Friday, November 16, 2012

Monsters!

 Openers:
Oh Hey Oh Hi
Up to the Ceiling

Even Monsters Need Haircuts (McElligott) 4-5
Did you ever wonder what happens at the barber shop at night?  Check out some stylish monsters...
FingerPlay:  Five Little MonstersSong:  If You're a Monster and You Know It...Show Your Claws...
Grind Your Teeth...
Stomp Your Feet...
Growl Out Loud...









There Was An Old Monster (Emberley) 3-5
In the rhythmic style of There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly, a monster suffers a ghoulish  bellyache!
Song:  The Ants Go Marching













Monsters Don't Eat Broccoli (Hicks) 2-4
...But guess what they DO eat!

Song:  Sticky, Sticky Bubblegum



Felt Board:  Build-a-Dinosaur
Closer:  Wave Goodbye Poem


More Books!



Toddler Read-Alouds
Five Ugly Monsters by Tedd Arnold
Go Away, Big Green Monster by Ed Emberley
Goodnight, Baby Monster by Laura Leuck
Hungry Monster by Phyllis Root
Monster Countdown by Pamela Jane
Monster is Coming! by Michaela Porter
Monster, Monster by Melanie Walsh
Preschool Read-Alouds
Bedtime for Monsters by Ed Vere
Creepy Monsters, Sleepy Monsters by Jane Yolen
Frank Was a Monster Who Wanted to Dance by Keith Graves
Goodnight, Little Monster by Helen Katteman
Happy Birthday, Frankie by Sarah Weeks
Hush Little Monster by Denis Markell
If You're A Monster and You Know It by Rebecca Emberly
It's MY Birthday! by Pat Hutchins
Jumpy Jack and Googily by Meg Rosoff
Little Goblins Ten by Pamela Jane
Monster Cake by Rebecca Dickinson
Monsters Don't Eat Broccoli by Barbara Jean Hicks
Monster Show by Charise Mericle Harper 
My Monster Mama Loves Me So by Laura Leuck
Perfect Little Monster by Judy Hindley
There Was An Old Monster by Rebecca Emberley
Kindergarten Read-Alouds
Always Listen to Your Mother by Florence Parry Heide 
Baby That Roared  by Simon Puttock
Cackle Cook's Monster Stew by Patricia Wolff
Do Not Build A Frankenstein! by Neil Numberman
Even Monsters Need Haircuts by Matthew McElligott - MY FAVORITE 
Horrible Holly's Pet Raptor by Michael Ratnett
Jeremy Draws A Monster by Peter McCarty
Leonardo the Terrible Monster by Mo Willems
Most Loved Monster by Lynn Downey
Mostly Monsterly by Tammi Sauer
Thelonius Monster's Sky-High Fly Pie by Judy Sierra
10-Step Guide to Living With Your Monster by Laura Numeroff
Very Worst Monster by Pat Hutchins
YUCK! That's Not A Monster! by Angela McAllister