It's Raining Cats & Dogs Poetry Break Storytime
April 2012
Opening Song: “Hound Dog” by Elvis Presley
Fingerplay: “Puppies & Kittens”
Book: Bow Wow Meow Meow by Douglas Florian
Flannel Board Riddle: “As I was going to St. Ives”
Poems: “Pug Appeal,” “Jake the Jack Russell Terrier,” “Bubbles,” “Miss Olive’s Teddy Bear,” and Dog Haiku” from A Dazzling Display of Dogs by Betsy Franco
Poems: “Veronica Goes Wild,” “Fluff is Polydactyl,” “Ear Decorations,” and “Binky’s Kittens” from A Curious Collection of Cats by Betsy Franco
Movement Activity: “Some Dogs Bark”
Poems: “No Name,” “I Didn’t Do It,” and “Big” from I Didn’t Do It by Patricia MacLachlan and Emily MacLachlan Charest
Poems: “Catalog” by Rosalie Moore, “The Song of the Jellicles” by T.S. Eliot, and “A Tom Cat Is” by J. Patrick Lewis from Cat Poems selected by Myra Cohn Livingston
Sing-Along-Song: “B-I-N-G-O”
Other Songs:
- “Oh Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?” (Disney Children’s Favorite Songs volume 4)
- “Do Your Ears Hang Low?” (Disney Children’s Favorite Songs volume 4)
- “This Old Man” (Disney Children’s Favorite Songs volume 1)