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