Jazz

Opening Song
If You Want to Hear a Story

Books
When Louis Armstrong Taught Me Scat by Muriel Harris Weinstein (JE WEI)
Saxophone Sam and His Snazzy Jazz Band by Christine M. Schneider (JE SCH)
Jazz Baby by Lisa Wheeler (JE WHE)
Squeak, Rumble, Whomp, Whomp, Whomp!: A Sonic Adventure by Wynton Marsalis (JE MAR)
Hey Diddle Diddle by Eve Bunting (PROF JE BUN)
Jazzmatazz! by Stephanie Calmenson (JE CAL)

Songs
Jazz a film by Ken Burns #3 Sing, Sing, Sing (with a swing) (CD 781.65 JAZ)
In a Heartbeat #3 Jazzasaurus by Laura Doherty (CD J782.42 DOH)

Performance
Yakety Sax on Saxophone

Craft
Music Sheet w/Foam stickers

Swim Time!

Opening Song
Wiggle

Books
Let's Go Swimming! by Shigeo Watanabe (JE WAT)
Froggy Learns To Swim by Jonathan London (JE LON)
You Can Do It, Bert! by Ole Konnecke (JE KON)
Maisy Learns To Swim by Lucy Cousins (JE COU)
Freddie Learns To Swim by Nicola Smee (JE SME)

Book Prop
Rainbow Fish by Mark Pfister (JE PFI)

Songs
Musical Scarves and Activities #8 Under the Sea by Georgiana Stewart (PROF CD J796.13)
Ladybug Music #9 Blob Fish by Patricia Margarita Maertens (PROF CD J782.42)
For the Kids Too! # At the Bottom of the Sea by Various Artists (PROF CD J782.42 FOR)

Craft
Fish Bookmark

Moon

Opening Song
Open Shut Them

Books
The Moon by Seymour Simon (J523.3 SIM)
Mouse and the Moon by Christina M. Butler (JE BUT)
Rise the Moon by Eileen Spinelli (JE SPI)
Moon Plane by Peter McCarty (JE MCC)
Papa, Please Get the Moon For Me by Eric Carle (PROF JE CAR)

Flannel Board
Mooncake by Frank Asch

Finger play
Hey Diddle Diddle

Activity
Bean Bag Gravity Demonstration

Craft
Moon Scene

Chompers!

Opening Song
Wiggle

Books
Rawr! by Todd H. Doodler (PROF JE DOO)
The Watermelon Seed by Greg Pizzoli (JE PIZ)
Where's Your Smile, Crocodile? by Claire Freedman (JE FRE)

Flannel Board
Who Will Play with Little Dinosaur

Big Book
Dinosaur, Dinosaur by Bryon Barton (PROF JE BAR)

Songs
We're On Our Way #6 Tiger with a Toothbrush by Hap Palmer (PROF CD J782.42 PAL)
Singing & Swinging # 4 The Smile On The Crocodile by Sharon, Lois & Bram (REF CD J782.42 SHA)

Craft
Crocodile Mask & Watermelon Slice

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