Storytime - Jungle

Books:

Roar! A Noisy Counting Book by Pamela Duncan Edwards - This one is great for participation. The kids just LOVED roaring!

Jazzy in the Jungle by Lucy Cousins

We're Roaming in the Rainforest by Laurie Krebs

Other Books to Share:

 

Rumble in the Jungle by Giles Andreae

If You're Happy and You Know It by Jane Cabrera

Starry Safari by Linda Ashman

Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree by Eileen Christelow

If I Were a Jungle Animal by Tom and Amanda Ellery

Songs/Rhymes:

"I Went to the Jungle One Day” (I did this song with puppets)

(Tune: London Bridges)

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.)

"If You’re an Elephant 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!

"Five Monkeys and Alligator"

Five little monkeys swinging from a tree (hold up 5 fingers and swing hand)

Teasing Mr. Alligator, "Can't catch me!" (wave hands next to temple for teasing motion)

Along came Mr. Alligator quiet as can be (make small, quiet "chomping" motion with hands)

And SNAPPED that monkey right out of the tree! (make big clapping motion on "SNAPPED")

“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)

Craft: Elephant Finger Puppet w/ Party Blower

This one is super easy. I just found this pattern online and blew it up 175% on the copier onto cardstock. Then I cut out the elephants ahead of time and used a craft knife to cut an "x" in the middle of each nose. The kids just colored their elephants any way they wanted and then they got to pick a party blower to thread through the nose and make elephant sounds. This craft was a HUGE hit!