Reptiles

The first week of Fall 2014 Toddler and Preschool storytimes was the theme of Reptiles.

Books:

Toddler Books:
The Watermelon Seed - Greg Pizzoli
Hoptoad - Jane Yolen

Preschool Books:
There's an Alligator Under My Bed - Mercer Mayer
Hurry Up and Slow Down - Layn Marlow
Hi, Harry! - Martin Waddell
The Watermelon Seed - Greg Pizzoli

Rhymes/Fingerplays/Songs:

If You're a Reptile and You Know It:

If you’re a frog and you know it, hop up and down,

If you're a frog and you know it, hop up and down.

If you're a frog and you know it, and you really want to show it,

If you're a frog and you know it, hop up and down.

Other verses:

If you’re an alligator and you know it, snap your jaws

If you’re a snake and you know it, slither to-and-fro

I Have a Little Turtle:
I have a little turtle  (make a fist—stick out thumb)
He lives in a box (draw square in the air)
He swims in the puddles (pretend to swim)
And climbs on the rocks (pretend to climb)
He snapped at a mosquito (pinch air with fingers)
He snapped at a flea
He snapped at a minnow
And he snapped at me!
He caught the mosquito  (clap hands once)
He caught the flea
He caught the minnow
But he didn’t catch me! (shake head “no”)
Source: Perry Public Library

Song and flannels: "Five Green and Speckled Frogs" by Raffi
We have frog flannels that I used to go along with the rhyme!
Lyrics:
Five green and speckled frogs
Sat on a speckled log
Eating some most delicious bugs
Yum! Yum!
One jumped into the pool
Where it was nice and cool
Then there are four green speckled frogs (gulp, gulp)
(count down till zero)