Theme: Penguins

PR: Little Listeners: Penguins are Cool!  Chill out at the library and enjoy stories, rhymes, fingerplays and a craft-all centered around penguins.

Book suggestions:

There are so many penguin books! I used these:
That's Not My Penguin
Penguin Says Please by Michael Dahl
Five Flying Penguins by Barbara Barbieri McGrath
10 Little Penguins by Kate Toms

New Words Introduced:
Waddle, glide

Discussion about penguin attributes and qualities.
I had many pictures of different penguins. Various colors, what they eat, teeth are on their tongue, etc.

Songs:

Boom, boom, ain't it great to be crazy?
Boom, boom, ain't it great to be crazy?

Silly and foolish the whole day through
Boom, boom, ain't it great to be crazy?

Way up North where there's ice and snow
There lived a penguin and his name was Joe
He got so tired of black and white
He wore pink slacks to the dance last night!

Boom, boom, ain't it great to be crazy?
Boom, boom, ain't it great to be crazy?

Silly and foolish the whole day through
Boom, boom, ain't it great to be crazy?

The kids chose some of their favorites:
"Wheels on the Bus"
"Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes"

Craft:  Waddling penguins

Materials needed:  Pre-cut penguin pieces, glue, small paper plate