Begin by singing Raffi’s “Shake My Sillies Out”
Book: Santa’s Eleven Months Off by Mike Reiss
Poem: Ode to the Months original poem by Patrick and Paul featuring Oscar the Grouch
Book: Twelve Hats for Lena: A Book of Months by Karen Katz (we used flannel board pictures to enhance the story)
Song/Book: Chicken Soup with Rice: A Book of Months by Maurice Sendak (we sang along with the song of the same name from Really Rosie)
Book: Fall Is Not Easy by Marty Kelley
Song: Weather Chant inspired by song Weather Rhythms from H.U.M. all Year 
Long
Book: Calendar by Myra Cohn Livingston
Activity: We passed out musical instruments and rang in the New Year with a parade around the children’s room.
by Robyn and Patrick
Monday, December 21, 2009
All Year Round, December 30th and 31st, 2009
Christmas, December 23rd and 24th, 2009
Begin by singing Shake Your Sillies Out by Raffi
Book: Merry Christmas, Big Hungry Bear! by Don and Audrey Wood
Song: We’re all Going to the North Pole from Songs for all Seasons
Book: If You Take a Mouse to the Movies by Laura Numeroff
Poem: Auntie Flo, in It’s Christmas by Jack Prelutsky (used a box with a ribbon on top with a pair of very large underpants inside)
Book: Have you Been Naughty or Nice by Ethan Long
Song: Ring Those Bells from H.U.M. all Year Long (we gave each child a bell)
Poem: Santa’s Hat
Santa Claus with his beard of white,
Comes down the chimney on Christmas Eve night.
I know it’s Santa, I am sure of that.
Because he wears his Santa hat.
We used a variety of hats until we found the “right” one.
Book: The Gift of Nothing by Patrick McDonnell (we used an overhead projector to tell the story). Instead of nothing, we gave each child a candy cane.
Penguins, December 9th and 10th, 2009
Begin by singing Raffi’s Shake My Sillies Out
Book: A Penguin Story by Antoinette Portis
Activity/Poem: All Dressed Up
Penguins dressed up black and white
Really make a fancy sight!
Sometimes I get dressed up too.
I wear my---and look like new!
(cowboy hat, red cape, feather boa, brown wig…)
Penguins shuffle shuffle shuffle to the left left left.
Penguins shuffle shuffle shuffle to the right right right.
Give a little wiggle.
Give a little hop.
Waddle around the iceberg,
Never want to stop.
Song: Doing the Penguin from Hot! Hot! Hot! Dance Songs
Puppet Show: based on Today I Will Fly by Mo Willems (substituted Elephant and Piggie with Walrus and Penguin…)
Rhyme: Five Little Penguins
Five little penguins stood on the shore,
One went for a swim and then there were four.
Four little penguins looked out to sea,
One went swimming and then there were three.
Three little penguins said, “What can we do?”
One jumped in the water and then there were two.
Two little penguins sat in the sun,
One swam off and then there was one.
One little penguin said, “This is no fun!”
He dived into the water and then there were none.
Book: If You Were a Penguin by Wendell and Florence Minor
Finally: Penguin eggs – we gave each child a “penguin egg” (white beanbag) and danced to Walking in the Snow from Bananas in Pajamas .
Cookies, December 2nd and 3rd, 2009
Begin by singing Shake Your Sillies Out by Raffi
Book: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff (we used props too)
Flannel Board Story: Beeper Bakes by Carole Schaefer
Fingerplay: 5 Yummy Cookies (we used glove puppet and Cookie Monster puppet)
5 Yummy Cookies
5 yummy cookies all chocolate chip
were sitting in the cookie jar when the table tipped.
The cookie jar tumbled,
one cookie crumbled.
How many cookies are left?
Book: Who Ate all the Cookie Dough? by Karen Beaumont
Song: ‘C’ is for Cookie from Songs from the Street CD ZL SONGS S30
We gave each child a letter “C” and asked them to raise the letter each time it is mentioned in the song.
Book: The Best Mouse Cookie by Laura Numeroff
Puppet Show: The Gingerbread Man based on the fairytale.
Final Activity: We had the children follow the “Gingerbread Man’s” footprints to the craft room where little bags of cookies were waiting.
Weird Pizza
One day I ate a pizza
that wasn’t very good.
The sauce was made from mustard,
the crust was made of wood.
Instead of cheese and olives,
you’ll find this rather scary,
the pizza’s top was covered
with something black and hairy.
No mushrooms, onions, peppers too,
instead I found a worn out shoe.
And what about the best part - meat?
How ‘bout moldy shredded wheat.
Some bites were kind of chewy,
and others hard as rocks.
The ones that were the worst though
tasted just like dirty socks.
So the next time that I’m hungry,
I am going to be sure,
When the guy yells out “Weird Pizza!”
Not to open up my door.
Hello, My Name Is Joe
Hello, my name is Joe and I work down at the Pizza Factory. I have a house, and a dog, and a family.
Now one day the cook said to me,
"Hey Joe, do you mind stirring the sauce with your right hand?" (make stirring motions with right hand - continue throughout rhyme)
I said, "Sure."
Hello, my name is Joe and I work down at the Pizza Factory. I have a house, and a dog, and a family.
Now one day the cook said to me,
"Hey Joe, do you mind chopping the veggies with your left hand?" (make chopping action with left hand)
I said, "Sure."
Hello, my name is Joe and I work down at the Pizza Factory. I have a house, and a dog, and a family.
Now one day the cook said to me,
"Hey Joe, do you mind opening the trash can with your right foot?" (tap right foot, continuing with hand motions)
I said, "Sure."
Hello, my name is Joe and I work down at the Pizza Factory. I have a house, and a dog, and a family.
Now one day the cook said to me,
"Hey Joe, do you mind opening the door with your left foot?" (kick left foot, continuing with hand motions)
I said, "Sure."
Hello, my name is Joe and I work down at the Pizza Factory. I have a house, and a dog, and a family.
Now one day the cook said to me, "Hey Joe, do you mind licking some stamps with your tongue?" (now talk with tongue sticking out)
I said "Sure."
Hello, my name is Joe and I work down at the Pizza Factory. I have a house, and a dog, and a family.
Now one day the cook said to me, "Hey Joe, are you busy?"
I said, "Yeah, I'm a little busy right now."
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