Next week's theme!

is..................     The Jungle!!!

Jungle Adventure
by Katrina Lybbert
Creeping through the jungle, one hot summer day,
I saw a lot of animals pass by my way.
(Tiptoe around the room and pretend to look through binoculars.)
Monkeys swinging from vine to vine, (pretend to swing on vines)
Parrots fluttering in colorful design, (pretend to fly like a parrot)
Tigers, lions, and elephants too, (stomp around the room)
A tall giraffe like I saw at the zoo. (reach way up high)
Creeping through the jungle, one hot summer day,
I saw a lot of animals pass by my way.
(Tiptoe around the room and pretend to look through binoculars.)

Books we're going to look for:

Who's in the Jungle? by Dawn Bentley
Rumble in the Jungle by Giles Andreae
The Tallest, Shortest, Longest, Greenest, Brownest Animal in the Jungle by Keith Faulkner
(Eye Openers) Jungle Animals by Angela Royston
Slowly, Slowly, Slowly, Said the Sloth by Eric Carle
Hug by Jez Alborough
The Loudest Roar by Thomas Taylor
Jazzy in the Jungle by Lucy Cousins
Guess Who's in the Jungle by Naomi Russell
Splash! by Flora McDonnell
The Monkey Who Wanted the Moon by Anne Mangan
The Bird, The Monkey, and the Snake in the Jungle by Kate Banks
Through the Heart of the Jungle by Jonathan Emmett
Piece of Jungle by Sarah Weeks


So exciting!!!! 

 

Cow poems!

Little Calf
by Katrina Lybbert
"Good morning, little calf," gentle mother cow said,
"It's time to get up from your sweet hay filled bed."
Little calf jumped, stamped his feet, swished his tail,
And followed his mother past a shiny milk pail.
Out into the barnyard, holding his head high,
Little calf looked up to the blue, blue sky,
Birds flying past chirped a joyful song,
Little calf smiled, and felt happy all day long.
(This poem can be acted out at the appropriate places.)
The Purple Cow
by Gelett Burgess
I never saw a purple cow,
I never hope to see one,
But I can tell you anyhow,
I'd rather see than be one!
Songs that support the theme:
Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Sing this traditional song with three verses.
The first verse can be about a bull... and on his farm he had a bull.... with a moo, moo here.. (make the sound deep and loud)
The second verse can be about a cow... and on his farm he had a cow... with a moo, moo here.. (make the sound high and loud)
The third verse can be about a calf... and on his farm he had a calf... with a moo, moo here... (make the sound little and soft)
The Cow
by Katrina Lybbert
(Tune: The Farmer in the Dell)
The cow wakes up at dawn,
The cow wakes up at dawn,
Moo, moo, a great big yawn,
The cow wakes up at dawn.
The farmer milks the cow,
The farmer milks the cow,
Moo, moo, be careful now,
The farmer milks the cow.
The cow eats up her hay,
The cow eats up her hay,
Moo, moo, O happy day,
The cow eats up her hay.
The cow plays with her calf,
The cow plays with her calf,
Moo, moo, they sing and laugh,
The cow plays with her calf.
The cow and calf now sleep,
The cow and calf now sleep,
Quiet please, don't make a peep,
The cow and calf now sleep.

New Blog!

I've decided to start a blog to keep parents up to date on what we're doing from day to day.  Weekly themes, birthdays, special events & anything else we want to share will be posted here (and hopefully kept up to date!!)

Since I started on a Wednesday, we'll aim for Wednesday night updates.  Next week's theme is cows!  Our letter of the week will be the letter C. 

We'll have lots of cow fun!!