Jungle Theme
READ: Books
Jazzy in the Jungle By Lucy Cousins
From Head to Toe by Eric Carle
Over in the Jungle By Marianne Berkes Oh, No! By Candace Fleming
Wheels on the Bus By Jane Cabrera If I Were a Jungle Animal by Tom and Amanda Ellery
If You’re Happy and You Know It Jungle Edition by James WarholaStarry Safari by Linda Ashman
Tall by Jez Alborough
Slowly, Slowly, Slowly said the Sloth By Eric Carle
Rumble in the Jungle By Giles Andreae
Jungle Boogie By Sally Crabtree
Dancing Feet By Lindsey Craig
Giraffe's Can't Dance By Giles Andreae
Jungle Halloween By Maryann Cocoa Leffler
SING/ RHYMES:
Action Rhyme: “I’m a Giraffe”
I’m a big tall giraffe stretching way up high (reach arms up)
A big tall giraffe, I almost reach the sky (stand on tiptoes)
I eat the leaves from the tallest tress (pretend to eat)
And when I run, I move with ease (pretend to run)
I’m a big tall giraffe stretching way up high (reach arms up)
Way…up…high! (reach on tiptoes)
Credit: Perry Public Library/ Storytime KatieSong: ”I Went to the Jungle One Day” (London Bridge)
I went to the jungle on day,
jungle one day, jungle one day.
I saw a lion on the way
And this is what he said, “ROAR!”
(Other animals: snake, monkey, elephant, frog, etc.)
Credit: Perry Public Library/ Storytime Katie
Action Rhyme: “Monkey See, Monkey Do”
Monkey see, monkey do
Little monkey at the zoo
Monkey, monkey in the tree
Can you ________ like me?
(jump around, swing your arms, scratch an itch, eat a banana, screech)
Credit: Perry Public Library/ Storytime Katie
Do You Know the Jungle Animals
(Sung to: "The Muffin Man")
Do you know the slimy snake, the slimy snake, the slimy snake
Oh do you know the slimy snake that lives deep in the jungle?
Do you know the chimpanzee, the chimpanzee, the chimpanzee
Oh do you know the chimpanzee that lives deep in the jungle?
Do you know the wildebeest, the wildebeest, the wildebeest
Oh do you know the wildebeest that lives deep in the jungle?
Do you know the crocodile, the crocodile, the crocodile
Oh do you know the crocodile that lives deep in the jungle?
Do you know the mountain lion, the mountain lion, the mountain lion
Oh do you know the mountain lion that lives deep in the jungle?
Credit Everything Preschool.com
The Animals In the Jungle Say
(Sung To: "The Wheels on the Bus")
The parrots in the jungle say squawk, squawk, squawk,
Squawk, squawk, squawk, squawk, squawk, squawk,
The parrots in the jungle say squawk, squawk, squawk, all day long
The monkeys in the jungle say ooh, ooh, ooh, all day long.
The monkeys in the jungle say ooh, ooh, ooh,
ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh,
The monkeys in the jungle say ooh, ooh, ooh, all day long.
The tigers in the jungle say grrr, grrr, grr,
grrr, grrr, grr, grrr, grrr, grr,
The tigers in the jungle say grrr, grrr, grr, all day long.
Credit Everything Preschool
Down In The Jungle
(chant)
Down in the jungle with the beat in your feet,
Think of an animal that you'd like to meet.
That you'd like to meet (have a child yell out an animal name)
A (Lion), A (Lion) She wants to see a (Lion)!
Note: continue the chant until everyone has had a chance to name an animal
Credit: Everything Preschool
If You’re a Lion and You Know It (tune: If You’re Happy and You Know It)
If you’re an elephant and you know it, STOMP your feet
If you’re a monkey and you know it, JUMP up and down (ooh ooh aah aah)
If you’re a crocodile and you know it, SNAP your jaws (motion with arms)
If you’re a lion and you know it, give a ROAR!
Credit Librarianjenna.wordpress
Greg and Steve Kids in Motion CD- Animal Action
CRAFT/ PLAY:
Lion Pattern Craft inspiration by Sunflower Storytime
Make a SAFARI VEST
You will need large brown grocery sacks for this activity.
First of all take each sack and open it up and turn it up-side-down.
Then cut up the front of the sack and then cut into the center of the bottom of the sack and cut out a neck hole. Finally, cut out arm holes on each side of the sack.
Give each child a paper vest and some brown paper pocket cut-outs of various sizes to glue on. Encourage your children to glue on a number of pockets. Now let your children decorate their vests using crayons or marking pens, however, they wish.
Credit Jean Warren preschool express
Jungle Animal Counting Puzzles
My Itsy Bitsy Jungle Book
Paper Plate Snake
Animal Crafts
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