B is for...

Welcome Song

Henrietta's Basket:  Blue balloon (that I blew up and let go--kids loved it!!)
Echo Song:  Bubble, bumblebee, button, bicycle

Flannel Board:  Five Little Butterflies (from preschoolexpress.com)

Five little butterflies on flowers galore,
One flew off, then there were four.

(repeat after each "verse")
*Butterfly, Butterfly, happy all day,
Butterfly, Butterfly, fly fly away.

Four little butterflies among the sweet peas.
One flew off, then there were three. *

Three little butterflies with nothing to do,
One flew off, then there were two. *

Two little butterflies resting in the sun,
One flew off, then there was one. *

One little butterfly, now the only one,
She flew off, then there were none. *

Book:  The Biggest Bed in the World by Lindsay Camp

Stand-up Song:  Beanbag Song (Totline Magazine, July/August 1999, p. 24)
(Sung to: If you're happy and you know it)

Put your beanbag on your hair, on your hair
Put your beanbag on your hair, on your hair
Put your beanbag on your hair and leave it right up there
Put your beanbag on your hair, on your hair.

Put your beanbag on the ground, now step and step around

Put your beanbag on your toe, on your toe

Put your beanbag on your toe, lift it high and and lift it low

Put your beanbag in your hand, toss it up and watch it land.


Book:  I Love Bugs! by Emma Dodd

Enrichment Activities

• Butterfly (made from a gallon size plastic bag and a variety of colorful items) From http://www.rainbowstarbooks.com/butterflyunit 
• Bug counters
• Large wooden beads and string
• Trace the ball bounces (from http://www.kidslearningstation.com/tracing-lines/trace-curved-lines.asp )