Nursery Rhymes

April 2013

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: Nursery Rhymes

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

Book: Not Last Night But the Night Before by Colin McNaughton

Nursery Rhymes with Flannel Board: “Baa, Baa, Black Sheep” & “Hey Diddle Diddle”

Book: Big Fat Hen by Keith Baker

Flannel Board: “As I Was Going to St. Ives”

Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid

May 2016

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: Nursery Rhymes

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

Book: Mother Goose’s Pajama Party by Danna Smith

Song with Flannel Board: Baa Baa Black Sheep

Book: Not Last Night But the Night Before by Colin McNaughton

Sing-Along Song: Shake Your Sillies Out

Book: Big Fat Hen by Keith Baker

Book: One Two That’s My Shoe! By Alison Murray

Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid

May 2018

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: Nursery Rhymes

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

Book: Maybe Mother Goose by Esme Raji Codell

Nursery Rhymes with Flannel Board: “Baa, Baa, Black Sheep” & “Hey Diddle Diddle”

Book: To Market, To Market by Anne Miranda

Flannel Board: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

Book: Not Last Night But the Night Before by Colin McNaughton

Flannel Board: “As I Was Going to St. Ives”

Book: The Find It Book by Margaret Wise Brown

Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid

May 2023

Opening Song: “The Wheels on the Bus” by Eric Litwin

Announce Theme: Nursery Rhymes

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

Poems: “Hill Memories” and “The Pail’s Take on It” from Grumbles from the town: Mother-Goose Voices with a Twist by Jane Yolen and Rebecca Kai Dotlich

Book: Maybe Mother Goose by Esmé Raji Codell

Action Rhyme: Black Sheep, Black Sheep

Book: “Jack and Jill” and “Baa Baa Black Sheep” from You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You: Very Short Mother Goose Tales to Read Together by Mary Ann Hoberman

Flannel Board: Baa, Baa, Black Sheep

Book: To Market, To Market by Anne Miranda

Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid

Take Home: Humpty Dumpty egg craft