Monday, January 11, 2016

Polar Animals

Last week was our first storytimes of our winter session. We learned the letter "P" and talked about our polar friends that start with the letter "P" -- polar bears, penguins, and puffins. 


Books:

Toddler Books:
I Am Small - Emma Dodd
Baby Penguins Everywhere - Melissa Guion
Puffins Climb, Penguins Rhyme - Bruce McMillan

Preschool Books:
Virgil & Owen - Paulette Bogan
Baby Penguins Everywhere - Melissa Guion
Puffin Peter - Petr Horacek
Nothing Like a Puffin - Sue Soltis

Rhymes/Fingerplays/Songs:

Two Little Puffins (Tune: "Two Little Blackbirds"):
Two little puffins sitting on a cliff,
One named Becky and the other named Biff.
Fly away Becky. Fly away Biff.
Come back Becky. Come back Biff.
Two little puffins sitting on a cliff,
One named Becky and the other named Biff.
Source: An inherited flannel

If You're a Penguin and You Know It (Tune: "If You're Happy and You Know It"):
If you're a penguin and you know it, flap your wings.
If you're a penguin and you know it, flap your wings.
If you're a penguin and you know it and you really want to show it,
If you're a penguin and you know it, flap your wings.

Repeat with:
If you're a penguin and you know it, waddle your feet
If you're a penguin and you know it, go for a swim

There's Something in the Snow:
There's something in the snow, now what can it be?
There's something in the snow, that I can't really see.
Hear its funny sound...
GRR, GRR, GRR, a polar bear is what I found!

Repeat with:
WADDLE, WADDLE, WADDLE, a penguin is what I found!
FLAP, FLAP, FLAP, a puffin is what I found!
Source: Storytime Katie

Polar Friends:
North Pole is UP. South Pole is DOWN.
Snow and ice cover the ground.
At the North Pole you'll see polar bears,
At the South Pole there are penguins everywhere.
North Pole is UP. South Pole is DOWN.
That is where our polar friends are found!
Source: Again, another inherited flannel in my drawer that a lovely Library Assistant made at some point. It is a flannel of the world with the different poles labeled, and a flannel polar bear and penguin to put at the North Pole and South Pole respectively.



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