Letter P

Letter P – Pigs, paint, polar bears, penguins, puppies, pumpkins, pineapples, peanuts

2’s and 3’s, 4’s and 5’s

1.     1. Storytime – Welcome Song

Storytime is starting, starting, starting.

Storytime is starting, come and listen to me.

2.     2. Read first story Bark, George or Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes

3.     3. Nursery Rhyme  Flannelboards

4. Fingerplay: Penguin Family

One royal penguin . .feeling very blue (hold up one finger)
Called for his brother then there were two (hold up two fingers)
Two royal penguins. . .swimming in the sea (swimming motion)
Called for their sister then there were three (hold up three fingers)
Three royal penguins waddle on the shore (waddle)
Call for their mother, then there were four (hold up four fingers)
Four royal penguins learning how to dive (Make diving motion)
Call for their father, then there were five (hold up five fingers)

5.      5.   Read second story I Ain't Gonna Paint No More! or Press Here

6.  Rhyme: This Little Piggie This little piggie went to market,  This little piggie stayed home. This little piggie had roast beef, This little piggie had none.  And this little piggie cried "wee, wee, wee," All the way home.

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7.     7. Read third story If You Were a Penguin, Punk Farm or Poor Puppy

8      8. Song: Peanut Butter

Chorus:
Peanut, peanut butter - and jelly!
Peanut, peanut butter -and jelly!

First you take the peanuts and you dig 'em, you dig 'em. (Pretend to dig up peanuts)Dig 'em, dig 'em, dig 'em.
Then you smash 'em, you smash 'em. (Pretend to smash peanuts) Smash 'em, smash 'em, smash 'em.

Then you spread 'em, you spread 'em. (Pretend to spread the peanut butter) Spread 'em, spread 'em, spread 'em.

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Then you take the berries and you pick 'em, you pick 'em.  (Pretend to pick berries) Pick 'em, pick 'em, pick 'em.

Then you smash 'em, you smash 'em (pretend to smash berries) Smash 'em, smash 'em, smash 'em.
Then you spread 'em, you spread 'em. (Pretend to spread jelly) Spread 'em, spread 'em, spread 'em.

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Then you take the sandwich and you bite it, you bite it. (Pretend to bite a sandwich) Bite it, bite it, bite it.

Then you chew it, you chew it. (Pretend to chew a sandwich) 

 Then you swallow it, you swallow it. (Pretend to swallow peanut butter sandwich) Swallow it, swallow it, swallow it.

9. Craft- Polar Pictures

Materials: foam stickers, construction paper, markers.

Make a chilly picture using stickers and markers.