Book: Groovy Joe: Ice Cream and Dinosaurs by Eric Litwin
Action Rhyme [standing]: "Drippy Sticky Drippy Sticky Ice Cream Cone" [var. on "Icky Sticky Bubblegum"
Drippy sticky drippy sticky ice cream cone,
[rubbing hands together as if to wipe off ice cream]
ice cream cone, ice cream cone--
drippy sticky drippy sticky ice cream cone,
dripping [making dripping motions with fingers] on my.....shoe! [etc]
Oh no, let's wipe it off! WIPE! WIPE! WIPE! Much better.
[continue with other dripped-upon things]
Action Song: "Ice Cream! Ice Cream Sundae (with Sprinkles!)" (tune: "Peanut Butter & Jelly")
Ice cream! Ice cream sundae (with sprinkles)!
[rock back and forth, then make sprinkly hands]
Ice cream! Ice cream sundae (with sprinkles)!
First you take the ice cream and you scoop it, you scoop it
First you take the ice cream and you scoop it, you scoop it
Ice cream! Ice cream sundae (with sprinkles)!
Ice cream! Ice cream sundae (with sprinkles)!
Then you take the whipped cream and you squirt it, you squirt it...
Then you take the sprinkles and you shake 'em, you shake 'em...
Then you take a spoon and you dig in, you dig in!
Mmmmm, mmmmm mmmmm (mmmm)!
Song with Shaker Eggs [if time]: "Milkshake Song" by Anne-Marie Akin from Songs for Wiggleworms
Closing Song: Laurie Berkner's "These Are My Glasses" a cappella. "Today, everything we find in our book will begin with "I". Possibles before opening to kids for suggestions: Icicle [ooh, it's so cold! Close the book!] Insect [buzzzzzzzz]!
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Alternative to swap in:
Story/Book: "Ice Cream" story from Frog and Toad All Year by Arnold Lobel
