Mother Goose Rhymes & Songs, Week 4 - May 28, 2013

Books:
Little Bunny Foo Foo by Paul Brett Johnson *
Little Bunny Foo Foo: The Real Story by Cori Doerrfeld
Mary Had a Little Lamp by Jack Lechner
Old Mother Hubbard by Jane Cabrera
Over in the Meadow: A Counting Rhyme by Olive A. Wadsworth
She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain by Philemon Sturges *
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Simms Taback
There Was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Shell! by Lucille Colandro *

Craft: Bunny Goon
This craft was taken from the Paul Brett Johnson version of Little Bunny Foo Foo where he is turned into a goon at the end of the book.  The kids were given a bunny cutout to color and decorate with paper scraps, making it into a goon.

Literacy Extenders:
- Find other versions of There Was an Old Lady by Lucille Colandro.  See if you can come up with your own version.
- Talk about manners and how we should treat other people after reading Little Bunny Foo Foo.

Mother Goose Rhymes & Songs, Week 3: May 20-21, 2013

Books:
The Bear Went Over the Mountain by Iza Trapani
The Completed Hickory Dickory Dock by Jim Aylesworth *
Do Your Ears Hang Low? by Caroline Church *
Hey Diddle Diddle by Eve Bunting *
Shoo Fly by Iza Trapani
Take Me Out to the Ball Game by Maryann Kovalski *

Craft: Hickory Dickory Clock
The picture to the left was my inspiration for this week's craft.  I printed out a clock face and a clock pendulum for the kids to color and then glue to a paper lunch bag.  I also cut out a mouse body for them to color.  The tail was a piece of yarn tied to a paperclip which was then taped to the back of the mouse's body.  The kids could then clip the mouse onto the edge of the paper bag and "run" it up and down the clock.

Literacy Extensions:
- Discuss how your child thinks animals might play different musical instruments like in Hey Diddle Diddle.
- With your child, make up your own Completed Hickory Dickory Dock coming up with different activities the mouse could do throughout the day.

Mother Goose Rhymes & Songs, Week 2: May 13-14, 2013

Books:
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow *
Hush, Little Baby by Marla Frazee
Hush, Little Monster by Denis Markell
Little Bo Peep by Liza Woodruff
Old MacDonald in the City by Suzanne Williams *
To Market, To Market by Anne Miranda *

Craft: Nursery Rhyme Coloring Books
The books can be printed out online at http://www.state.lib.la.us/literacy-and-reading/early-literacy/nursery-rhyme-printable-mini-books.

Literacy Extenders:
- Create your own version of Old MacDonald inserting your favorite animals (i.e. Old MacDonald went to the zoo . . .)
- Listen to classic children's songs (i.e. Are You Sleeping, B-I-N-G-O, Farmer in the Dell, etc.)

Mother Goose Rhymes & Songs, Week 1: May 6-, 2013

Books:
If You're Happy and You Know It by Jan Ormerod *
If You're Happy and You Know It by Anna McQuinn
It's Raining, It's Pouring by Kin Eagle *
The Itsy Bitsy Spider by Iza Trapani *
Mary Had a Little Lamb by Mary Ann Hoberman *
Roll Over by Merle Peek
Three Little Kittens by Jerry Pinkney *

Craft: Clothespin Sheep
Children glued white tissue paper squares to a cutout sheep shape.  Two clothespins were clipped at the bottom so the lamb could stand on its legs.

Literacy Extenders:
- Learn the different nursery rhymes (i.e. - Jack and Jill, Old King Cole, etc.)
- Come up with new verses of If You're Happy and You Know (i.e. - flap wings like a bird, etc.)