Ring-a-Ding – August 8, 2012

Song: It’s a Ring-A-Ding-A-Sing-Thing Time
It’s a Ring-A-Ding-A-Sing-Thing Time
It’s a Ring-A-Ding-A-Sing-Thing Time
We’re going to sing a song
And it won’t take long
It’s a Ring-A-Ding-A-Sing Thing Time

Nursery Rhyme: Pat-a-Cake x2

Fingerplay: Open Shut Them x2

Song/Fingerplay: Five Little Ducks
Five little ducks went out one day
Over the hills and far away
Mama Duck said, “Quack quack quack!”
But only four little ducks came back.
(Keep going until zero ducks remain)

Story: Cat and Mouse: The Hole Story (by Mem Fox)

Pretend Play: Sleeping Sleeping
Sleeping, sleeping
All the children are sleeping
Sleeping, sleeping
WAKE UP! WAKE UP!
Let’s pretend we are…

Instrumental Free Play

Song: This Old Man
Played with instruments

Song: The Name Game

Movement Activity: If You’re Happy and You Know It

Scarves Activity
First, we sang The Wheels on the Bus and then Baby Bumblebee. Finally, after rolling the scarves into a ball, we threw them up together and tried to catch them!

Free Play
The bells, parachutes and beach balls came out for as the kids played

Movement Activity: Hap Palmer’s Circle Song

Closing Song
We wave good-bye like this
We wave good-bye like this
Let’s clap for all our friends
We wave good-bye like this