Wiggle Worms 2-21-12

That adorable (albeit sleepy/cranky) little monkey I grabbed a time or two during storytime was my little dude enjoying storytime with some of our friends.

Animal song:  Old MacDonald

Book: Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow.  We used the big book version and jumped along to an audio recording

Letter of the day: Bb for banana

Movement:  After learning the sign for b, we sang the "B-banana/Monkey" song off Carole Peterson's CD. http://www.macaronisoup.com/Songs/March2011.htm

"B-banana, B-B-banana, B-banana, B-B-banana
Peel banana, peel peel banana, peel banana, peel peel banana
Eat banana, eat eat banana, eat banana, eat eat
And go bananas, go go bananas!!  Go banana, go go bananas!"

Flannel:  "This Little Piggy".  Our little piggies love their fruits and veggies and I just picked up some more from Joann's so they can really pig out ha ha.  Today the piggy ate an apple, a pear, and a carrot.

Finger Play:  "The Alligator"
(copied from/adapted from Miss Trish at Chandler Libraries)
Get on your hands and knees and get ready to be alligators.  Once the kids get the hang of this, they can turn around and get YOU.

The alligator's jaws go snap, snap, snap
The alligator's tail goes thwack, thwack, thwack
and he's getting closer (crawl forward)

The alligator's jaws go snap, snap, snap
The alligator's tail goes thwack, thwack, thwack
and he's getting closer (crawl forward)
GOTCHYA! (big snap or hug)