Summer

Questions:

How can you tell when it’s summer outside?

Read Alouds:

Marshmallow Kisses by Linda Crotta Brennan

The Best Picnic Ever by Clare Jarrett

Stuck by Oliver Jeffers

Flannel Board:

The Beastly Feast by Bruce Goldstone

Songs:

“Seasons” by Hap Palmer

Action Songs:

“It’s a Beautiful Day” by Kathy Reid-Naiman

“Walking in the Sunshine” by Johnette Downing

“Going on a Picnic” by Raffi

“The Ants Go Marching” by Songs for Wiggleworms

“Kite Song” by Hap Palmer

“Let’s Go Fly a Kite” by Georgiana Stewart

Fingerplays:

Summer Fun

We'll fix a picnic lunch

And eat it when we like.

                [eat]

When we all are nice and full,

We'll take a nature hike.

                [walk]

Then we’ll go fly a kite

And watch it soar as we run.

                [run]

Spending time outside

Is always so much fun!

Summer Sun

The summer sun in the sky,

Shining, shining up so high,

Makes it warm for outside fun…

To play at the park and run,

                [pretend to run]

To swim, hike and fish

                [pretend to swim]

And go on a picnic, if you wish!

                [pretend to eat]

Picnic Time

Going on a picnic,

Got to pack a lunch.

What should we bring

To munch, munch, munch?

                [list ideas]

My Kite

I took my kite to the park

And flew it in the air.

I flew it high,

                [stand up]

I flew it low,

                [sit down]

I flew it everywhere.

I flew it in a great big circle,

                [spin]

I flew it in a square,

I flew it in a squiggly line

                [wiggle]

And tossed it in the air.

I’m a Kite

I’m a kite

[form diamond shape with fingers]

Way up high.

[stand on tiptoes]

Twisting, dipping

[twist and dip]

In the sky.

In the wind,

I twirl around.

                [twirl around]

With no wind,

I tumble down.

                [sit down]

Craft:

Popcorn Cherry Trees