Mouse's First Summer by Lauren Thompson (JE THO)
A Summer Saturday Morning by Margaret Mahy (JE MAH)
Sun Dance, Water Dance by Jonathan London ( JE LON)
Sun Up by Alvin Tresselt (JE TRE)
The Twelve Days of Summer by Elizabeth O'Donnell (JE ODO)
Under Alaska's Midnight Sun by Deb Vanasse (JE VAN)
Songs and Rhymes
Watermelon Song
(Tune: "Are You Sleeping?")
(Tune: "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.]
[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.]
My Garden
This is my garden
[Extend on hand forward, palm up.]
I'll rake it with care,
[Make raking motion on palm with three fingers of other hand.]
And then some flower seeds
[Plant motion.]
I'll plant in there.
The sun will shine
[Make circle with hands.]
And the rain will fall
[Let fingers flutter down to lap.]
And my garden will blossom
[Cup hands together; extend upward slowly.]
And grow straight and tall.
[Extend on hand forward, palm up.]
I'll rake it with care,
[Make raking motion on palm with three fingers of other hand.]
And then some flower seeds
[Plant motion.]
I'll plant in there.
The sun will shine
[Make circle with hands.]
And the rain will fall
[Let fingers flutter down to lap.]
And my garden will blossom
[Cup hands together; extend upward slowly.]
And grow straight and tall.
Craft
