Hello Song (using ASL):  Hello Friends

Hello friends,
Hello friends,
Hello friends,
It’s time to say hello.

Library Letter:

Hi Miss Marissa,

“Here at the Flushing Area Library we like to bring the outdoors inside!  Have you seen the trees we have in the library?  Don’t forget to say hi to the woodpecker!”

Love, Sally-A

Library Field Trip: Flushing Area Library Branch

We visited the Flushing Area Branch to sing a song with the woodpecker and read a creepy story.

Prop Song: Woodpecker by Hap Palmer (clap along or use rhythm sticks to tap the rhythm)

Woodpecker, woodpecker knockin’ on a tree
Peck out a rhythm and we’ll echo you
Woodpecker, woodpecker knockin’ on a tree
Peck out a rhythm and we’ll play it too

Woodpecker he say x x x / x x x / x x x /
All together we play x x x / x x x / x x x /
Woodpecker he say x xx x / x xx x / x xx x /
All together we play x xx x / x xx x / x xx x /

[Chorus]

Woodpecker he say xxxx x / xxxx x / xxxx x /
All together we play xxxx x / xxxx x / xxxx x /
Woodpecker he say x x xx x / x x xx x / x x xx x /
All together we play x x xx x / x x xx x / x x xx x /

[Chorus]

Book: Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds

Mystery Box:

Today we had a brown bat, fuzzy cat, and shakers in out mystery box.

Puppet Song: Flutter, Flutter Little Bat

Tune: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Flutter, flutter, little bat.
How I wonder where you’re at.
Up above the world so high.
Like a mouse who’s learned to fly.
Flutter, flutter, little bat,
Glad there are no flying cats!

Puppet Song: Cat on My…

Tune: Skip to My Loo
I’ve got a cat on my knee
I’ve got a cat on my knee,
I’ve got a cat on my knee
Meow meow meow meow meow

Repeat while replacing “knee” with other body parts.

Shaker Song: Shaker on Knee

Tune: Skip to My Loo
I’ve got a shaker on my knee
I’ve got a shaker on my knee,
I’ve got a shaker on my knee
Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake

Repeat while replacing “knee” with other body parts.

Goodbye song: Goodbye friends

Goodbye friends,
Goodbye friends,
Goodbye friends,
It’s time to say goodbye.

Tags: ASL, bat, cat, creepy, field trip, library letters, library tour, mail, mystery box, rhythm sticks, shakers, spooky