Picnics

We lucked out, after over a week of rain, with some gorgeous weather. And, with the weather being as great as it is, what a perfect opportunity to use our theme this week: Picnics! 

Books:

Toddler Books:

Click, Clack, Quackity-Quack: An Alphabetical Adventure - Doreen Cronin

The Bunnies' Picnic - Lezlie Evans

Lunch - Denise Fleming

Preschool Books:

Picnic - John Burningham

Click, Clack, Quackity-Quack: An Alphabetical Adventure - Doreen Cronin

The Bunnies' Picnic - Lezlie Evans

Yes, Let's - Galen Longstreth

Rhymes/Fingerplays/Songs:

Going On a Picnic (using a basket and pictures of different items to bring) (Tune: "Going On a Picnic" by Raffi):

Going on a picnic, gotta pack a lunch,

What should we bring to munch, munch, munch?

*Each time I sang the verse, and asked the kids to sing with me, I would stop and bring a new food item out of the basket. I repeated the verse about five or six times with a variety of food items to bring on our picnic (sandwiches, salad, cookies, a banana, etc.)

Source: King County Library System

Five Hungry Ants:

Five hungry ants, marching in a line, 

Came across a picnic, where they could dine.

They marched into the salad,

They marched into the cake,

They marched into the pepper,

UH-OH! That was a mistake!

AAAAAACCCHHHOOOOO!!!

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

Source: Jbrary

*This rhyme was tons of fun and the kids loooved it!

One Whole Pie:

One whole pie, set by the door,

Cut into pieces, I count four.

Four pieces of pie all for me,

I ate one piece, now there are three.

Three pieces of pie for me too,

I ate another piece, now there are two.

Two pieces of pie, Oh! What fun!

I ate another piece, now there is one.

One piece of pie, I can't wait!

I ate that piece, empty plate!

Source: Jen in the Library