Wild Animals

Opening Song
Wiggle

Books
Monkey Ono by J.C. Phillips (JE PHI)
My Heart Is Like A Zoo by Michael Hall (JE HAL)
Starry Safari by Linda Ashman (PROF JE ASH)
If All The Animals Came Inside by Eric Pinder (JE PIN)
My First Wild Animals by Bettina Paterson (JE PAT)
Gary and Ray by Sarah Adams (PROF JE ADA)



















Songs
Where Is Thumbkin? #24 Do Your Ears Hang Low? (Prof CD JE WHE)
Laura Doherty: In A Heartbeat #4 Heartbeat by Laura Doherty (PROF CD J782.42 DOH)
Leaping Literacy Rhythm Sticks, Ribbons, & Games For Reading Readiness by Pam Schiller (PROF CD J372.414 SCH) w/ Ribbons

Finger Plays

Action plays from http://www.alphabet-soup.net/dir7/zoosong.html

ELEPHANT ACTION PLAY
"Who is the animal baggy and gray,
(Circle both arms.)
That walks in the forest with a sway?
(Sway both arms.)
Who runs around on big, big toes,
(Point to toes.)
And feeds himself with his nose?
(Point to nose.)
The elephant!"
(Clap hands 1 time.)

The Zoo
This is the way the elephant goes
(clasp hands and move arms back and forth dangling)
With curly trunk instead of nose
The buffalo all shaggy and fat
Has two sharp horns in place of hat
(point fingers out from forehead)
The hippo with his mouth so wide
Lets you see what is inside
(open and close hands to make mouth movements)
The wiggly snake upon the ground
Crawls along without a sound
(weave hands back and forth)
But the monkey see and monkey do
Is the funniest animal in the zoo
(put thumbs in ears and wiggle hands)

Craft
Rainbow Toucan