Rabbits
April 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: Rabbits!
Book: So Many Bunnies by Rick Walton
Movement Song: “Head, Shoulders, Knees, & Toes”
Counting Rhyme with finger puppets: This Little Bunny
Book: Bunny Days by Tao Nyeu
Counting Rhyme with flannel board: Five Little Bunnies
Book: Little White Rabbit by Kevin Henkes
Game: Rabbit, Rabbit, Where’s your carrot?
Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid
April 2012
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)
(Introduce self and say hello to everyone)
Listening Song: “If You Want to Hear a Story”
Announce Theme: Rabbits
Book: The Easter Egg by Jan Brett
Movement: “Bunny Wiggle” (Ask kids what a bunny would wiggle. Expected responses: tail, ears, feet, nose.)
Book: 10 Hungry Rabbits by Anita Lobel
Flannel Board Story: 10 Hungry Rabbits by Anita Lobel
Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid
Extra Books: Listen Buddy by Helen Lester, Follow that Bear If You Dare by Claire Freedman , Big Bunny by Betseygail Rand
April 2014
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: Rabbits
Listening Song: “If You Want to Hear a Story”
Book: Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds or Tippy-Tippy-Tippy, Splash! By Candace Fleming or It’s Not Easy Being a Bunny by Marilyn Sadler
Action Song: “Sleeping Bunnies”
Book: 10 Hungry Rabbits by Anita Lobel
Memory Game with Flannel Board: 10 Hungry Rabbits by Anita Lobel
Action Song: There’s a Little Bunny
Book: Little White Rabbit by Kevin Henkes
Flannel Board: Little White Rabbit by Kevin Henkes
Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid
April 2017
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: Rabbits
Listening Song: “If You Want to Hear a Story”
Book: The Wonderful Habits of Rabbits by Douglas Florian
Action Song: “Sleeping Bunnies” (use finger puppets)
Book: Peek-a-Boo Bunny by Holly Surplice
Counting Rhyme with Flannel Board: Five Little Rabbits
Book: 10 Hungry Rabbits by Anita Lobel
Memory Game: 10 Hungry Rabbits by Anita Lobel
Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid
April 2019
Opening Song: “The Wheels on the Bus” by Eric Litwin
Announce Theme: Rabbits
Listening Song: “If You Want to Hear a Story”
Book: Those Pesky Rabbits by Ciara Flood
Fingerplay: Here is a Bunny
Fingerplay: This Little Bunny
Book: Hungry Bunny by Claudia Rueda
Movement Song: If You’re HOPPy and You Know It
Book: Everybunny Count! By Ellie Sandall
Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid
January 2023
Opening Song: “The Wheels on the Bus” by Eric Litwin
Announce Theme: Rabbits
Listening Song: “If You Want to Hear a Story”
Book: A Little Bit Brave by Nicola Kinnear
Fingerplay: Here Is a Bunny
Book: Rabbit! Rabbit! Rabbit! By Lorna Scobie
Movement: Bunny Wiggle
Book: Little White Rabbit by Kevin Henkes
Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid