Here’s what we did for Fun Friday on Aug 19th.

The Stories

Turtle Splash by Cathryn Falwell

Scoot by Cathryn Falwell

and I Can’t Get My Turtle to Move by Elizabeth Lee O’Donnell

The Songs and Fingerplays

MY LITTLE TURTLE

This is my little turtle.

He lives alone in a shell.

He likes his little home.

He thinks it’s really swell.
He pokes out his head 

When he wants to eat. 

Then he pulls it back in.

TURTLES EVERYWHERE

Tune: “On Top of Old Smokey”
Some turtles swim over the ocean.

Some turtles swim over the sea.

Some turtles grow very big

As big as you and me.
Turtles, turtles, swimming here and there.

Turtles, turtles, turtles everywhere.

Tiny Tim the Turtle
I had a little turtle, his name was Tiny Tim

I put him in the bathtub, to see if he could swim

He drank up all the water, he ate up all the soap

and now he’s sick in bed with a bubble in his throat hiccup

A Little Turtle
There was a little turtle
He lived in a box
He swam in a puddle
He climbed on the rocks 
He snapped at a mosquito 
He snapped at a flea 
He snapped at a minnow
He snapped at me
He caught the mosquito
He caught the flea 
He caught the minnow
But he didn’t catch me

The Craft: Turtle

What you’ll need:

• Turtle templates (found at Scholastic pintables)
• Scissors
• Crayons or markers

To Make: Print template, color and cut out. Insert head through slits in the shell to make the head go in and out.

Here’s what we did for Fun Friday on Aug 5th.

The Stories

Old MacDonald’s Farm (Poke-A-Dot) By Innovative Kids

Farm Faces by Innovative Kids

Counting (EZ Page Turners) By Innovative Kids

Old MacDonald Had a Farm by Jane Cabrera

The Songs and Fingerplays

Bingo

There was a farmer who had a dog and Bingo was his name-o.

B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O

and Bingo was his name-o.

(Repeat, replacing one letter with a clap each time.)

Over in the Barnyard (Tune: “Down By the Station”)

Over in the barnyard

Early in the morning

See the yellow chickies

Standing in a row

See the busy farmer

Giving them their breakfas
t
Cheep, cheep, cheep, cheep

Off they go
[pink piggies and spotted cows]

Two Mother Pigs

Two mother pigs lived in a pen (show thumbs)

Each had four babies, and that made ten (show fingers & thumbs)

These four babies were black as night (thumb in palm, wiggle fingers)

These four babies were black and white (switch hands, repeat)

But all eight babies loved to play

And they rolled and rolled in the mud all day (roll hands)

At night, with their mother, they curled up in a heap (clasp hands)

And squealed and squealed till they fell fast asleep.

The Craft: Sheep

What you’ll need:

• White and black construction paper
• Cotton balls
• Glue
• Scissors
• White crayon
• 2 googly eyes
• Red yarn
• Sheep template (template 1 and template 2)

How to make your cotton ball sheep craft:

1. Trace the face and legs onto black construction paper using a white crayon and cut out the pieces. Cut the body of the sheep out of white paper.
2. Cover the sheep’s body piece with glue.
3. Stick the 4 legs onto the bottom of the body.
4. Cover the rest of the sheep with cotton balls.
5. Glue the sheep’s head onto the body (on top of the cotton balls).
6. Glue the googly eyes on the head. Glue the red yarn on the sheep’s face to make a smiling mouth.
7. Cut a small triangle out of black construction paper and glue it to the face as a nose.

Idea for the Cotton Ball Sheep craft via All Kids Network