Theme: Forest Animals

Purpose - To introduce and learn new words about common neighborhood and forest animals

PR: N/A

Reason theme was chosen: Outdoor adventures fits in to 2024 SLP theme

Suggested books
Exploring the Great Outdoors by Mercer Mayer
I'm a Frog by Mo Millems
Five Speckled Frogs (movable board book) illustrated by Yu-hsuan Huang
Some Bugs by Angela DiTerlizzi
Nuts to You! by Lois Ehlert
What about Worms!? by Ryan Higgins

New words introduced
Pretend/pretending

Songs and Fingerplays

Two Little Bluebirds

Two little bluebirds sitting on a hill
One named Jack and one named Jill
Fly away Jack, fly away Jill
Come back Jack, come back Jill

Two little bluebirds sitting on a stick
One named slow and one named quick
Fly away slow, fly away quick
Come back slow, come back quick

Two little bluebirds sitting on a cup
One named down and one named up
Fly away down, fly away up
Come back down, come back up

Two little bluebirds sitting on a cloud
One named quiet and one named loud
Fly away quiet, fly away loud
Come back quiet, come back loud

Two little bluebirds sitting on a lily
One named serious and one named silly
Fly away serious, fly away silly
Come back serious, come back silly

The Green Grass Grew All Around

… Oh in the woods there was a tree
The prettiest tree
You ever did see
And the tree was in the ground
And the green grass grew all around, all around, and the green grass grew all around

… And on that tree
There was a branch
The prettiest branch
That you ever did see
And the branch was on the tree
And the tree in the ground
And the green grass grew all around, all around, and the green grass grew all around

… And on that branch
There was a nest
The prettiest nest
That you ever did see
And the nest was on the branch
And the branch was on the branch
And the branch was on the tree
And the tree was in the ground
And the green grass grew all around, all around, and the green grass grew all around

… And in that nest
There was an egg
The prettiest egg
That you ever did see
And the egg was in the nest
And the nest was on the branch
And the branch was on the tree
And the tree was in the ground
And the green grass grew all around, all around, and the green grass grew all around

… And in that egg
There was a bird
The prettiest bird
That you ever did see
And the bird was in the egg
And the egg was in the nest
And the nest was on the branch
And the branch was on the branch
And the branch was on the tree
And the tree was in the ground
And the green grass grew all around, all around, and the green grass grew all around

Activities

Art - Make animal masks
Supplies: Markers, crayons, scissors, tape, craft sticks, animal mask patterns