Book: I Love Bugs! by Philemon Sturges, illustrated by Shari Halpern
Song: “Itsy Bitsy Spider” – Old Town School of Folk Music: Songs for Wiggleworms
Book: Firefly Home by Jane Clarke, illustrated by Britta Teckentrup
Song: “Tap, Tap, Tap” – Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer: Get Set for School Sing Along
Movement: Learn the yoga pose “butterfly”
Social Story: Try a Bite, Trilobite! by Jonathan Fenske
Craft: Ladybug headbands
Opening Song: “Bread and Butter”
Book: Waiting for Wings by Lois Ehlert
Song: “The Butterflies in the Yard” (Tune: “The Wheels On the Bus”)
The caterpillars are wriggling around, (Wriggle around)
Wriggling around, wriggling around.
The caterpillars are wriggling around,
All around the yard.
Additional verses:
The caterpillars are building a cocoon… (Roll into a ball)
The butterflies are flying around… (Fly around)
Book: Butterfly, Butterfly by Petr Horáček
Song: “There’s a Tiny Caterpillar On a Leaf” (Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
There’s a tiny caterpillar on a leaf, wiggle, wiggle, (Wiggling action)
There’s a tiny caterpillar on a leaf, wiggle, wiggle,
There’s a tiny caterpillar, there’s a tiny caterpillar,
There’s a tiny caterpillar on a leaf, wiggle, wiggle.
Additional verses:
There’s a big, fat caterpillar on a leaf, munch, munch… (Munching action)
There’s a pretty butterfly on a leaf, flutter, flutter… (Fluttering action)
Song: “Butterfly Song” – David Landau: Rocket to the Moon
Puppet Show: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Song: “Icky Sticky Bubble Gum” – David Landau: Kids and Kitties
Sign language: caterpillar, butterfly
Book: Ten Little Caterpillars by Bill Martin Jr., illustrated by Lois Ehlert
Song: “Caterpillar Caterpillar” (Tune: “Are You Sleeping?”)
Caterpillar caterpillar (Wiggle fingers of one hand)
In the tree, in the tree (Spread arms like branches)
First you wiggle this way (Wiggle hand left)
Then you wiggle that way (Wiggle hands right)
Look at me, look at me (Point to self)
(Credit: Mel’s Desk)
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)
Rhyme: Away up high in the apple tree (lift baby)
I saw a little baby smiling at me
I shook that tree as hard as I could (shake gently)
Down came the baby (bring down)
Mmm, was she good! (Kiss)
Book: In the Tall, Tall Grass by Denise Fleming
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)
Scarves/Song: “Butterfly” – Bari Koral: Anna and the Cupcakes
Rhyme: This Little Pig
Puppets: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Song (with shaky eggs): “Caterpillar, Caterpillar” – Kira Willey: Dance for the Sun
Book: Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! by Bob Barner
Rhyme: Here is a beehive. Where are the bees?
Hidden away where nobody sees.
Soon they come creeping out of the hive (have one bee peek out)
1-2-3-4-5! BUZZ! (bring each finger out as you count)
Song: Bumblebee, bumblebee (Tune: “Jingle Bells”)
Bumblebee, bumblebee
Landing on my nose,
Bumblebee, bumblebee,
Now he’s on my toes.
On my arms, on my legs, on my elbows,
Bumblebee, oh bumblebee,
He lands and then he goes.
Rhyme: Roly poly, ever so slowly (roll arms)
Roly, poly, faster, faster, faster!
Book: Snappy Little Bugs by Claire Nielson and Dug Steer, illustrated by Derek Matthews
Song: “On my Toe There is a Flea” – John M. Feierabend and Luann Saunders: Frog in the Meadow
Song: Rickety rickety rocking horse
Over the hills we go
Rickety rickety rocking horse
Giddy-up, giddy-up, Whoa! (hug)
Song: “Itsy Bitsy Spider”
Rhyme: Pizza, pickle, pumpernickel
My little baby deserves a tickle! [tickle baby]
One for her nose, and one for her toes
And one for her belly where the hot dog goes!
Book: Butterfly, Butterfly by Petr Horáček
Song: There’s a Tiny Caterpillar on a Leaf (Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
There’s a tiny caterpillar on a leaf, wiggle, wiggle,. (children do wiggling action for this verse)
There’s a big fat caterpillar on a leaf, munch, munch, etc (munching action)
There’s a pretty butterfly on a leaf, flutter, flutter, etc (fluttering action)
Song: (Tune: Are You Sleeping?)
Caterpillar caterpillar Wiggle fingers of one hand
In the tree, in the tree Spread arms like branches
First you wiggle this way Wiggle hand left
Then you wiggle that way Wiggle hands right
Look at me, look at me Point to self
Song (with shaky eggs): “Caterpillar, Caterpillar” – Kira Willey: Dance for the Sun
