Wild Pets – Toddlers

Introduction	Put Your Little Foot By Miss Carole
Book	Piggies by Audrey Wood
Nursery Rhyme	This Little Piggy (with action rhymes) This little piggy went to market, (shake one arm) This little piggy stayed home, (shake the other arm) This little piggy had roast beef, (shake one leg) This little piggy had none. (shake the other leg) This little piggy went … Wee, wee, wee, (tickle belly) all the way home!
Book	Pet the Pets: A Lift-the-Flap by Sarah Lynne Reul
ASL	Chicken
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. Source: Melissa Depper, a children’s librarian in the Denver metro area We do it twice. Once with our traditional hand movements and second time with ASL.
Librarian Action Rhyme	I’m Being Swallowed by a Boa Constrictor by Shel Silverstein I’m being swallowed by a boa constrictor I’m being swallowed by a boa constrictor I’m being swallowed by a boa constrictor And I don’t like it very much! Oh no, oh no, he swallowed my toe, he swallowed my toe Oh gee, oh gee, he’s up to my knee, he’s up to my knee Oh fiddle, oh fiddle, he’s reached my middle, he’s reached my middle Oh bleck, oh bleck, he’s up to my neck, he’s up to my neck Oh dread, oh dread, he swallowed my…. schlirppp! Source: One For the Books I used a tunnel as a snake. I slowly moved it up until the “snake” ate me.
Action Rhyme	Got a Feather (to the tune of Clementine with a die-cut feather) Got a feather, got a feather, got a feather on my [nose, toe, etc.] First I lost it, then I found it Got a feather on my [nose, toe, etc.] Source: The Buckeye Librarian
Dance Song	I Know a Chicken (with shake eggs)
Dance Song	Super Shaker Song by Culture Queen
Cool Down	ABCs, Count to 15
Goodbye Song	Say Goodbye