- Opening - "A Tooty Ta" from Dance Like This by Mr. Al
- Color literacy activity - Elephants in the Bathtub (rhyme I adapted from a counting rhyme I found on the KCLS website)
Lots of elephants in the bathtub,
Going for a swim,
Knock-knock (clap twice),
splash-splash (slap knees twice),
Come on in!
Going for a swim,
Knock-knock (clap twice),
splash-splash (slap knees twice),
Come on in!
Red elephants in the bathtub,
Going for a swim,
Knock-knock (clap twice),
splash-splash (slap knees twice),
Come on in!
Going for a swim,
Knock-knock (clap twice),
splash-splash (slap knees twice),
Come on in!
Green elephants in the bathtub,
Going for a swim,
Knock-knock (clap twice),
splash-splash (slap knees twice),
Come on in!
Going for a swim,
Knock-knock (clap twice),
splash-splash (slap knees twice),
Come on in!
Blue elephants in the bathtub,
Going for a swim,
Knock-knock (clap twice),
splash-splash (slap knees twice),
Come on in!
Going for a swim,
Knock-knock (clap twice),
splash-splash (slap knees twice),
Come on in!
Pink elephants in the bathtub,
Going for a swim,
Knock-knock (clap twice),
splash-splash (slap knees twice),
Come on in!
Going for a swim,
Knock-knock (clap twice),
splash-splash (slap knees twice),
Come on in!
Until...Soooo many elephants in the bathtub
Going for a swim.
Knock-knock (clap twice),
splash-splash (slap knees twice),
Crack!
The tub breaks apart,
And they all fall out!
Going for a swim.
Knock-knock (clap twice),
splash-splash (slap knees twice),
Crack!
The tub breaks apart,
And they all fall out!
- Book #1 - Parade of Elephants by Kevin Henkes
- Stand-up activity - An Elephant (my notes do not say where I found this action rhyme)
An elephant goes like this and that.
(pat knees)
He's terribly big,
(hands up high)
And he's terribly fat.
(hands out wide)
He has no fingers,
(wiggle fingers)
And he has no toes,
(wiggle toes)
But goodness gracious, what a nose!
(make curling motion away from nose)
(pat knees)
He's terribly big,
(hands up high)
And he's terribly fat.
(hands out wide)
He has no fingers,
(wiggle fingers)
And he has no toes,
(wiggle toes)
But goodness gracious, what a nose!
(make curling motion away from nose)
- Sit down activity - Elephant Trunk and Feet (fingerplay chant written by Carol Hopkins)
Trunk up high.
Trunk down low.
Swing it side to side - here we go!
Out comes one foot. (right hand pats leg)
Out comes another. (left hand pats leg)
Stomp them, stomp them,
Stomp, stomp, stomp!
- Book #2 - Snappy Little Jungle by Dugald Steer, illustrated by Derek Matthews (pop-up)
- Book #3 - Tails by Matthew Van Fleet (moving parts)
- Closing - Dance with scarves to the song "Silly Dance Contest" from Jim Gill Sings the Sneezing Song and Other Contagious Tunes by Jim Gill
- Art experience - Color with metallic/glitter pens and cut out with scissors some elephant finger-puppets
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