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