Spring

April 2011

Opening Song: “The Wheels on the Bus” (It’s time to get on the bus and go to story time!)

Movement Song: “The Freeze”

(Introduce self and say hello to everyone)

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

Announce Theme: Spring!

Book: Bear Wants More by Karma Wilson

Fingerplay: Watch It Bloom

Movement Song: Hokey Pokey

Whole Body Movement: I’m a Little Daisy

Book: Don’t Worry Bear by Greg Foley

Counting Rhyme with magnet board: Five Little Flowers

Fingerplay: Watch It Bloom

Book: Bugs, Beetles, and Butterflies by Harriet Ziefert

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: Bunnies, Chickens, Ducks, & Eggs

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

Book: Click, Clack, Peep! By Doreen Cronin

Flannel Board: Find the Duck; Chook, Chook, Chook, Chook, Chook

Book: Little White Rabbit by Kevin Henkes or Peek-A-Boo Bunny by Holly Surplice

Sing-Along Song: “Sleeping Bunnies”

Book: Chickens to the Rescue by John Himmelman

Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid

Extra Book: The Very Big Carrot by Satoe Tone

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

Announce Theme: Spring

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

Book: Bear Sees Colors by Karma Wilson

Game with Flannel Board: Find the Gnomes

Counting Rhymes with Magnet Board: Five Little Flowers

Movement Activity: Spring Movement Cards

Book: When Spring Comes by Kevin Henkes

Fingerplays: Watch it Bloom, Four seeds in a hole, Here is a nest, rain is falling down

Book: Spring Stinks by Ryan T. Higgins

Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid

Take Home: coloring page from Spring Stinks