Book: Snakes Have No Legs! by Kelly Tills
Song/Video: “Snakes (You Can Look But You Better Not Touch)” – The Wiggles: Wiggly Safari
Book: Snakes in Space by Kathryn Dennis
Song: “Tap, Tap, Tap” – Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer: Get Set for School Sing Along
Yoga: Snake pose
Social Story: Can I Play Too? by Mo Willems
Craft: Paper chain snakes
Book: Zonia’s Rain Forest by Juana Martinez-Neal
Song: “I’m a Tree” – Banana Slug String Band: Dirt Made My Lunch
Book: Over in the Jungle: A Rainforest Rhyme by Marianne Berkes, illustrated by Jeanette Canyon
Song: “The Monkey Dance” – The Wiggles: Yummy Yummy
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.
Movement: “Snake Breath” – Kira Willey: Mindful Moments for Kids
Book: Rainforest Romp by Tony Mitton and Ant Parker
Book: You’re Safe with Me by Chitra Soundar, illustrated by Poonam Mistry
Movement: “An Elephant Has”
An elephant has a great big trunk (swing arm)
That goes swinging to and fro.
And he has tiny, tiny eyes, (make binoculars with hands)
That show him where to go.
His great big ears go flopping, (put hands by ears to be elephant ears)
Flopping all around
While his great big feet go stomping, (stamp feet)
STOMPING on the ground!
(Adapted from https://www.kidsparkz.com/preschool-sings-zoo.html)
Song: “Elephant in There” – Laurie Berkner: Superhero
Book: One Day in the Eucalyptus, Eucalyptus Tree by Daniel Bernstrom, illustrated by Brendan Wenzel
Song: “Jake the Snake” – Laura Doherty: Shining Like a Star
Song: “Snake Breath” – Kira Willey: Mindful Moments for Kids
Book/Puppets: Fox Tale Soup by Tony Bonning, illustrated by Sally Hobson
Fingerplay/Action Story: The Gingerbread Man
Book: Deserts by Tim Mayerling
Song: “We Are Going on a Journey” (Tune: “She’ll Be Comin’ ‘Round the Mountain”)
We are going on a journey to the desert
We are going on a journey to the desert
We are going on a journey,
We are going on a journey,
We are going on a journey to the desert
Additional verses:
Well we won’t see rain for a while, (It’s dry!)…
Oh it might be hot while we’re there, (So hot!)…
Or it might be cold while we’re there, (Brrr, brrr!)…
Either way, bring some water when we go (Glug, glug!)…
Book: Welcome to the Sea of Sand by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Laura Regan
Flannel/Song: “Have You Ever Seen a Lizard?” (Tune: “Have You Ever Seen a Lassie?”)
Have you ever seen a lizard, a lizard, a lizard?
Have you ever seen a lizard all dressed up in Green?
With Green eyes, and Green nose,
And Green legs and Green toes.
Have you ever seen a lizard all dressed up in Green?
(Credit: Perfectly Preschool)
Song: “In the Desert” (Tune: “The Wheels On The Bus”)
The jackrabbit in the desert can hop like this, hop like this, hop like this (hop in place)
The jackrabbit in the desert can hop like this, all night long
The coyote in the desert can howl Ah-ooo!, Ah-ooo!, Ah-ooo!
The coyote in the desert can howl Ah-ooo! all night long
The rattlesnake in the desert goes hiss, hiss, hiss, hiss, hiss, hiss (move hands like a snake)
The rattlesnake in the desert goes hiss, hiss, hiss, all night long
The saguaro in the desert can stand like this, stand like this, stand like this (pose like a cactus!)
The saguaro in the desert can stand like this, all night long!
(Credit: Literary Hoots)
Book: Not a Bean by Claudia Guadalupe Marínez, illustrated by Laura González
Fingerplay: Five Little Black Flies
Five little black flies flying ’round the cactus
Teasing Mr. Lizard, saying, “You can’t catch us!”
Then came the Lizard, being oh so sly
And SLUUUURP!! He ate one tasty little fly!
(Credit: Literary Hoots)
Book: The Sunhat by Jennifer Ward, illustrated by Stephanie Roth Sisson
