Critters & Company

27 Songs and Over 300 Activities for Young Children

From "Ten Little Monkeys" to "The Bear Went Over the Mountain," children will sing and learn about the animals they love. The enclosed CD features 27 songs-old favorites and originals-and the book offers more than 300 activities that teach children about zoo animals, farm animals, and pets.

Every song has:

• Literacy Links to teach comprehension skills, letter knowledge, and phonemic awareness
• Curriculum Connections to integrate the content of the song with curriculum areas such as math, art, sand and water play, science, outdoor play, field trips, and discovery
• a "Did You Know?" section with fun and interesting facts related to the song
• a vocabulary list to enhance children's language skills
• theme connections
• home activities to extend the learning
• related children's books

All children love to sing and learn, so the book includes both English language learner strategies and special needs adaptations.

Songs Include:

1. One Elephant
2. El Señor Don Gato
3. Bingo
4. Three White Mice
5. Rags
6. Six White Ducks
7. I Met a Bear
8. Ten Little Monkeys
9. Three Tricky Turtles
10. Sweetly Sings the Donkey
11. Three Bears' Rap
12. Gray Squirrel
13. Animal Fair
14. Oh, Where, Oh, Where Has My Little Dog Gone?
15. Hanky Panky
16. Little Polly Parakeet
17. Little Rabbit
18. Fido
19. The Bear Went Over the Mountain
20. Tiny Tim
21. Little Skunk's Hole
22. Amelia's Pets
23. Sara Sidney
24. Five Little Ducks
25. Fiddle-i-Fee
26. The Old Gray Mare
27. On the First Day of Summer

Author: Pam Schiller
ISBN: 9780876590171
Publisher: Gryphon House
Paperback
Pages: 128, © 2006