Opening Song
Book: Secret Pizza Party by Adam Rubin, illustrated by Daniel Salmieri
Puppet Rhyme: “There’s Something in the Woods”
There’s something in the woods, that I can’t really see. (hands around eyes like binoculars)
There’s something in the woods. Now what can it be? (hold up hands, shrug shoulders in question)
Repeat the rhyme above before giving each clue:
I’m an animal who’s big, brown, and furry and who “Roars.” (bear)
I’m an animal who has a long skinny tail and carries my babies on my back, “Click, click, click.” (opossum)
I’m an animal who says, “Whoo, whoo” at night. (owl)
I’m an animal who’s black and white and very stinky, “Stomp, stomp, stomp.” (skunk)
I’m an animal with a black mask and I’m nocturnal! (raccoon)
Song: “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are,
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are.
Book: I Am Bat by Morag Hood
Song: “Bats Eat Bugs” – Banana Slug String Band: Dirt Made My Lunch
Bats eat bugs, they don’t eat people.
Bats eat bugs, they don’t fly in your hair.
Bats eat bugs, they eat insects for dinner,
That’s why they’re flying up there.
Coyotes eat rabbits, they don’t eat people.
Coyotes eat rabbits, ‘cuz you’re too big to bite.
Coyotes eat rabbits, they eat rabbits for dinner,
That’s why they’re out in the night.
Snakes eat mice, they don’t eat people.
Snakes eat mice, that’s why they’re on the ground.
Snakes eat mice, ‘cuz we’re too big to swallow,
So they don’t want you hanging around.
Bears eat berries, they don’t eat people.
Bears eat berries, they don’t eat you or me.
Bears eat berries, and they’ll steal your dinner,
So you better hang it high in a tree.
Nothing out there wants to eat you.
Nothing out there wants to make you its meal.
Nothing out there eats people for dinner
‘Cuz they know how sick they would feel
Flannel Rhyme: “One Whole Pie”
One whole pie
Set by the door,
Cut into pieces,
I count four.
Four pieces of pie,
All for us,
Bear ate one piece, (make loud eating sounds as you take the piece off the board)
Now there are three.
Three pieces of pie
All for us,
Opossum ate another piece,
Now there are two.
Two pieces of pie,
Oh! What fun!
Skunk ate another piece,
Now there is one.
One piece of pie,
I can’t wait!
I ate that last piece,
Empty plate!
Song: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”
Song: “Icky Sticky Bubble Gum” – David Landau: Kids and Kitties
Closing Rhyme
