Spring Theme
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Open Play Ideas
Action Songs for Circle or Music Time
Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Children sit in pairs, facing each other and join hands. As they sing, the children rock back and forward as they continue to hold hands with their partner.
Row, row, row your boat,
Gently down the stream.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Life is but a dream.
Row, row, row your boat,
Gently down the stream.
If you see a crocodile,
Don’t forget to SCREAM! (the last word sung loudly)
Five Green and Speckled Frogs
Five green and speckled frogs, (hold up five fingers)
Sat on a speckled log,
Eating the most delicious bugs,
Yum, yum! (rub tummy with other hand)
One jumped into the pool, (tuck one finger down)
Where it was nice and cool,
Then there were four green speckled frogs,
Glub, glub!
Four green and speckled frogs…
(Continue until there are no speckled frogs on the log)
5 Little Ducks
5 Little ducks went swimming one day
Over the hills and far away
Mamma Duck said
“Quack Quack Quack Quack!”
And only 4 little ducks came swimming back.
4 Little ducks went swimming one day
Over the hills and far away
Mamma Duck said
“Quack Quack Quack Quack!”
And only 3 little ducks came swimming back.
3 Little ducks went swimming one day
Over the hills and far away
Mamma Duck said
“Quack Quack Quack Quack!”
And only 2 little ducks came swimming back.
2 Little ducks went swimming one day
Over the hills and far away
Mamma Duck said
“Quack Quack Quack Quack!”
And only 1 little duck came swimming back.
1 Little duck went swimming one day
Over the hills and far away
Mamma Duck said
“Quack Quack, Quack Quack!”
And no little ducks came swimming back.
Plants
Sung to: “The Farmer In The Dell”
The farmer plants the seeds
The farmer plants the seeds
Hi, Ho and Cherry O
The farmer plants the seeds
The rain begins to fall
The rain begins to fall
Hi, Ho and Cherry O
The rain begins to fall
The sun begins to shine
The sun begins to shine
Hi, Ho and Cherry O
The sun begins to shine
The plants begin to grow
The plants begin to grow
Hi, Ho and Cherry O
The plants begin to grow
The buds all open up
The buds all open up
Hi, Ho and Cherry O
The buds all open up
The flowers smile at me
The flowers smile at me
HI, Ho and Cherry O,
The flowers smile at me
Mary Had a Little Lamb
Mary had a little lamb,
Little lamb, little lamb!
Mary had a little lamb,
Its fleece was white as snow.
And everywhere that Mary went,
Mary went, Mary went.
Everywhere that Mary went,
The lamb was sure to go!
He followed her to school one day,
School one day, school one day!
He followed her to school one day,
Which was against the rule!
It made the children laugh and play,
Laugh and play, laugh and play.
It made the children laugh and play,
To see a lamb at school!
Books
And Then It’s Spring by Julie Fogliano
A Walk Through the Woods by Louise Greig
Everything Spring by Jill Esbaum
I See Spring by Charles Ghigna
Flowers Are Calling by Rita Gray
What Can You See in Spring? by Sian Smith
People in Spring by Martha Elizabeth Hillman Rustad
The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle
Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt by Kate Messner
The Reason for a Flower by Ruth Heller
When Spring Comes by Kevin Henkes
Who Likes Rain? by Wong Herbert Lee