FELTBOARD: Eggs All Around

This is a cute Springtime feltboard story which gets the kids involved. You cover each animal with an egg and read just the first 2 lines of each verse and pull away the egg just a tiny bit to reveal a small portion of the animal. Once they have guessed the animal read the last line of the verse. Have the kids chant the chorus with you each time you say it.

Eggs in the treetops

Eggs on the ground

Eggs in the water

Eggs all around

Eggs, eggs, lots of eggs

Who's inside the little one begs

This one hatches, and

I see a smile

It's a toothy crocodile

Eggs, eggs, lots of eggs

Who's inside the little one begs

Heres an egg

Way in the back,

Out comes a baby duck,

Quack, quack, quack

Eggs, eggs, lots of eggs

Who's inside the little one begs

Inside this egg

Who does dwell?

A tiny turtle in it's shell

Eggs, eggs, lots of eggs

Who's inside the little one begs

Eggs in the water

Make a wish

When they pop open, there'll be a fish

Of all the eggs,

I like the best

The robin's eggs in her nest

* If you have a portion of a blue robins egg bring it in to share with the kids. Ask them if they have ever seen blue eggshells on the ground at their house or in the park.

The Green Grass Grew All Around

In the woods, there was a hole (echo: there was a hole)
The prettiest hole (the prettiest hole)
That you ever did see (that you ever did see),
Oh a hole in the woods, a hole in the ground,
And the green grass grew all around, all around
And the green grass grew all around.

And in that hole (and in that hole)
There was a root (there was a root)
The prettiest root (the prettiest root)
That you ever did see (that you ever did see)
Oh a root in hole and a hole in the ground
And the green grass grew all around, all around
And the green grass grew all around.

Continue with

tree -- tree on a root, root in the hole, hole in the ground, and the green
grass grew?
branch ? branch on a tree, tree on a root, root in the hole, hole in the
ground?
nest ? nest on a branch?
egg ? egg on a nest?
bird ? bird in the egg?

Spring Story Time

Book:

Wake up it’s Spring! By Lisa Campbell Ernst, 2004.
Mouse’s First Spring by Lauren Thompson, Ill by Buket Erdogan, 2005.
Spring Song by Barbara Seuling, Ill. By Greg Newbold, 2001.
The Very Hungary Catepillar by Eric Carle (BIG BOOK)
Splish, Splash Spring by Jan Carr, Ill by Dorothy Donohue, 2001.

Feltboard:
5 Little Ducks

My Friendly Caterpillar
Blue is the Lake Fingerplay

Crafts:Make a ladybug and use brass fasteners to make its wings move. Have the kids color it and have parents help put on the fasteners.
Or
Cut out butterfly shape and have the children color it with crayons. Cut out eye holes, punch holes on either side and tie string through to make a headband….now you have a butterfly mask.