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
March 2015
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
March 2023
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