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Elephants!

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Time

Today Is Monday based on the book by Eric Carle https://video.link/w/VLk7b

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All About You

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Clouds

Feltboard: Five Little Clouds

Five little clouds up in the sky Drifting, floating way up high. When a big gust of wind came blowing through (everyone blows big wave hands back and forth) One disappeared from the sky so blue. (remove cloud from flannelboard) Continue counting down until 0 clouds are left.

FLANNELBOARD:: “C-L-O-U-D-Y” idea taken from PreSchool Express

(to the tune of “BINGO”) Today the clouds are in the sky and cloudy is the weather C-L-O-U-D-Y C-L-O-U-D-Y C-L-O-U-D-Y and cloudy is the weather

(turn over one of the clouds so the letter is no longer showing) Today the clouds are in the sky and cloudy is the weather clap-L-O-U-D-Y clap-L-O-U-D-Y clap-L-O-U-D-Y and cloudy is the weather.

Continue until all clouds are turned over and you are clapping six times in a row.

Posters of Clouds: Cirrus; Cumulus; Stratus; show picture and describe the types of clouds.

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Fall is Here!

Four Autumn Leaves (w/feltboard)

Four Autumn Leaves In a big old tree One blew away And then there were three

Three little leaves With nothing to do Another blew away And then there were two

Two little leaves In the Autumn sun One blew away And then there was one

Being all alone Wasn’t much fun The last one blew away And then there were none.

It’s Autumn (w/feltboard)

The leaves turn yellow, The leaves turn brown. The leaves turn red.         And they              all              fall           down!

The leaves turn yellow, The leaves turn red. They all fall down. On top of my head!

The Leaves are Falling Down (w/leaves)

The leaves are falling down The leaves are falling down Red, yellow, green, and brown The leaves are falling down

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Uncharted Territory

Action Song: The Sharks in the Sea (Tune: The Wheels on the Bus) The sharks in the sea go chomp, chomp, chomp Chomp, chomp, chomp Chomp, chomp, chomp The sharks in the sea go chomp, chomp, chomp All day long

The fish in the sea go swim, swim, swim Swim, swim, swim Swim, swim, swim The sharks in the sea go swim, swim, swim All day long The octopus in the sea go wiggle, wiggle, wiggle Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle The octopus in the sea go wiggle, wiggle, wiggle All day long

Felt Rhyme: Two Little Sharks (A variation on Two Little Dickey Birds) Two little sharks in the deep blue sea One named Leonard and one named Lee Swim away, Leonard! Swim away, Lee! Come back, Leonard! Come back, Lee!

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Digging for Treasure

Pirate on the Ship (w/feltboard) 

Pirate, pirate

On the ship

How much gold,

Did you get?

5 Pirates on a Treasure Chest (w/feltboard)

Song/Fingerplay: I’m a Little Pirate

To the tune of “I’m a Little Teapot.”

I’m a little pirate, short and stout (indicate short and wide)

Here is my hook; you’d better watch out (hold up bent finger for “hook”)

Even with an eye patch, I can see (cover one eye)

All the treasure there for me! (hands out, then to self)

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We Scream for Ice Cream

Feltboard:  Ice Cream Colors

Oh here is some ice cream, the best in the town! So many flavors, but first? The chocolate BROWN. The second's the creamiest I've ever seen! Let's scoop up the ice cream that's minty and GREEN. The third scoop is yummy—the best some might think. Let's eat up the ice cream that's strawberry PINK! The fourth flavor isn't nearly so mellow— So tart and sweet is the lemony YELLOW! A popular flavor is fifth—what a sight! There at the tip-top is vanilla that's WHITE. Oh it's incomplete! Before we can be fed, Let's top off our treat with a cherry that's RED

Toddlers sang a song to the tune of “Do Your Ears Hang Low?”:

Do you like ice cream? (Hold hands out, palms up) Do you like it in a bowl? (Use hands to make bowl shape) Do you like to eat it fast? (Pretend to hold a spoon and eat fast) Do you like to eat it slow? (Pretend to hold a spoon and eat slow) Do you like it with some syrup (Pretend to squeeze a bottle) With some sprinkles, or some nuts? (Pretend to shake a jar) Do you like ice cream? (Hold hands out, palms up)

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Outdoors

Let's Go Walking

We had the caregivers and babiesstand up and walk around the room

Let's go walking, walking, walking.L

et's go walking, walking so!

Walking high! Walking low...

Walking fast! Walking slow...

Let's go walking, walking, walking.

Let's go walking, walking so!

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Baby Animals

Rhyme (fingerplay): Up a Hill Here goes a turtle up a hill, creepy, creepy, creepy, creepy [crawl up arm] Here goes a rabbit up the hill, boing, boing, boing, boing [bounce up arm] Here goes an elephant up the hill, thud, thud, thud, thud [clap up arm] Here goes a snake up the hill, slither, slither, slither, slither [slither up arm] Here comes a rock down the hill, boom, boom, boom, boom, CRASH! [bounce down, clap hands for crash]

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Shoes

Shoe Matching Game

One, two, Buckle my shoe; Three, four, Knock at the door; Five, six, Pick up sticks; Seven, eight, Lay them straight: Nine, ten, A big fat hen;

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Up, Up, and Away

Feltboard: I'm An Airplane added 1-09-01 Original Author Unknown Sung to: "Clementine" I'm an airplane, I'm an airplane Flying up into the sky. Flying higher, Flying higher As I watch the clouds go by. I'm an airplane, I'm an airplane See me flying all around. Flying lower, flying lower, Till I land down on the ground.

Feltboard: Pretty Balloons

Pretty balloons are in the air Lots of colors everywhere. Red and Yellow,Green and Blue Can you see the colors too? Foating high up in the sky Lots more colors we can spy. Orange and Pink,Purple and Brown Balloons are high above the ground. Up high we'll ride and look down below As we ride in our hot air balloon RAINBOW!

Mr Sun (song w/actions)

Oh Mister Sun, Sun, Mister Golden Sun, Please shine down on me Oh Mister Sun, Sun, Mister Golden Sun, Hiding behind a tree... These little children Are asking you To please come out So we can play with you Oh Mister Sun, Sun, Mister Golden Sun, Please shine down on me!

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1, 2, 3 Numbers

Counting Pokey 

You put one finger up (finger up)  You put one finger down (finger down)  You put one finger up and you shake it all around  You give a shakey-shakey and turn it all about  That's how you learn to count!

Continue singing as many numbers you'd like to count

Ten Little Bubbles

One little, two little, three little bubbles; Four little, five little, six little bubbles; Seven little, eight little, nine little bubbles; Ten little bubbles to POP! (clap hands)

Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop those bubbles; Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop those bubbles; Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop those bubbles; All the little bubbles go POP! (Clap)

Ten little, nine little, eight little bubbles; Seven little, six little, five little bubbles; Four little, three little, two little bubbles; And one little bubble goes POP! (clap)

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Tools

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Birds

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Spring

Five Little Raindrops – Counting Up to Five (w/feltboard)

One little raindrop in the dark, dark sky

Two little raindrops watch the clouds roll by

Three little raindrops go splat, splat, SPLAT

Four little raindrops, we’ll need boots for that!

Five little raindrops and still no sun?

That’s too much for us, we’d better… RUN!

“Itsy Bitsy Spider” (w/glove)

The itsy bitsy spider crawled up the water spout.

Down came the rain, and washed the spider out.

Out came the sun, and dried up all the rain,

and the itsy bitsy spider went up the spout again”

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Easter