Fall/Otoño, September 20th, 2010

Begin by singing El Baille de las Manos from the CD A Bailar.

Book: Clifford’s First Autumn/El Primer Otoño de Clifford by Norman Bridwell

Song: The Leaves on the Trees (to the tune of The Wheels on the Bus)
The Leaves on the trees come tumbling down,
Tumbling down, tumbling down,
The Leaves on the trees come tumbling down,
All over town.

The Leaves on the trees are verde verde verde...
The Leaves on the trees are amarillo, amarillo, amarillo...
The Leaves on the trees are anaranjado, anaranjado, anaranjado...
The Leaves on the trees are rojo rojo rojo...
The Leaves on the trees are café, café, café…

Book: Veamos El Otoño by Sarah Schuette

Song: Scarecrow Song (to the tune of I'm a Little Teapot.)
I'm a little scarecrow
Stuffed with hay,
Here I stand in the field all day
When I see the crows,
I like to shout,
"Hey you crows you better get out!"

We used a crow puppet and boy puppet made to look like a scarecrow while sang the song.

Book: A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni.

by Patrick H. and Patrick K.

Christmas, December 21, 2009

Begin by singing the Hello Song.

Book: When Santa Lost His Ho-Ho-Ho/Cuando Santa Perdio su Ho! Ho! Ho! by Laura Rader.

Poem: Dear Santa based on a poem from It's Christmas by Jack Prelutsky. The poem a letter written to Santa listing what a child would like for christmas. We displayed a dozen pictures of possible to the children and taught them their names in Spanish. We then asked the children to pick 9 pictures which we substituted for the gifts in the poem, it worked out to be a little bit like a mad lib. Very funny!

Book: That’s Good! That’s Bad! On Santa’s Journey / Eso Es Bueno! Que Es Malo! En el Viaje de Santa Claus by Margery Cuyler

Book: Have You Been Naughty or Nice?/¿Ha sido malo o bueno? by Ethan Long

Song: Feliz Navidad by Jose Feliciano. We handed out jingle bells and maracas and had the children do a Christmas Parade around the room.

ABC, 123

Begin by singing the Hello Song.

Book: Bad Kitty by Nick Bruel

Song: La Mar Estaba Serena

La mar estaba serena
Serena estaba la mar
La mar estaba serena
Serena estaba la mar...

Con a!

La mar astaba sarana
Sarana astaba la mar
La mar astaba sarana
Sarana astaba la mar...

Then repeat with each of the other vowel sounds.

Book: 41 Uses for A Grandma

Song: Mi Barba Tiene Tres Pelos

Mi barba tiene tres pelos
tres pelos tiene mi barba
si no tuviera tres pelos
pues no seria una barba!

Then we repeated the song removing the words: barba, tres and pelos one at a time. We replaced, the word with a clap, snapping our fingers and stomping our feet. The kids had a lot of fun with this song!

Book: Goodnight Moon 1, 2, 3

Song: Mexican Hat Dance

We danced around a couple big sombreros and sang:
Uno, dos y tres
y cuatro, cinco, seis
siete, ocho, y nueve
y uno mas sont diez

then repeat!

by Carol and Patrick

Animals / Animales August 17th, 2009

Begin by singing the Hello Song.

Book: I'd Really Like to Eat a Child by Sylviane Donnio.

Song: Los Elefantes from the Wiggleworms Love You CD.

Book: Duck at the Door by Jackie Urbanovic.

Poem: I Bought My Dog a Cell Phone from Dog Poems by Tamara Petrosino.

Book: What Will Fat Cat Sit on? by Jan Thomas.

Song: Los Pollitos

Cats / Gatos, June 8th, 2009

Begin by singing the Hello Song.

Book: Grumpy Cat by Britta Teckentrup

Rhyme: Scat the Cat

I'm scat the cat,
I'm sassy and I'm fat
and I change my colors just like that (clap)

We also used a manilla envelope which we cut out so that it had a "window" on one side. Over the window we placed a cat transparency and then we filled the envelope with colored paper. Each time the kids clapped we removed a piece of paper and the cat magically changed colors. So cool!

Book: Bad Kitty by Nick Bruel. Bad Kitty is an alphabet book, so we read the story in English, but all the letters in Spanish. It's a great story and so funny!

Song: La Gatita Carlota

Book: How Many Cats by Lauren Thompson

Song: When Cats Get up in the Morning from Wiggleworms Love You.

Book: What Will Fat Cat Sit by Jan Thomas.

by Patrick and Sylvia.