Chickens and Eggs Storytime 4/11/17 and 4/12/17

Books read:
Hurry, Hurry! by Eve Bunting
Shake a leg, Egg! by Kurt Cyrus

Other book suggestions:
Chickens to the rescue! by John Himmelman
Chicken Storytime by Sandy Asher

On our way to the farm (modified from Storytimes and More, to the tune of "Here we go round the Mulberry Bush")
Here we go marching down the road, down the road,
Here we go marching down the road, on our way to the farm today!
Additional verses can include: running, tiptoeing, stomping, flying, etc.  

If You're a Chicken and You Know It
If you're a chicken and you know it cluck like this,
If you're a chicken and you know it cluck like this,
If you're a chicken and you know it, then your face will surely show it.
If you're a chicken and you know it, cluck like this.
Additional actions: flap wings, scratch, peck

Shake, Shake, Shake (to the tune of "Do your ears hang low?", from Storytimes and More)
Can you shake your egg up high?
Can you shake your egg down low?
Can you shake it side to side?
Can you shake it by your toe?
Can you shake it really fast?
Can you shake it really slow?
Can you shake your egg?

I Know a Chicken (from Laurie Berker's CD "Whaddaya Think of That?") 

Little Chick, Little Chick (from Storytimes and More)
Little Chick, Little Chick,
Come out and play!
What color barn are you in today?

Making our chicken puppet "fly" on our parachute.

Craft: We made chicken puppets out of paper bags.

Literacy tip of the week: Books with few words (like "Hurry, Hurry") are good choices for reading together because you can ask questions and help your child use the pictures to understand the story.