Opening Song:
If you're happy and you know it (clap your hands, stomp your feet, shout hurray, do all three!)
If you're ready for a story clap your hands (clap clap)
If you're ready for a story clap your hands (clap clap)
If you're ready for a story, if you're ready for a story,
If you're ready for a story, clap your hands. (clap clap)
Sit down song:
The more we read together, together, together,
the more we read together, the happier we'll be,
'Cause your books are my books are your books and
your books are my books,
The more we read together, the happier we'll be.
First Story:
Mama, is it Summer Yet? by Nikki McClure
(Despite 'summer' being in the title, this story is much more about the changes in the springtime.)
Song:
Plants (Original Author Unknown)
Sung to: "The Farmer In The Dell"-Found at www.preschooleducation.com
The farmer plants the seeds
The farmer plants the seeds
Hi, Ho and Cherry O
The farmer plants the seeds
Other Verses:
The rain begins to fall...
The sun begins to shine...
The plants begin to grow...
The buds all open up...
The flowers smile at me...
Second Story:
Snow Rabbit, Spring Rabbit by Il Sung Na
(This one is a little more about fall than spring, but I want to use it to talk about the seasons changing, plus Il Sung Na's pictures are to die for)
Song:
Hello Spring Time!
Submitted by: Judy Lambert to www.preschooleducation.com
Sung to: "Good
Night Ladies"Hello spring time
Hello spring time
Hello spring time
We're glad spring time is here.
Hello flowers
Hello flowers
Hello flowers
We're glad spring time is here!
Hello green grass... We're glad spring time is here.
Hello birds... We're glad spring time is here.
(To finish song, repeat first verse after you have said hello to all the spring things the children can think of.)
Third Story:
Spring is Here by Will Hillenbrand
Songs:
I'll Plant A Little Seed
Original Author Unknown
Sung to: "I'm A Little Teapot"-Found at www.preschooleducation.com
I'll plant a little seed in the dark, dark ground.
Out comes the yellow sun, big and round.
Down comes the cool rain, soft and slow.
Up comes the little seed, grow, grow, grow!
I'll plant a little seed in the dark, dark ground.
Out comes the yellow sun, big and round.
Down comes the cool rain, soft and slow.
Up comes the little seed, grow, grow, grow!
Out comes the yellow sun, big and round.
Down comes the cool rain, soft and slow.
Up comes the little seed, grow, grow, grow!
I'll plant a little seed in the dark, dark ground.
Out comes the yellow sun, big and round.
Down comes the cool rain, soft and slow.
Up comes the little seed, grow, grow, grow!
Original Author Unknown
Sung to: "London Bridge"-
Quack, quack, quack,
Quack, quack, quack -
Little ducks go quack quack quack
In the springtime.
(ask the kids what sounds that springtime animals make and have them in the verses!)
Spring Morning
Sung To: "Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush"
This is the way the bunny hops, bunny hops, bunny hops,
This is the way the bunny hops,
On a spring time morning.
This is the way the blue bird flies...
This is the way the little chick walks......
This is the way the little duck swims......
This is the way the little lamb runs.....
This is the way the children play.....
This is the way the bunny hops, bunny hops, bunny hops,
This is the way the bunny hops,
On a spring time morning.
This is the way the blue bird flies...
This is the way the little chick walks......
This is the way the little duck swims......
This is the way the little lamb runs.....
This is the way the children play.....
Closing Song:
The More we Get Together
Today's Craft from 3dinosaurs.com
I love this craft because it's open-ended, which encourages creativity. It uses left over paper, only requires glue and paper, and still uses fine motor without using scissors (which I love, but we can use new skills)
Other Recommended Stories:
The Twelve Days of Springtime by Deborah Lee Rose; Illustrated by Carey Armstrong-Ellis
Hurray for Spring by Patricia Hubbell; Ill by Taia Morley
Tap the Magic Tree by Christie Matheson
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