Friday, January 6, 2012

Outback Adventure




Openers:
The More We Get Together
PBJ Stretch

McGillycuddy Could! (Pamela Duncan Edwards) 3-5
When a stranger arrives at the farm, it takes a little while before everyone discovers what McGilllycuddy can do!

Wiggler:  Walking, Walking
Magnet Board: A Hunting We Will Go

Sometimes I Like to Curl up in a Ball (Vicki Churchill) 2-4
A cheerful story about what a young wombat likes to do.  Double paged, vivid, and sizable illustrations make this story a delight.


Wiggler: Now I'm very Tall



Pouch! (David Stein) 2-4
Explore the tender fears of a young one and what brings him right out of his shell...er...pouch.

Finger Play:  Where is Pointer?
Wiggler:  This is the Way the Kangaroo Hops

Felt Board:  5 Little Kookaburras
Closer: Wave Goodbye



More Books!
Toddler Read AloudsCan You Cuddle Like A Koala? by John Butler
Does A Kangaroo Have A Mother, Too? by Eric Carle
Grumble-Rumble! by Siobham Dodds
Jump Along by Neil Morris
Pouch! by David Ezra Stein - MY FAVORITE!Where Wild Babies Sleep by Ann Purmell

Preschool Read Alouds
Bilby Moon by Margaret Spurling
Boing by Nick Bruel
I Love It When You Smile by Sam McBratney
Joey by Jack Kent
Kersplatypus by Susan K. Mitchell
Little New Kangaroo by Bernard Wiseman
McGillycuddy Could! by Pamela Duncan Edwards
Polly Hopper's Pouch by Louise Bonnett-Ramersaud
Snap! by Marcia Vaughan
Sometimes I Like to Curl Up in A Ball by Vicki Churchill
Wombat Walkabout by Carol Diggory Shields
Who Are You, Baby Kangaroo? by Sylvia Blackstone

School Age Read-AloudsDiary of A Wombat by Jackie French
Don't Laugh, Joe by Keiko Kasza
Edward the Emu by Sheena Knowles
Epossumondas Plays Possum by Coleen Salley
Joey Runs Away by Jack Kent
Koala Lou by Mem Fox
Over in Australia by Marianne Burkes
Possum Magic by Mem Fox
What Do You Do With A Kangaroo? by Mercer Mayer
When Kangaroo Goes to School by Sonia Levitin