Hooked on Cookies!

Books

The Doorbell Rang  by Pat Hutchins

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

Sam's Cookie by Barbro Lindgren

Who Took the Cookie from the Cookie Jar? By David A. Carter

Maisy Makes Gingerbread by Lucy Cousins
Count Your Cookies by Colin Fletcher

MMM, Cookies! By Robert N. Munsch

Songs

Five Little Cookies

Five little cookies With frosting galore.
(Child's Name) ate the red one, then there were four.
Four little cookies, Two and two you see
(Child's Name) ate the green one, then there were three.
Three little cookies But before I knew,
(Child's Name) ate the white one, then there were two.
Two little cookies, Oh what fun,
(Child's Name) ate the brown one, then there was one.

Oreo

Sung to the tune of Sarasponda:
Chocolate cookie, chocolate cookie,

chocolate cookie, yum, yum, yum.
Chocolate cookie, chocolate cookie,

chocolate cookie, yum, yum, yum.
An Oreo, a Chocolate Oreo.
I like the creamy filling in a chocolate Oreo. Yum!

Animal Crackers

Sung to the tune of 99 bottles of pop on the wall

Oh, once I ate a lion, then a tall giraffe,

and when I ate the elephant he really made me laugh.

well you may think I'm silly but I'll tell you the truth,

they were animals crackers and you can eat them too!!

Activities

Cookie Tracing

Using pencils and cookie cutters we’ll practice tracing skills today!

Cinnamon Gingerbread Man

Kids will rub cinnamon stick on sandpaper gingerbread men then decorate with crayons.

Playdough Cookies

Playdough, cookie style! We’ll cut out cookies and use beads to make them festive.

Large Group Game

Who Stole The Cookie from the Cookie Jar?  

Turkey Talk

Books

A Turkey for Thanksgiving by Eve Bunting

Thanks for Thanksgiving by Julie Markes

This is the Turkey by Abby Levine

This First Thanksgiving Day by Laura Krauss Melmed

Over the River and Through the Wood by Lydia Maria Child

Oh, What a Thanksgiving! by Steven Kroll                  

Songs & Fingerplays   

The Turkey

The turkey is a funny bird
His head goes wobble, wobble,
(move head from side to side)
The only word that he can say
Is gobble, gobble, gobble.
(children walk with a wiggle and repeat the last line)

Five Little Turkeys

Five little turkeys sat in their pen,

“Hide, Turkeys, Hide!” said the little red hen.

One little turkey hopped out the door

And when he was gone, there were four.

Four little turkeys sat in their pen.
"Hide, turkeys, hide!" said the little red hen.
One little turkey flew far away
But the other ...(3) decided to stay.

Three little turkeys sat in their pen.
"Hide, turkeys, hide!" said the little red hen.
One little turkey flapped her wings and flew.
And when she was gone, there were ...(2).

Two little turkeys sat in their pen.
"Hide, turkeys, hide!" said the little red hen.
One little turkey flew far away.
But the last ...(1) decided to stay.

1 little turkey sat in his pen.
"Hide, turkey, hide!" said the little red hen.
The last little turkey flew off toward the sun
And when he was gone, there were ...(none).

Feltboard        

Color Turkey Feathers

Mr. Turkey was so sad.
He lost the feathers he once had.
Now he wants us to help him find
all the feathers of his kind.

We will look both high and low,
we will find them, don't you know.
Here's a red one and a blue.
Look, we've found a green one too.

Here's an orange one and a yellow
soon he'll be a feathered fellow.
Now we've found the purple one,
Black and white-we're almost done.

If we just look up and down,
I know we'll find the feather brown.
Now Mr. Turkey is so glad,
We found the feathers he once had.

Game

Turkey Hunt

We’ll go a-huntin’ for some hidden turkeys!

Activities         

Pumpkin Playdough

We’ll get more use out of our pumpkin pie scented playdough…a favorite activity!

Turkey Feathers

Let’s make turkeys with lots of colorful feathers today!

Stuff the Turkey

We’ll toss ‘stuffing’ into large paper bag turkeys for some large motor fun!

Large Group Activity

Gobble, Gobble
One child is the farmer. The rest of the children are turkeys. The farmer closes eyes and the turkeys all go hide. Once hidden the turkeys can randomly and quietly "gobble, gobble". The farmer sets out and finds all his/her turkeys.

Slice O' Pie

Books:

16 Runaway Pumpkins by Dianne Ochiltree

Ugly Pie by Lisa Wheeler

Pie in the Sky by Lois Ehlert

Thelonius Monster’s Sky=High Fly Pie by Judy Sierra

The Perfect Pumpkin Pie by Denys Cazet

Amelia Bedelia’s First Apple Pie by Herman Parish

The Apple Pie Tree by Zoe Hall

I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie by Alison Jackson

The Apple Pie that Papa Baked by Lauren Thompson

Songs:

First you take the pumpkin and you pick it, 
You pick it, you pick it, pick it, pick it. 
Pumpkin, Pumpkin Pie Yummy! Pumpkin, Pumpkin Pie Yummy! 

Then you take the pumpkin and you carve it, 
You carve it, you carve it, carve it, carve it. 
Pumpkin, Pumpkin Pie Yummy! Pumpkin, Pumpkin Pie Yummy! 

Next you take the spices and you mix it, 
You mix it, you mix it, mix it, mix it. 
Pumpkin, Pumpkin Pie Yummy! Pumpkin, Pumpkin Pie Yummy! 

You put it in the oven and you wait, 
You wait, you wait, you wait, you wait. 
Pumpkin, Pumpkin Pie Yummy! Pumpkin, Pumpkin Pie Yummy! 

You take it out the oven and you bite it,
You bite it, you bite it, bite it, bite it 
And you chew it, you chew it, chew it, chew it, chew it. (Sing like your mouth is full)
Pumpkin, Pumpkin Pie Yummy! Pumpkin, Pumpkin Pie Yummy! 

Ring Around the Pumpkin

Ring around the Pumpkin,
Pocket full of nuts,
Leaves, leaves,
They all fall down.

March around the pumpkin…

Stomp around the pumpkin…
Tip-toe around the pumpkin…
Jump around the pumpkin…

Activities:

Pumpkin Pie Playdough

Kids will use pumpkin pie scented playdough to serve up some Pumpkin Pie!

Slice O’ Pie

Using pumpkin pie colored and scented glue, kids will create their own Slice O’ Pie.

Pumpkins on the Vine

Kids will use counting skills to count little pumpkins.

Large Group Activity:

Beanbag Games

Ideas for Home

Easy Pumpkin Pudding 
Materials and Ingredients: 
1 cup vanilla pudding for each child  
2 tsp. Libby's easy pumpkin pie mix per child 
A bowl for each child 
A spoon for each child

Description: Help young children measure and place one cup of vanilla pudding in their individual bowls. Next, measure out 2 tsp. pie mix with each child. Ask children to mix the vanilla pudding and the pie mix together for a seasonal and yummy treat.

No Bake Pumpkin Pie
Individual recipe:
Small custard-sized pie crusts
2 tablespoons canned pumpkin
1 tablespoon marshmallow creme
1 tablespoon prepared whipped topping
Sprinkle of cinnamon
  
Mix all ingredients together and pour into the crust. The recipe is then ready to eat; if you wish, it may be refrigerated or frozen.

Terrific Trains!

Books                   

I Love Trains! by Philemon Sturges

The Train Ride by June Crebbin

 Clickety Clack by Rob and Amy Spence 

Songs & Fingerplays

Little Red Caboose

Little red caboose, chug chug chug
Little red caboose, chug chug chug
Little red caboose, behind the train, train, train
Smokestack on the, back, back, back
Running down the, track, track, track
Little red caboose, behind the train

Engine On The Track

Here is the engine on the track (hold up thumb )
Here is the coal car, just in back (pointer)
Here is the box car to carry freight (middle)
Here is the mail car. Don't be late. (ring)
Way back here at the end of the train. (little)
Rides the caboose through the sun and rain

Down by the Station

Down by the station 
Early in the morning 
See the little puffer bellies, All in a row
See the station master 
Turn the little handle 
Puff, puff, toot, toot, off we go.

I’ve Been Working on the Railroad

I've been working on the railroad,
All the live-long day.
I've been working on the railroad,
Just to pass the time away.
Can't you hear the whistle blowing,
Rise up so early in the morn,
Can't you hear the captain shouting,
"Dinah, blow your horn."

Dinah, won't you blow,
Dinah, won't you blow,
Dinah, won't you blow, your horn?
Dinah, won't you blow,
Dinah, won't you blow,
Dinah, won't you blow, your horn.

Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah,
Someone's in the kitchen, I know,
Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah,
Strummin; on the old banjo.

Singing
Fee-fi-fiddle-ee-i-o,
Fee-fi-fiddle-ee-i-o-o-o-o
Fee-fi-fiddle-ee-i-o,
Strummin' on the old banjo

Activities            

Brio Trains

Have fun creating train layouts with Brio trains.

Shoebox Trains

Take the animals for a ride in a shoebox train.

Shape Trains

Use shapes and glue to create your own shape train!

                                                                                

Large Group Movement              

People Train

What could be more fun that pretending to be a long train chuggin’ along the tracks?!   

Ideas for Home

Train Whistle

What You Need: Toilet Paper Tubes, Wax Paper, Rubber Band, Paint

Decorate a toilet paper tube with paint. Then punch a hole about a half-inch down the tube. Finally put a circle of wax paper over one end secure it with a rubber band. Now your children can pretend to be a train and make whistle like noises (sounds more like a kazoo)