I/J if for...

With holidays and special puppet performances we are going to be behind, so I decided to pair up I and J.

Welcome Song

Henrietta’s Basket:  Juice box

Sign Language

Echo song x 2 
inch and infant, iguana and insect
jellyfish and jam, jacket and juggler

Flannel Board:  I Went to the Jungle One Day
(Can be sung to: "London Bridge")

I went to the jungle one-day, jungle one day, jungle one-day
I saw a monkey on the way and this is what he said, "oh-oh-oh-oh"
I went to the jungle one-day, jungle one day, jungle one-day
I saw a tiger on the way and this is what he said, "roar"
I went to the jungle one-day, jungle one day, jungle one-day
I saw a snake on the way and this is what he said, "hiss"

Book: Just the Thing (Damian Harvey)

Stand up song: Jingle Bells

Rhyme Time song

Nursery Rhyme: Jack and Jill

Announcements/Calendar

Book: Ten Monkey Jamboree (Dianne Ochiltree)

ABC Chant

Animals Good-byes

Enrichment Activities: I and J dot-to-dots, insects, ice cream cone matching, jiggle bells, jellyfish (idea from http://family.go.com/crafts/craft-852442-jazzy-jellyfish-decorations-t/ )

I is for...

Welcome Song

Henrietta’s Basket: water in a small baggie (used to be ice!)

Sign Language: Letter

Song: Be my echo (6 syllables x 2) insect and infant, iguana and instrument

Sign Language: I Love You

Flannel Board: 1 Icy Igloo
One icy igloo, near the snow that blew
A neighbor built another, and then there were 2.
2 icy igloos, round as round can be
A neighbor built another, and then there were 3.
3 icy igloos, heard the windy roar
A neighbor built another, and then there were 4.
4 icy igloos keeping friends alive
a neighbor built another, and then there were 5.

Book: What’s the big idea, Molly?

Song: Icy Toes, chilly nose
(sung to Jingle Bells)
Icy toes, chilly nose wintertime is here.
My teeth chatter, what's the matter?
Wintertime is here, Oh!
Icy toes, chilly nose wintertime is here.
My teeth chatter, what's the matter?
Wintertime is here!

Nursery Rhyme: Ichabod inchworm started to twitch, because he had an itch, itch, itch.

Book: Rhino’s great big itch

ABC Chant

Good bye Chant

Enrichment: Ice Cream Match, insect sorting/patterning, dot-to-dot, make an ice cream cone with triangle and circle, eat real ice cream!