Dancing

Opening Rhyme
If You Want to Hear a Story

Books
Dumpy La Rue by Elizabeth Winthrop (JE WIN)
The Hippo Hop by Christine Loomis (JE LOO)
Twist with a Burger, Jitter with a Bug by Linda lowery (JE LOW)
Cha Cha Chimps by Julia Durango (JE DUR)
Hop Jump by Ellen Walsh (JE WAL)

Songs
Dance Your Fingers

(Have child mimic your actions, dancing fingers in the air and on the body.)

Dance your fingers up,

Dance your fingers down,

Dance your fingers to the side,

Dance them all around.                    

Dance them on your shoulders,

Dance them on your head,

Dance them on your tummy,

And put them all to bed. (Rest head on hands together at side of face.)

The Twist, The Hokey Pokey, The Bunny Hop (PROF CD J792.8 ALL)

Craft
Dancing Batons

Farm animals

Opening Rhyme
The More We Get Together

Books
This Is the Farmer by Nancy Tafuri (PROF JE TAF)
Who Took the Farmer's Hat? by Joan Nodset (PROF JE NOD)
Farmer Brown Shears His Sheep by Teri Sloat (PROF JE SLO)
Farmer Joe and the Music Show by Tony Mitton (PROF JE MIT)
The Wild Little Horse by Rite Gray (PROF JE GRA)
Down on the Farm by Merrily Kutner (PROF JE KUT)
This Little Chick by John Lawrence (PROF JE LAW)
Does a Cow Say Boo? by Judy Hindley (PROF JE HIN)
Clip Clop by Nicola Smee (PROF JE SME)

Songs
Grandpa's Farm (REF CD J782.42 SHA)
I Love My Rooster (PROF CD J782.42 BER)

Flannelboard
This little Chick

Craft
Farm scene using sticker set and cut outs

Animals (farm)

Opening Rhyme
If You Want to Hear a Story

Books
Grumpy Goat by Brett Helquist (JE HEL)
The Lost and Found Pony by Tracy Dockray (JE DOC)
The Cow Loves Cookies by Karma Wilson (JE WIL)
The Gingerbread Cowboy by Janet Squires (JE SQU)
Horsefly and Honeybee by Randy Cecil (JE CEC)

Flannelboard
Little Mouse

Songs
Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Six Little Ducks
(PROF CD J782.42 BUC)

Craft
Horse

Marsupials

Books
Wombat Walkabout by Carol Shields (JE SHI)
Sometimes I Like to Curl Up in a Ball by Vicki Churchill (JE CHU)
Pouch! by David Stein (JE STE)
McGillycuddy Could! by Pamela Edwards (PROF JE EDW)
Don't Laugh, Joe! Keiko Kasza (JE KAS)

Songs
Shake My Sillies Out (PROF CD J782.42 MCG)
Diggery Kangaroo (Audio Cassette PROF J784.6 LIC)

Craft
Kangaroos in a pouch

Beaches

Opening Rhyme
The More We Get Together

Books
Come with Me by Ashley Wolff (PROF JE WOL)
Sea, Sand, Me by Patricia Hubbell (JE HUB)
Beach Day by Karen Roose (PROF JE ROO)
At the Boardwalk by Kelly Fineman (JE FIN)

'B' sound game

Songs
Baby Beluga
If You're Happy and You Know It

Craft
Decorate beach balls

Fruits and Vegetables

Books
The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear by Audrey and Don Wood (PROF JE WOO)
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle (PROF JE CAR)
Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! by Candice Fleming (JE FLE)
Blackberry Banquet by Terry Pierce (JE PIE)
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin (JE MAR)

Big Books
Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert

Rhymes

Bananas Unite! Bananas Split!
Go Bananas, go go bananas!
Go Bananas, go go bananas!
Bananas to the left
Bananas to the right
Peel your banana and Yum! Take a bite!

Go Bananas, go go bananas!
Go Bananas, go go bananas!

Bananas Unite! Bananas Split!
Go Bananas, go go bananas!
Go Bananas, go go bananas!
Bananas to the left
Bananas to the right
Peel your banana and Yum! Take a bite!

Go Bananas, go go bananas!
Go Bananas, go go bananas!

Craft
Watermelon and Carrots

Exploring

Opening Rhyme
The More We Get Together

Books
Come with Me by Ashley Wolff (PROF JE WOL)
Know What I Saw by Aileen Fisher (PROF JE FIS)
Rise and Shine by Nancy Carlstrom (PROF JE CAR)
One Magical Morning by Claire Freedman (PROF JE FRE)
Two Tiny Mice by Alan Baker (PROF JE BAK)
Ten in the Meadow by John Butler (PROF JE BUT)
Way Up High in a Tall Green Tree by Jan Peck (PROF JE PEC)

Flannelboard
Brown Bear, What Do You See?

The Letter 'E'

Book Prop
I Went Walking

Big Book
In the Tall, Tall Grass by Denise Fleming

Songs
Walk Outside by Raffi
Grassey Grass Grass by Woodie Guthrie

Craft
Color summer sheet with stickers and markers