E is for Elephants...and other big animals!

Books

Wednesday
I've Got an Elephant; by Anne Ginkel; illustrated by Janie Bynum

Thursday
Big Little Elephant by Valeri Gorbachev

Both Days
Tiny Little Fly, by Michael Rosen and Kevin Waldron

Rhymes/Songs/Fingerplays

One Little Elephant
(sung to: Five Little Ducks)

One little elephant went out to play
On a bright and sunny day
He had such E-Nor-Mous fun
He called another elephant to come
El-E-Phant!

Continue counting up to five.

On the Way to Library
(sung to: Here we go 'round the Mulberry Bush)

Here we go marching down the street, down the street, down the street
Here we go marching down the street, on the way to library!

Stomping
Jumping
Running
Hopping
Tip-toeing
Stomping

Elephant, Elephant

Elephant, elephant turn around
Elephant, elephant stomp on the ground.
Elephant, elephant raise your trunk high
Elephant, elephant touch the sky
Elephant, elephant never fear
Elephant, elephant flap your ears
Elephant, elephant sway left and right
Elephant, elephant say good night.

Nursery Rhyme

Hey Diddle, Diddle

Hey diddle, diddle, the cat and the fiddle
The cow jumped over the moon
The little dog laughed to see such sport
And the dish ran away with the spoon.

What other big animal jumped over the moon?  Answers included:  horse, elephant, giraffe, lion, and giant!

Enrichment Activities

Give the elephant a trunk

Elephant puzzle

Pattern Blocks

Elephant dot-to-dot