Little Acorn

Little Acorn 

The squirrel, nest, and leafy shade are all separate pieces

Little Acorn

Little acorn on the ground

If you’re lucky and you’re not found

If squirrel and children leave you be

Someday you’ll grow to be a tree

Children will play in your leafy shade

Squirrels will hide in the nests they’ve made

Oh how happy we will be

We let you grow into a tree

Squeaky Clean Pigs

The pigs are clean on one side and dirty on the back

(to the tune of Green & Speckled Frogs)

Squeaky Clean Pigs

Five pigs so squeaky clean

Cleanest pigs you’ve ever seen

Wanted to go outside and play

Oink, oink

One jumped into the mud

Landed with a great big THUD!

Now there are 4 clean squeaky pigs

Continue to count down to zero

A Healthy Treat

Adaptation: A Healthy Treat

(sung to the tune of "The Ants Go Marching")

A banana treat is what we'll eat.

Hurrah! Hurrah!

A banana treat is what we'll eat.

Hurrah! Hurrah!

A banana treat is what we'll eat.

Don't feed us anything sticky sweet.

For we want a healthy snack.

It is time; pass the treats,

Won't you please!

Substitute different fruits 

Adapted by April Kozeluh

From Songs & Rhymes on Parade

The Mailbox

Original: A Healthy Snack

sung to the tune of "The Ants Go Marching")

A healthy snack is what we'll eat.

Hurrah! Hurrah!

A healthy snack is what we'll eat.

Hurrah! Hurrah!

A healthy snack is what we'll eat.

Please don't feed us anything sweet.

For we want a healthy snack.

It is time; pass the treats,

Won't you please!

From Songs & Rhymes on Parade

The Mailbox



Teepee Is My Home

Teepee is My Home

 

Free handed these. Canoe is not attached to the water

(Tune of The Farmer in the Dell)

The teepee is my home.
 

Of deer skins it is made.
 

A hole in the top where smoke can go,
 

It stands in forest shade.
 

The river runs nearby
 

And here is my canoe.

A paddle up and down the stream,

Beneath the sky of blue.

   

The Goblin in the Dark

 

The Goblin in the Dark

 

 

Colored some Carson Dellosa clip art, scanned it, printed onto heat transfer paper, and ironed onto white felt

(tune of Farmer in the Dell)

 

Goblin in the Dark

The Goblin in the dark
The Goblin in the dark
Hi-ho on Halloween

The Goblin in the dark

The Goblin takes the Ghost
The Goblin takes the Ghost
Hi-ho on Halloween
The Goblin takes the Ghost

*Continue with:

Ghost takes the Witch...

Witch takes the Cat...Cat takes the Bat...

*Finish with:

They all tip-toe home
They all tip-toe home
Hi-ho on Halloween
They all tip-toe home
BOO!!

At Home in the Rainforest

At Home in the Rainforest

Each animal was cut from a single color of felt, using online clip art patterns, and then painted with fabric paints

Teacher Toucan:  At school today, we will talk about the rainforest.  Who knows what animals do in the rainforest?

Monkey:  Monkeys like to swing from trees.

Teacher Toucan:  Great!  Monkeys swing around.  That’s all animals do in the rainforest.  School’s over.  It’s time to go home.

Jaguar:  Wait!  That’s not all animals do in the rainforest!  We love to swim and play in the streams.  We even eat the fish, when we can catch them.

Teacher Toucan:  Great!  Monkeys swing and jaguars swim.  That’s all animals do in the rainforest.  School’s over.  It’s time to go home.

Morpho Butterfly:  Wait!  That’s not all animals do in the rainforest!  We like to drink sap and fruit juice, when we’re not flying around.

Teacher Toucan:  Great!  Monkeys swing, jaguars swim and butterflies drink sap.  That’s all animals do in the rainforest.  School’s over.  It’s time to go home.

Sloth:  Wait!  That’s not all animals do in the rainforest!  We like to eat the leaves that other animals do not like. 

Teacher Toucan:  Great!  Monkeys swing, jaguars swim, butterflies drink sap, and sloths eat leaves.  That’s all animals do in the rainforest.  School’s over.  It’s time to go home.

Poison Dart Frog:  Wait!  That’s not all animals do in the rainforest!  We lay our eggs in the water trapped inside flowers, where they are safe from animals who want to eat them.

Teacher Toucan:  Great!  Monkeys swing, jaguars swim, butterflies drink sap, sloths eat leaves and frogs lay eggs.  That’s all animals do in the rainforest.  School’s over.  It’s time to go home.

Monkey:  Teacher Toucan, what do you do in the rainforest?

Teacher Toucan:  Oh!  I forgot!  Toucans live in rainforests, too!   We sit high in the branches and look for food.  School’s over.  Time to go to my home.  I want you to see my great rainforest home!

Adapted by April Kozeluh from the original 

At Home in a Tree by Sheryl Ann Crawford and Nancy I. Sanders

At Home in a Tree

At Home in a Tree



Found online clip art patterns.  Used different layers of felt to assemble these.

Teacher Owl:  At school today, we will talk about trees. Who knows what trees are good for?

Robin:  Trees are great for birds to build nests in.

Teacher Owl:  Okay.  Trees are good for robins.  That’s all trees are good for.  School’s over.  It’s time to go home.

Caterpillar:  Wait!  Trees are good for more than that!  Trees are great for insects to live in, too.  And their leaves are tasty treats to eat!

Teacher Owl:  Okay.  Trees are good for robins and insects.  That’s all trees are good for.  School’s over.  It’s time to go home.

Squirrel:  Wait!  Trees are good for more than that!  Trees are great for storing our food.

Teacher Owl:  Okay.  Trees are good for robins, insects and squirrels.  That’s all trees are good for.  School’s over.  It’s time to go home.

Cow:  Wait!  Trees are good for more than that!  On hot summer days, trees are good to sit under.  Trees help cows stay cool!

Teacher Owl:  Okay.  Trees are good for robins, insects, squirrels and cows.  That’s all trees are good for.  School’s over.  It’s time to go home.

Robin:  Teacher Owl, where is your home?

Teacher Owl:  Oh!  I forgot!  Trees are a great place for owls, too!   We sit high in the branches and look for food.  School’s over.  Time to go to my home.  I want you to see my great tree home!

The End

By Sheryl Ann Crawford and Nancy I. Sanders