In the Jungle!

This week I did a jungle themed storytime mostly because I love the book Oh No! by Candace Fleming and I wanted to use it!

Rhyme Cube: click here for picture

Sign Language:  word of the day was “Monkey”

Opening Rhyme:  Open them, shut them…

First Book:  Oh No! by Candace Fleming

Rhyme:

“Monkey see, monkey do
Little monkey at the zoo
Monkey, monkey in the tree
Can you ________ like me?”

(Fill in the blank with different actions for each verse: jump around, swing your arms,
scratch an itch, eat a banana, screech)

Rhyme from storytimekatie blog

iPad App:  Felt Board by Software Smoothie

I used the Felt Board app to create a slideshow of animals.  I held the iPad facing the kids.  Then recited the following rhyme as I went through the slide show.  After I swiped to the image of the animal I would let the kids shout out its name and its noise.

“I went to the jungle on day,
jungle one day, jungle one day.
Who did I see along the way? (swipe to the slide of the frog)
Frog! (let kids shout this part out)

I went to the jungle one day,
jungle one day, jungle one day.
I met a frog along the way
and this is what he did say –
Ribbit! (let kids shout this part out)”

(continue with monkey, crocodile, and parrot)

Here are screenshots of the app

Next I recited the rhyme again but changed the words a little:

I went to the jungle one day,
jungle one day, jungle one day.
I met so many animals along the way! (swipe the screen to the last image)

I asked the kids again to tell me what each animal says!

Second Book:  Do Crocs Kiss? by Salina Yoon

Felt Board:  Old MacDonald Had a Jungle

Old Mac Donald had a jungle.  EIEIO
And in that jungle he had a monkey.  EIEIO
With an EEEEEE here, and an EEEEE there,
Here and EEEEEE, there and EEEEEE,
Everywhere an EEEEE, EEEEE
Old Mack Donald had a jungle, EIEIO
(continue with snake and tiger)

(sorry for the blurry picture!)

Rhyme: Little Monkey

A little monkey likes to do just the same as you and you:
When you stand up very tall, Monkey stands up very tall.
When you go to throw a ball, Monkey goes to throw a ball.
When you try to touch your toes, Monkey tries to touch his toes.
When you wrinkle up your nose, Monkey wrinkles up his nose.
When you jump up in the air, Monkey jumps up in the air.
When you sit back on the floor, Monkey sits back on the floor.

Third Book:  Two Little Monkeys by Mem Fox

Activity:  Jungle Box

I stole this wonderful idea from Abby the Librarian. I made a jungle box and a bunch of cards with jungle animals on them.  I passed out the cards to the kids and told them that we were going to take turns putting our animals in the jungle box.  I asked them to listen carefully until they hear their animal called and then they can come up and put it in the box.  I sang the following song:

“If you have a tiger, a tiger, a tiger,
If you have a tiger, please put him in the jungle”

(continue until all the animals are in the box)

Here are pictures of the box and the animal cards: