Earth

We are learning all about Earth this week! 

Books:

Toddler Books:

Bathtime Piggy Wiggy - Christyan and Diane Fox
Good Night, World - Willa Perlman
What the Sun Sees/What the Moon Sees - Nancy Tafuri

Preschool Books:

What in the World?: Numbers in Nature - Nancy Raines Day
Home - Carson Ellis
Bathtime Piggy Wiggy - Christyan and Diane Fox
The World is Waiting for YOU - Barbara Kerley
Good Night, World - Willa Perlman

Rhymes/Fingerplays/Songs:

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star:
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are.
Source: Traditional

We've Got the Whole World in Our Hands (Tune: "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands") 

We've got the birds in the air, in our world,

We've got the birds in the air, in our world,

We've got the birds in the air, in our world,

We've got the birds in the air.

Other verses:

We've got alligators in the rivers, in our world

We've got fishes in the ocean, in our world

Source: Carol Simon Levin Program Palooza

*I used whatever puppets I had on hand for each verse. The sky is the limit on the amount of verses I could come up with for this one. I chose ones that they could also do actions for, though.

The Green Grass Grew All Around (traditional call-and-answer song):

There was a hole (there was a hole)

In the middle of the ground (in the middle of the ground)

The prettiest hole (the prettiest hole)

That you ever did see (that you ever did see)

Well, the hole in the ground,

And the green grass grew all around, all around,

And the green grass grew all around.

And in this hole (and in this hole)

There was a tree (there was a tree)

The prettiest tree (the prettiest tree)

That you ever did see (that you ever did see)

Well, the tree in the hole,

And the hole in the ground,

And the green grass grew all around, all around,

And the green grass grew all around.

And on this tree (and on this tree)

There was a branch (there was a branch)

The prettiest branch (the prettiest branch)

That you ever did see (that you ever did see)

Well, the branch on the tree,

And the tree in the hole,

And the hole in the ground,

And the green grass grew all around, all around,

And the green grass grew all around.

And on this branch (and on this branch)

There was a nest (there was a nest)

The prettiest nest (the prettiest nest)

That you ever did see (that you ever did see)

Well, the nest on the branch,

And the branch on the tree,

And the tree in the hole,

And the hole in the ground,

And the green grass grew all around, all around,

And the green grass grew all around.

And in this nest (and in this nest)

There was a bird (there was a bird)

The prettiest bird (the prettiest bird)

That you ever did see (that you ever did see)

Well, the bird in the nest,

And the nest on the branch,

And the branch on the tree,

And the tree in the hole,

And the hole in the ground,

And the green grass grew all around, all around,

And the green grass grew all around.

Source: Traditional 

(BUT if you want the entire song, Wikipedia has all of the verses. I shortened it considerably for storytime...and for my own sanity)

Home:
A nest is a home for a robin; (cup hands to form nest)
A hive is a home for a bee; (turn cupped hands over)
A hole is a home for rabbit; (make a hole with hands)
And a house is a home for me. (make roof with peaked hands)
Source: Perry Public Library