Orangutans and Friends, August 25th and 26th, 2010

Begin with Raffi's Shake My Sillies Out

Book: Ape by Martin Jenkins (truncated). We only showed a picture of each of the apes .

Rhyme: Five Little Orangutans this is the exact same as Five Little Monkeys but with orangutans instead.

Book: Little Beauty by Anthony Browne

Song: Monkey with a Coconut from the CD The Sea, Beach and Summer Stuff by Geof Johnson

Story: Orangutan the Mummy an adaptation of Monkey the Mummy by David Martin

Poem: Bananas for Lunch we used an orangutan puppet and replaced the word monkey with orangutan in the poem.
http://www.storyplace.org/preschool/activities/lunch.asp?themeid=1

Book: Goodnight Me by Andrew Daddo.

Activity: Orangutan School
Stretch out arms.
Hug your baby (Orangutan mothers carry their babies around with them just like human mothers).
Climb a tree.
Swing through the trees (Orangutans spend almost all their time in trees).
Grab fruit from the treetops. (We placed pictures of foods orangutans like to eat around the room and had kids look for the pictures).

by Patrick and Robyn

Building Things, August 23, 2010

Begin by singing Raffi's Shake My Sillies Out.

Book: Jack's House by Karen Magnuson Beil.

Book: Old MacDonald Had a Workshop by Lisa Shulman. We sang this book together.

Book: Do Not Build a Frankenstein! by Neil Numberman. This book is sooo funny!

Song: I've Been Working on the Railroad from Fisher-Price Little People: Sing-Along Favorites.

Book: I'm Dirty by Kate McMullan.

Book: Silly Little Goose by Nancy Tafuri.

by Patrick

Rhyme Time, August 4th and 5th, 2010

Begin by singing Raffi's Shake My Sillies Out.

Book: Bear in the Air by Susan Meyers.

Activity: Sounds that rhyme with oo. Moo, Boo, Choo-Choo, Whoo, Cock-a-doodle-doo! We put up pictures of cows, ghosts, trains, etc. and had the children tell us what sound that rhymes w/ oo each of those things make.

Book: A Girl and Her Gator by Sean Bryan. This is the best rhyming book every!

Rhyme: Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes. We did this rhyme for times at: slow, normal, fast and super fast speeds!

Book: Here Comes the Big, Mean Dust Bunny by Jan Thomas.

Song: When Cats Get up in the Morning from Wiggleworms Love You. We put up pictures of each of the animals mentioned.

Book: Jump! by Scott Fischer.

Activity: Hop on Pop. We jumped (a few at a time) on a piece of cloth with Pop from the Doctor Seuss book Hop on Pop drawn on it while we chanted:

Hop!
We like to hop.
We like to hop on top of pop.
STOP!
You must not hop on pop.

by Deanna, Patrick and Robyn