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: Digging Up Vegetables
Listening Song: “If You Want to Hear a Story”
Book: The Turnip retold by Harriet Ziefert
Fingerplay: “Four Seeds in a Hole”
Book with Flannel Board: Lunch by Denise Fleming
Action Rhyme: “I Did, Dig, Dig”
Book: 10 Hungry Rabbits by Anita Lobel
Flannel Board Memory Game: 10 Hungry Rabbits by Anita Lobel
Book: Rah, Rah, Radishes by April Pulley Sayre
Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid
Take Home: Mushroom Memory Match & A Garden of Words (p. 30 and p. 100 of EL CSLP Manual)
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: Gardens
Listening Song: “If You Want to Hear a Story”
Book: The Turnip by Jan Brett
Fingerplay: Watch It Bloom
Book: Plant the Tiny Seed by Christie Matheson
Poem with Flannel Board: “Gopher in the Garden” by Jack Prelutsky
Book: I Have a Garden by Bob Barner
Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid
Opening Song: “The Wheels on the Bus” by Eric Litwin
Announce Theme: Gardens
Listening Song: “If You Want to Hear a Story”
Book: The Turnip retold by Harriet Ziefert or The Turnip by Jan Brett
Poem with Flannel Board: “A Gopher in the Garden” by Jack Prelutsky
Book: 10 Hungry Rabbits by Anita Lobel
Memory Game with Flannel Board: 10 Hungry Rabbits by Anita Lobel
Guessing Game with Flannel Board: In My Garden
Book: My Garden by Kevin Henkes
Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid
Opening Song: “The Wheels on the Bus” by Eric Litwin
Announce Theme: Gardens
Listening Song: “If You Want to Hear a Story”
Book: My Garden by Kevin Henkes
Game with Flannel Board: Find the Gnomes
Guessing Game: In My Garden
Book: The Hidden Rainbow by Christie Matheson
Book with Flannel Board: Lunch by Denise Fleming
Fingerplays: Four Seeds in a Hole & Watch It Bloom
Book: 10 Hungry Rabbits by Anita Lobel
Memory Game with Flannel Board: 10 Hungry Rabbits by Anita Lobel
Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid
Opening Song: “The Wheels on the Bus” by Eric Litwin
Announce Theme: Gardens
Listening Song: “If You Want to Hear a Story”
Book: Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! by Candace Fleming
Guessing Game: In My Garden
Game with Flannel Board: Find the Gnomes
Book: My Garden by Kevin Henkes
Fingerplays: Four Seeds in a Hole & Watch It Bloom
Poem with Flannel Board: “A Gopher in the Garden” by Jack Prelutsky (identify fruits & vegetables, count, & color questions)
Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid
Take Home: My Garden Plan (Carrots Are Orange)