Book: Who Is the Beast? by Keith Baker
Song: “The Monkey Dance” – The Wiggles: Yummy Yummy
Book: Roar, Roar, Growl, Growl: Sounds from the Jungle by Jennifer Shand, illustrated by Barbara Vagnozzi
Song: “Mat Man” – Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer: Get Set for School Sing Along
Movement/Yoga: R is for Roar
Social Story: How to Be by Lisa Brown
Craft: Paper Plate Zoo Animals
Book: From Head to Toe by Eric Carle
Song: “The Animals at the Zoo” (Tune: “The Wheels on the Bus”)
The lions at the zoo go roar, roar, roar,
Roar, roar, roar, roar, roar, roar!
The lions at the zoo go roar, roar, roar!
All day long!
Additional verses:
Monkeys…ooh ooh ah!
Snakes…hiss hiss hiss!
Penguins…waddle, waddle, waddle!
Song: “The Monkey Dance” – The Wiggles: Hot Potatoes!
Book: The Underpants Zoo by Brian Sendelbach
Puppet Song: “We Went to the Zoo One Day” (Tune: “Mary Had a Little Lamb”)
We went to the zoo one day,
Zoo one day, zoo one day.
We went to the zoo one day, and this is what we saw: lion!
Repeat with other animal puppets.
Action Rhyme: “Monkey See, Monkey Do”
Monkey see, monkey do,
Little monkey at the zoo.
Monkey, monkey in the tree.
Can you ________ like me?
Actions: jump around, swing your arms, scratch an itch, eat a banana, screech
(Credit: Perry Public Library)
Book: Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell
Song: “Zoo Movements” – Dr. Jean: Better Brains and Bodies
Song: “Icky Sticky Bubble Gum” – David Landau: Kids and Kitties
Book: Aesop’s The Lion and the Mouse by Susan Pearson, illustrated by Susanne Göhlich
Rhyme: “Tiger Cub, Tiger Cub”
Tiger cub, tiger cub turn around,
Tiger cub, tiger cub touch the ground.
Tiger cub, tiger cub show your claws,
Tiger cub, tiger cub shake your paws.
Tiger cub, tiger cub jump up high,
Tiger cub, tiger cub show me a smile.
Tiger cub, tiger cub creep along the ground,
Tiger cub, tiger cub pounce without a sound.
Song: “The Monkey Dance” – The Wiggles: Hot Potatoes!: The Best of the Wiggles
Book: It’s a Tiger! by David LaRochelle, illustrated by Jeremy Tankard
Flannel: “Five Little Kitty Cats”
Five little kitty cats sleeping on the floor
One pounced away, and now there are four!
Four little kitty cats, cute as can be,
One leapt away, and now there are three!
Three little kitty cats, hunters through and through,
One caught a mouse, and now there are two!
Two little kitty cats, basking in the sun,
One slinked away, and now there’s only one!
One little kitty cat got up to stretch and yawn,
I looked away…and now he’s gone!
(Credit: Flannel Board Fun)
Song: “If You’re a Tiger and You Know It” (Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
If you’re a tiger and you know it give a growl. (Rawr!)
If you’re a tiger and you know it give a growl. (Rawr!)
If you’re a tiger and you know it , and you really want to show it,
If you’re a tiger and you know it give a growl. (Rawr!)
Additional verses:
…switch your tail
…show your claws
Book: Stack the Cats by Susie Ghahremani
Song: “Jumping and Counting” – Jim Gill: Jim Gill’s Irrational Anthem
Song: “Icky Sticky Bubble Gum” – David Landau: Kids and Kitties
Book: Little Mist by Angela McAllister, illustrated by Sarah Fox-Davies
Song: “Open Shut Them” – Laurie Berkner: Laurie Berkner’s Favorite Classic Kids’ Songs
Book: Lion Lessons by Jon Agee
Song: “The Countdown” – Jim Gill: Vote for Jim Gill
Movement: “Lion Breath” –Kira Willey: Mindful Moments for Kids
Book: I am a Cat by Galia Bernstein
Song: “Where is Big Cat?” (Tune: “Where is Thumbkin”)
Where is big cat, where is big cat, (hide thumbs behind back)
Here I am, here I am, (bring out thumbs one at a time)
How are you today, cat (wiggle one thumb)
Very well I thank you, (wiggle other thumb)
Meow, meow, meow (put thumb behind back)
Meow, meow, meow (out other thumb behind back)
(Credit: Miss Katie’s Story Time)
