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