Book: Airplanes by Byron Barton
Song: “The Airplane Song” – Laurie Berkner: Whaddaya Think of That?
Book: Little Plane Learns to Write by Stephen Savage
Song: “Tap, Tap, Tap” – Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer: Get Set for School Sing Along
Yoga: Airplane pose
Social Story: “Saying Goodbye” from Quinn at School: Relating, Connecting, and Responding at School by Rick H. Warren
Craft: Airplane coloring sheet with cotton ball clouds
Puppet Song: “When Ducks Get Up in the Morning”
When ducks get up in the morning, they always say good day.
When ducks get up in the morning, they always say good day.
Quack, quack, quack, quack, this is what they say.
Quack, quack, quack, quack, this is what they say.
Repeat with other animals/sounds
(Credit: King County Library System)
Sign Language: Car
Book: Clip-Clop! by Nicola Smee
Song: “Roly Poly” (Tune: “Frère Jacques”)
Roly poly, roly poly
Up, up, up
up, up, up
Roly roly poly
roly roly poly
down, down, down
down, down, down
Repeat with: out/in, fast/slow
(Credit: Jbrary)
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/beep-beep-beep
Wipers/swish-swish-swish
Doors/open and shut
Babies/up & down
Parents/I love you
Book: Chugga Chugga Choo Choo by Emma Garcia
Lap Song: “Bumpity Bumpity Goes the Dump Truck”
Bumpity bumpity goes the dump truck.
Bumpity bumpity goes the dump truck.
Bumpity bumpity goes the dump truck.
Dump out the load. (tip baby to the side)
(Credit: Jbrary)
Lap Song: “Giddyap Giddyap”
Giddyap, giddyap ride to town (bounce)
Giddyap, giddyap up and down (lift)
Giddyap fast, giddyap slow
Giddyap, giddyap WHOA! (lean baby back)
(Credit: Read Sing Play)
Lap Rhyme: “Alice the Camel”
Alice the Camel has 2 humps (bounce)
Alice the Camel has 2 humps
Alice the Camel has 2 humps
So go, Alice, go!
Additional verses:
Alice the camel has 1 hump…So go, Alice, go!
Alice the camel has no humps…Because Alice is a horse!
Lap Song: “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”
Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream,
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Life is but a dream.
Repeat with: bounce, sway, tickle
Shaker Eggs: “Shake Your Shakers” (Tune: “The Wheels on the Bus”)
Shake your shakers, shake, shake, shake,
Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake shake.
Shake your shakers, shake, shake, shake,
Shake your shakers.
Additional verses:
Shake your shakers high, high, high
Shake your shakers low, low, low
Shake your shakers fast, fast, fast
Shake your shakers slow, slow, slow
Book: I Love Planes! by Philemon Sturges, illustrated by Shari Halpern
Song: “The Airplane Song” – Laurie Berkner: Whaddaya Think of That?
Flannel: “Six Little Airplanes”
Six little airplanes flying around,
Zoom…zoom…zoom!
One decided to touch down, …zoom!
Leaving 5 little airplanes flying around.
Repeat, counting down until there are no airplanes left.
Book: Planes Fly! by George Ella Lyon, illustrated by Mick Wiggins
Song: “The Wings On the Airplane” (Tune: “The Wheels On the Bus”)
The wings on the airplane fly, fly, fly,
Fly, fly, fly, Fly, fly, fly.
The wings on the airplane fly, fly, fly,
All through the sky.
Additional verses:
The people on the airplane buckle their seatbelts…
The bags on the airplane stow away…
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: Airplanes by Rebecca Stromstad Glaser
Song: “Icky Sticky Bubble Gum” – David Landau: Kids and Kitties
Book: Take a Ride by My Side by Jonathan Ying, illustrated by Victoria Ying
Flannel: “Six Little Airplanes”
Six little airplanes flying around,
Zoom…zoom…zoom!
One decided to touch down…zoom,
Leaving 5 little airplanes flying around.
Repeat, counting down until there are no airplanes left.
Song: “The Airplane Song” – Laurie Berkner: Whaddaya Think of That?
Book: Hey-Ho, to Mars We’ll Go! by Susan Lendroth, illustrated by Bob Kolar
Song: “Zoom, Zoom, Zoom”
Zoom, zoom, zoom,
We’re going to the moon.
Zoom, zoom, zoom,
We’re going to the moon.
If you want to take a trip
climb aboard my rocket ship.
Zoom, zoom, zoom,
We’re going to the moon.
In 5, 4, 3, 2, 1,
Blast off!
(Credit: Jbrary)
Song: “If You’re Going to the Moon” (Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
If you’re going to the moon, wear your boots. (stomp stomp)
If you’re going to the moon, wear your boots.
If you’re going to the moon, this is what you have to do,
If you’re going to the moon, wear your boots.
Additional verses:
Wear your suit (ziiiip!)
Wear your gloves (clap clap)
Wear your helmet (pat your head)
(Credit: Mel’s Desk)
Puppet Story: Is This the Bus for Us? by Harriet Ziefert, illustrated by Richard Brown
Book: The Noisy Airplane Ride by Mike Downs, illustrated by David Gordon
Song: “The Airplane Song” – Laurie Berkner: Whaddaya Think of That?
Book: Little Plane Learns to Write by Stephen Savage
Movement/Song: “Go Plane Go” – Kira Willey: Kings & Queens of the Forest
Flannel: “Six Little Airplanes”
Six little airplanes flying around
Zoom…zoom…zomm
One decided to touch down …zoom
Leaving 5 little airplanes flying around.
Repeat, counting down until there are no airplanes left.
Song: “I’m an Airplane” (Tune: “Frère Jacques”)
I’m an airplane, I’m an airplane
Flying high, flying high
I can tilt this way, I can tilt this way
In the sky, in the sky.
Additional verses:
I can tilt that way, in the sky
I can make a landing, from the sky
Book: A Plane Goes Ka-Zoom! by Jonathan London, illustrated by Denis Roche
Craft: Classic paper airplanes
Sign Language: Airplane
Book: Flying by Donald Crews
Song: “If You’re a Plane and You Know It” (Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
If you’re a plane and you know it, zoom like this, “Zoom, zoom!” (spread out arms and “fly”)
If you’re a plane and you know it, zoom like this, “Zoom, zoom!” (spread out arms and “fly”)
If you’re a plane and you know it, and you really want to show it,
If you’re a plane and you know it, zoom like this, “Zoom, zoom!” (spread out arms and “fly”)
Rhyme: “The Moon is Round”
The moon is round,
As round as can be.
Two eyes,
A nose,
And a mouth like me!
Book: A Plane Goes Ka-Zoom! by Jonathan London, illustrated by Denis Roche
Song: “I Can Make My Hands Go Clap, Clap, Clap” (Tune: “Mary Had a Little Lamb”)
I can make my hands go clap, clap, clap,
Clap, clap, clap,
Clap, clap, clap.
I can make my hands go clap, clap, clap,
They’re a part of me.
Additional verses:
I can make my feet go stomp, stomp, stomp…
I can make my hands wave bye, bye, bye…
Rhyme:
One, two, three,
Baby’s on my knee.
Rooster crows
And away he goes.
Rhyme:
Roly poly,
Ever so slowly.
Roly poly,
Faster, faster, faster.
Book: Maisy’s Plane by Lucy Cousins
Shaker Eggs: “Go Plane Go” – Kira Willey: Kings & Queens of the Forest
