The Letter R

Our letter R words are Rabbit, Rooster, Red & Rain.


 Possible Storytime Books:

Rabbits and Raindrops by Jim Arnosky
Cock-a-Doodle Quack! Quack! by Ivor Baddiel (a storytime favorite)
Red, Red, Red by Valeri Gorbachev
Red Truck by Kersten Hamilton
Little White Rabbit by Kevin Henkes
Raindrop Plop by Wendy Lewison
When the Rooster Crowed by Patricia Lillie
Runaway Rabbit by Ron Maris
Rain by Manya Stojic

 

Craft Links:
Rabbit [Bunny] Ears Craft
or
Rooster Mask Craft
They call this a chicken mask, but it looks like a rooster to me! I altered it to go with the basic mask Ellison die we already have--just cut out a beak from orange or yellow construction paper and the comb out of red (I think the pipe cleaners are a nice touch, but I don't ever use them for this craft)



Songs & Rhymes:

Robbie the Rabbit

Robbie the rabbit is fat, fat, fat
[pat belly]
His soft little paws go pat, pat, pat
[bounce your "paws"]
His soft little ears go flop, flop, flop
[put hands up on head like bunny ears]
And when Robbie runs, he goes hop, hop, hop!
[hop!]

Mr. Rooster

Cock-a-Doodle-Doo!!!
Mr. Rooster, please go back to bed
It's 5 o'clock and I'm a sleepy head!
Mr. Rooster, I'm warning you--
Stop that cock-a-doodle-doo!

Cock-a-Doodle-Doo!!!
Mr. Rooster, please go back to bed
It's 6 o'clock...
[and so on, up to 8 or 9 o'clock]

It Is Raining

Sung to: "Frere Jacques"
It is raining, it is raining
[flutter fingers downward]
On my head, on my head
[pat head]
Pitter patter raindrops,
Pitter patter raindrops,
[flutter fingers downward]
I'm all wet, I'm all wet
[point to self]

I hear thunder, I hear thunder
[stomp feet]
Do you too? Do you too?
[point to others]
Pitter patter raindrops,
Pitter patter raindrops,
[flutter fingers downward]
I'm all wet, so are you!
[point to self, point to others]