Book: Spots, Feathers, and Curly Tails by Nancy Tafuri
Shaker Eggs: “I Know a Chicken” – Laurie Berkner: Whaddaya Think of That?
Book: Is Everyone Ready for Fun? by Jan Thomas
Song: “Tap, Tap, Tap” – Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer: Get Set for School Sing Along
Movement: Learn the yoga poses “cat” and “cow”
Social Story: “Meet Quinn” from Quinn at School: Relating, Connecting, and Responding at School by Rick H. Warren
Craft: Cotton ball sheep
(Credit: Preschool Activities)
Book: Ragweed’s Farm Dog Handbook by Anne Vittur Kennedy
Flannel: “Bingo”
There was a farmer had a dog,
And Bingo was his name-o!
B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O,
And Bingo was his name-o!
Repeat, replacing each letter with a clap, one by one, until all the letters are gone.
Song: “Pig On Her Head” – Laurie Berkner: The Best of the Laurie Berkner Band
Book: I Went Walking by Sue Williams, illustrated by Julie Vivas
Puppet Song: “Old MacDonald Had a Farm”
Song: “Bodies 1-2-3” – Peter and Ellen Allard: Sing it! Say it! Stamp it! Sway it! Vol. 2
Pop-up Book: Chick by Ed Vere
Song: “The Chicken Dance” – Bob Kames: The Ultimate Party Survival Kit
Book: I Spy on the Farm by Edward Gibbs
Song: “There’s a Dog in the School” – Stuart Stotts and Tom Pease: Celebrate: A Song Resource
Song: “(Silly) Wheels on the Bus” – Miss Nina & the Jumping Jacks: Every Day’s Your Birthday!
Puppet Song: “When Ducks Go on an Adventure”
When ducks go on an adventure, they always say good day.
When ducks go on an adventure, 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: Horse, cow, duck, pig
Book: I Spy on the Farm by Edward Gibbs
Song: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”
Fingerplay: “This Little Piggy”
This little piggy went to market,
This little piggy stayed home,
This little piggy had roast beef,
This little piggy had none,
And this little piggy cried, “wee, wee, wee” all the way home.
Puppet Song: “Old MacDonald Had a Farm”
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.
And on his farm, he had a cow, E-I-E-I-O.
With a moo, moo here, and a moo, moo there.
Here a moo, there a moo, everywhere a moo, moo.
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.
Repeat with other animals/sounds
Book: Clip-Clop! by Nicola Smee
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
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 Song: “A Bouncing We Will Go”
A bouncing we will go, a bouncing we will go,
High-ho the derry oh, a bouncing we will go.
Repeat with rocking and tickling
(Credit: King County Library System)
Shaker Eggs: “I Know a Chicken” – Laurie Berkner: Whaddaya Think of That?
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: Spring, bunny, flowers
Book: Peek-a-Bloom! by Marie Torres Cimarusti, illustrated by Stephanie Peterson
Fingerplay: “Here is the Beehive”
Here is the beehive,
But where are the bees?
Hidden away where nobody sees.
Soon they’ll come creeping out of the hive.
One! Two! Three! Four! Five!
BZZZZZZ!!!!! Back in the hive, bees!
Fingerplay: “Round and Round the Garden”
Round and round the garden,
Like a teddy bear, (trace baby’s hand)
One step, two steps,
A tickle under there! (crawl up their arm and tickle armpit)
Song: “Ten Little Flowers”
One little, two little, three little flowers,
Four little, five little, six little flowers,
Seven little, eight little, nine little flowers,
Ten flowers in the spring.
Give them rain and lots of sunshine,
Give them rain and lots of sunshine,
Give them rain and lots of sunshine,
So they’ll grow up tall.
(Credit: Modified from The Holiday Zone)
Book: Mouse’s First Spring by Lauren Thompson, illustrated by Buket Erdogan
Lap Rhyme: “Little Frog”
A little frog in a pond am I,
Hippity, hippity, hop! (bounce)
And I can jump in the air so high, (lift)
Hippity, hippity, hop! (bounce)
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: “Bunny Hop”
Hop, hop, hop along,
And bounce on someone’s knee.
Higher and higher and higher and higher,
Bunny hop with me.
Shaker Eggs: “Red, Red Robin” – Rosie Flores: Sing Along with Putumayo
Book: The Sheep Who Hatched an Egg by Gemma Merino
Song: “Baa, Baa, Black Sheep”
Song: “This Is How I Do It” – Laurie Berkner: Superhero
Book: Hide and Sheep by Andrea Beaty, illustrated by Bill Mayer
Flannel: “Mary Had a Little Lamb”
Song: “Jumping and Counting” – Jim Gill: Jim Gill’s Irrational Anthem
Puppets/Book: The King Who Wouldn’t Sleep by Debbie Singleton, illustrated by Holly Swain
Sign Language: Book, duck, boat, sheep
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)
Book: Row, Row, Row Your Boat by Jane Cabrera
Song: “The Itsy Bitsy Spider”
The itsy bitsy spider went up the waterspout,
Down came the rain and washed the spider out,
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain,
And the itsy bitsy spider went up the spout again.
Rhyme: “This Little Piggy”
This little piggy went to market,
This little piggy stayed home,
This little piggy had roast beef,
This little piggy had none,
And this little piggy went “wee, wee, wee,” all the way home.
Flannel: “Baa Baa Black Sheep”
Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool?
Yes, sir, yes, sir, three bags full.
One for my master, one for the dame,
And one for the little boy who lives down the lane.
Book: Big Fat Hen by Keith Baker
Lap Song: “Little Red Wagon”
Bumpin’ up and down in my little red wagon,
Bumpin’ up and down in my little red wagon,
Bumpin’ up and down in my little red wagon,
Won’t you be my darlin’?
Additional verses:
Goin’ back and forth in my little red wagon… (lean front to back)
One wheel’s off and the axle’s broken… (lean side to side)
(Credit: Old Town School of Folk Music: Wiggleworms Love You)
Lap Song: “The Grand Old Duke of York”
The grand old Duke of York, (bounce baby)
He had ten thousand men,
He marched them up to the top of the hill (lift baby)
And marched them down again. (lower)
‘Cause when you’re up, you’re up, (lift baby)
And when you’re down, you’re down, (lower)
And when you’re only halfway up (lift halfway)
You are neither up nor down. (lower)
Lap Song: “Hickory Dickory Dock”
Hickory dickory dock, the mouse ran up the clock. (lift)
The clock struck one, the mouse ran down, (lower)
Hickory dickory dock.
Additional verses:
The clock struck two, the mouse said, “Boo!” (bounce)
The clock struck three, the mouse said, “Whee!” (slide down legs)
(Credit: King County Library System)
Shaker Eggs: “Skip to My Lou” – Old Town School of Folk Music: Songs for Wiggleworms
Sign Language: book, shoe, spider, colors
Book: There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe by Jan Cabrera
Rhyme: Little Miss Muffet
Rhyme: Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling
Diddle, diddle, dumpling, my son John
Went to bed with his sweatpants on;
One shoe off, and the other shoe on,
Diddle, diddle, dumpling, my son John.
Diddle, diddle, dumpling, my little Sue
Fell asleep in her jeans so blue.
One shoe old, and one shoe new,
Diddle, diddle, dumpling, my little Sue.
(New rhyme credit: Christina Makos)
Rhyme: Hey Diddle Diddle
Book: Big Fat Hen by Keith Baker
Rhyme: I’m a Little Cuckoo Clock
Tick tock, tick tock
I’m a little cuckoo clock
Tick tock, tick tock
It’s one o’clock!
CUCKOO!
Tick tock, tick tock
I’m a little cuckoo clock
Tick tock, tick tock
It’s two o’clock!
CUCKOO! CUCKOO!
(Credit: Mel’s Desk)
Song/Flannel: “Mary had a Little Lamb”
We sang “Mary Had a Little Lamb” and substituted “fleece as white as show” with the color of the sheep and something it was the same color as.
Mary had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb
Mary had a little lamb its fleece was ORANGE as ORANGES!
Additional verses:
…green as grass.
…purple as grapes.
…red as cherries.
…blue as blueberries.
We ended with “white as snow.”
Flannel: Hickory Dickory Dock
Hickory Dickory Dock,
the mouse ran up the clock,
the clock struck 1, the mouse ran down
Hickory Dickory Dock!
Additional verses:
…the clock struck 2, the mouse said “Boo!”
…the clock struck 3, the mouse said, “Whee!”
…the clock struck 4, the mouse said, “More!”
…the clock struck 5, the mouse did the hand jive.
Book: Baa, Baa, Black Sheep by Jane Cabrera
Song (Recording) with shaky eggs: “Pat-a-Cake Song” by Chu Chu TV
Sign Language: good night
Story: Good Night, World by Willa Perlman (Simon and Schuster/Beach Lane Books)
Song: “Moon, Moon, Moon” – Laurie Berkner Band: Lullabies
Rhyme: 5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
Book: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Car by Kate Dopirak (Simon and Schuster/Beach Lane Books)
Rhyme with Scarves: I Once Had a Blanket
I once had a blanket. It was fluffy and new.
I once had a blanket, And its color was __________ (blue).
I once had a blanket, The prettiest I’ve seen.
I once had a blanket, And its color was ________ (green).
I once had a blanket, Soft as a pillow.
I once had a blanket, And its color was _______ (yellow).
I once had a blanket, At the foot of my bed.
I once had a blanket, And its color was ________ (red).
(Rhyme from Jen in the Library)
Song/Movement: “This Is the Way We Yawn & Stretch” (Tune: “Mulberry Bush”)
This is the way we yawn and stretch,
Yawn and stretch, yawn and stretch.
This is the way we yawn and stretch,
On our way to bed.
Additional Verses:
This is the way we take a bath…
This is the way we read a book…
This is the way we hug and kiss…
This is the way we close our eyes…
(Credit: Melissa Depper blog)
Book: Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown (HarperCollins)
Song with ukulele: “I Love My Rooster” modified, Laurie Berkner Band: Laurie Berkner’s Favorite Classic Kids’ Songs, Chords from Chordify
I Love My Rooster
A
I love my rooster, my rooster loves me
E
And I feed my rooster by the BLUEBERRY tree
A D
My little rooster goes cock-a-doodle-doo
A D E A
Dee doodle dee doodle dee doodle dee doo
A
I love my DOG, my DOG loves me
E
I feed my kitten by the BLUEBERRY tree
A
My little DOG goes WOOF WOOF WOOF
A D
My little rooster goes cock-a-doodle-doo
A D E A
Dee doodle dee doodle dee doodle dee doo
A
I love my TIGER, my TIGER loves me
E
I feed my TIGER by the BLUEBERRY tree
A
My little TIGER goes ROOOOOOOOAR!
A
My little DOG goes WOOF WOOF WOOF
A D
My little rooster goes cock-a-doodle-doo
A D E A
Dee doodle dee doodle dee doodle dee doo
A
I love my PIG, my PIG loves me
E
I feed my PIG by the BLUEBERRY tree
A
My little PIG goes OINK OINK OINK
A
My little TIGER goes ROOOOOOOOAR!
A
My little DOG goes WOOF WOOF WOOF
A D
My little rooster goes cock-a-doodle-doo
A D E A
Dee doodle dee doodle dee doodle dee doo
Craft: Cotton Ball/Marshmallow Sheep Template (Printable!)
Craft: Counting sheep (collect runaway cotton balls with clothes pins, glue to grassy pasture)
Sign Language: sun, rain, book, farm, milk, cow
Book: The Cow Loves Cookies by Karma Wilson
Rhyme: Big Round Sun
Big round sun in the spring sky Sign for Sun
Waved to a cloud that was passing by Wave!
The little cloud laughed as it started to rain Sign for Rain
And out came the big round sun again. Sign for Sun
(Credit: Mel’s Desk)
Flannel/Song: “Five Clean and Squeaky Pigs” (Tune: “Five Green and Speckled Frogs”)
Five pigs so squeaky clean
Cleanest you’ve ever seen
Wanted to go outside and play
Oink! Oink!
One jumped into the mud
Landed with a big THUD
Then there were four clean squeaky pigs.
(Credit: Mel’s Desk)
Book: Look, There’s a Tractor by Ester Aarts
Song/Flannel: “B-I-N-G-O”
(Visual Credit: Elizabeth Buckmaster)
Rhyme: Five Fat Peas
Five fat peas in a pea pod pressed (hold hands in a fist)
One grew, two grew, so did the rest. (Put fingers up one by one.)
They grew and they grew and did not stop,
Until one day that pea pod POPPED! (clap hands together)
Song: “Hop, Hop, Hop Along” (Tune: “Row Your Boat”)
Hop, hop, hop along (hop)
Or bounce on someone’s knee (bounce)
Higher and higher and higher and higher (lift)
Bunny hop with me! (hop)
Book: We’re Going to the Farmers’ Market by Stefan Page
Song (Recording) with shaky eggs: “I Love My Rooster” – Laurie Berkner: Whaddaya Thing of That?
Sign language: green
Book: Where is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox, illustrated by Judy Horacek
Song/rhyme: “Dancing Sheep”
Shhh! It’s time to go to sleep (put finger to mouth, pretend to sleep)
But into my bedroom one sheep creeps. (creep fingers)
“Don’t go to bed,” the one sheep said.
“I would rather dance instead!”
Soon he was… (draw these words out)
Dancing on the ceiling! (move hands above head in “dancing” motion)
He was dancing on the floor! (move hands on floor as mentioned above)
He was dancing on the window! (move hands to one side)
He was dancing on the door! (move hands to other side)
He kept on…Dancing on the ceiling! (sing faster)
He was dancing on the floor!
He was dancing on the window!
He was dancing on the door!
(repeat several times getting faster each time through)
“Stop that dancing, silly sheep.
It is time to go to sleep!”
Soon the sheep lay on the floor.
Soon the sheep began to snore.
So I started … (draw these words out)
Dancing on the ceiling!
I was dancing on the floor!
I was dancing on the window!
I was dancing on the door!
(Credit: susanmdailey.com)
Book: Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes by Mem Fox, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury
Song: “Ten Fingers” – Peter and Ellen Allard: Sing It! Say It! Sway It! Vol. 2
Song: “Bodies 1-2-3” – Peter and Ellen Allard: Sing It! Say It! Sway It! Vol. 2
Book: Hello Baby! by Mem Fox, illustrated by Steve Jenkins
Song: “This is how I do it” – Laurie Berkner: Superhero
Song: “Icky Sticky Bubble Gum” – David Landau: Kids and Kitties
Craft: green sheep made with hearts (idea: craftymorning.com)
