Garden

This week our theme is gardening! Clearly it's a favorite theme of mine but I can't help it when the weather is starting to warm up!

Books:

Toddler Books:

Up, Down, and Around - Katherine Ayres

What Does Bunny See?: A Book of Colors and Flowers - Linda Sue Park

Preschool Books:

Up, Down, and Around - Katherine Ayres

Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt - Kate Messner 

What Does Bunny See? - Linda Sue Park

Creepy Carrots! - Aaron Reynolds

Rhymes/Fingerplays/Songs:

Out in the Garden:

Out in the garden, growing in the sun,

Were 5 pretty flowers, and I picked one!

Count down 4, 3, 2, 1...

Source: Mel's Desk

Mr. Rabbit:

Oh, Mr. Rabbit, you've got a mighty habit, 

Of running through my garden and eating all my _____.

Source: My flannel drawer

There's Something in My Garden:

There's something in my garden, now what can it be?

There's something in my garden that I can't really see.

Hear it's funny sound...RIBBIT, RIBBIT, RIBBIT,

A frog is what I found! RIBBIT, RIBBIT, RIBBIT.

Repeat with...

SQUEAK (mouse)

THUMP (rabbit)

BUZZ (bee)

Source: Sur La Lune

I used puppets and pulled them out of a puppet box, so I used the animals and other garden creatures I already had on-hand.