Wild Storytime

W is for wild animals.

Opening Song
Wiggle Song
Literacy Activity: Letter W
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Sign Language: animal, forest

Book: Over in the Forest by Marianne Berkes

Feltboard:  There’s Something in the Woods
I found a puppet for each animal and hid them in a stump.

Repeat above rhyme before giving each clue…There’s something in the woods that I can’t really see. (Hands around eyes like binoculars) There’s something in the woods. Now what can it be? (hold up hands, shrug shoulders in question)

I’m an animal who’s big, brown and furry and who “Roars” (bear).
I’m an animal who’s who has long ears and goes “Hop, hop, hop” (rabbit).
I’m an animal who says ‘whoo, whoo’ at night (Owl).
I’m an animal who’s red, furry, has a big bushy tail and likes to eat chicken (Fox)
I’m an animal who’s small, has a big, bushy tail and loves to eat nuts (Squirrel).
I’m an animal who’s tiny and makes very quiet “squeaks” (Mouse)
I’m an animal who lives in the water and carries my own house.
I’m an animal that loves to howwwwwl at the moon.
I’m an animal that wears a mask and hides in trees.

Book: Cutest Critter by Marion Dane Bauer

Active Song: “If You’re Ever in the Forest”
Tune: “Did You Ever See a Lassie?”

If you’re ever in the forest,
The forest, the forest,
If you’re ever in the forest,
You might see some deer—
A young one and an old one,
And some that can quickly run. (Run in place.)
If you’re ever in the forest,
You might see some deer.

If you’re ever in the forest,
The forest, the forest,
If you’re ever in the forest,
You might see some rabbits.–
They hop here, and they hop there, (Jump like rabbits.)
They hop, hop, hop everywhere.
If you’re ever in the forest,
|You might see some rabbits.

If you’re ever in the forest,
The forest, the forest,
If you’re ever in the forest,
You might hear some birds.
A tweet here, and a tweet there,
They are flying around everywhere. (Fly like bird.)
If you’re ever in the forest.
You might hear some birds.

If you’re ever in the forest,
The forest, the forest,
If you’re ever in the forest,
You’ll surely see lots of trees.
There are tall ones and short ones, (Stretch high, and then get low.)
and young ones and old ones.
If you’re ever in the forest.
You surely see lots of tree.

Adapted from Jolanda Garcia, Kids Soup Inc.

Book: Hello Sun by Julie Downing

Closing Song

Craft: Bear puppet- We made paper bag puppets with circles, eyes and a pom pom nose.