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