Opening Song: “The Wheels on the Bus” (It’s time to get on the bus and go to story time!)
Movement Song: “Can’t Sit Still”
(Introduce self and say hello to everyone)
Listening Song: “If You Want to Hear a Story”
Announce Theme: Poetry!
Book: If Not for the Cat by Jack Prelutsky (Read without showing the illustrations until the kids guess what animal the poem is talking about)
Movement Song: Zoo Animals
Book: Mammalabilia by Douglas Florian
Game: Elephant, Elephant, where’s your peanut?
Movement Song: “Five Little Monkeys”
Book: In the Wild by David Elliott
Whole Body Movement: Elephant
Book: Selections from A Whiff of Pine, A Hint of Skunk: A Forest of Poems by Deborah Ruddell and The Frogs Wore Red Suspenders by Jack Prelutsky
Whole Body Movement: Elephant
Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid