Jungle

Week #3 was the theme of Jungle and Rainforest. This is a really fun topic because there are so many different animals, books, and rhymes you can use/talk about.

Books:

Toddler Books:

Starry Safari - Linda Ashman

Snuggle Up, Sleepy Ones - Claire Freedman

Tiny Little Fly - Michael Rosen

Preschool Books:

Mr. Tiger Goes Wild - Peter Brown
Hippo Goes Bananas! - Marjorie Dennis Murray
What to do if an Elephant Stands on Your Foot - Michelle Robinson

Tiny Little Fly - Michael Rosen

Rhymes/Songs/Fingerplays:

If You're a Jungle Animal and You Know it (Tune: "If You're Happy and You Know it"):

If you're an elephant and you know it, stomp your feet,

If you're an elephant and you know it, stomp your feet,

If you're an elephant and you know it, and you really want to show it,

If you're an elephant and you know it, stomp your feet,

Other verses:

If you're a monkey and you know, jump up and down. 

If you're a crocodile and you know it, snap your jaws.

If you're a lion and you know it, give a roar. 

Five Little Monkeys:

Five little monkeys, swinging in the tree,

Taunting Mr. Crocodile, "You can't catch me."

Along comes Mr. Crocodile,

As quiet as can be and...SNAP.

Four little monkeys...(count down)

Three; Two; One;

Last line, after he eats the last lone monkey: "And away swims Mr. Crocodile, as full as can be."

Several versions found here: King County Library System

*At my library we use finger-puppet monkeys and a puppet crocodile. Our crocodile puppet bites off one of the finger-puppet monkeys after each verse. The kids LOVE this. 

The Monkey Dance - a song by The Wiggles