Green: Together Time (2-3 year old)
*****Together Time is a weekly 45 minute program that runs in 6 week sessions.
Opening Song: Welcome, Welcome Everyone
Opening Song: Up, Down, Turn Around
Up, down, turn around, touch the sky and touch the ground,
Wiggle fingers, wiggle toes, wiggle shoulders, say hello.
Stamps: Hand stamps are a big deal for this age group, and I have been experimenting with when best to do them. We stamped green apples this week as a way to start talking "green"! I also showed everyone the American Sign Language sign for green.
Book: Green by Laura Vaccaro Seeger (A beautiful book and a Caldecott Honor Award winner, this one is fun to get the discussion going about all things green! )
Fingerplay: Tiny Tim
I got a little turtle, his name is Tiny Tim,
I put him in the bathtub to see if he could swim (swimming movement)
He drank up all the water (move hands toward mouth)
He ate up all the soap (make a munching noise)
Then my little turtle got a bubble in his throat (tap under chin)
He drank up all the water (move hands toward mouth)
He ate up all the soap (make a munching noise)
Then my little turtle got a bubble in his throat (tap under chin)
Fingerplay: There Was a Little Turtle
There was a little turtle (make a circle with your hands) He lived in a box (make a box with your hands)
He swam in a puddle (swim), he climbed on the rocks (climb)
He snapped at the mosquito (clap hands), he snapped at the flea (clap hands)
He snapped at me (clap hands), he caught the mosquito (mimic catching bug)
He caught the flea (mimic catching bug), he caught the minnow (mimic catching bug)
But he didn't catch me! (point to yourself)
Book: Green Food Fun by Lisa Bullard (we used the photos in this book to talk about green veggies)
He swam in a puddle (swim), he climbed on the rocks (climb)
He snapped at the mosquito (clap hands), he snapped at the flea (clap hands)
He snapped at me (clap hands), he caught the mosquito (mimic catching bug)
He caught the flea (mimic catching bug), he caught the minnow (mimic catching bug)
But he didn't catch me! (point to yourself)
Book: Green Food Fun by Lisa Bullard (we used the photos in this book to talk about green veggies)
Five little peas in a peapod pressed;
One grew, two grew, and so did all the rest.
They grew and grew and did not stop,
Until one day the peapod popped!
One grew, two grew, and so did all the rest.
They grew and grew and did not stop,
Until one day the peapod popped!
Action Song: And The Green Grass Grew All Around
(We used grass on a stick props to sing a ssimplified version of this traditional song)
Then we used our grass on a stick props to go way up high
Song: Five Green and Speckled Frogs
Five green and speckled frogs sat on a speckled log
Eating the most delicious bugs- YUM YUM
One jumped into the pool where it ws nice and coll
Now there's only four green speckled frogs GLUB, GLUB (repeat until none left)
(We used Raffi's version while I acted out with frog finger puppets)
Book: Where is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox and Judy Horacek
Instruments: using bells, we sang a few songs together
Ring our bells together
Baa Baa Green Sheep
Marching to our bells
Shake our sillies out
Shake it, shake it, shake it
Good bye bells
Art Project: We glued a large letter g onto a piece of green construction paper. Then we used green markers, crayons, stamps, and stickers to decorate. I also put out ripped green tissue paper and construction paper to glue as well.
Song: Five Green and Speckled Frogs
Five green and speckled frogs sat on a speckled log
Eating the most delicious bugs- YUM YUM
One jumped into the pool where it ws nice and coll
Now there's only four green speckled frogs GLUB, GLUB (repeat until none left)
(We used Raffi's version while I acted out with frog finger puppets)
Book: Where is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox and Judy Horacek
Instruments: using bells, we sang a few songs together
Ring our bells together
Baa Baa Green Sheep
Marching to our bells
Shake our sillies out
Shake it, shake it, shake it
Good bye bells
Art Project: We glued a large letter g onto a piece of green construction paper. Then we used green markers, crayons, stamps, and stickers to decorate. I also put out ripped green tissue paper and construction paper to glue as well.
Other related books:
In the Tall, Tall Grass by Denise Fleming
Go Away Big Green Monster by Ed Emberley
Brown Cow, Green Grass, Yellow Mellow Sun by Ellen Jackson and illustrated by Victoria Raymond.
Posted by Kim
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