Elephants have wrinkles, wrinkles, wrinkles,
Elephants have wrinkles, wrinkles everywhere!
We read:
There is a Bird on Your Head!, by Mo Willems
"Gerald is careful. Piggie is not.
Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can.
Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to.
Gerald and Piggie are best friends.
Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to.
Gerald and Piggie are best friends.
In There Is a Bird On My Head!, Gerald discovers that there is something worse than a bird on your head-two birds on your head! Can Piggie help her best friend?" - Disney-Hyperion
We sang: Elephants Have Wrinkles
Do you know what’s really cool about the elephant?
They’re very big. They’re very smart, and…
CHORUS:
Elephants have wrinkles, wrinkles, wrinkles.
Elephants have wrinkles, wrinkles everywhere.
On their toes, (echo) No one knows, (echo) why yi yi yi yiih.
CHORUS
On their knees, (echo) On their toes, (echo)
No one knows, (echo)
why yi yi yi yiiih.
CHORUS
On their hips, (echo) On their knees, (echo) On their toes, (echo)
No one knows, (echo) why yi yi yi yiih.
CHORUS
On their backs, (echo) On their hips, (echo) On their knees, (echo)
On their toes, (echo) No one knows, (echo) why yi yi yi yiih.
CHORUS
On their ears, (echo) On their backs, (echo) On their hips, (echo)
On their knees, (echo) On their toes, (echo)
No one knows, (echo) why yi yi yi yiih.
SPOKEN:
Do you know what else is really cool about the elephant?
He has a very long memory and a very….long….nose.
CHORUS
On their teeth, (Their teeth! No way! That’s funny.)
CHORUS: twice more and end with “Hey!”
We read:
When an Elephant Comes to School, by Jan Ormerod
"What happens when an elephant goes to school? Well, he fits right in so he can learn, nap, paint, and dance, of course! It's an elephant's first day at school, and he is feeling a bit nervous. When he meets his new classmates, they show him the daily routine, including arts and crafts, playing, lunch, storytelling, and quiet time. Soon he is happily learning, reading, painting, dancing, and making friends." - Orchard Books
Action Poem: What a Long Nose
An elephant
goes like this and that,
(pat knees)
He's terribly big,
(hands high)
And he's terribly fat;
(hands wide)
He has no fingers,
(wiggle fingers)
And has no toes,
(touch toes)
But goodness gracious,
What a long nose!
(curl hands away from nose)
(pat knees)
He's terribly big,
(hands high)
And he's terribly fat;
(hands wide)
He has no fingers,
(wiggle fingers)
And has no toes,
(touch toes)
But goodness gracious,
What a long nose!
(curl hands away from nose)
We read:
Splash! by Flora McDonnell
"When the jungle animals are hot, a baby elephant has a good solution involving the squirting and splashing of water at the water hole." - Candlewick
And we read:
My Cat, the Silliest Cat in the World, by Gilles Bachelet
"Gilles Bachelet's cat behaves like any normal cat; sleeping, eating, getting in the way, making a mess, but in this warm and funny picture book he happens to be...a very large elephant. The simplest cat activities take on amusing difficulty in this fun story. The text is straightforward and easy to understand while the illustrations surprise on every page. Children will delight in seeing Bachelet's elephant/cat acting just like their own cats, with humourous results." - Harry N. Abrams
Our craft:
Next week, we're making hippity-hoppity frogs!
