Bunny Hop Storytime
Bunny Hop Storytime
Books
Boy and His Bunny by Sean Bryan, Arcade, 2011.
Bunny Fun by Sarah Weeks, Harcourt, 2008.
Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Chronicle Books, 2009.
The Little Rabbit Who Liked to Say Moo by Jonathan Allen, Boxer Books, 2008.
Little White Rabbit by Kevin Henkes, Greenwillow Books, 2011.
Rabbits by Anita Ganeri, Heinemann Library, 2009.
Wolfie the Bunny by Ame Dyckman, Little, Brown, and Company, 2015.
Fingerplays/Action Rhymes
If You're Hoppy and You Know It Sunflower Storytime accessed 3/26/2016
If you’re hoppy and you know it, hop around
If you’re hoppy and you know it, hop around
If you’re hoppy and you know it
And you really want to show it
If you’re hoppy and you know it, hop around.
…hop around
…shake your tail
…stomp your feet
…wiggle your nose
Bunny Pokey Sung to: “Hokey Pokey” Childfun accessed 3/26/2016
You put your bunny ears in
(Place hands on head to make ears)
You put your bunny ears out.
You put your bunny ears in.
And you shake them all about.
You do the Bunny Pokey
And hop yourself around,
That’s what it’s all about!
Additional verses: “You put your bunny nose in, You put your bunny tail in,
You put your bunny paws in”
Five Little Bunnies Let's Play Music accessed 3/26/2016
Five little bunnies hopping on the floor, (hopping action)
One hopped away, (hop fingers on floor)
And then there were four (take one bunny puppet away)
*
Four little bunnies hid behind a tree, (hide face in hands)
One climbed up, (climbing action with hands)
And then there were three (take one bunny puppet away)
*
Three little bunnies wondered what to do? (tap head as if to think hard)
One went to sleep, (pretend to sleep)
And then there were two (take one bunny puppet away)
*
Two little bunnies went to have some fun, (the last two puppets jump up and down)
One hopped down a hole, (make a diving action with hand)
And then there was one (take one bunny away)
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One little bunny paddling in the sea, (make last little bunny hop up and down)
I went and picked him up, (pick the bunny up)
And he came home with me! (cradle him in your arms)
"B-U-N-N-Y Preschool Education accessed 3/26/2016
Sung to: "Bingo"
I know a rabbit with big long ears
and BUNNY is its name -o
B U N N Y, B U N N Y, B U N N Y
and BUNNY is its name-o
Songs
"Bunny Hop Jump" by Maryann Harman, Music Makes Me Wanna Move
"Little Peter Rabbit" Happy Toddler Hits Vol. 4
"Pat the Bunny" by Lori Fischer, Pat the Bunny: Sing With Me
Art Project
Bunny Mask A Kailo Chic Life accessed 3/26/2016
Every Child Ready to Read Skills and/or Practices
Print Conventions/Awareness: Large text in Bunny Fun (Weeks) can be pointed out to kids while being read aloud.
Background Knowledge: Kids can talk about the relationship between wolves and rabbits in Wolfie the Bunny (Dyckman).
Letter Knowledge: Point out the letters in "duck" and "rabbit" Duck! Rabbit! (Rosenthal).
Phonological Awareness: Rhyming books such as Bunny Fun (Weeks) promote the awareness of the smaller sounds in words.
Sing: Kids sing along with songs played during storytime
Talk: Have a dialogue with the kids about some of the things rabbit wonders about in Little White Rabbit (Henkes).
Read: Have the kids read the words "bunny fun" in the book Bunny Fun (Weeks).
Write: Have the children write their names on their art project or trace the letter B in the air.
Play: Kids dance along with the songs played during storytime.
Minnesota Early Childhood Indicators of Progress
Domain: Language, Literacy, and Communications:
Language comprehension
Social conversation
Vocabulary and syntax
Grammar
Motivation, engagement
Phonological awareness
Letter recognition
Concepts of Print
Comprehension of narrative text
Further Resources
Minnesota Early Childhood Indicators of Progress
Valuable Initiatives in Early Learning the Work Successfully (VIEWS2)