Storytime for 1 to 3 year olds:- Opening - Skinnamarink (from Car Songs: Songs to Sing Anywhere by Dennis Buck at Kimbo), Sticky Sticky Bubblegum
- Book #1 – Get to Work Trucks by Don Carter
- Stand-up Activity - Cranes Reach (action chant written by Carol Hopkins)
(reach high)
Cranes reach down low
(touch ground)
Cranes reach really, really far picking up their load.
(stretch arms out)
Cranes turn to the right
(with arms out, turn to the right)
Cranes turn to the left
(with arms out, turn to the left)
Cranes reach up really, really high dropping off their load.
(reach high)
- Bridge - Open Shut Them (fingerplay)
(open and close hands)
Open, shut them
Give a little clap (clap)
Open, shut them
Open, shut them
Put them in your lap
(put hands in lap)
Creep them, creep them
Under your chin
(creep fingers up chest)
Open your mouth, but don't put them in
(do as words say)
Open, shut them
Open, shut them
Give a little clap
Open shut them
Open shut them
Put them in your lap
- Flannelboard/Math Activity - All Around the Construction Site (to the tune of "Pop Goes the Weasel" adapted by Carol Hopkins)
I see lots of busy trucks
Here's one coming down the street
Hey, it's a dump truck!
(repeat with other construction trucks)
- Sit-down Activity - Wheels on the Dump Truck (fingerplay to the tune of "Wheels on the Bus" written by Carol Hopkins)
The wheels on the dump truck go round and round
Driving to the work site.
(roll hands over each other)
...The driver in the dump truck goes steer, steer
, steer...(pretend to drive)
...The box on the dump truck tips up and down...
(put arms together in front of body, have one arm move up and down at the elbow)
...The horn on the dump truck goes beep, beep, beep...
(pretend to honk horn)
- Book #2 - Truck Jam by Paul Stickland (pop-up)
- Activity – Peter Hammers (action song from Little Songs for Little Me by Nancy Stewart)
- Closing - Goin' On a Bear Hunt (rhythm stick song from Kids In Action by Greg & Steve)
- Craft – Glue sand onto a dump truck
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