Begin by singing Raffi’s Shake My Sillies Out.Book: Cat Up a Tree by John Hassett
Poem: The Sitter by Shel Silverstein
We used our “Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly” puppet for the sitter and then had her sit on a little girl puppet. We told the poem twice, once with us reading it, and once with the little girl puppet saying it. It was very funny!
Song: I Got a Job from the CD, Growing Up with Ella Jenkins: Rhythms, Songs & Rhymes.
Each time we sang the words “All day long,” we had the children perform a different action. Various actions included: turning in circles, jumping jacks, clapping, pulling ears/sticking out tongue, patting head/rubbing belly, sitting down/standing up, heads-shoulders-knees-and-toes, digging, and marching.
Book: Edwina the Emu by Sheena Knowles
Poem: The Crocodile’s Toothache by Shel Silverstein
We used a laminated crocodile whose jaws open and close, which we placed on a magnetic chalkboard. We then used a puppet to act as the dentist from the poem.
Book: Hi, Pizza Man! by Virginia Walter
Song: The People in Your Neighborhood
As we sang together we brought out a variety of hats (chef’s hat, fireman’s helmet, zookeeper’s hat, etc.) and had the children guess who the community helper was, before we actually sang about them.
Book: Baker, Baker, Cookie Maker by Linda Hayward
We read certain parts of the story in a Cookie Monster voice with a Cookie Monster puppet.
Treat: Cookies!!!
After the last story about baking cookies we brought in a platter of cookies. This was a big hit!
by Paul and Robyn
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