Theme: Picnic Preschool & Tales     SET UP: Put all your books and supplies in a picnic basket and pull them out one by one. Spread out a red and white checked piece of fabric for children to sit on. If you want to make it into a teddy bear's picnic, invite the children to bring along their favorite teddy bear. BOOKS: Alborough, Jez. It's the Bear! Candlewick, 1994. Where's My Teddy? Candlewick, 1992. Ernst, Lisa Campbell. Up to Ten and Down Again. Lothrop, 1986. Goldstone, Bruce. The Beastly Feast. Holt, 1998. Hayes, Sarah. This Is the Bear and the Picnic Lunch. Little, 1989. Hutchins, Pat. We're Going on a Picnic. Greenwillow, 2002. Kasza, Keiko. Pigs' Picnic. Harper, 1984. Kennedy, Jimmy. The Teddy Bears' Picnic. Green Tiger Press, 1983. Mahy, Margaret. The Rattlebang Picnic. Dial, 1994. McCully, Emily Arnold. Picnic. Harper, 1984. Pinczes, Elinor J. 100 Hungry Ants. Houghton, 1993. Woodson, Jacqueline. We Had a Picnic This Sunday Past. Hyperion, 1998.   FINGERPLAYS AND SONGS We're Going On a Picnic Form a circle and sing:   We're going on a picnic, A picnic, a picnic, We're going on a picnic, And this is what we'll bring.  Let the children suggest what to bring and sing of each item as you mime eating it or playing with it as follows:    We'll bring along some hot dogs, Some hot dogs, some hot dogs, We'll bring along some hot dogs, That is what we'll bring!   Sing of beach balls, frisbees, grape juice, apples, etc.   On a Picnic  (Sing to the tune of “London Bridge.”) On a picnic, spread the blanket, Spread the blanket, spread the blanket. On a picnic, spread the blanket. It's a picnic in the park.  Repeat with: open the basket eat the sandwich drink the juice run and play pack it up walk on home     CRAFT: Watermelon Slices Supplies: White paper plates Markers or crayons  Directions: Cut a paper plate in half COLOR THe ribbed part green and brown and the rest red Add black markings for seeds   ACTIVITIES: Play a recording of Teddy Bear's Picnic and sing along, or sing it using one of the picture book versions.  Parade to a recording of “Teddy Bear Picnic.”  March around the room to the tune of “The Ants Go Marching One By One.”  Take Polaroid's of each child with his or her bear, and have them make frames from Popsicle sticks to put them in.    Watermelon Song (To the Tune of: Are You Sleeping?) Watermelon, Watermelon, (Make a circle with your arms.) On the vine, On the vine, (Curve hands and arms beside body.) Sweet and red and juicy, Sweet and red and juicy, (Rub your tummy.) Please be mine! Please be mine! (Palms together as though pleading.) Watermelon, Watermelon, (Make a circle with your arms.) Thump, thump, thump, Thump, thump, thump, (Make a thumping movement with thumb and middle finger.) I think you are ready- I think you are ready- (Point, resting finger on your temple.) Big and plump! Bug and plump! (Make a circle with your arms.)   5 Hungry Ants 5 Hungry Ants, marching in a line They came upon a picnic, where they could dine, They marched into the salad, They marched into the cake, They marched into the pepper, Uh-Oh! That was a mistake! AAAAACCCCCHHHHHHHOOOOOOOO!!       Enrichment Activities Rhymes/Riddles/Fingerplay Puppet Shows, Play Scripts, Stories Crafts/Activities Free Powerpoints & Interactives Free Clipart                       Yakaberry, A Kari Smith Production All Art Owned by Phillip Martin