Monday, March 29, 2010

Farm Songs

The Animals on the Farm (Sung to: "The Wheels on the Bus")
The ________ on the farm goes
______________________
______________________
______________________
The ________ on the farm goes
_____________________
All through the day.

(cow, horse, pig, sheep, goat, chickens, rooster)

I'm A Little Pig (Sung to: "I'm A Little Teapot")
I'm a little pig
P-I-G
I roll in the mud
As you can see.
When you come to pet me,
I will say,
"Oink, Oink, Oink,"
Have a very nice day!

I'm A Little Cow (Sung to: "I'm A Little Teapot")
I'm a litte cow
C-O-W
I givce lots of milk
Just for you.
When you come
To pet me,
I will say,
"Mooo, Mooo, Mooo,"
Have a very nice day!

I'm A Little Hen (Sung to: "I'm A Little Teapot")
I'm a little hen
H-E-N
I give you eggs
everyday.
When you come
to pet me,
I will say,
"Cluck, Cluck, Cluck,"
Have a very nice day!

Take Me Out to the Barnyard (Sung to: "Take Me Out to the Ballgame")
Take me out to the barnyard.
Take me out there right now.
Show me the cows, pigs, and horses, too.
I hear an oink and a neigh and a moo.
There are chickens laying their eggs.
If they don't lay, it's a shame.
Oh, it's one, two, three eggs today,
And I'm glad I came!

Peep, Peep, Peep (Sung to: "Jingle Bells")
Peep, Peep, Peep!
Peep, Peep, Peep!
We are hatching chicks!
We have waited for so long
And now they have arrived!
Peep, Peep, Peep!
Peep, Peep, Peep!
We are hatching chicks!
Yellow, fluffy, and so cute
We have baby chicks!

On Our Farm (Sung To: "He's Got the Whole World In His Hands")
We've got cows and calves on our farm,
We've got cows and calves on our farm,
We've got cows and calves on our farm,
We've got mothers and babies on our farm.
(pigs/piglets, goats/kids, horses/foals, dogs/puppies, cats/kittens, sheep/lamb, chickens/chicks, etc)

Wild West Art Projects

Tasty Tumbleweed
1 Tbs. peanut butter
1 Tbs. Honey
2 Tbs. Powdered Milk
2-3 Tbs. shredded wheat
Small paper cup
Craft stick
Sheet of wax paper

Wash hands. Use the craft stick to mix together the peanut butter and honey in a small paper cup. Add powdered milk little by little until the dough is no longer sticky. Turn the dough onto a sheet of waxed paper; then roll the dough into a ball. Sprinkle shredded wheat onto the waxed paper. Roll the dough in the wheat.

Winter Art Projects

Owl Faces
1 9 inch paper plate- paint brown
1 yellow triangle
Glue on two paper baking cups

Owl Snacks
Cut cheese slives in half diagonally to make triangles.
Give each child a piece of bologna, and cheese triangle and 2 round pickle slices.

Hoot!
Brown Paper bag
2 Brown Handprints
Yellow circles for eyes
Orange triangle nose

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Earth Day Songs

Trees
Trees are the kindest things I know,
They do no harm, they simply grow
And spread a shade for sleepy cows,
And gather birds among their bows.

They give us fruit in leaves above,
And wood to make our houses of,
And leaves to burn on Halloween
And in the Spring new buds of green.

They are first when day's begun
To tough the beams of morning sun,
They are the last to fold the light
When the evening changes into night.

And when a moon floats on the sky
They hum a drowsy lullaby
Of sleepy children long ago...
Trees are the kidest things I know.

What Do We Plant?
What do we plant when we plant the tree?
We plant the ship, which will cross the sea.

What do we plant when we plant the tree?
We plant the house for you and me.

What do we plant when we plant the tree?
A thousand things that we daily see.

What do we plant when we plant the tree?
We plant the shade, from the hot sun free.

God Made the Trees
God made the trees
God made the leaves
God says "Please save these!"

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle (sung to: "The Itsy Bitsy Spider")
Reduce, reuse, recycle words that we all know
We have to save our planet so that we can live and grow.
We might be only children, but we will try you'll see,
And we can save this planet, it starts with you and me!

Recycle (sung to: "Twinkle, Twinkle")
We recycle what we use,
Seperate things and you should too!
Glass and paper, plastic and tin,
Go into your recycling bin.
We must start now, we cannot wait
Quick, or it will be too late!

Water, Water, Everywhere (Sung to: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star)
Water, water, in the air.
Water, water everywhere.

Water up,
Water down,
In the sky
And underground.

Do not waste it.
Keep it clean.
Water helps keep our earth green!

Farm Books

"Two Cool Cows" by Toby Speed
"This Little Piggy" by Steve Haskamp
"Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore!" by David McPhail
"Book! Book! Book!" by Deborah Bruss
"Big Red Barn" by Margaret Wise Brown
"Giggle, Giggle, Quack" by Doreen Cronin (2)
"Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type" by Doreen Cronin (2)
"The Spotty Pig: by Dick King-Smith
"Miss Moo Goes to the Zoo" by Kelly Graves
"Boo-Hoo Moo" by Margie Palatini
"Happy On The Farm" by Amy Houts
"Oink?" by Margie Palatini
"Biscuits Day at the Farm" by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
"Dooby Dooby Moo" by Doreen Cronin (C.D.)
"Princess Pigsty" by Cornelia Funke
"Storm Is Coming" by Heather Tekavec

Easter Books

"The Easter Ribbit" by Bernice Chardiet
"Pooh's Easter Egg Hunt" by Isabel Gaines
"Teddy's Easter Secret" by Gerlinde Wiencirz
"Here Comes T. Rex Cottontail" by Lois Grambling
"There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Chick!" by Lucille Colandro
"Clifford's Happy Easter" by Norman Bridwell
"The Runaway Bunny" by Margaret Wise Brown
"Chicken Little" by Laura Rader
"What Have You Done Davy? by Brigitte Weninger

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

St. Patrick's Day Recipes

Pot of Gold
lemon jell-o
Cut into little squares and put in a black bowl.

Rainbow Cupcake
Make the tradition white cake mix.
Divide the mix into 6 bowls. Add 12 drops of food coloring into the different bowls.
Then put some purple in the wrapper, and so on.

Monday, March 15, 2010

Caterpillars and Butterflies Books

"Butterfly Spring" by Robin Koontz
"It's A Butterflies Life" by Irene Kelly
"Monarch Butterflies" by Kate Waters
"The Magic School Bus and the Butterfly Bunch" by Kristin Earhart
"Butterflies" by Emily Neye
"Fly, Monarch! Fly!" by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace
"The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle
"The Butterfly Counting Book" by Jerry Pallotta
"I Spy A Butterfly" by Jean Marzollo
"Katy Duck Is A Caterpillar" by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
"From Caterpillar to Butterfly" by Melvin and Gilda Berger

Earth Day Books

"Curious George Plants a Tree" by Margret & H.A. Rey's
"Biscuit's Earth Day Celebration" by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
"Our Earth" by Anne Rockwell

Easter Religious Books

"The Miracle of Easter" by Jean M. Malone
"Love One Another" by Lauren Thompson
"The Easter Story" by Carol Heyer
"Rise and Shine" by Tim Warnes
"The Easter Story" by Allia Zobel-Nolan
"The Story of Easter" by Gwen Ellis
"The Easter Story" by Kim Mitzo Thompson
"Let's Celebrate Jesus on Easter" by Amy Beveridge
"The Very First Easter" by