W is for...

This week is "W" week for our pre-school storytimes.  We started our week with a discussion on words that begin with the letter W.  I have pictures of W words printed on card stock.  I show them to the kids and they'll shout out what it's a picture of!  This week, I had pictures of waffles, a wagon, a walrus, a worm and a whale.

The picture books I used were Wolf Won't Bite by Emily Gravett, Where's Walrus by Stephen Savage, I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean by Kevin Sherry, Red Wagon by Renata Liwska, Bob and Otto by Robert O. Bruel and A Wonderful Week by Marjolein Varekamp.  I also did a flannel board story of The Boy Who Cried Wolf.  Our songs and fingerplays today were:

Today is Monday

Today is Monday, today is Monday.
Monday string beans.
All you hungry children, come and eat it up!

Today is Tuesday, today is Tuesday.
Tuesday spaghetti, Monday string beans.
All you hungry children, come and eat it up!

Today is Wednesday, today is Wednesday.
Wednesday soup, Tuesday spaghetti, Monday string beans.
All you hungry children, come and eat it up!

Today is Thursday, today is Thursday.
Thursday roast beef, Wednesday soup, Tuesday spaghetti, Monday string beans.
All you hungry children, come and eat it up!

Today is Friday, today is Friday.
Friday fresh fish, Thursday roast beef, Wednesday soup, Tuesday spaghetti, Monday string beans.
All you hungry children, come and eat it up!

Today is Saturday, today is Saturday.
Saturday chicken, Friday fresh fish, Thursday roast beef, Wednesday soup, Tuesday spaghetti, Monday string beans.
All you hungry children, come and eat it up!

Today is Sunday, today is Sunday.
Sunday ice-cream, Saturday chicken, Friday fresh fish, Thursday roast beef, Wednesday soup,
Tuesday spaghetti, Monday string beans.
All you hungry children, come and eat it up!

One Little, Two Little Wagons (To the tune of "One Little, Two Little Indians")

Hermie the Worm

Sitting on my fence, chewing my bubble gum

Play with my yo yo

When along came Hermie the Worm

and he was this big (hands six inches apart).

I said, "Hermie, what happened?!"

He said, "I ate my breakfast."

Oooooh

And away he went.

(Repeat two more times, replace breakfast with lunch, then dinner, with your hands getting wider apart.)

Last verse:

He was this big (fingers apart, teeny tiny worm)

I said, "Hermie, what happened?!"

He said, "I burped!"

We danced to the Kidz Bop version of the song Walking on Sunshine, on the CD Kidz Bop 80s Gold.

Our craft was little popsicle stick worms in a red card stock apple.  Fun stuff!  We listened to Captain Kangaroo's CD of Peter and the Wolf while we crafted.