Water
Summer 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: Water
Listening Song: “If You Want to Hear a Story”
Book: Over in a River Flowing Out to Sea by Marianne Berkes
Song with Flannel Board: “Five Frogs” by Anna Moo
Experiments: Sink or float (feather, pompom, penny, toothpick, rock, die, eraser, paperclip), Sink the boat (try to sink boat made of aluminum foil & craft sticks with toy dinosaurs)
Additional Books:
All the Water in the World by George Ella Lyon
In the Small, Small Pond by Denise Fleming
PreK & K:
Read Big Bear’s Big Boat by Eve Bunting or Who Sank the Boat? by Pamela Allen
Activity: Build boats with aluminum foil, craft sticks, and tape. Then see if they float with and without passengers (toy dinosaurs)