Opening Song: “The Wheels on the Bus” by Larry Groce (Disney Children’s Favorite Songs Volume 4) [It’s time to get on the bus and go to story time!]
Movement Song: “Can’t Sit Still” by Greg & Steve (Kids in Action)
Announce Theme: Art/Painting
Listening Song: “If You Want to Hear a Story”
Book: Mousterpiece by Jane Breskin Zalben
Whole Body Movement: “Tall as a Tree”
Book: Art & Max by David Wiesner
Fingerplay: “The Lizard”
Book: The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse by Eric Carle
Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid
Opening Song: “The Wheels on the Bus” by Eric Litwin
Announce Theme: Painting
Listening Song: “If You Want to Hear a Story”
Book: Art & Max by David Wiesner
Song: Jingle Bells
Book: Crocodali by Lucy Volpin
Flannel Board Activity: Make a Snowman (offer the kids different options for the snowman’s eyes, nose, mouth, arms, hat, and neckwear)
Book: If Picasso Painted a Snowman by Amy & Greg Newbold
Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid
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Opening Song: “The Wheels on the Bus” by Eric Litwin
Announce Theme: Let’s Color
Listening Song: “If You Want to Hear a Story”
Book: Monsters Love Colors by Mike Austin
Movement: “If You’re Wearing Red Today”
Flannel Board: Rhyming Color Words with Dogs
Book: The Crayons’ Book of Colors by Drew Daywalt
Flannel Board: Colorful Cats (ID colors, count, and use This Little Cat rhyme)
Book: Green by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid
Take Home Activity Packet
Jungle Coloring Page (Monday Mandala)
Color Mixing Activity Page (TPT)
Dan D Coloring Page (Crayola)
All About Me Activity Page (TPT)
Basket of Strawberries Coloring Page (Monday Mandala)
Opening Song: “The Wheels on the Bus” by Eric Litwin
Announce Theme: Be an Artist
Listening Song: “If You Want to Hear a Story”
Book: Louise Loves Art by Kelly Light
Movement: Katie Draws with One Crayon
Flannel Board: Cats in the Bathtub
Book: Pig Makes Art by Laura Gehl
Movement: Colors Rhyme & Make a Circle, Draw a Square
Book: The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse by Eric Carle
Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid
Take Home Activity Packet
How to Draw a Cat x2 (Kitchen Table Classroom)
Easel Coloring Page
What’s Your Favorite Animal? Page from What’s Your Favorite Animal? by Eric Carle & Friends
Draw Yourself as an Artist
Coloring Page of Blue Horse I by Franz Marc, 1911 (Scrap Coloring)
Opening Song: “The Wheels on the Bus” by Eric Litwin
Announce Theme: Let’s Draw
Listening Song: “If You Want to Hear a Story”
Book: I Cannot Draw a Horse by Charise Mericle Harper
Flannel Board: Shapes ID (Rectangle, Square, Circle, Triangle
Fingerplay: Draw for Me
Movement Song: Katie Draws with One Crayon
Book: I Cannot Draw a Bicycle by Charise Mericle Harper
Flannel Board: Friends in the Bathtub (elephants & giraffes)
Book: Draw! by Raul Colon
Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid
Take Home Activity Packet
Make a Cat from I Cannot Draw a Horse by Charise Mericle Harper
Make a Horse from I Cannot Draw a Horse by Charise Mericle Harper
Learn How to Draw a Bicycle with Charise Mericle Harper
How to Draw a Giraffe
Lion Coloring Page (Monday Mandala)
Opening Song: “The Wheels on the Bus” by Eric Litwin
Announce Theme: Let’s Paint
Listening Song: “If You Want to Hear a Story”
Book: Crocodali by Lucy Volpin
Movement: This Is the Way and Movement & Motion Cards (TPT)
Book: Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh
Flannel Board: Mice in the Bathtub
Book: Stanley’s Paint Box by William Bee
Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid
Take Home Activity Packet
Crocodile Coloring Page (Monday Mandala)
Easel Coloring Page
Mouse Paint Color Mixing Sheet (TPT – Preschoolers and Sunshine)
Mouse Paint & Piet Mondrian Coloring Page (TPT – Melissa Valenti)
Activity Page from Stanley’s Paint Box
Opening Song: “The Wheels on the Bus” by Eric Litwin
Announce Theme: Crayons
Listening Song: “If You Want to Hear a Story”
Book: Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
Movement: Color Rhyme
Flannel Board: I Have a Crayon
Book: The Crayons’ Book of Numbers by Drew Daywalt
Movement: Shake Your Numbers & Numbers Game
Book: The Crayons’ Book of Feelings by Drew Daywalt
Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid
Take Home Activity Packet
64 Count Crayon Birthday Confetti Coloring Page (Crayola)
Lemmy Coloring Page (Crayola)
If I Had a Purple Crayon Drawing Page (TPT – Wills Valley Kinder Kats by Jana Groghan)
Draw with Weird Colors (The Crayons Activity Kit)
Crayon Coloring Page