But now you can add this one to your squirrel repertoire! This sweet squirrel rhyme gets your kids engaged as they do the fingerplay movements, and reinforces early math concepts in a playful way.
It's another felt board activity in which we get to count UP, similar to this pig one, which I think you'll also like!
But anyway, let the acorn hiding begin! Come count and rhyme with me!
Here we go with the sixth installment of my summer reading ideas for the Tails and Tales theme!
The summer reading program is focusing on animals (tails) and stories (tales) this year. Well, I've got plenty of both types of flannel boards that fit the bill--but I thought it would be fun to add some new songs and movement activities to the mix.
Over the remaining couple of weeks, I'll be adding new videos of these new songs to my YouTube channel. I'll also post them right here on the blog.
So, let's sing about squirrels and acorns, shall we? We'll do a little counting, a little rhyming, a little tail-swishing and pretending. Might as well tuck a bunch of early learning into one short song, right? Right. Off we go!
(to
the tune of Five Little Ducks or Over in the Meadow)
Spread
out your acorns on the board, and tell the kids we are pretending that they are
hidden underground.Have the squirrel dig and
search to find each acorn, and then she can either pile them somewhere else, or
munch them up happily 😊
Five
little acorns hidden in the ground
Along
comes a squirrel, to see what can be found.
She
swishes her tail, and she sniffs the air
And
look, she finds an acorn—right over there!
Four
little acorns hidden in the ground
Along
comes a squirrel, to see what can be found.
She
swishes her tail, and she sniffs the air
And
look, she finds an acorn—right over there!
Continue,
until….
No
little acorns hidden in the ground
Along
comes a squirrel, to see what can be found.
She
swishes her tail, and she sniffs the air
She
found all five acorns so she takes a nap right there!
Oh and hey--if you'd like to make your own squirrel set, the pattern is now available:
Woo hoo--I'm so excited to be sharing a new project...
I've just released 11 of my sets as
digital download PATTERNS!!
If you're reading this blog, you are probably a teacher, librarian, or homeschooling parent. And you might even fit into the "crafty" segment of one of those groups :) If so--or even if you are brand new to making your own felt board set--these patterns are for you.
I've started the pattern section of my shop with a few simple, a few more intermediate, and a few of my more complex designs.
No matter which pattern you choose, they are all simple to create and come with written and visual instructions.
I've even included video tips and tutorials to make cutting, assembling and gluing your set as easy as possible.
And of course, they all come with lyrics to songs and/or rhymes, and a list of book titles that go along well with the set.
I think they're totally amazing, and I hope you will too.
