Book: Dig In! by Cindy Jenson-Elliott
OR, if doing PLANT (introduce word as noun AND verb)
Book: Plants Can't Sit Still by Rebecca E. Hirsch (may shorten for length)
Deciding Activity
[Have box/bag of different items one can and cannot grow in a garden: shoe, carrot, pop bottle, etc]
We're going to plant a garden [chant as group, slapping thighs rhythmically]
to watch things grow.
Could THIS grow in our garden? [pull out one item and show to group] Yes or no?
Action Rhyme (with or without scarves): "Little Seed"
Little seed in the ground [crouch down],
quiet and still.
Little seed, will you sprout?
Yes, I will! [jump up]
Song: Dance, Freeze, Melt by The Learning Groove from their album Rockin' Red
Nonfiction Book (selections): A Seed is the Start by Melissa Stewart
OR
Book: Plant the Tiny Seed by Christie Matheson
OR
Book: Bloom Boom! by April Pulley Sayre
Action Rhyme: "Five Fat Peas" [version via Anna]
Five fat peas in a peapod pressed (crouch, hold up fist)
One grew, two grew, and so did all the rest (pop fingers up)
They grew and they grew and they did not stop (both arms up, slowly stand as you 'grow')
Until one day, the pod went POP! (clap!)
Closing Song: Laurie Berkner's "These Are My Glasses" a cappella. "Today, everything we find in our book will begin with "G". Possibles before opening to kids for suggestions: Gorilla! Garbage Truck! Glasses! ("What are THEY doing in there? They must have fallen off my face! Let's put them back on")
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Alternates to add/swap in:
Book: Butterfly, Butterfly by Petr Horacek
Book: Thirsty Thursday by Phyllis Root
