November 2023 Lesson Plans

Names November 2003

Welcome, welcome everyone, Now you’re here lets have some fun.
First we clap our hand just so, Then we bend and touch our toes.
Welcome, welcome everyone, Now we’re here lets have some FUN!

Hello Song
Hello, Hello!
What’s your name? ____ (child answers)
(Together say) “Hello ___________”

Books
Matthew ABC by Peter Catalanotto
Tanka Tanka Skunk! By Steve Webb

Big Book
All I can by Eileen Roe

Who Stole the Cookies from the Cookie Jar? By Jane Manning

Colorful Feast (Rhyme of the month)
Orange is the pumpkin we made into a pie
Red are the cranberries I might want to try
Green are the beans in the casserole dish
White are the mashed potatoes I’ll have more if you wish
Yellow is the corn. It’s my favorite… I can’t wait!
Brown is the turkey I have on my plate.

Book
I Don’t Know What to Call my Cat by Simon Philip
The Very Silly Safari Collection (Pop-up)

Ending (farmer in the Dell)
It’s time to say goodbye
It’s time to say goodbye , Wave to your friends like this (wave)
It’s time to say Goodbye!

Trade Name tags for a sticker


Thankful November 2003

Welcome, welcome everyone, Now you’re here lets have some fun.
First we clap our hand just so, Then we bend and touch our toes.
Welcome, welcome everyone, Now we’re here lets have some FUN!

Hello Song
Hello, Hello!
What’s your name? ____ (child answers)
(Together say) “Hello ___________”

Books
The Thank you Dish by Trace Balla
Thanksgiving for Emily Ann by Tressa Johnson

Colorful Feast (Rhyme of the month)
Orange is the pumpkin we made into a pie
Red are the cranberries I might want to try
Green are the beans in the casserole dish
White are the mashed potatoes I’ll have more if you wish
Yellow is the corn. It’s my favorite… I can’t wait!
Brown is the turkey I have on my plate.

Book
Llama Lama Gives Thanks by Anna Dewdney
Gracias * Thanks by Pat Mora

•    Ask, What are you thankful for?
•    Write a few answers on turkey feathers for the bulletin board.

Book
Bear Says Thanks by Karma Wilson

Ending (famer in the Dell)
It’s time to say goodbye
It’s time to say goodbye , Wave to your friends like this (wave)
It’s time to say Goodbye! (repeat 1 hand, 2 hands, and  reach up high wave)

Trade in name tags for a sticker


Turkey November 2003

Welcome, welcome everyone, Now you’re here lets have some fun.
First we clap our hand just so, Then we bend and touch our toes.
Welcome, welcome everyone, Now we’re here lets have some FUN!

Hello Song
Hello, Hello!
What’s your name? ____ (child answers)
(Together say) “Hello ___________”

Book
Turk and Runt by Lisa Wheeler

Movement
Dance like a turkey. Dance moves posted on a flannel board.

Book
Thanksgiving at our house by P. K. Hallinan

Colorful Feast (Rhyme of the month)
This time have children hold up different colors that we are talking about

Orange is the pumpkin we made into a pie
Red are the cranberries I might want to try
Green are the beans in the casserole dish
White are the mashed potatoes I’ll have more if you wish
Yellow is the corn. It’s my favorite… I can’t wait!
Brown is the turkey I have on my plate.

Book
This is the Turkey by Abby Levine

With puppet: Song a turkey is a funny bird
A turkey is a funny bird, His head goes wobble wobble.
This only knows one word and it is Gobble, gobble.

Did not use but are good books;
Turkey in Tennis shoes by Jamie Reeve
Over the River and Through the Woods by L. Maria Child

Ending (farmer in the Dell)
It’s time to say goodbye
It’s time to say goodbye , Wave to your friends like this (wave)
It’s time to say Goodbye! (repeat 1 hand, 2 hands, and  reach up high wave)

Soup November 2003

Welcome, welcome everyone, Now you’re here lets have some fun.
First we clap our hand just so, Then we bend and touch our toes.
Welcome, welcome everyone, Now we’re here lets have some FUN!

Hello Song
Hello, Hello! What’s your name? ____ (child answers) (Together say) “Hello ___________”

Colorful Feast (Rhyme of the month)
Orange is the pumpkin we made into a pie. Red are the cranberries I might want to try.
Green are the beans in the casserole dish. White are the mashed potatoes I’ll have more if you wish. Yellow is the corn. It’s my favorite… I can’t wait! Brown is the turkey I have on my plate.

Book Thank You Omu! by Oge Mora

Song: This is the way we stir the soup…For our yummy dinner!

Book Bunny Tails by Barbara Brenner (read 1st story)

Song with movement Song: Stir the Soup (tune: Row, Row, Row Your Boat)
Stir, stir, stir the soup, (stir) Taste a little sip, (sip)
A pinch of this, a bunch of that, To give a little zip! (add to the ‘pot’)

Stir, stir, stir the soup Stir it all day long. Add some (insert food name here - anything you want!) Take a taste (slurrrp!) Soup will make us strong. (flex arm)

Stir, stir, stir the soup (stir) Stir it in the pot Stir it right and stir it left (change directions)
Don’t let it get too hot! (blow)

Book Martha Speaks by Susan Meddaugh (with CD)


Book Mean Soup

Repeat Song: This is the way we stir the soup… Hand out worksheets! (worksheet to make your own soup just like in our song)

Ending (farmer in the Dell)
It’s time to say goodbye
It’s time to say goodbye , Wave to our friends like this (wave)
It’s time to say Goodbye! (repeat 1 hand, 2 hands, and  reach up high wave)