Book: Let's Sing a Lullaby with the Brave Cowboy by Jan Thomas
OR
Book: Fandango Stew by David Davis
[a "wild west" take on Stone Soup--includes some Spanish words--two main characters are Luis and his abuelo]
Action Song: "I'm a Little Cowhand" [tune of "Teapot"--show images of and discuss function of spurs and chaps beforehand]
I'm a little cowhand,
here's my hat [touch head]
Here are my spurs [touch heels]
and here are my chaps [touch thighs]
As soon as I get up [stretch arms as if just rising from bed]
I work all day,
get on my horse [mime getting on horse]
and ride away.
Song: “Dance, Freeze, Melt” by The Learning Groove from Rockin' Red
Book: Are You a Horse? by Andy Rash
OR
BOOK: She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain by Jonathan Emmett
Action Rhyme: "Ten Little Horses" [first slowly, then a little more quickly, then wordless]
Ten little horses galloped into town
Five were black and five were brown
They galloped up; they galloped down,
and then they galloped out of town.
Action Song with Scarves: "Did you Ever See a Lasso?" [show image of lasso first]
[first verse, swish scarf from side to side--second, swish scarf up and down]
Did you ever see a lasso swing this way and that way?
Did you ever see a lasso swing this way and that?
Sit tall in your saddle
while roping the cattle.
Did you ever see a lasso swing this way and that?
Second verse: "Did you ever see a lasso swing this high and that low?
Did you ever see a lasso swing this high and low?"
Song with Scarves: "Freeze Dance" by Hap Palmer
Book if time: She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain
by Jonathan Emmett and Deborah Allwright
Closing Song: Laurie Berkner's "These Are My Glasses" a cappella. "Today, everything we find in our book will begin with W." Possibles before opening to kids for suggestions: wet warthog! Wicked witch! Woodpecker! (weasel, whale)
