The Letter N

Our letter N words are Nest, Night, Nap & Noise.


Possible Storytime Books:

Baby Bird's First Nest by Frank Asch
Night's Nice by Ed Emberley
The Perfect Nest by Catherine Friend   (a personal favorite)
Night Lights by Susan Gal
What Noise? by Debbie MacKinnon
Too Much Noise by Ann McGovern
The No-No Bird by Andrew Peters
Quiet Night by Marilyn Singer
The Napping House by Audrey Wood

 

Craft Links:
Nest Craft
or
Nest Craft 2
(another variation--I use raffia or straw rather than actual sticks and pine needles)


Songs & Rhymes:

Animals at Night
Sung to: "The Wheels on the Bus"

The cat in the dark goes prowl, prowl, prowl,
Prowl, prowl, prowl,
Prowl, prowl, prowl,
The cat in the dark goes prowl, prowl, prowl,
All through the night.

Other verses:
The mouse in the grass goes squeak, squeak, squeak...
The bats in the field go flap, flap, flap...
The fireflies in the bushes go blink, blink, blink...
The owl in the tree goes whoo, whoo, whoo...

Robin's Nest

Way up high, robin flying just so
[flap your wings]
Quick, down low for a worm he must go
[swoop down to the ground]
Fly to the left, fly to the right
["fly" in the directions listed]
Fly to your nest, for soon it will be night
[make a nest with hands]

Noisy and Quiet

Quiet, quiet, not a sound
[making "shushing" motion]
I'm listening as I look around
[cup hand to ear, then over eyes]
No sound as I nod
[nod head]
No sound as I clap
[clap very softly]
No sound as I tap my hands on my lap
[tap very softly]

Noisy, noisy, stamp and clap
[stamp feet and clap hands]
Noisy, noisy, stamp and clap
[louder]
Noisy, noisy, stamp and clap!
[louder!]
All that noise--well fancy that!