Puppies

Opening Song
The More We Get Together

Books
The Great Gracie Chase: Stop That Dog! by Cynthia Rylant (PROF JE RYL)
The Stray Dog by Marc Simont (JE SIM)
Smooch Your Pooch by Teddy Slater (PROF JE SLA)

Flannel Board
Move Over Rover

Letter Awareness
Today's letter is "D"

Songs
Let's Play: If You Are Happy & You Know It by Raffi (PROF CD J782.6 RAF)
Sing Along w/Bob #2: Bingo by Bob McGrath (PROF CD J782.42 MCG)


Craft
Dog from Dog's Colorful Day

Elephants

Opening Song
If You're Happy and You Know It w/Elephant lyrics

Books
Just a Little Bit by Ann Tompert (PROF JE TOM)
Peanut by Linas Alsenas (PROF JE ALS)
Elephants Can Paint Too! by Katya Arnold (J599.67 ARN)
I Can Too!: An Elmer Pop-up Book by David McKee (PROF JE MCK)

Songs*
Itsy Bisty Spider w/Elephant lyrics:

A great big elephant went out one day to play

Out came the rain and then she couldn’t stay

Out came the sun and dried up all the rain

And the great big elephant went out to play again

Old MacDonald had a Zoo w/Elephant lyrics:

Elephant (trumpeting sound, sway “trunk”)

Lion (roar, show claws)

Penguin (waddle, waddle; walk)

Snake (Sssssss, sway)

Monkey (ooh ooh ooh, scratch)

*No CDs or taped music was used

Craft
Elephant Paper Bag Puppets

Woof! Doggies!

Opening Song
If You Want to Hear a Story

Books

If You Give a Dog a Donut by Laura Numeroff  (JE NUM)
I'm My Own Dog by David Ezra Stein (JE STE)
Move Over, Rover by Karen Beaumont (PROF JE BEA)
The Great Dog Wash by Shellie Braeuner (JE BRA)
A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka (JE RAS): Dialogic Reading Demonstration





Flannel Board

Dog's Colorful Day by Emma Dodd

Songs
Early Childhood Classics #21 Hokey Pokey* by Hap Palmer (PROF CD J 782.4)
Early Childhood Classics #10 Bingo by Hap Palmer (PROF CD J782.4)
Nursery Rhyme Time #21  Bow-Wow, Says the Dog by Georgiana Stewart (CD J784.42 NUR) w/egg shakers

*Puppy Pokey sang to the instrumental version of Hokey Pokey

Puppy Pokey 

You put your small paw in, you put your small paw out.

You put your small paw in, and you shake it all about.

You do the Puppy Pokey, and you turn yourself around.

That’s what it’s all about.

Big Paw

You put your floppy ears in, you put your floppy ears out.

You put your floppy ears in, and you shake them all about.

You do the Puppy Pokey, and you turn yourself around.

That’s what it’s all about.

You put your puppy self in, you put your puppy self out.

You put your puppy self in, and you shake it all about.

You do the Puppy Pokey, and you turn yourself around.

That’s what it’s all about.

Craft
Dog on a stick

Mother Goose

Opening Song
The More We Get Together

Books
My Very First Mother Goose edited by Iona Archibald Opie (PROF J398.8 MOT)
Old Mother Hubbard by Jane Cabrera (JE CAB)
To Market, To Market by Anne Miranda (JE MIR)

Flannel Board
Humpty Dumpty
A Hunting We Will Go
Little Boy Blue
Little Jack Horner
Three Little Kittens

Letter Awareness
Today's letter is "M"

Songs
Sing Along w/Bob #1 #2 Baa Baa Black Sheep by Bob McGrath (REF CD J782.42 MCG)
Singing & Swinging #11 The Muffin Man by Sharon, Lois & Bram (REF CD J782.42 SHA)

Craft
Humpty Dumpty Art Puzzle

Meal Time!

Opening Song
Open Shut Them

Books
The Prince's Breakfast by Joanne Oppenheim (JE OPP)
Brownie and Pearl Grab a Bite by (JE RYL)
Hoot Owl, Master of Disguise by (JE TAY)
Tea Party Rules by (JE DYC)

Book Prop
Sam's Sandwich by David Pelham


Songs
So Big #5 Rock and Roll Freeze Dance (PROF CD J782.42 PAL)
So Big #3 I'm a Pretzel (PROF CD J782.42 PAL)

Craft
Paper plate pizzas with cut out toppings and crayon tomato sauce