Winter

Opening Song
If You Want To Hear a Story Clap Your Hands

Books
Totally Polar by Marty Crisp (JE CRI)
If It's Snowy and You Know It Clap Your Paws! by Kim Norman (JE NOR)
Mouse's First Snow by Lauren Thompson (JE THO)
Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson (JE WIL)

Songs
Whaddaya Think of That? #6 I'm a Little Snowflake by Laurie Berkner (PROF CD J782.42 BER)
Whaddaya Think of That? #10 ABCD Medley by Laurie Berkner (PROF CD J782.42 BER)


Flannel Board
Chubby Little Snowman

Finger play

Snow is falling all around

All around all around

Snow is falling all around

Hooray for winter

Take the snow and roll it round

roll it round roll it round

Take the snow and roll it round

Hooray for winter

Now let’s have a snowball fight

Snowball fight, snowball fight

Now let’s have a snowball fight

Hooray for winter!

Craft
Snowflake Ornament

Farm Animals

Opening Song
Wiggle

Books
Peek-a-Moo by Marie Torres Cimarusti (PROF JE CIM)
Where Are My Chicks by Sally Grindley (PROF JE GRI)
Is Everyone Ready For Fun? by Jan Thomas (JE THO)
Does a Cow Say Boo? by Judy Hindley (PROF JE HIN)



Songs
Toddler Favorites  #19 Old MacDonald Had a Farm (PROF CD J784.6 TOD)
I Love to Hear the Sounds #12 Ring Them On the Floor by Kathy Reid-Naiman (PROF CD J782.42 REI) w/bells

Big Book
Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown (PROF JE BRO)



Book Prop
Clip-Clop by Nicola Smee

Craft
Barnyard Scene

Cats

Opening Song
If You Want To Hear a Story Clap Your Hands

Books
Green Eyes by Abe Birnbaum (PROF JE BIR)
Red Cat, White Cat by Peter Mandel (JE MAN)
Black Cat, White Cat by Silvia Borando (JE BOR)
Is There a Dog in This Book by Viviane Schwarz (JE SCH)
The Tiger Cubs and the Chimp by  Bhagavan Antle (J599.756 ANT)

Songs
102 full-length Children's Songs #26 A Little Cat, Cat, Cat (CD J782.42 ONE) with bells

The Second Line: Scarf Activity Songs # Shake Your Scarves by Johnette Downing ( PROF CD J 782.42 DOW) with scarves

Pink Pather by Henry Mancini and Hokey Pokey on the alto saxophone

Craft
Color the Cat

Turkey

Opening Song
The More We Get Together

Books
A Turkey For Thanksgiving by Eve Bunting (JE BUN)
Turkey Trouble by Wendi J. Silvano (JE SIL)
Turkey Tot by George Shannon (JE SHA)
The Stars Will Shine by Cynthia Rylant (JE RYL)
Thank you, God, For Everything August Gold (JE GOL)
Apples and Pumpkins by Anne F. Rockwell (JE ROC)
Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert (JE EHL)
It's Fall by Linda Glaser (JE GLA)
Twas Night Before Thanksgiving by Dav Pilkey (JE PIL)

Letter Awareness
Today's letter is "T"

Songs
All The Fun You Can Sign #13 by Sharon Lois Bram
All The Fun You Can Sign #29 by Sharon Lois Bram

Craft
Turkey w/feathers

Bugs

Opening Song
If You Want To Hear a Story Clap Your Hands

Books

Bugtown Boogie by Warren Hanson (JE HAN)

The Big Bug Ball by Dee Lillegard (JE LIL)

Fly! by Karl Edwards (JE EDW)

Horsefly and Honeybee by Randy Cecil (JE CEC)

Some Bugs by Angela Diterlizzi (JE DIT)

Songs

Bear Tunes For Kids #6 There Ain't No Bugs On Me by Brent Holmes (PROF CD J784.6 HOL) w/scarves

We All Live Together Volume 2 #9 Boogie Walk by Greg and Steve (PROF CD J782.42 SCE)

Ants Go Marching

The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah

The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah

The ants go marching one by one,

The little one stops to suck his thumb

And they all go marching down to the ground

To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The ants go marching two by two, hurrah, hurrah

The ants go marching two by two, hurrah, hurrah

The ants go marching two by two,

The little one stops to tie his shoe

And they all go marching down to the ground

To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The ants go marching three by three, hurrah, hurrah

The ants go marching three by three, hurrah, hurrah

The ants go marching three by three,

The little one stops to climb a tree

And they all go marching down to the ground

To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The ants go marching four by four, hurrah, hurrah

The ants go marching four by four, hurrah, hurrah

The ants go marching four by four,

The little one stops to shut the door

And they all go marching down to the ground

To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The ants go marching five by five, hurrah, hurrah

The ants go marching five by five, hurrah, hurrah

The ants go marching five by five,

The little one stops to take a dive

And they all go marching down to the ground

To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Read more: Children - The Ants Go Marching Lyrics | MetroLyrics 

Action Song/Rhyme

A fly is on my toe,
A fly is on my toe,
Hi-ho, It just won’t go
A fly is on my toe

Other verses: A fly is on my nose, my head, my ear, my elbow, my knee,
etc..

Craft

Catepillar

Fall

Opening Song
Wiggle

Books
Fall Is Not Easy written by Marty Kelley (JE KEL)
Bear Has A Story To Tell written by Philip C. Stead (JE STE)
The Busy Little Squirrel written by Nancy Tafuri (JE TAF)
Leaf Man written by Lois Ehlert (JE EHL)
In November written by Cynthia Rylant (JE RYL)

Songs
The Second Line: Scarf Activity Songs #5 Water, Wind and World by Johnette Downing (PROF CD J782.42 Dow) w/scarves
Action Songs for Preschoolers a Treasury of Fun! #2 Benable Strechable by Georgiana Stewart (PROF CD J782.42 STE)

Finger Plays

http://www.mypreschool-crafts.com/fall-poems.html

Way Up High

Way up high in the apple tree (hands above head)
Two little apples smiled at me.(form apples with hands still raised)
I shook that tree as hard as I could (shaking motion)
Down came the apples. (drop hands)
Ummmmmmmmm. They were good! (rub stomach)

http://preschool.colonial.net/Teachers/DeFrancesco/fingerplaysPDFs/fingerplaysfall.pdf

Autumn Is Here

Acorns drop – plop, plop, plop! (drop to the floor; pat it with your hands)

Colored leaves in the breeze. (twirl like a leaf)

Pumpkins bright, what a sight! (hold arms out to resemble a pumpkin)

Autumn is here – give a cheer! (jump up and down in excitement)

Craft
Leaf Art

Monsters

Opening Song
If You Want To Hear a Story Clap Your Hands

Books
Love Monster by Rachel Bright (JE BRI)
Monsters Love Colors by Mike Austin (JE AUS)
Yeti and the Bird by Nadia Shireen (JE SHI)
Big Bad Bubble by Adam Rubin (JE RUB)
If You're a Monster and You Know It by Rebecca Emberley (PROF JE EMB)
Bunnies!!! by Kevan Atteberry (JE ATT)

Songs
Halloween Howls Fun & Scary Music #2 Monster Mash by Andrew Gold (PROF CD J782.42)

Monster Melody

I’m a monster. I’m a silly monster.

I’m a monster. I’m sure you’ll agree.

Verses:

I can stomp my hairy feet,

Scaring people that I meet.

Hairy feet, that I meet,

Oh!

*Chorus

I can wave my pointy claws.

You will see them on my paws.

Pointy claws, on my paws.,

Oh!

*Chorus

My teeth are the color green

I am sure they’re nice and clean.

Color green, nice and clean,

Oh!

*Chorus

Craft
Make a Monster out of various shapes

Halloween

Opening Song
Wiggle

Books
The Runaway Pumpkin: A Halloween Adventure Story by Anne Margaret Lewis (JE LEW)
Trick Arr Treat by Leslie Kimmelman (JE KIM)
Skelly the Skeleton Girl by Jimmy Pinckering (JE PIC)
Gilbert the Ghost by Guido Van Genechten (JE GEN)
Fright Club by Ethan Long (JE LON)

Song
Rockin' Red # I Can Shake My Shaker Egg by (PROF CD J782.42 LIT)

Flannel Board
5 Little Pumpkins

Finger Play

Action Rhyme from: http://www.daycareresource.com/songs&fingerplays52790.html

I'm A Little Pumpkin (Sung to "I'm A Little Teapot")

 I'm a little pumpkin, Orange and round. 

(Hold arms in circle above head) 

When I'm sad, My face wears a frown. 

(Frown) 

But when I am happy, all aglow, 

Watch my smile just grow and grow!

 (Smile)

Craft
Puppet Ghosts

O is for ...

Opening Song
The More We Get Together

Books
Utterly Otterly Day by Mary Casanova (JE CAS)
Otters Under Water by Jim Arnosky (JE ARN)
A Lot of Otters by Barbara Berger (JE BER)
Tickly Octopus by Ruth Galloway (JE GAL)
An Octopus Followed Me Home by Dan Yaccarino (JE YAC)
Oliver's Tree by Kit Chase (JE CHA)
Wow! Said the Owl by Tim Hopgood (PROF JE HOP)
Owl Lake by Keizaburo Tejima (personal collection)

Letter Awareness
Today's letter is "O"

Songs
Whale Watching; Children's Songs About Sea Animals #1 At the Cod Fish Ball by Marylee Sunseri (PROF CD J782.42 SUN)

Craft
Owl-decoration
Octopus-coloring

Fruit and Veggies

Opening Song
If You Want To Hear a Story Clap Your Hands

Books
The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear by Audrey and Don Wood (PROF JE WOO)
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle (PROF JE CAR)
Blackberry Banquet by Terry Pierce (JE PIE)
Chicka Chicka Bomm Boom by Bill Martin (JE MAR)
Watermelon Seed by Greg Pizzoli (JE PIZ)

Songs
Victor Vito # 15 Fruit Salad Salsa by Laurie Berkner (PROF CD J782.42 BER)

Bananas Unite! Bananas Split!
Go Bananas, go go bananas!
Go Bananas, go go bananas!
Bananas to the left
Bananas to the right
Peel your banana and Yum! Take a bite!

Go Bananas, go go bananas!
Go Bananas, go go bananas!

Bananas Unite! Bananas Split!
Go Bananas, go go bananas!
Go Bananas, go go bananas!
Bananas to the left
Bananas to the right
Peel your banana and Yum! Take a bite!

Go Bananas, go go bananas!
Go Bananas, go go bananas!

Flannel Board
Giant Carrot

Crafts
Watermelon

Colors

Opening Song

If You Want To Hear a Story Clap Your Hands

Books
Kid Tea by Elizabeth Ficocelli (PROF JE FIC)
I Went Walking by Sue Williams (PROF JE WIL)
Mixed Up Chameleon by Eric Carle (JE CAR)
Pete the Cat I Love My White Shoes by James Dean and Eric Litwi (PROF JE PET)
Where is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox (JE FOX)
I Ain't Gonna Paint No More! by Karen Beaumont (JE BEA)

Flannel Board
Mittens

Action Rhyme

Color Game

If your clothes have any red

Put your finger on your head

If your clothes have any blue

Put your finger on your shoe

If your clothes have any green

Wave your hand so that you’re seen

If your clothes have any yellow

Smile like a happy fellow

If your clothes have any black

Put your hands behind your back

If your clothes have any white

Stomp your feet with all your might

Craft

Chameleons

Outer Space

Opening Song
Wiggle

Books
Astronaut Handbook by Meghan McCarthy (J629.45 MCC)
Oliver Who Would Not Sleep! by Mara Bergman (JE BER)
LAIKA Astronaut Dog by Owen Davey (JE DAV)
Astro Bunnies by Christine Loomis (JE LOO)
Interstellar Cinderella by Deborah Underwood (JE UND)

Songs
Recess Monkey the Final Funktier #13 Constellation Conga (J782.42 REC)

Finger Plays

Action rhymes and finger plays from: http://preschool.colonial.net/Teachers/Brown/songsPDFs/spacesongs2010.pdf

#1

Climb Aboard The Space Ship

Climb aboard the spaceship (air climb with hands and feet),

we're going to the moon (make circle w/arms)

Hurry and get ready, we're going to blast off soon (Shoot hand up and to the side)

Put on your helmets (pretend to put on helmet),

and buckle up real tight (pretend to buckle)

Here comes the countdown,

 let's count with all our might

10 . . . 9 . . .8 . . . 7 . . .6 . . . 5 . . . 4 . . . 3 . . .2 . . . 1 . . . blast off!

#2

I'm a Little Rocket (Tune: "I'm a Little Teapot")

I'm a little rocket pointing at the moon. (Raise arms above head and fingers tips touching)

Now I'm getting fueled up (Wiggle hips)

We'll be ready soon. (Stand up straight and tall)

When it's time to board me, then I'll say (Slowly bend knees and crouch down - arms still above head)

Blast off! Zoom! We're on our way. (Jump up and shout!)

  

#3

Stars Finger Play

At night I see the twinkling stars (fist up and open hands over your head)

And a great big smiling moon (circle arms overhead)

My Mommy tucks me into bed (Lay pointer of one hand across the palm of the other hand)

And sings a good-night tune. (Rock your hands back and forth)

Craft
Paper Tube Rocket Ship

Chicken

Opening Song
If You Want To Hear a Story Clap Your Hands

Books
Big Chickens by Leslie Helakoski (JE HEL)
Minerva Louise by Janet Stoeke (JE STO)
Chico the Brave by Dave Horowitz (JE HOR)
Scary Mary by Paula Bowles (JE BOW)
Who's Next Door? by Mayuko Kishira (JE KIS)
Peep and Ducky Rainy Day by David Martin (JE MAR)

Songs
All-Time Favorite Dances #4 The Chicken (PROF CD J792.8 ALL)
Ribbons & Rhytms Movement Activities For Learning #10 Chickasaw Chicken by Michael Plunkett (PROF CD J782.42 PLU) w/egg rattlers

Action Rhyme

Chicken Noises

Make a noise like a rooster. (crow)

Make a noise like a hen. (cluck)

Make a noise like a chick. (peep)

Make a noise like an egg. (silence...crack)

Flannel Board
Chicken Little

Craft
Chicken w/feathers

Robots

Opening Song
Wiggle

Books
Clink by Kelly Dipucchio and Matthew Myers (JE DIP)
Hello, Robots by Bob Staake (JE STA)
Sometimes I Forget You're a Robot by Sam Brown (JE BRO)
Junkyard by Mike Austin (JE AUS)
Welcome To Robot Town by Ryan Heshka (JE HES)

Songs
Jim Gill Sings The Sneezing Song and Other Contagious Tunes #8 Silly Dance Contest by Jim Gil (PROF CD J782.42 GIL)

Finger Play
Robot action rhymes are from: https://hushlander.wordpress.com/2013/05/19/toddler-time-robots/

Song: The Lights on the Robot (some modifications where made)-to the tune of the wheels on the bus

The lights on the robot

blink on and off,

on and off, on and off.

The lights on the robot

blink on and off,

all around the rocket ship

The dials on the robot turn left and right,

turn left and right, turn left and right,

The dials on the robot turn left and right,

Each day and night 

The arms on the robot go up and down,

go up and down, go up and down,

The arms on the robot go up and down,

Until it powers down

Song: Robot, Robot

Robot, robot,

Turn around.

Robot, robot,

Touch the ground.

Robot, robot,

turn left and right.

Robot, robot,

flash your lights.

Robot, robot,

bloop and bleep.

Robot, robot,

Go to sleep.

Craft

Robot 

Beach/Ocean

Opening Song
If You Want To Hear a Story Clap Your Hands

Books
The Pout-Pout Fish in the Big-Big Dark by Deborah Diesen (JE DIE)
Sea Sand and Me! by Patricia Hubbell (JE HUB)
Fidgety Fish by Ruth Galloway (PROF JE GAL)
Clumsy Crab by Ruth Galloway (PROF JE GAL)
Duck Dunks by Lynne Berry (JE BER)

Flannel Board
Fish with a Deep Blue Smile

Songs
Early Childhood Classic #21 Hokey Pokey by Hap Palmer (PROF CD J782.4 PAL)-

Fish version of Hokey Pokey

You Put your left fin in
you Put your left fin out
you Put your left fin in and
You shake it all about
You do the fishy pokey
And you turn yourself around
That's what its all about
right fin, fish head, fish self 

Toddlerific #12 Wiggle Walk by Georgiana Stewart (CD J782.42 STE)

Early Childhood Classic #14 The Wheels On the Bus by Hap Palmer (PROF CD J782.4 PAL)-

A Sea Song
(sung to the tune of “The Wheels on the Bus”)

The fish in the ocean go swish, swish, swish, (Make swimming motions).
Swish, swish, swish,
Swish, swish, swish.
The fish in the ocean go swish, swish, swish
All through the sea!
The lobsters…snip, snip, snip (Make pinching motions with fingers.)
The sharks…chomp, chomp, chomp (Chomp with your arms)
The stingray…flap, flap, flap (Move arms in slow, flying motions.)
The crabs…skit, scat, skit (Run in place.)

Craft
Fish Kite

Planes

Opening Song
Wiggle

Books
Dinosoaring by Deb Lund (JE LUN)
A Plane Goes Ka-Zoom by Jonathan London (JE LON)
What's the Opposite, PiggyWiggy? by Christyan and Diane Fox (JE FOX)
Come Fly With Me by Satomi Ichikawa (JE ICH)
Planes Fly by George Ella Lyon (PROF JE LYO)
Flight 1-2-3 by Maria van Lieshout (JE VAN)

Finger Play

I'm A Little Airplane (From the website: http://www.preschoolrainbow.org/transportation-rhymes.htm)

(Sung to the tune of "I'm a Little Teapot")

I'm a little airplane,

(children raise arms at sides to shoulder height.) 

Now watch me fly! 

(They spin one of their arms in front of them as if it were a propeller) 

Here are my instruments 

From down low to up high. 

(With their other arm, they reach from the ground to above their heads.) 

First I get revved up. 

(Children make engine noises while still spinning their arms.) 

Then I can fly, 

(Children raise arms to shoulder height.) 

Lifting off the runway 

(They start walking forward.) 

Up into the sky! 

(They go up on their tiptoes and continue to move forward. Let them circle awhile before returning to their original positions.) 

Songs 

Ladybug Music #14 Loop De Loop (PROF CD J782.42 LAD)
Musical Scarves & Activities #1 Let's Go Fly a Kite by Georgiana Stewart (PROF CD J796.13 MUS)

Craft
Plane w/propeller flying through the sky

M is for...

Opening Song
The More We Get Together

Books
Moose Tracks! by Karma Wilson (PROF JE WIL)
A Moose That Says Moo by Jennifer Hamburg (PROF JE HAM)
Two Little Monkeys by Mem Fox (PROF JE FOX)
Mammoth and Me by Algy Craig Hall (JE HAL)
Mouse Mess by Linnea Asplind Riley (PROF JE RIL)
Mouse Count by Ellen Stoll Walsh (PROF JE WAL)
Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh (PROF JE WAL)

Flannel Board
Monkey Land

Letter Awareness
Today's letter is "M"

Songs
Moose Tune For Kids #6 Hey, Mister Moose by Brent D. Holmes (PROF CD J784.6 HOL)
Sing Along w/Bob #1- #8  Five Little Monkeys by Bob McGrath (REF CD J82.42 MCG)

Craft
Paper Bag Monkey Puppet

Hippopotamus

Opening Song
If You Want To Hear a Story Clap Your Hands

Books
The Hiccupotamus by Aaron Zenz (JE ZEN)
Hattie Hippo by Christine Loomis (JE LOO)
Hippospotamus by Jeanne Willis (JE WIL)
The Hippo Hop by Christine Loomis (JE LOO)
I Know a Rhino by Charles Fuge (PROF JE FUG)


Flannel Board
You Look Ridiculous Said the Rhinoceros to the Hippopotamus by Benard Waber

















Songs
Hippo (sang to the tune of Bingo):
There was a creature at the zoo, and Hippo was his name-o. H-I-P-P-O...and Hippo was his name-o

Ken Burns's Jazz Sampler #3 To Sing, Sing, Sing by Benny Goodman (CD 781.65 JAZ)

Musical Scarves & Activities #6 Up a Lazy River by Georgiana Stewart (PROF CD J796.13 MUS)/ with scarves

Dance with scarves:

Did you ever see a hippo? 

A hippo, a hippo
Did you ever see a hippo dance this way and that?
Dance this way and that way
And this way and that way
Did you ever see a hippo dance this way and that?
hop, twirl, stomp, jump

Craft
Hippo with a pond

Kindergarten Skills

Opening Song
Wiggle

Books
How Do I Put It On? by Shigeo Watanabe (JE WAT)
Wednesday by Anne Bertier (JE BER)
Circle Square Moose by Kelly Bingham (JE BIN)
Bear Counts by Karma Wilson & Jane Chapman (JE WIL)
Square Cat ABC by Beth Schoonmaker (JE SCH)
Planet Kindergarten by Sue Ganz-Schmitt (JE GAN)

Flannel Board
Teddy Wore His Red Shirt

Songs
Action Songs for Preschoolers #12 Shapes in Action by Georgiana Stewart (PROF CD J782.42 STE)
Ribbons & Rhythms Movement Activities for Learning #11 Count with Me by Michael Plunkett (PROF CD J782.42 PLU) w/egg shakers

Craft
Teddy Bear w/removable clothes

Pigs

Opening Song
If You Want to Hear a Story

Books
Piggies in Pajamas by Michelle Meadows (JE MEA)
Cock a Moo Moo by Juliet Dallas-Conte (JE DAL)
If You Give a Pig a Party by Laura Numeroff (JE NUM)
Can You Make a Piggy Giggle by Linda Ashman (JE ASH)

Big Books
I Went Walking by Lois Ehlert (PROF JE EHL)
If You Give a Pig a Pancake by Laura Numeroff (PROF JE NUM)

Finger Play

Two Mother Pigs

Two mother pigs lived in a pen

[Show thumbs.]
Each had four babies, and that made ten
[Show fingers and thumbs.]
These four babies were black as night
[Hold up hand, extend fingers, thumb in palm.]
These four babies were black and white
[Hold up other hand, thumb in palm.]
But all eight babies loved to play
And they rolled and rolled in the mud all day.
[Roll hands.]
At night, with their mother, they curled up in a heap,
[Make fists, palms up.]
And squealed and squealed till they went to sleep.

Songs
Ladybug Music-Green Collection #8 Potbelly Pig by Patricia Maertens & Brad Dujmovic (PROF CD J782.42 LAD)

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

pig.. oink               dog.. ruff

Craft
Pig in a pen

Circus

Opening Song
Wiggle

Books
Little Monkey Says Good Night by Ann Whitford Paul (JE PAU)
The Acrobat by Alborozo (JE ALB)
Circus Girl: A Story of Make-Believe by Clare Pernice (JE PER)
Song of the Circus by Lois Duncan (JE DUN)
Circus Parade by Harriet Ziefert (PROF JE ZIE)
Extraordinary Jane by Hannah E. Harrison (JE HAR)
Circus by Lois Ehlert (PROF JE EHL)

Songs w/Props
Musical Scarves & Activities #12 Be a Clown by Georgiana Stewart (PROF CD J796.13 MUS) w/Scarves
The Second Line: Scarf Activity Songs #13 Circus Parade by Johnette Downing (PROF CD J782.42 DOW) w/scarves
Rockin' Red #13 Hip Hop Body Rock by Eric Litwin (PROF CD J782.42 LIT) w/shakers

Craft
Clown in the Box!