The kids really loved this theme!
OPENING:
Opening Song: If You Want to Hear a Story
PROGRAM:
Read-aloud #1: Jump, Frog, Jump! by Robert Kalan (big book)
*Action Rhyme: Not Say a Single Word
Fingerplay: Ten Little Fingers
Read-aloud #2: The Wide-Mouthed Frog by Keith Faulkner (pop-up book)
**Fingerplay: Rain is Falling Down
Song/Fingerplay/Props: Five Green and Speckled Frogs
Read-aloud #3: Bad Frogs by Thacher Hurd
Song: Mmm Ahh Went the Little Green Frog (A great video of this song can be found here!)
Action Song: If You’re Wearing Read Today
***Action Rhyme: I Clap My Hands
Read-aloud #4: The Croaky Pokey! by Ethan Long
“Dancing” Song: “Hokey Pokey” from Carole Peterson: Sticky Bubble Gum and Other Tasty Tunes
CLOSING:
Closing Song: We Wave Good-bye Like This
*Not Say a Single Word
(Suit actions to words.)
Can you hop, hop, hop like a bunny?
Can you run, run, run like a dog?
Can you walk, walk, walk like a elephant?
Can you jump, jump, jump like a frog?
Can you swim, swim, swim like a goldfish?
Can you fly, fly, fly like a bird?
Can you sit right down and fold your hands,
And not say a single word?
**Rain Is Falling Down
Rain is falling down,
(Raise hands up high and flutter fingers down)
Splash!
(Slap floor with gusto)
Rain is falling down,
(Raise hands up high and flutter fingers down)
Splash!
(Slap the floor)
Pitter patter, pitter patter,
(Quietly. Flutter fingers delicately.)
Rain is falling down,
(Flutter fingers down.)
Splash!
(Slap floor with gusto)
***I Clap My Hands
(Suit actions to words)
I clap my hands,
I touch my feet,
I jump up from the ground.
I clap my hands,
I touch my feet,
And turn myself around.