Jungle

Jungle

45 minutes

Music: Congo to Cuba

1.                   Storytime – “Welcome Song” and “Storytime is Starting” Song

2.                   Read first story "Hug", "Splash!", "Nobody Laughs at a Lion" or "Who is the Beast"

3.                   Poem: Eeny, meeny, miney, mo
Eeny, meeny, miney, mo (point to each finger)
Catch a tiger by the toe (catch a finger following the rhyme)
When he hollers let him go (let go of finger)
Eeny, meeny, miney, mo 

Fingerplay: Itsy bitsy Monkey
The itsy bitsy monkey climbed up the coconut tree (have hands climb)
Down came a coconut that bopped him on the knee (drop fist from over head to hit on the knee)
Along came his Mama, who kissed away the pain (kiss your fist)
Then the itsy bitsy monkey climbed up the tree again (climb hands again stretch as high as can reach) 

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4.                  Read second story "Potty", "Watch Out! Big Bro's Coming!", "Jungle Bullies", "Jungle Party"  or "Nobody Laughs as a Lion!"

5.                  Action Poem: Jungle Animals
This is the way the elephant goes (clasp hands together , extend arms, move back and forth)
With a curly trunk instead of a nose
The rhino all hairy and fat
Has a sharp horn in place of a hat
The hippo with his mouth so wide-
Let's see what's inside (hands together and open wide and close them)
The wiggly snake upon the ground
Crawls along without a sound (weave hands back and forth)
But monkey see monkey do
is the funniest animal I ever knew! (place thumbs in ears and wiggle fingers)

6.                  Craft:      Hippo Puppet

Materials: paper bags, hippo head and body, markers, glue, scissors

Colour then cut out hippo body and head, glue to paper bag.