Recycling Story Time – Preschool

Opening Song

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

Closing Rhyme

Rainforest Story Time – Baby

Opening Song

Sign Language: tree, leaf, rain, sun

Book: Rainforest Animals by Jill McDonald


Song: “Clap Your Hands” (Tune: “Row, Row Your Boat”)
Clap, clap clap your hands
Clap them now with me
Clap your hands, let me see
Clap your hands with me

Additional verses:
Tap, tap, tap your knees…
Shake, shake, shake your feet…
(Credit: Read Sing Play)

Rhyme: Slowly, Slowly
Slowly, slowly, very slowly
Creeps the little snail
Slowly, slowly, very slowly
Up the wooden rail

Quickly, quickly, very quickly
Runs the little mouse
Quickly, quickly, very quickly
All around the house
(Credit: Read Sing Play)

Book: But First, We Nap by David Miles and Darya Dremova

Song:Peek-a-Boo” (Tune: “Frere Jacques”)
Peek-a-boo, peek-a-boo
I see you! I see you!
I see your button nose, and your tiny toes
Peek-a-boo! I see you!
(Credit: Read Sing Play)

Flannel:  “Five Sleepy Sloths”
Five sleepy sloths on the rainforest floor
One swam away and then there were four

Four sleepy sloths climbing up a tree
One stopped for fruit and then there were three

Three sleepy sloths with an upside-down view
One switched branches and then there were two

Two sleepy sloths in circles they spun
One climbed down and then there was one

One sleepy sloth missing everyone
Left to eat leaves and now there are none.

Song:Itsy Bitsy Spider”
The itsy bitsy spider climbed up the water spout
Down came the rain and washed the spider out
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain and
The itsy bitsy spider climbed up the spout again

Book: We’re Roaming in the Rainforest by Laurie Krebs and Anne Wilson

Song (Recording) with shaky eggs:  “Penguin on a Scooter” – Caspar Babypants
Penguin on a Scooter by Kate Endle and Caspar Babypants

Closing rhyme