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: Shapes
Listening Song: “If You Want to Hear a Story”
Book: Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons by Eric Litwin (use audio CD)
Counting Rhyme with Magnet Board: “Five Little Cookies”
Book: Square Cat by Elizabeth Schoonmaker
Fingerplay: “Draw for Me”
Book: The Wing on a Flea: A Book about Shapes by Ed Emberley
Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid
Opening Song: “The Wheels on the Bus”
Announce Theme: Shapes
Listening Song: “If You Want to Hear a Story”
Book: Circle Square Moose by Kelly Bingham
Flannel Board: Birdhouses
Book: Round Is a Tortilla by Roseanne Thong
Flashcards: Pooh’s Colors and Shapes
Fingerplay: Here Is a Ball
Book: Have You Seen My Monster? by Steve Light
Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid
Extra Book: I Spy Shapes in Art by Lucy Micklethwait
Opening Song: “The Wheels on the Bus” by Eric Litwin
Announce Theme: Shapes
Listening Song: “If You Want to Hear a Story”
Book: Circle Square Moose by Kelly Bingham
Rhymes: Draw for Me and Here Is a Ball
Book: Perfect Square by Michael Hall
Flannel Board: Bird Houses
Book: I Spy Shapes in Art by Lucy Micklethwait
Flannel Board: Build a Castle with Shapes
Book: Animal Shapes by Christopher Silas Neal
Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid
Opening Song: “The Wheels on the Bus” by Eric Litwin
Announce Theme: Shapes
Listening Song: “If You Want to Hear a Story”
Book: Circle, Square, Moose by Kelly Bingham
Flannel Board: Friends in the Bathtub (3 moose, circle, square)
Book: Go, Shapes, Go! by Denise Fleming
Movement: movements from Go, Shapes, Go
Book: This Is a Book of Shapes by Kenneth Kraegel
Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid
Take Home Activity Packet
Moose Coloring Page (Monday Mandala)
Circle, Square, Moose Story Time Activities
Go, Shapes, Go! What Can You Make? Page
Coloring Page from This Is a Book of Shapes
Shapes Coloring Page (First Palette)