Opening Song	Hello Hello! By Super Simple Songs
Calendar	We reviewed the month, weather, and season.
ASL & Yoga Pose	Flamingo & Flamingo Pose
Animal Recognition	Flamingo Facts
Weekly Rhyme	This is Big, Big, Big This is big, big, big. This is small, small, small. This is tall, tall, tall. This is short, short, short. This is fast, fast, fast. This is slow, slow, slow. This is yes, yes, yes. This is no, no. no.           Sing two times. Second time add in ASL for yes and no.
Book	Flamingo: A Playful Book of Counting! by Patricia Hegarty
Weekly Rhyme	Clap, Clap, Clap Your Hands Clap, clap, clap your hands Clap your hands with me Clap your hands, let me see Clap your hands with me Beep, beep, beep your nose Touch, touch, touch your shoulders Tap, tap, tap your knees Shake, shake, shake your feet
Number Rhyme	Five Pink Flamingos Five pink flamingos standing in a row, Dancing around and putting on a show. They danced to the left, they dance to the right, Then one pink flaming flew out sight! Source: Maria Clara’s Corner
Rhyme	What’s in the Egg? What’s in the pink egg, the pink egg, the pink egg? What’s in the pink egg? I don’t know….let’s find out! (open the egg and remove the animal) Raise your hand if you know if this animal hatches out of an egg. Source: King County Tell Me A Story
Activity	Flamingo Bingo (colors and shapes) I handed out bingo sheets and dot markers. Once a kid has a bingo, kids would stand up on one leg and squawk until all the kids were standing. I created my own bingo cards.
Dance Song	Let’s Get Crazy Action Song by The Kiboomers
Dance Song	Wags the Dog, He likes to Tango by The Wiggles & Lenny Pearce
Cool Down	We melt all the way down to floor and did our alphabet and counting.
Goodbye Song	Skidamarink by Old Town School of Folk Music

Craft:

Description: Create an ever-changing picture.

Supplies:

Paper Picture Frame
Plastic Sleeve
Sand
Salt
Glue Dots
Tape (not provided)

Directions:

1. Open the plastic sleeve and pour in half of the sand. Then, add the salt, followed by the remaining sand.
2. Seal the sleeve closed.
3. Remove the plastic backing from the glue dot strip, leaving the glue dots in place.
4. Align the plastic sleeve within the picture frame and secure it to the frame using the glove dots.
5. If desired, use tape to secure the other side of the sleeve to the frame.
6. Move your picture frame around and watch the image change.

Introduction Song	Welcome by Carole Peterson
Rhyme	Jack and Jill Jack and Jill Went up the hill To fetch a pail of water. Jack fell down and broke his crown, And Jill came tumbling after.
Activity Change	Jack and Jill Body Movement Recite the poem but change how the Jack and Jill went up the hill. Skipped, Ran, Danced, Tip-Toed
Letter Identification	Letter J Do letter recognition. Point out that Jack and Jill start with J. Point out that J looks like spoon holding some jam. Have kids try to make the letter J with their body. Teach jumping and jumping jacks because they start with J.
Body Identification	Jack and Jill Got a Boo-Boo Hand out worksheet with stickers. Name a body part and have the kids place a sticker on where that boo-boo is located.
Gross Motor Activity	Jack and Jill Obstacle Course Scatter bean bags on the floor and set-up a balance beam. Have kids walk around picking up bean bags to place in a pail. Encourage older kids to walk the balance beam with their bean bag.
Dance Song	I’m Jumping on a Trampoline by Parry Gripp Jump Up! By Imagination Movers
Goodbye Song	Skidamarink by Old Town School of Folk Music

Craft: Jack and Jill Water Droplets:

We provided a tiny bit of concentrated watercolor solution and a dropper for kids to take home. We challenged families to create droplets in different sizes.

Throughout the Movie:

Whenever this happens…	Do this!
Roz raises her beacon.	Hold up your glow stick.
The skunk sprays someone.	Make a fart noise.
Roz gives an animal a sticker.	Place a sticker on the Universal Dynamics card.
The opossums play dead.	Play dead.
Roz helps Brightbill fly.	Jump up and down.
Someone howls.	Howl along.

Follow Along with the Movie:

When this happens…	Do this!
Roz climbs the cliff with the crab.	Walk like a crab.
Roz falls off the cliff.	Wave your glow stick.
Roz removes the quills from the fox.	Make a ball with your Play-Doh and place your sticks in it.
The egg starts to hatch.	Open your egg.
Brightbill eats worms.	Eat your gummy worms.
Fink talks about the stars.	Put on your star sticker.
Brightbill starts to swim.	Act like you are swimming.
Thunderbolt demands Brightbill to show him his “teeth”.	Show your teeth.
Brightbill starts to fly.	Fly around the room.
Winter starts on the island.	Build a nest or den with your Play-Doh.
The geese attack the spaceship.	Make your helicopter fly.
Paddler asks the animals to rate his performance.	Hold up your “1” and “0”.

The Wild Robot Props (made 50 sets)

Prop	Quantity per person
Glow Sticks (100)	1
Animal Stickers (800)	3
Universal Dynamic Card (195)	3
Play-Doh (65)	1
Matchsticks (750)	5
Plastic Eggs (100)	1
Resin Bird (130)	1
Gummy Worms	3
Star Stickers (800)	1
Flying Helicopter (100)	1
Number “1” and “0” (50)	1

Opening	Welcome by Miss Carole
Movement Activity	Waddle like a penguin. Stomp like a polar bear. Slide like a seal. Pounce like a snow leopard. Tiptoe like an arctic fox. Fly like a snowy owl. Swim like a narwhal.  Trot like a reindeer. Crawl like a walrus.  Slither like a winter snake. Bounce like an arctic hare. Scoot like a baby penguin on its belly. Leap like a caribou. Shake off snow like a husky. Source: The Early Childhood Academy
Calendar	What is the day of the week, month, season and weather.
ASL	We learned the ASL for penguin.
Concept (puppet)	Seal on the Iceberg I had a large white tray and seal puppet. I had the kids tell me if the seal was: Above, Behind, Between, Front, Next to, On Under, Near, Far
Weekly Rhyme	This Is Big, Big, Big This is big, big, big. This is small, small, small. This is short, short, short. This is tall, tall, tall. This is fast, fast, fast. This is slow, slow, slow. This is yes, yes, yes. This is no, no, no.   This is up, up, up. This is down, down, down. This is square, square, square. This is round, round, round. This is left, left, left. This is right, right, right This is a great big hug and a kiss goodnight.   Sing it once without sign language. Add sign language the second time.
Book	Clive Penguin by Huw Lewis-Jones
Book	Polar Bear’s Underwear by Tupera Tupera
Action Rhyme (Goldfish Crackers)	Got A Fishy Got a fishy! (wave goldfish cracker) Got a fishy! Got a fishy! First I lost it. (put it behind the back) Then I found it. (bring it to the front) Got a fishy. Got a fishy. Adapted from another rhyme that talked about loosing a feather.
Counting Activity	Polar Bear Feeding My plan was to hand an image with a polar bear’s mouth open. I would roll the dice, and have the kids feed that number of goldfish crackers to the polar bear.
Dance Song	Winter Freeze Dance by The Kiboomers
Cool Down Song	Alphabet Song; Count up to and down from 10
Goodbye Song	Skidamarink

The January craft is from this year. The other penguin craft is from a storytime that I did not upload.

Opening	Hello Everybody, Yes Indeed by Miss Carole
Warm-Up Activity	The Very Hungry Caterpillar: What Can You Do Game?
Calendar	What is the weather and season?
ASL	We learned how to sign “penguin.”
Weekly Rhyme	This is Big, Big, Big This is big, big, big. This is small, small, small. This is short, short, short. This is tall, tall, tall. This is fast, fast, fast. This is slow, slow, slow. This is yes, yes, yes. This is no, no, no.   This is up, up, up. This is down, down, down. This is square, square, square. This is round, round, round. This is left, left, left. This is right, right, right.   This is a great big hug and a kiss goodnight. Sing it once without sign langue. Add sign language the second time.
Book	Where’s the Polar Bear by Ingela Arrhenius
Book	Can I Sleep Here? Baby Penguin by Ella Bailey
Activity (goldfish crackers)	Penguin Cheer I like fishies, yes I do! (raise goldfish above head) When I want a fishy, here’s what I do! One, two, three…GULP (make goldfish swim and then eat it) Adapated from the original poem from King County Library System
Activity (goldfish crackers)	Bubble, Bubble, Bubble, Pop One little red fish swimming in the water, swimming in the water, swimming in the water. One little red fish swimming in the water, bubble, bubble, bubble, pop. Kids found a red goldfish cracker and made it swim. They would then make the fish do the bubble motion. Instead of pop, they popped the fish into their mouth and then made the pop sound. Repeat with different colors and number of fish.
Dance Song	Winter Freeze Dance by The Kiboomers
Cool Down	Alphabet; Count up to and down from 5
Goodbye Song	Skidamarink by Old Town School of Folk Music

Craft:

The January craft is for this year. The other penguin craft was from another Winter Animal storytime that I did not upload.