Baby Animals

 ABC Welcome

Magnet Board

I Like Baby Animals

(tune: Mary Had a Little Lamb)

I like baby animals, animals, animals

I like baby animals, I'll name a few for you 

Kittens, puppies, chicks and cubs

Chicks and cubs

Chicks and cubs

Kittens, puppies, chicks and cubs

I'll name some more for you.

Joeys, ducklings, lambs and calves

Lambs and calves

Lambs and calves

Joeys, ducklings, lamb and calves

I love baby animals!

(cubs--bear, lion, tiger)

(calves--cow, elephant, walrus)

Parent Tip

Having a rich vocabulary will help your child become a life-long learner.  Vocabulary is developed when adultes share words with children in context and talk about words--as we did with baby animal names.  The more words we introduce and talk about with our children the more prepared they will be to read.

Book

Wee Little Chick

by Lauren Thompson; illustrated by John Butler

Published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Song

Are You Sleeping?

Are you sleeping? Are you sleeping?

Little colt? Little colt?

Wake-up little colt, wake-up little colt

Gallop, gallop, gallop

Gallop, gallop, gallop!

Owlet

Hatchling (alligator)

Bunny

Snakelet

Pinkie (mouse)

Fingerplay

I'm a Little Kitty Cat

I'm a little kitty cat soft and sweet

Here are my whiskers, here are my feet.

When I go out hunting, mice beware

Or you might just get a ... SCARE!

Animal Goodbyes