Greeting and Wiggle &/or Dance (Freeze)
Whole Body Movement: “Walk Like A Turkey” by Jean Warren & “Mr. Turkey”
Invitation to Listen
Book: Coyote steals the Blanket: A Ute Tale by Janet Stevens
Magnet Board: Five Turkeys (2 Versions)
Dance: If You’re Happy & You know It
Book: “Why Rabbit Has a Short Tail” retold by Barbara Shining Woman Warren (using Magnet Board)
Whole Body Movement: “Here is Foxy,” “A Fat Bunny,” & “Foxy, Foxy, turn around”
Book: The Story of the Milky Way by Joseph Bruchac & Gayle Ross
Magnet Board: Five Turkeys (2 Versions)
Opening Song: “The Wheels on the Bus” by Eric Litwin
Announce Theme: Native Americans
Listening Song: “If You Want to Hear a Story”
Book: Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard
Movement Rhyme: Mix Fry Bread
Movement Activity: North, South, East, West
Counting Rhymes with Magnet Board: Five Little Turkey
Book: Round is a Tortilla by Roseanne Thong
Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid
Take Home: Fry Bread Activity pages