Animal Mommies
A storytime devoted to mommies of the animal variety!
Books:
Hush, Little Dragon by Boni Ashburn
No, it's not a traditional "animal mommy" story, but...work with me here. It's a new version of "Hush, Little Baby" but with a dragon trying to find food for her baby as the theme.
Babies in the Bayou by Jim Arnosky
A highlighting of all the babies you find in the bayou:alligators, racoons, turtles, and ducks!
Mama Built a Little Nest by Jennifer Ward
How many animals make nests? This book goes over a bunch of nest-making animals from all over.
Songs:
Opening Song: Where is Thumbkin? - Kimbo
Song 2: Skinny-Marinky-Dinky-Dink - 100 Singalong Songs for Kids
Song 3: Shake My Sillies Out - Raffi
Song 4: Peanut Butter and Jelly - Kimbo
Song 5: Dance Your Fingers/Clap Along With Me - Wee Sing for Baby
Song 6: Put Your Little Foot - Wee Song Fun N' Folk
Song 7: If You're Happy and You Know It - Kimbo
Song 8: Wheels on the Bus - 100 Singalong Songs for Kids
Felt/Magnet Board:
This week we did two magnet boards! We started with Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? We were able to easily print the graphics for this magnet board from the wonderful folks at DLTK Teach.That took care of our "Animal" aspect (again, work with me here!).
Out second board we made ourselves using simple clipart from Microsoft Word - 5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed. This took care of our "Mommy" aspect...since mama calls the doctor...and she's a mama of monkeys afterall (still...work with me!).
Craft:
To go with our 5 Little Monkeys magnet board we made a Monkey Mask! Found at FirstPalette.com,
a website filled with tons of simple printable crafts! We printed ours onto different colors of cardstock paper and the kids LOVED looking like monkeys. We then had them tape or glue a large popsicle stick (tongue depressor size) to make the monkey face into a mask.
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