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Books
Looking for a Moose by Phyllis Root
Bear Counts by Karma Wilson
Little Owl’s Night by Divya Srinivasan
Night-Night, Forest Friends by Annie Bach
Who’s in the Forest by Phyllis Gershator
Songs and Fingerplays
We’re gonna catch a big one!
I’m not scared!
Are you?
Not me!
Gotta open the gate
Now we’re on a moose hunt
We’re gonna catch a big one
I’m not afraid
Are you?
Not me!
We’re coming to a mountain
It sure is high
It sure is wide
Can’t go under it
Can’t go around it
Gotta go over it
Well, there’s nothing over here
Nothing over there
Gotta keep searching
Oh! I think I see something
Quick! Everybody run!
(refrain)
We’re going thru the tall grass
It sure is high
It sure is wide
Can’t go under it
Can’t go around it
Gotta go through it
Well, there’s nothing over here
Nothing over there
Gotta keep searching
Oh! I think I see something
Quick! Everybody run!
(refrain)
Oh, no!
It’s a big puddle of mud
It sure is deep
It sure is wide
Can’t go under it
Can’t go around it
Gotta go through it
Squish, squash, blaahhh
Well, there’s nothing over here
Nothing over there
Gotta keep searching
Oh! Is there something up here?
Wipe all your mud off!
(refrain)
We’re coming to a river
It sure is big
No bridge going over it
No tunnel going under it
And we’re gonna have to swim
All right, dive in!
Start swimming
Do the back stroke
Do the side stroke
Do the doggie paddle
Try the little cat paddle
OK Jump out, shake yourself off.
(refrain)
Shhh, it’s a dark forest
Looks like the kind of forest that m-moose live in
I don’t know if I want to go in there
You think we should?
There’s probably a moose in there
All right I’ll go in, You stay here,
And if I find a moose, I’ll come out and get you
And we’ll all go in and grab him together
Now, quiet, don’t make a sound while I’m in there,
Cuz if you wake him up, I’ll be in trouble
Moose are awful cranky when you wake them up
OK, I’m going on in
Oooo, It’s dark in here
I can’t see a thing
Agh, there’s spiders webs
Ooo, what was that???
What’s this??. . it’s soft, uh oh,it’s kind of fuzzy.
I feel big antlers…
Ah! Run! Everybody run!
I saw a moose!
Jump in the water! Swim fast!
Do the backstroke!
The sidestroke, the doggie paddle
Jump out of the water
Run through the mud!
Go through the tall grass
Quick! Go up the mountain
Down the other side
Go thru the gate
Into the house, under the bed
Under the pillow
Hide!
Ranger McDonald had a Forest
(Old McDonald tune)
Literacy
F Page for Alphabet Book
Create a page for the alphabet book. Each page is blank except for the week’s letter. Children can be provided with an open-ended activity to decorate the page of their book. Or you can use the suggested activities to set up an activity to create the page. Once done, pages can be laminated and bound with spiral binding or rings. You can find a template for this book here.
If you missed any of the other lesson plans in this series, you can find them here:
F is for Farm Animals G is for Grocery Store H is for Halloween
I is for In My Family J is for Jungle Animals K is for Kitchen Fun
L is for Leaves M is for My 5 Senses N is for Night Time
O is for Ocean Animals P is for Pets Q is for Queens and Castles
R is for Rainbows S is for Space T is for Teddy Bears
U is for Up and Under (Opposites) V is for Valentine’s and Love
W is for Weather X is for X Marks the Spot (Pirates)
Y is for Yum! Food is Fun Z is for Zoo Animals
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