The Letter A

For the letter A, our words are Apple, Alligator, Airplane & Ant.

Possible Storytime Books:
Airplanes by Byron Barton
Snip, Snap: What's That? by Mara Bergman (the kids love this one)
My First Airplane Ride by Patricia Hubbell
Ten Red Apples by Virginia Miller
Alligator Boy by Cynthia Rylant
Apple Farmer Annie by Monica Wellington

Craft Links:
Alligator craft
or
[Let's call it an alligator] Crocodile stick puppet

Songs & Rhymes:

Way up High in the Apple Tree

Way up high in the apple tree

(stretch up)

Two little apples smiled at me

(make two fists)

I shook the tree as hard as I could

(shake tree)

Down came the apples

(hands fall into lap)

Mmmmm, they were good!

(rub tummy)

Airplane

The airplane has great big wings
(stretch arms out to side)
Its propeller spins and sings
(spin hands around fast)
The airplane goes up
(lift arms up)
The airplane goes down
(bend down, lower arms)
The airplane flies high
Over the town
("fly" all around)


Little Ants
(sung to: "This Old Man")

Little ants, marching by
In a line that's mighty long
With a hip, hop, happy-hi,
Won't you sing my song?
Little ants are marching on

Other verses:
Little ants, hopping high...
Little ants, spinning by...
Little ants, sneaking by...
Little ants, waving "Bye"...