The Letter L

Our letter L words are Lion, Lamb, Llama & Ladybug.


Possible Storytime Books:

The Lion and the Mouse (various authors)
Mary had a Little Lamb (various authors)
The Very Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle
We're Going on a Lion Hunt by Margery Cuyler
Llama Llama, Mad at Mama or Llama Llama, Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney
Roar: A Noisy Counting Book by Pamela Edwards
Ten Little Ladybugs by Melanie Gerth
Is Your Mama a Llama? by Deborah Guarino

 

Craft Links:
Lion Craft
(you can substitute paper strips for the pasta, or use paper plates for the face, and so on)
or
Ladybug Craft
(if you want to avoid painting, use colored construction paper instead)


Songs & Rhymes:

Lion, Lion

Lion, lion, twitch your skinny tail
Lion, lion, shake your bushy mane
Lion, lion, show your sharpened claws
Lion, lion, gnash your big white teeth
Lion, lion, roar your fearsome "ROAR!"

Fly, Ladybug, Fly
Sung to: "Three Blind Mice"

[act out the movements in the song]
Fly, fly, fly
Ladybug fly
Fly over here,
Fly over there
They fly up high and they fly down low
Around and around and around they go
They fly fast, and they...fly...slow...
Fly, fly, fly
Ladybug fly!

Mary Had a Little Lamb

Mary had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb
Mary had a little lamb, it's fleece was white as snow.
And everywhere that Mary went, Mary went, Mary went,
Everywhere that Mary went, the lamb was sure to go.

Other verses:
It followed her to school one day...which was against the rule.
It made the children laugh and play...to see a lamb at school
And so the teacher turned it out...but still it lingered near
And waited patiently about...'til Mary did appear
"Why does the lamb love Mary so?"...the eager children cry
"Mary loves the lamb, you know"...the teacher did reply.