit Who Liked to Say MOO by Jonathan Allen
Song: “Did You Ever See a Bunny?” – Junior Jukebox: Four Seasons
Book: What Does Bunny See? by Linda Sue Park, illustrated by Maggie Smith
Rhyme: Here is a bunny (Make fist with two fingers up straight.)
With his ears so funny.
Here is his hole (Circle fingers and thumb of other hand.)
In the ground.
When a noise he hears, (Rotate rabbit as if hearing noise.)
He pricks up his ears,
And jumps in his hole (Jump rabbit ears into hole.)
In the ground.
Song: Sleeping bunnies (with ukulele)
See the little bunnies sleeping till it’s nearly noon (pretend to sleep)
Come and let us gently wake them with a merry tune
Oh how still, are they ill, wake up soon
Hop little bunnies, hop, hop, hop (hop around)
Book: Little White Rabbit by Kevin Henkes
Song: “Little Bunny” (Tune: “Twinkle, twinkle”)
Little bunny turn around
Little bunny touch the ground
Little bunny wiggle your nose
Little bunny touch your toes
Little bunny rest your head
Little bunny jump in bed
Song: “Monkey Dance” – The Wiggles: Yummy Yummy
Song: “Roll your Hands” – Toddlers on Parade
Song: “Icky Sticky Bubble Gum” – David Landau: Kids and Kitties
Craft: Bunny masks with paper plates (source: Bethany Vangrin/pinterest)
