Pigs

October 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: Pigs

Book: I’m a Pig by Sarah Weeks

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

Book: Little Oink by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Counting Rhyme with Flannel Board: “This Little Pig” (track 3 on 50 Nursery Rhyme Songs)

Book: If You Give a Pig a Pancake by Laura Numeroff

Fingerplay: “Two Mother Pigs”

Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid

Additional Activity: Storytelling- have the kids help me tell the story of “The Three Little Pigs.”

Other Book:Princess Pigtoria & the Pea by Pamela Duncan Edwards (play a game with older kids, like second graders, of finding the “p” words on every page.

March 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: Pigs

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

Book: I Know A Wee Piggy by Kim Norman

Memory Game with Flannel Board: I Know a Wee Piggy by Kim Norman

Book: Ten Pigs: An Epic Bath Adventure by Derek Anderson

Sing-Along Song: “Ten Pigs” by Tom Lieberman

Book: If You Give a Pig a Party by Laura Numeroff

Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid

February 2019

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

Announce Theme: Pigs

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

Book: Happy Pig Day! By Mo Willems

Counting Rhyme with Flannel Board: Five Pigs So Squeaky Clean

Book: Ten Pigs: An Epic Bath Adventure by Derek Anderson

Sing-Along Song: Ten Pigs

Movement Song: If You’re a Pig & You Know It

Book: Is That Wise, Pig? By Jan Thomas

Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid