Book: Pete the Cat: I Love my White Shoes by Eric Litwin [have seated kids stomp their feet to the beat while they sing refrain]
Action Song [sitting] "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" two ways (one singing, one just doing the motions)
Action Song [standing]: The Elevator Song
(video: Jbrary)
Song, Standing, a cappella: Teach phrase "a cappella." Sing “Dance, Freeze, Melt” by The Learning Groove from Rockin' Red a cappella
Book: Little Wolf's First Howling
(with below second verse)
I stretch my arms out wide,
and now my arms will hide.
Wide....hide...and now they're by my side.
Songs with Shaker Eggs:
First, "We shake and we shake and we stop" to practice close listening
Then "Don't Wake it Up" with animals that start with S
Then "The Milkshake Song" by Anne-Marie Akins a cappella
Eggs Away rhyme:
Shake your egg up high!
Shake your egg down low.I stretch my arms out wide,
and now my arms will hide.
Wide....hide...and now they're by my side.
Songs with Shaker Eggs:
First, "We shake and we shake and we stop" to practice close listening
Then "Don't Wake it Up" with animals that start with S
Then "The Milkshake Song" by Anne-Marie Akins a cappella
Eggs Away rhyme:
Shake your egg up high!
Shake your egg really FAST!
Shhaaakkkkeee yyyooouuuurrr eeeggggg reaaallly slowwww.
Shake your egg over your head.
Get ready to put your egg to bed.
Book [if time] : The Seals on the Bus by Lenny Hort
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Alternatives:
Book: Old MacDonald Had a Truck by Steve Goetz
Action Song: "Row, Row, Row Your Boat", Wiggleworms-style
Action Song [with scarves]: "The Walrus Washes His Winter Coat"
Song with Scarves: "Let It Go" from Frozen [singing along and throwing our scarves in the air at "Let It Go"]
