Going Shopping

Openers:
The More We Get Together
I Wiggle
Props: 
Basket w/ market goods--discuss!

To Market To Market (Anne Miranda) 3-5
Taken from the classic nursery rhyme, this fun book makes a classic market mess!
Felt Board Activity:  Apples!
Wiggler: This Little Pig

Sheep in a Shop (Nancy Shaw) 3-5
Exploring rhyming patterns, the text of this book follows five shopping sheep as they purchase a birthday gift.  Find out what happens when they don't have enough money to pay.
Song:  Happy Birthday (use..."dear friend" in 2nd to last line)
Finger Play: Three Little Nickels







Paddington Bear Goes to Market (Michael Bond) 2-4
Simple phrases and bright colors help the youngest of readers follow Paddington Bear through market day to a tasty ending.
Wiggler:  Shopping at the Store

Felt Board Activity:  
Five Yummy Muffins
Closers: 
I Wave
Take Home: 
Coloring Page

More Books!
Toddler 
Baby Loves Visiting by Michael Lawrence
Carl Goes Shopping by Alexandra Day
I Lost My Dad by Taro Gomi
Let's Go, Anna! by Vivian French
Little Buddy Goes Shopping by Patrick Yee
Old Mother Hubbard by Jane Cabrera

Preschool 
At the Supermarket by Anne Rockwell
Bear Goes Shopping by Harriet Ziefert
Brownie and Pearl See the Sights by Cynthia Rylant
Don't Forget the Bacon by Pat Hutchins
Five Little Monkeys Go Shopping by Eileen Christelow
Hen Goes Shopping by Mark Birchall
I Want A Blue Banana by Joyce Dunbar
Llama Llama Mad At Mama by Anna Dewdney
Mama, Papa and Baby Joe by Niki Daly
Put It On the List! by Kirsten Darbyshire
Room for One More by Mathew Price
Sheep in a Shop by Nancy Shaw
To Market, To Market by Anna Miranda
Where Are You? by Francesca Simon

Kindergarten 
Aunt Lucy Went to Buy a Hat by Alice Low
Bunny Cakes by Rosemary Wells
Bunny Money by Rosemary Wells
Bill in A China Shop by Katie Weaver
Bunny Money by Rosemary Wells
Kettles Get New Clothes by Dayle Ann Dodds
Shoe Bop by Marilyn Singer
What Would Mama Do? by Judith Ross Enderle