Opening Song	Hello Hello! by Super Simple Songs
Calendar	Kids helped identify the month, weather and season.
Introduction to Concept	Identify the Big Cat pictures that roar. Leopards Jaguars Lions Tigers Cheetahs (purr)
ASL	Number 4
Book	I Can Roar by Frank Asch
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. Source: Mel’s Desk
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 Source: Found this on another librarian’s site years ago.
Guessing Activity	Does it Roar? I mixed the big cat pictures in with other animals that do not roar. I would pull out each animal and ask the kids if it roars. If the animal does not roar then kids made the sound appropriate for that animal.
Rhyme	Spots, Spots Spots, spots, spots, spots, (tap spots around your body) spots, spots, spots, spots (tap spots) A leopard has lots of spots (tap spots) What a lot of spots he got A tiger’s stripes are always nice (make stripes down your body) But a leopard has lots of spots (resume tapping spots on body) Spots, spots, spots, spots, Spots, spots, spots, spots Source: Jbrary
Nursery Dance song	Soft Kitty Soft kitty, Warm kitty, Little ball of fur! Happy kitty, Sleepy kitty, Purr, purr, purr! Make a “kitty” with your fist and put it against your chest. Pet the kitty while you sing the song.
Dance Song	The Lion by Pinkfong
Cool Down	Melt all the way down to floor until you are laying down. Sin the Alphabet and count up and down from 5.
Goodbye Song	Skidamarink (Ipod)

Storytime Craft:

I wanted to work on the recognizing the letter 4 but incorporating elements of the roaring big cats. Each number 4 represents a roaring big cat. The spotted 4 is technically representing two big cats (leopard and jaguar) because they have similar spots.