Letter T- Tigers, turtles, turkeys, teddy bears, toys, trains, trucks,
tractors, teeth Triceratops, toad.
2’s and 3’s, 4’s and 5’s
Read first story Beware of Tigers, Truck Driver Tom
Nursery
Rhyme Flannel board
Read
second story The Gobble Gobble Moooooo Tractor Book, Whatever
Fingerplay Five Little Turkeys
5 little
turkeys by the barn door (hold up open hand)
1 saw some corn and then there were 4 (fold down one finger)
4 little turkeys flew up a tree (fly 4 fingers into the air)
1 fell down and then there were 3 (one finger falls to the ground)
3 little turkeys gobbled as they do (hold up 3 fingers)
A dog chased 1 and then there were 2 (left hand chases 1 finger on right hand)
2 little turkeys strutting in the sun (hold up 2 fingers)
The wind came along and then there was 1 (make wind movement with left hand)
1 little turkey began to run (1 finger runs)
For he saw the farmer and now there are none. (left hand grabs right hand)
1 saw some corn and then there were 4 (fold down one finger)
4 little turkeys flew up a tree (fly 4 fingers into the air)
1 fell down and then there were 3 (one finger falls to the ground)
3 little turkeys gobbled as they do (hold up 3 fingers)
A dog chased 1 and then there were 2 (left hand chases 1 finger on right hand)
2 little turkeys strutting in the sun (hold up 2 fingers)
The wind came along and then there was 1 (make wind movement with left hand)
1 little turkey began to run (1 finger runs)
For he saw the farmer and now there are none. (left hand grabs right hand)
Read third story Louis the Tiger who came from the Sea
Fingerplay: I HAD A LITTLE TURTLE
I had a little turtle. Make a fist with thumb sticking out
He lived in a box Cup hand to form box
He swam in a puddle, Make swimming motions
He climbed on the rocks. Make climbing motions
He snapped at a mosquito;
he snapped at a flea, Snap fingers
He snapped at a minnow;
he snapped at me.
He caught the mosquito;
he caught the flea. Make catching motions with
hands
He caught the minnow, but
he didn’t catch me! Shake finger and head ‘ no, no’
Craft- Turtle
Materials: paper
plates, head and feet cut from construction paper, squares of green
construction paper, glue, markers, googly eyes.
Glue head and feet on paper
plate. Cover paper plate with squares of
green paper. Add googly eyes and mark on nose holes with markers.