Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Worms, September 14th and 15th, 2011


Begin by singing Raffi’s Shake My Sillies Out.

Book: Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin; illustrated by Harry Bliss.

Poem: Nobody Likes Me we told this poem using gummy worms.

Story: Worm is Hot by Kathy Caple. We made paper cut-outs, which can be used on a magnetic chalkboard in place of the actual book.

Book: Donald and the . . . by Peter F. Neumeyer & Edward Gorey. Because this book is so small we photocopied the pictures onto transparencies and we told the story using our overhead projector.

Song: The Littlest Worm.

Book: Worms for Lunch? by Leonid Gore.

Poem: The Apple and the Worm, we used an apple/worm puppet to tell this poem.
            I bit an apple
            That had a worm.
            I swallowed the apple,
            I swallowed the worm.
            I felt it squiggle,
            I felt it squirm.
            I felt it wiggle,
            I felt it turn.
            It felt so slippery,
            Slimy, scummy,
            I felt it land – PLOP –
            In my tummy!

            I guess that worm is there to stay
            Unless . . . .
            I swallow a bird some day!

Story: Worm is Stuck by Kathy Caple, we made paper cut-outs which can be used on a magnetic chalkboard in place of the actual book.

Puppet Show: Can I Play Too? by Mo Willems. We changed one of the characters from a snake into a worm and performed this story using puppets.

Final Activity: Walter the Waltzing Worm, from Hap Palmer’s cd, Walter the Waltzing Worm. We made some worms out of mini pom-poms and fishing line which we passed out to the children so that they could sing along with the song.

by Paul and Robyn

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