Ducks Theme Storytime
TALK:
Show pictures of ducks or use duck puppet. Talk about colors of ducks. the sound they make. Let kids know you will be exploring ducks during our stories today!
BOOKS:
Truck Full of Ducks By Ross Burach
One Duck Stuck By Phyllis Root
10 Little Rubber ducks By Eric Carle
Duck Rabbit! By Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Little Quack By Lauren Thompson
Goodnight My Duckling By Nancy Tafuri
Quack and Count By Keith Baker
MUSIC:
If your happy and
you know it – (clap hands, stomp feet, shout hooray)
# 13 on green
disc Shake My sillies out By Raffi Songs for the Very Young CD
Twinkle Twinkle
Little Star (use Egg Shakers) (toddler and preschool)
#8 Silly Dance
Contest Jim Gill Yellow CD use with colorful scarves they can shake along to the music
Head and
Shoulders knee and toes
Hands
Up, Hands Down
(Use this
rhyme to get the group's attention. You can repeat the first stanza as many
times as necessary)
Put your
hands up
Put your
hands down
Give your
hands a clap
Put your
hands up
Put your
hands down
Set them in
your lap.
FIVE LITTLE DUCKS
Five little ducks went swimming one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother Duck said, "Quack, Quack, Quack"
But only four little ducks came back
One, two, three
Four little ducks went swimming one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother Duck said, "Quack, Quack, Quack"
But only three little ducks came back
One, two
Three little ducks went swimming one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother Duck said, "Quack, Quack, Quack"
But only two little ducks came back
One
Two little ducks went swimming one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother Duck said, "Quack, Quack, Quack"
But only one little duck came back
One little duck went swimming one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother Duck said, "Quack, Quack, Quack"
But no little ducks came swimming back
Sad mother duck went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Sad mother Duck said, "Quack, Quack, Quack"
And all the five little ducks came back
Below Songs and Rhymes Found on Preschool Express.com
OLD MAC DONALD HAD A FARM
Tune: “Old Mac Donald”
Old Mac Donald had a farm,
E,I,E,I,O.
And on this farm he had some ducks,
E,I,E,I, O.
With a quack, quack, here
And a quack, quack, there.
Here a quack, there a quack.
Everywhere a quack, quack.
Old Mac Donald had a farm
E,I,E,I,O.
Traditional
DOWN AT THE POND
Tune: “Down At The Station”
Down at the pond
Early in the morning.
See the little ducklings
Swimming in a row.
See the mother duck
Dive for her breakfast.
Up, down, up, down
Watch her head go!
Down at the pond
Early in the morning.
See the little ducklings
Swimming in a row.
See the mother duck
Flap her wings just so.
Up she flys
Her ducklings in tow!
Jean Warren
FIVE LITTLE DUCKS
Five little ducks, that I once knew,
Fat were three and skinny were two.
But the big mother duck with feathers on her back,
She ruled the ducklings with a quack, quack, quack.
Down to the water, they would go,
Waddle, waddle, waddle, to and fro.
But the big mother duck with feathers on her back,
She ruled the ducklings with a quack, quack, quack.
They swam around, here and there.
They bobbed for food, everywhere.
But the big mother duck with feathers on her back,
She ruled the ducklings with a quack, quack, quack.
Adapted Traditional
Below Songs and Rhymes Found on Preschool Express.com
OLD MAC DONALD HAD A FARM
Tune: “Old Mac Donald”
Old Mac Donald had a farm,
E,I,E,I,O.
And on this farm he had some ducks,
E,I,E,I, O.
With a quack, quack, here
And a quack, quack, there.
Here a quack, there a quack.
Everywhere a quack, quack.
Old Mac Donald had a farm
E,I,E,I,O.
Traditional
DOWN AT THE POND
Tune: “Down At The Station”
Down at the pond
Early in the morning.
See the little ducklings
Swimming in a row.
See the mother duck
Dive for her breakfast.
Up, down, up, down
Watch her head go!
Down at the pond
Early in the morning.
See the little ducklings
Swimming in a row.
See the mother duck
Flap her wings just so.
Up she flys
Her ducklings in tow!
Jean Warren
FIVE LITTLE DUCKS
Five little ducks, that I once knew,
Fat were three and skinny were two.
But the big mother duck with feathers on her back,
She ruled the ducklings with a quack, quack, quack.
Down to the water, they would go,
Waddle, waddle, waddle, to and fro.
But the big mother duck with feathers on her back,
She ruled the ducklings with a quack, quack, quack.
They swam around, here and there.
They bobbed for food, everywhere.
But the big mother duck with feathers on her back,
She ruled the ducklings with a quack, quack, quack.
Adapted Traditional
