Books
Puffin Peter
Petr Hoacek
Found
Salina Yoon
Three Little Kittens
from Mother Goose Remembers
Clare Beaton
Songs/Magnet Board
Jumpy Jim Lost His Mom
Adapted from: Briggs, Diane. Preschool Favorites: 35 Storytimes Kids Love. American Library Association, 2007, p 87.
There was a little, lost joey
Whose name was Jumpy Jim.
His mommy seemed to be missing.
Oh what a fix he was in!
Whose name was Jumpy Jim.
His mommy seemed to be missing.
Oh what a fix he was in!
He asked a duck if she’d seen her
As she was waddling down the road.
The duck looked around in her area
And said, “I can’t find her, dear, no.”
As she was waddling down the road.
The duck looked around in her area
And said, “I can’t find her, dear, no.”
He asked a funny monkey
If his mommy he could find.
But the monkey only scratched his head
And said, “I just don’t have the time.”
If his mommy he could find.
But the monkey only scratched his head
And said, “I just don’t have the time.”
Next he asked a koala
With a sweet, little teddy bear face
If he had seen his mommy
And the koala said, “No, not a trace.”
With a sweet, little teddy bear face
If he had seen his mommy
And the koala said, “No, not a trace.”
Next came a chubby old hippo
And the joey asked her too
And when she couldn’t help him
He just didn’t know what to do.
And the joey asked her too
And when she couldn’t help him
He just didn’t know what to do.
It was then that a bright parrot
Flying high and as free as can be
Said, “Jumpy Jim, dry up your tear drops.
She’s napping right under that tree.”
Flying high and as free as can be
Said, “Jumpy Jim, dry up your tear drops.
She’s napping right under that tree.”
Jumpy Jim jumped for joy
And ran to his mommy with glee.
He hopped in her pouch
Like a fuzzy old couch
And they jumped away happily.
And ran to his mommy with glee.
He hopped in her pouch
Like a fuzzy old couch
And they jumped away happily.
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
Find the Dog His Bone
Little doggy whimpers and moans
Will you help him find his bone?
What I Did: Talk about each of the characteristics of puffins that Peter tells the whale (funny and noisy--parrots; black and white--penguins; colorful beak--toucan). Compare those characteristics to the animal the whale takes Peter to.
Parent Tip: Nursery rhymes help to teach rhythm, rhyme, and vocabulary to children. Many can be sung. Nursery rhymes are also fun to share with children!
Play and Learn
Find the matching dinos in the rice sensory bin
Duplos
Three Little Kittens Scavenger Hunt
I hid the larger set of objects around the children's area of the library--on wall or on ends of bookcases, at eye level for the children. They had a lot of fun finding the items. I even had some kids go on multiple hunts!
Help the dog find the ball Maze from worksheetfun.com
Magnet board: Hide and Find the dog's bone
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