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!
Puppet Song: “When Ducks Go on an Adventure”
When ducks go on an adventure, they always say good day.
When ducks go on an adventure, 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: Horse, cow, duck, pig
Book: I Spy on the Farm by Edward Gibbs
Song: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”
Fingerplay: “This Little Piggy”
This little piggy went to market,
This little piggy stayed home,
This little piggy had roast beef,
This little piggy had none,
And this little piggy cried, “wee, wee, wee” all the way home.
Puppet Song: “Old MacDonald Had a Farm”
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.
And on his farm, he had a cow, E-I-E-I-O.
With a moo, moo here, and a moo, moo there.
Here a moo, there a moo, everywhere a moo, moo.
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.
Repeat with other animals/sounds
Book: Clip-Clop! by Nicola Smee
Lap Song: “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”
Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream,
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Life is but a dream.
Repeat with: bounce, sway, tickle
Lap Song: “Giddyap Giddyap”
Giddyap, giddyap ride to town. (bounce)
Giddyap, giddyap up and down. (lift)
Giddyap fast, giddyap slow.
Giddyap, giddyap WHOA! (lean baby back)
(Credit: Read Sing Play)
Lap Song: “A Bouncing We Will Go”
A bouncing we will go, a bouncing we will go,
High-ho the derry oh, a bouncing we will go.
Repeat with rocking and tickling
(Credit: King County Library System)
Shaker Eggs: “I Know a Chicken” – Laurie Berkner: Whaddaya Think of That?
Book: Spreckle’s Snack Surprise by Sandra Salsbury
Flannel: “Five Little Kernels”
(Put up the five kernel shapes on the board, as spread out as you can. When you say “POP!” slap a white popcorn shape right on top of one of the kernels.)
Five little kernels sizzling in the pot.
All of a sudden, one went POP!
Repeat, counting down until all the kernels have popped.
(Credit: Mel’s Desk)
Song: “Dragon Pokey”
You put your claws in, you take your claws out,
You put your claws in, and you scratch them all about!
You do the Dragon Pokey and you turn yourself around,
That’s what it’s all about!
Additional verses:
Feet in/stomp them all about
Teeth in/chomp them all about
Tail in/swing it all about
Book: Croc-a-doodle-doo! by Huw Lewis Jones, illustrated by Sebastien Braun
Song: “DONUT” (Tune: “BINGO”)
I know a treat that’s round and sweet,
It’s fancy, fried, and tasty!
D-O-N-U-T
D-O-N-U-T
D-O-N-U-T
Please save a bite for me, hey!
Count down just as in “BINGO,” clapping for each letter as it’s replaced.
Puppet Rhyme: “Mmm, Donuts!”
Down around the corner, at the bakery shop,
There were [number] little donuts with frosting on top.
Along came [name], hungry for a treat,
And s/he picked the [color] one to take home and eat!
(Credit: The Lion is a Bookworm)
Song: “Jump Up, Turn Around” – Jim Gill: Moving Rhymes for Modern Times
Book: The Cow Loves Cookies by Karma Wilson, illustrated by Marcellus Hall
Book: Tractor by Sally Sutton, illustrated by Brian Lovelock
Song: “The Wheels on the Bus”
The wheels on the bus go round and round,
Round and round,
Round and round.
The wheels on the bus go round and round
All through the town!
Additional verses:
Horn/beep-beep-beep
Wipers/swish-swish-swish
Doors/open and shut
Babies/up & down
Parents/I love you
Song: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”
Book: Hurry! Hurry! by Eve Bunting, illustrated by Jeff Mack
Song: “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes”
Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes,
Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes,
Eyes and ears and mouth and nose,
Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes.
Puppet Song: “Old MacDonald Had a Farm”
Book: Clip-Clop! by Nicola Smee
Scarf Song: “We Wave Our Scarves Together”
We wave our scarves together,
We wave our scarves together,
We wave our scarves together
Because it’s fun to do.
Wave them up high,
Wave them down low,
Wave them in the middle
Because it’s fun to do.
(Credit: Jbrary)
Scarf Rhyme: “Popcorn Kernels”
Popcorn kernels (wave scarves overhead)
In the pot. (make their scarves ‘disappear’ by bunching them up in their fists)
Shake them, shake them, shake them (shake fists)
‘Til they POP! (toss scarves up into the air)
Scarf Rhyme: “Jack in the Box”
Jack in the box
Sits so still.
Will he come out?
Yes, he will!
(Credit: Jbrary)
Song: “Icky Sticky Bubble Gum” – David Landau: Kids and Kitties
Book: Band Together by Chloe Douglass
Song: “Song in My Tummy” – Laurie Berkner: Under a Shady Tree
Fingerplay: Teasing Mr. Crocodile
Book: The Cow Who Climbed a Tree by Gemma Merino
Song: “Tap Your Toe and Follow Me” – Susan Salidor: Come and Make a Circle
Book: When I Draw a Panda by Amy June Bates
Sign Language: sun, rain, book, farm, milk, cow
Book: The Cow Loves Cookies by Karma Wilson
Rhyme: Big Round Sun
Big round sun in the spring sky Sign for Sun
Waved to a cloud that was passing by Wave!
The little cloud laughed as it started to rain Sign for Rain
And out came the big round sun again. Sign for Sun
(Credit: Mel’s Desk)
Flannel/Song: “Five Clean and Squeaky Pigs” (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 squeaky pigs.
(Credit: Mel’s Desk)
Book: Look, There’s a Tractor by Ester Aarts
Song/Flannel: “B-I-N-G-O”
(Visual Credit: Elizabeth Buckmaster)
Rhyme: Five Fat Peas
Five fat peas in a pea pod pressed (hold hands in a fist)
One grew, two grew, so did the rest. (Put fingers up one by one.)
They grew and they grew and did not stop,
Until one day that pea pod POPPED! (clap hands together)
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)
Book: We’re Going to the Farmers’ Market by Stefan Page
Song (Recording) with shaky eggs: “I Love My Rooster” – Laurie Berkner: Whaddaya Thing of That?
Book: Farmyard Beat by Lindsey Craig, illustrated by Marc Brown
Song: “There’s a Dog in School” – Stuart Stotts and Tom Pease: Celebrate: A Song Resource
Book: Maisy’s Morning on the Farm by Lucy Cousins
Flannel Song with Ukulele: “Mary Had a Little Lamb”
C C C C G7 G7 C C
Mary had a Little Lamb, Little lamb, Little lamb
C C C C G7 G7 C
Mary had a little lamb, whose fleece was ____ as _____
Book: Tractors by Wendy Strobel Dieker
Song: “The Tail of a Pig” (Tune: “The Wheels on the Bus”)
The tail of a pig curls round and round, round and round, round and round.
The tail of a pig curls round and round, All through the mud.
The mouth of a pig goes oink, oink, oink, Oink, oink, oink, oink, oink, oink.
The mouth of a pig goes oink, oink, oink, All day long.
The snout of a pig goes root, root, root, Root, root, root, root, root, root.
The snout of a pig goes root, root, root, All day long.
The trotters of the pig go run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run.
The trotters of the pig go run, run, run, All day long.
The ears of the pig go twitch, twitch, twich, Twitch, twitch, twitch, twitch, twitch, twitch.
The ears of a pig to twitch, twitch, twitch, All day long.
Flannel/Song: “Five Clean and Squeaky Pigs” (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 squeaky pigs.
(Credit: Mel’s Desk)
Book: Is Everyone Ready for Fun? By Jan Thomas
Song: “Clap Your Hands”- Old Town School of Folk Music: Wiggleworms Love You
Craft: Rainbow Shape Animals from MakingLearningFun.com
Book: Clip-Clop! by Nicola Smee
Song: “Old McDonald Had a Farm”
Book: Is Everyone Ready for Fun? by Jan Thomas
Song: “Tap, Tap, Tap” – Handwriting without Tears: Get Set for School Singalong
Movement: Learn the yoga pose “cow”
Social Story: “Greeting My Teacher”
Craft: Chick finger puppets
Book: Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Felicia Bond
Song (with puppets): “Old McDonald Had a Farm” – Old Town School of Folk Music: Songs for Wiggleworms
Book: Simms Taback’s Farm Animals by Simms Taback
Song: “Tap, Tap, Tap” by Handwriting without Tears: Get Set for School Sing Along
Movement: Learn the yoga pose “cow”
Social Story: “Showing your work”
Craft: paper plate cow
