Fingerplay: Open Shut Them x2
Open shut them, open shut them
Give a little clap, clap, clap
Open shut them, open shut them
Put them in your lap, lap, lap
Creep them, creep them
Creep them, creep them
Right up to your chin, chin, chin
Open wide your smiling mouth
But do not let them in!
Fingerplay: The Itsy Bitsy Spider x2
Song: The Wheels on the Bus
Story: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (by Bill Martin, Jr.)
Activity: Shakers to music
Song: Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Today, Old MacDonald’s farm had a chicken, a cow, a bunny and a pig
Fingerplay: Two Little Bluebirds x2
Two little bluebirds sitting on a hill
One named Jack; one named Jill
Fly away Jack; fly away Jill
Come back Jack; come back Jill!
Song: Cuckoo
Tick-tock, tick-tock
I’m a little cuckoo clock
Tick-tock, tick-tock
It’s one o’clock
Cuckoo!
**we kept on going until we got to 6 o’clock, each verse getting progressively faster**
Fingerplay: This is Big Big Big x2
This is big, big, big
This is small, small, small
This is short, short, short
This is tall, tall, tall
This is fast, fast, fast
This is slow, slow, slow
This is yes, yes, yes
This is no, no, no
Song: Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes x2
Activity: Peek-a-Boo with Scarves
Activity: Parachute to music
Fingerplay: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star x2
(first time singing, second time humming)
