Moms & Dads

(May 2011)

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: Moms (Mother’s Day is May 8)

Book: Clifford’s Happy Mother’s Day by Norman Bridwell

Movement Song: “Head, Shoulders, Knees, & Toes”

Book: What Mommies Do Best by Laura Numeroff

Magnet Board Activity: What Would Mommy Like for Mother’s Day? (Ask the kids and then show them various things—cookie, cupcake, airplane, bear, monster, flower, turkey, owl, cat, frog—and see what they say)

Book: My Mother Is Mine by Marion Dane Bauer (First, let the kids identify the animals, and then read the story.)

Movement Song: “Five Little Monkeys”

Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid

(May 2012)

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)

(Introduce self and say hello to everyone)

Listening Song: “If You Want to Hear a Story”

Announce Theme: Moms & Dads

Book: What Dads Can’t Do by Douglas Wood or My Dad by Anthony Browne

Magnet Board Activity: What Would Mommy and Daddy Like for a Present? (Ask the kids and then show them various things—cookie, cupcake, airplane, bear, monster, turkey, owl, cat, frog, flower—and see what they say)

Book: My Mother Is Mine by Marion Dane Bauer

Movement Song: “Five Little Monkeys”

Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid