We read a story about a clever pig and about a pig who learned to be true to himself.   We also sang and had fun with some action rhymes.  Here’s what we shared:

OPENING SONGS:

Welcome Everyone!

Welcome, welcome everyone,

Now we’re here, let’s have some fun!

First we clap our hands just so,

Then we bend and touch our toes,

Welcome, welcome everyone.

Now we’re here, let’s have some fun!

Clap Everybody and Say Hello!

Clap everybody and say hello,

Clap everybody and say hello,

Clap everybody and say hello,

No matter what the weather….

Stamp everybody and say hello,

Stamp everybody and say hello,

Stamp everybody and say hello,

No matter what the weather….

Repeat chorus with

(Wiggle, Jump, Sing…)

(Kathy Reid-Naiman – Sing Around the Sun CD)

ACTION RHYMES/MOVEMENT:

 Open Shut Them

Open shut them, open shut them (hands open and close)

Give a little clap clap clap (hands clap)

Open shut them, open shut them (hands open and close)

Place them in your lap, lap, lap. (place hands in lap)

Creep them crawl them, creep them crawl them (crawl fingers up both arms)

Right up to your chinny, chin, chin (tap fingers onto chin)

Open up your little mouth BUT (keep tapping and open mouth)

This is Big…

This is big, big, big (hands wide)

This is small, small, small  (hands close together)

This is short, short, short  (hands compressed vertically)

This is tall, tall, tall (hands tall vertically)

This is fast, fast, fast (roll hands fast)

This is slow, slow, slow (roll hands slowly)

This is yes, yes, yes (nod head yes)

This is no, no, no. (nod head no)

My Head My Shoulders My Knees My Toes

My head my shoulders my knees my toes, (point to each body part throughout song)

My head my shoulders my knees my toes,

My head my shoulders my knees my toes,

Let’s all join hands together! (clap hands)

REPEAT 4X – FASTER EACH TIME!


BOOKS:

MyLuckyDay

 Pigs picnic

 


 

FLANNEL BOARD/Fingerplay:
PIG2

 

FIVE LITTLE PIGS

Five little pigs rolled in the mud (hold up 5 fingers, roll hands)
Squish, squash, squish, it sure felt good. (squash hands together)
The farmer took a pig out, and cleaned him up nice (point thumb up and wipe arms, take one pig off the board)

 

 
Four little pigs rolled in the mud (hold up 4 fingers, roll hands)
Squish, squash, squish, it sure felt good. (squash hands together)
The farmer took a pig out, and cleaned him up nice (point thumb up and wipe arms, take one pig off the board)

Three little pigs rolled in the mud (hold up 3 fingers, roll hands)
Squish, squash, squish, it sure felt good. (squash hands together)
The farmer took a pig out, and cleaned him up nice (point thumb up and wipe arms, take one pig off the board)

Two little pigs rolled in the mud (hold up 2 fingers, roll hands)
Squish, squash, squish, it sure felt good. (squash hands together)
The farmer took a pig out, and cleaned him up nice (point thumb up and wipe arms, take one pig off the board)

One little pig rolled in the mud (hold up 1 finger, roll hands)
Squish, squash, squish, it sure felt good. (squash hands together)
The farmer took a pig out, and cleaned him up nice (point thumb up and wipe arms, take one pig off the board)

No little pigs rolled in the mud (hold up 0 fingers, roll hands)
They all looked nice and clean
The farmer turned his back and what do you know!
All those little pigs jumped back in the mud! (put pigs back in the mud)
source: http://www.everythingpreschool.com/lessonplans/farmanimals/songs/song3.htm

 


VIDEO:

Musical Max

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CLOSING SONGS:

Row Your Boat

Row, row, row your boat

Gently down the stream

Merrily, merrily, merrily life is but a dream.

[Repeat with Twist, Bump, Sway & Wiggle]

Itsy Bitsy Spider

I’m a Little Teapot

2 Little Blackbirds

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

Goodbye Friends in Sign

Storytime’s Over, Let’s Wave Bye-Bye