Book: Little Robin’s Book of Birds by Yuval Zommer
Song: “If I Was a Bird” – Old Town School of Folk Music: Wiggleworms Love You
Book: Early Bird by Toni Yuly
Song: “Tap, Tap, Tap” – Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer: Get Set for School Sing Along
Movement: Learn the yoga pose “eagle”
Social Story: Excuse Me by Janet Riehecky
Craft: Bird nest craft
(Credit: Krokotak)
Book: Do Lions Live On Lily Pads? by Melanie Walsh
Song: “The Elevator Song”
Oh the city is great and the city is grand,
There’s a whole lot of people
on a little piece of land,
And we live way up on the 57th floor,
and this is what we do when we go out the door.
We take the elevator up, and the elevator down,
Take the elevator up, take the elevator down,
Take the elevator up, and the elevator down,
And we turn around.
(Credit: Jbrary)
Book: In My Nest by Sara Gillingham, illustrated by Lorena Siminovich
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, wipers, money, driver, kids, babies, grown-ups
Flannel Rhyme: “Some Houses”
Some houses are wood and some are stone.
But let’s build one with shapes alone.
Start with a square, but we won’t stop.
Add a triangle up on the top.
Then a rectangle for the door.
Now square windows 1, 2, 3, 4!
A little circle just for fun.
Now our shape house is all done!
(Credit: Finger Tales by Joan Phelps)
Fingerplay: “Houses”
Here is a nest for robin, (cup both hands)
Here is a hive for bee, (fists together)
Here is a hole for bunny, (make a circle)
And here is a house for ME! (make a roof)
(Credit: Perry Public Library)
Shaker Eggs: “Can You Shake Along With Me?” (Tune: “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes”)
Can you shake along with me?
Along with me, along with me,
Can you shake along with me?
Put your shaker on your…knee!
Repeat with different body parts
(Credit: Jbrary)
Song: “Icky Sticky Bubble Gum” – David Landau: Kids and Kitties
Book: Froodle by Antoinette Portis or A Garden to Save the Birds by Wendy McClure, illustrated by Beatriz Mayumi
Action Rhyme: “Fly Your Fingers”
Fly your fingers up!
Fly your fingers down!
Fly your fingers to the side,
And fly them all around!
Perch them on your shoulders!
Perch them on your head!
Perch them on your belly, then
Put them all to bed!
Song: “Jump and Fly” – Laurie Berkner: Rocketship Run
Flannel: “Five Little Birds”
5 little birds sitting in a tree.
Can you count them with me?
1-2-3-4-5!
1 flew away to look for food,
And then there were 4.
4 little birds sitting in a tree.
Can you count them with me?
1-2-3-4!
1 flew away to help build a nest,
And then there were 3.
3 little birds sitting in a tree.
Can you count them with me?
1-2-3!
1 flew away to visit her friend,
And then there were 2.
2 little birds sitting in a tree.
Can you count them with me?
1-2!
1 flew away to find water,
And then there was 1.
1 little bird sitting in a tree.
Can you count him with me?
1!
He flew away to get warm in the sun,
And then there were none.
No more little birds sitting in a tree.
Soon the little birds flew back to the tree.
They were all as happy as can be.
Can you count them with me?
1-2-3-4-5!
5 little birds sitting in a tree.
(Credit: childcareland)
Song: “If I Was a Bird” – Old Town School of Folk Music: Wiggleworms Love You
Puppet Song: “Owl in the Tree” (Tune: “The Wheels on the Bus”)
Owl in the tree goes, “Hoo, hoo, hoo!
Hoo, hoo, hoo! Hoo, hoo, hoo!”
Owl in the tree goes, “Hoo, hoo, hoo!”
All night long.
Additional verses:
Duck in the pond goes, “Quack, quack, quack…”
Chicken on the farm goes, “Cluck, cluck, cluck…”
Goose in the grass goes, “Honk, honk, honk…”
All day long.
(Credit: Adapted from Mel’s Desk)
Action Rhyme: “Little Birds”
Little birds, little birds, jump up and down!
Little birds, little birds, don’t make a sound!
Little birds, little birds, tip-toe to me!
Little birds, little birds, bend your knees!
Little birds, little birds, peep, peep, peep!
Little birds, little birds, sleep, sleep, sleep!
Little birds, little birds, fly to the leaves!
Little birds, little birds, sit down please!
Book: Peck, Peck, Peck by Lucy Cousins
Song: “Bird Friends” (Tune: “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”)
Bird friends, bird friends, fly around,
Up to the sky, down to the ground.
Bird friends, bird friends, flap your wings.
Open your beak and sweetly sing.
Bird friends, bird friends, fly to your nest.
Now it is time to take a rest.
