Greeting and Dance
Whole Body Movement: “Can You?” & “Call the Cat and Dog”
Invitation to Listen
Book: Pet Show by Ezra Jack Keats or “Let’s Get a Pup!” Said Kate by Bob Graham
Magnet Board: Five Little Dogs
Book: Katie Loves the Kittens by John Himmelman or Bad Kitty by Nick Bruel
Whole Body Movement: “Can You?” & “Call the Cat and Dog”
Book: Children Make Terrible Pets by Peter Brown
Magnet Board: Five Little Dogs
Dance!
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: Pets
Book: Bad Kitty by Nick Bruel or A Pet for Petunia by Paul Schmid
Action Rhyme: Can You?
Fingerplay: Call the Cat & Dog
Song: “Bingo” (50 Nursery Rhyme Songs, Disc 1, Track 9)
Book: The Pigeon Wants a Puppy by Mo Willems
Movement Song: “Hokey Pokey”
Flannel Board Story: Dog’s Colorful Day by Emma Dodd
Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid
Book for Older Audience: Children Make Terrible Pets by Peter Brown
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: Pets
Listening Song: “If You Want to Hear a Story”
Book: Bad Kitty by Nick Bruel
Song with Flannel Board: Fifteen Animals by Sandra Boynton
Book: I Spy Pets by Edward Gibbs
Flannel Board: What Would Make a Good Pet? (animals from Laura Numeroff Set)
Book with Flannel Board: Dog’s Colorful Day by Emma Dodd
Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid
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: Pets
Listening Song: “If You Want to Hear a Story”
Book: You Don’t Want a Unicorn! By Ame Dyckman
Flannel Board: What Would Make a Good Pet? (animals from Laura Numeroff Set)
Book: I Spy Pets by Edward Gibbs
Action Rhyme: Can You?
Book: Lola Gets a Cat by Anna McQuinn
Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid
Opening Song: “The Wheels on the Bus” by Eric Litwin
Announce Theme: Pets
Listening Song: “If You Want to Hear a Story”
Book: I Want a Dog by Jon Agee
Movement with Book: Bounce by Doreen Cronin
Book: This Book Just Stole My Cat! By Richard Bryne
Flannel Board: Fifteen Animals
Flannel Board: What Would Make a Good Pet? (animals from Laura Numeroff Set)
Book: You Don’t Want a Dragon! by Ame Dyckman
Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid
Take Home Activity Packet
Color Your Own Rocky from Bad Dog by Mike Boldt
Design Your Own Unicorn from You Don’t Want a Unicorn! By Ame Dyckman
Coloring page from You Don’t Want a Dragon! By Ame Dyckman
Bounce into Color sheet from Bounce by Doreen Cronin
Look Who Lost Their Shadows from Bounce by Doreen Cronin
Opening Song: “The Wheels on the Bus” by Eric Litwin
Announce Theme: Pets
Listening Song: “If You Want to Hear a Story”
Book: The Pigeon Wants a Puppy! by Mo Willems or Caring for Your Lion by Tammi Sauer
Movement Rhyme: Can You?
Book: Some Pets by Angela DiTerlizzi
Book with Flannel Board: Doggies by Sandra Boynton
Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid
Take Home: I Spy Dogs page
Opening Song: “The Wheels on the Bus” by Eric Litwin
Announce Theme: Pets
Listening Song: “If You Want to Hear a Story”
Book: A Pet for Petunia by Paul Scmid or selections from I Didn’t Do It by Patricia MacLachlan & Emily MacLachlan Charest (No Name, I Didn’t Do It, Big, Pretty Puppy, She Flies)
Movement: Can You?
Flannel Board: What Would Make a Good Pet? (animals from Laura Numeroff Set)
Book: Some Pets by Angela DiTerlizzi
Song with Flannel Board: BINGO
Book: The Pigeon Wants a Puppy! by Mo Willems
Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid
Take Home: Activity Page from The Pigeon Wants a Puppy!