Preschool Pretend and Play – School (2026)

Introduction	Welcome by Miss Carole
Daily Report	Month, Day, Season, Weather
ASL	Bus
Book	A Day Off From School by Oliver Jeffers
Animal Identification Rhyme	5 Little Books 5 little books at the library, Waiting for someone to take them to read. 1 little girl chooses a dragon book, And checks it out. 4 little books … 1 little boy chooses a tiger book… 3 little books … 1 little girl chooses a bear book… 2 little books … 1 little boy chooses an octopus book 1 little book …. 1 little girl takes the chicken book. Tweaked from source: More Storytime Magic by Kathy MacMillan
Book
Weekly Rhyme	This is Big, Big, Big (Long Version)
Group Activity	Magic Bus: Pigeons Hold up each bus, place the flashlight behind the paper, and have the kids tell me how many pigeons they see. Adapted from Source: Glitter and Glue and Pre-K Too
Group Activity	Un-Build a Lunch Box Place the lunchbox on the board. Have kids tell me if the item should remain in the lunchbox or be removed. Adapted from Source: Tiny Tech Thinkers
Caregiver/Child	Build a Lunch Box With their caregivers, kids choose what they want in each section of their lunchbox.
Action Rhyme	A Dot Will Do A dot! A dot! A dot will do! Any more than that is too much glue! Source: Too Much Glue by Flashlight Press
Activity Song	Pigeon Says Hand out rubber dots to the kids and have them pretend to dry. Kids will drive their bus, but the Pigeon will to try and trick them. They can only stop driving when they hear the word “STOP!” Can have hte kids do other actions. Faster. Slow Down, Honk, etc.
Dance Song	Do Not Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Blackriver Kids
Closing Songs	ABC’s and Counting to 10.
Goodbye song	Skidamarink By Old Town School of Folk Music