Book: Every Monday Mabel by Jashar Awan
Song w/Book: The Wheels on the Garbage Truck by Jeffrey Burton, illustrated by Alison Brown
Book: Supertruck by Stephen Savage
Song/Video: “Dance for the Sun” – Kira Willey: Dance for the Sun
Yoga: Garbage truck (dump truck)
(Credit: Diggory the Dumptruck | A Cosmic Kids Yoga Adventure! Pose begins at 1:53)
Social Story: Thank You, Neighbor! by Ruth Chan
Craft: Garbage truck coloring sheet with “trash”
(Credit: Instagram: justashleyreed)
Book: The Little Red Stroller by Joshua Furst, illustrated by Katy Wu
Flannel Song: “The Green Grass Grew All Around”
Book: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle, Oscar! by Mary Lindeen
Song: “To Help Our Mother Earth” (Tune: “Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush”)
This is the way we pick up trash,
Pick up trash, pick up trash.
This is the way we pick up trash
To help our Mother Earth.
This is the way we turn off the light,
Turn off the light, turn off the light.
This is the way we turn off the light
To help our Mother Earth.
This is the way we plant a seed,
Plant a seed, plant a seed.
This is the way we plant a seed
To help our Mother Earth.
Song: “Open Shut Them”
Open shut them, open shut them.
Give a little clap, clap, clap.
Open shut them, open shut them.
Put them in your lap, lap, lap.
Creep them, crawl them
Creep them, crawl them
Right up to your chin, chin, chin
Open wide your little mouth…
But do not let them in.
(Credit: Laurie Berkner)
Book: Junkyard by Mike Austin
Book: The Night Gardener by Terry and Eric Fan
Song: “The Gardener Plants the Seeds” (Tune: “The Farmer in the Dell”)
The gardener plants the seeds.
The gardener plants the seeds.
High ho the derry oh,
The gardener plants the seeds.
Additional verses:
The rain falls on the ground…
The sun shines bright and warm…
The seeds begin to grow…
Flowers grow everywhere…
Flannel: There’s Something in My Garden
There’s something in my garden,
Now what can it be?
There’s something in my garden
That I can’t really see.
Hear its funny sound….
Ribbit – Ribbit – Ribbit
A Frog is what I found!
Ribbit-Ribbit-Ribbit
Repeat with other animals, such as a crow (caw-caw-caw), mouse (squeak-squeak-squeak), rabbit (thump-thump-thump), bird (tweet-tweet-tweet) etc.
(Credit: Sunflower Storytime)
Song: “Won’t You Plant Your Seeds With Care?” – Kathy Reid-Naiman: Say Hello to the Morning
Book: Garbage Helps Our Garden Grow: A Compost Story by Linda Glaser, photography by Shelley Rotner
Song: “In Our Garden” – Peter & Ellen Allard: Sing It! Say It! Stamp It! Sway It! Vol. 1
Fingerplay: This is my garden
Book: Anywhere Farm by Phyllis Root, illustrated by G. Brian Karas
