Book: Zoo! A Big Fold-Out Counting Book by Lori C. Froeb, illustrated by Jo Brown
Song: “The Animals at the Zoo”
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
Monkeys….ooh ooh ah!
Snakes…hiss hiss hiss!
Penguins…waddle, waddle, waddle
Song: “The Monkey Dance” – The Wiggles: Yummy Yummy
Book: Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell
Song: “We Went to the Zoo One Day” (tune of 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?
(jump around, swing your arms, scratch an itch, eat a banana, make a screech)
Credit: Perry Public Library
Book: Peek-a-Zoo by Marie Torres Cimarusti, illustrated by Stephanie Peterson
Song: “Zoo Movements” – Dr. Jean: Better Brains and Bodies
Song: “Icky Sticky Bubble Gum” – David Landau: Kids and Kitties
Craft: Paper bag elephant