Zoo Storytime

• Zoo Borns! Zoo babies from around the world by Andrew Bleiman & Chris Eastland
• Monkey and Me by Emily Gravett
• More Life-Size Zoo by Teruyuki Komiya (non-fiction)
• The Baby BeeBee Bird by Diane Realfield Massie, Illus. by Steven Kellogg
• Zoozical by Judy Sierra, Illus. by Marc Brown
• Two at the Zoo: a Counting Book by Danna Smith, Illus. by Valeria Petrone
• My School's a Zoo! by Stu Smith, Illus. by David Catrow

 “Came to the Zoo” (Tune: My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean)

I came to the zoo to see lions, elephants, tigers, and bears!
I came to the zoo to see zebras. I love all the animals there!
Lions, tigers, elephants, zebras, and bears, and bears!
Lions, tigers, elephants, zebras, and bears!

Credit: Mel’s Desk

Song: “You Can Hear” (Tune: She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mountain)

You can hear the lions roaring at the zoo, ROAR ROAR!
You can hear the lions roaring at the zoo, ROAR ROAR!
You can hear the lions roaring, you can hear the lions roaring,
You can hear the lions roaring at the zoo, ROAR ROAR!

(Snakes hissing, bears growling, wolves howling, frogs croaking, zebras braying)

Perpetual Preschool

Movement activity:

Walk and stomp like an elephant.
Gallop like a zebra.
Waddle like a penguin.
Dance like a monkey.
Roar like a lion.
Run like a cheetah.
Slither like a snake.
Jump like a kangaroo.

http://www.kidssoup.com/Zoo/Zoo_Activities.html

Storytime: What is a Hole?

• My Rhinoceros by Jon Agee (pokes holes in kites)
• The Great Doughnut Parade by Rebecca Bond
• Roslyn Rutabaga and the Biggest Hole On Earth! by Marie-Louise Gay
• A Hole is To Dig by Ruth Krauss, Illus. by Maurice Sendak
• What's In a...Hole? by Tracy Nelson Maurer (non-fiction)
• Too Many Bunnies by Matt Novak
• Richard Scarry's Egg in the Hole
• The Pocket Dogs by Margaret Wild & Stephen Michael King

The Doughnut Song

(Sung to the tune of Do Your Ears Hang Low)

 Well I walked around the corner and I walked around the block

And I walked right into a doughnut shop
And I picked up a doughnut fresh from the grease
And I handed the lady a five cent piece

 Well she looked at the nickle and she looked at me

And she said this nickle is no good, you see
There's a hole in the middle and it goes right through
And I said there's a hole in the doughnut too!

 Thanks for the doughnut

Good day!

Fingerplay:

Here is a bunny with ears so funny,
And her is her hole in the ground.
When a noise she hears,
She pricks up her ears,
And jumps in her hole so round.

Insect Storytime

• There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold
• I Love Bugs! by Emma Dodd
• What the Ladybug Heard by Julia Donaldson, Illus. by Lydia Monks
• Beetle Bop by Denise Fleming
• Bugs Galore by Peter Stein, Illus. by Bob Staake
• I Love Bugs! by Philomeon Sturges, Illus. by Shari Halpern
• Can You Make a Scary Face? by Jan Thomas (ladybug)

Songs:

Bug Song


(sung to the tune of "If You're Happy and You Know It")


Oh, I wish I were an eensy-weensy spider.
*clap, clap*


Yes, I wish I were an eensy-weensy spider.
*clap, clap*


I'd go "creepy-creepy-crawly" down your hall and up your "wall-y!"


Oh, I wish I were an eensy-weensy spider.
*Clap Clap* (clap hands twice)

Oh, I wish I were a yellow honeybee.
*clap, clap*


Yes, I wish i were a yellow honeybee.
*clap, clap*


I'd go "buzzy-buzzy-buzzy" and my stripes would all be fuzzy!


Oh, I wish I were a yellow honeybee.
*2 claps, 2 stomps* (stomp feet twice)


Oh, I wish I were a wiggly caterpillar.
*clap, clap*


Yes, I wish I were a wiggly caterpillar.
*clap, clap*


I'd go "munchy-munchy-munchy." All the leaves would be my "lunch-y"!


Oh, I wish i were a wiggly caterpillar.
*clap, clap, stomp, stomp, click, click* (2 clicks with tongue)


Oh, I wish I were a small red army ant.
*clap, clap*


Yes, i wish i were a small red army ant.
*clap, clap*


I'd go "trompy-trompy-trompy" over hills and through the
"swamp-y"!


Oh, I wish i were a small red army ant.
*clap, clap, stomp, stomp, click, click, jump, jump*


Oh, I wish i were a hungry little skeeter.
*clap, clap*


Yes, I wish i were a hungry little skeeter.
*clap, clap*


I'd go "bitey-bitey-bitey" when you went outside at "night- y"!


Oh, I wish i were a hungry little skeeter.
*clap, clap, stomp, stomp, click, click, jump, jump, Shhhh, Shhhh!!


The End!
From Perpetual Preschool

The Buggy Wuggy
Tune: Hokey Pokey

(right arm bent)
You put your right wing in,
You put your right wing out,
You put your right wing in,
Then you shake it all about.
You do the Buggy Wuggy
And you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about.


(left arm bent)
You put your left wing in,
You put your left wing out,
You put your left wing in,
Then you shake it all about.
You do the Buggy Wuggy
And you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about.


(head)
You put your head in,
You put your head out,
You put your head in,
Then you shake it all about.
You do the Buggy Wuggy
And you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about.


(two fingers on top of head)
You put your antennae in,
You put your antennae out,
You put your antennae in,
Then you shake them all about.
You do the Buggy Wuggy
And you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about.


(body)
"an external supportive covering of an animal such as an arthropod"
You put your exoskeleton in,
You put your exoskeleton out,
You put your exoskeleton in,
Then you shake it all about.
You do the Buggy Wuggy
And you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about.

From Mrs. Jones' Room