Opening fingerplay: One Little Finger
Literacy: Spring Is Here by Will Hillenbrand
Song/movement break: Open Shut Them
Literacy: Green by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Literacy:
Tweedle Dee Dee by Charlotte Voake
New song/movement break: The Green Grass Grows All Around (Everytime you say a word that is associated with a movement, do the movement.)
Here's a link to a YouTube that should help you get the tune
This link is to the fun Louis Jordan version
There was a hole (use arms to make a circle in front of your body)
In the middle of the ground (bend or crouch down with hands slapping knees)
The prettiest hole*
That you ever did see
Chorus: And the green grass grows (turn around in place)
all around and around
And the green grass grows all around
There was a tree (stand up straight with arms tightly down by your sides)
In the middle of the hole*…
The prettiest tree*
That you ever did see
Well the tree's *in the hole*
The hole* is in the ground*
Chorus
And on that tree*
There was a branch (Hold out right arm straight from your body)
The prettiest branch*
That you ever did see
Well the branch* is on the tree*
The tree* is in the hole*
The hole* is in the ground*
Chorus
And on that branch*
There was a nest (Cup both hands together as is trying to hold water)
The prettiest nest*
That you ever did see
Well the nest* is on the branch*
The branch* is on the tree*
The tree* is in the hole*
The hole* is in the ground*
Chorus
And in that nest*
There were some eggs (Make two tights fists and wiggle!)
The prettiest eggs*
That you ever did see
Well the eggs* are in the nest*
The nest* is on the branch*
The branch* is on the tree*
The tree* is in the hole*
The hole* is in the ground*
Chorus
And from those eggs*
Out came some birds (Lobster claw finger movements)
The prettiest birds*
That you ever did see
Well the birds* were in the eggs*
The eggs* were in the nest*
The nest* is on the branch*
The branch* is on the tree*
The tree* is in the hole*
The hole* is in the ground*
Chorus
In the middle of the ground (bend or crouch down with hands slapping knees)
The prettiest hole*
That you ever did see
Chorus: And the green grass grows (turn around in place)
all around and around
And the green grass grows all around
There was a tree (stand up straight with arms tightly down by your sides)
In the middle of the hole*…
The prettiest tree*
That you ever did see
Well the tree's *in the hole*
The hole* is in the ground*
Chorus
And on that tree*
There was a branch (Hold out right arm straight from your body)
The prettiest branch*
That you ever did see
Well the branch* is on the tree*
The tree* is in the hole*
The hole* is in the ground*
Chorus
And on that branch*
There was a nest (Cup both hands together as is trying to hold water)
The prettiest nest*
That you ever did see
Well the nest* is on the branch*
The branch* is on the tree*
The tree* is in the hole*
The hole* is in the ground*
Chorus
And in that nest*
There were some eggs (Make two tights fists and wiggle!)
The prettiest eggs*
That you ever did see
Well the eggs* are in the nest*
The nest* is on the branch*
The branch* is on the tree*
The tree* is in the hole*
The hole* is in the ground*
Chorus
And from those eggs*
Out came some birds (Lobster claw finger movements)
The prettiest birds*
That you ever did see
Well the birds* were in the eggs*
The eggs* were in the nest*
The nest* is on the branch*
The branch* is on the tree*
The tree* is in the hole*
The hole* is in the ground*
Chorus
Closing Fingerplay: Two Little Blackbirds
Post storytime activity: Green Collage: In honor of the book and St. Patrick's Day, we made a green collage. I gathered foam shapes, pieces of yarn, feathers, stickers, markers and dot papers all in different shades of green, gave the kids some glue and a construction paper background. Amazing!
