Letter F

Letter F –Fish, Frogs, Fingers, Fox, Feet and Flowers.

Storytime – Welcome Song and Story time is starting song.

Read first story The Croaky Pokey!, That is not a good idea!, Nugget and Fang: Friends forever - or snack time?

Song: Five Green and Speckled Frogs

Five green and speckled Frogs (Hold five fingers (frogs) on top of your other arm (log). Sat on a hollow log eating the most delicious bugs. Yum! Yum!
One jumped into the pool (jump a finger off the log into the pool) where it was nice and cool. Now there are four green speckled frogs (Hold up four fingers)

Four green and speckled Frogs. Sat on a hollow log eating the most delicious bugs. Yum! Yum!
One jumped into the pool where it was nice and cool. Now there are three green speckled frogs

Three green and speckled frogs. Sat on a hollow log eating the most delicious bugs. Yum! Yum!
One jumped into the pool where it was nice and cool. Now there are two green speckled frogs

Two green and speckled frogs. Sat on a hollow log eating the most delicious bugs. Yum! Yum!
One jumped into the pool where it was nice and cool. Now there is one green speckled frog

One green and  speckled frog. Sat on a hollow log eating the most delicious bugs. Yum! Yum!
It jumped into the pool where it was nice and cool. Now there are no more speckled frogs

Read second story Guess who says moo?, The three little fish and the big bad shark

Song: Slippery Fish

Slippery fish, slippery fish sliding through the water (put two hands together and glide them through the air)

Slippery fish, slippery fish, Gulp, gulp, gulp

OH NO! He's been eaten by an

Octopus, octopus squiggling in the water (Wave your arms up and down like the flailing arms of an octopus.)

Octopus, octopus, gulp, gulp, gulp

OH NO! He's been eaten by a

Tuna fish, tuna fish flashing in the water (two hands fingertips touching to give impression of bigger fish)

Tuna fish, tuna fish, gulp, gulp, gulp

OH NO! He's been eaten by a

Great White Shark, great white shark lurking in the water (Place one hand, with fingers straight upwards, on top of your head.)

Great white shark, great white shark gulp, gulp, gulp

OH NO! He's been eaten by an

Enormous Whale, enormous whale spouting in the water (Make big upward motions with your arms to resemble the spouting of water by a whale)

Enormous Whale, enormous whale, gulp, gulp, BURP!

Excuse ME! (Cover your mouth)

Read third story Swim! Swim!, Fox and hen together

Song: Little Green Frog
Mm, Mm went the little green frog one day, [stick tongue out on 2nd "Mm"]

Mm, Mm went the little green frog,  [stick tongue out on 2nd "Mm"]
Mm, Mm went the little green frog one day,  [stick tongue out on 2nd "Mm"]
And they all went Mm, Mm, Aahh!  [stick tongue out on 2nd "Mm" and open mouth wide for Aahh!]
But!
We all know frogs go, [CLAP] Lahdeedahdeedah! [CLAP] Lahdeedahdeedah! [CLAP] Lahdeedahdeedah!
We all know frogs go, [CLAP] Lahdeedahdeedah!
They don't go [stick tongue out on 2nd "Mm" and open mouth wide for Aahh!]

Crafts:  Paper Bag Frog

Materials: lunch bags, photocopy of frog body and head, markers, and glue.

Colour and glue frog parts to paper bag to make puppet.

Idea from Lakeshore Learning