Growing up can be such fun,

If you’re smart and use your head.

Just be fair, use common sense,

It will help you all you need. 

 

Don’t say “no,” don’t say “can’t,”

Don’t say, “I won’t try,”

Just say, “Yes, I can,”

And you’ll do it by and by.

‘Cause a winner always tries.

 

No one looks the way I do.

I have noticed that is true!

No one walks the way I walk.

No one talks the way I talk.

No one plays the way I play.

No one says the things I say.

I am special! I am me!

There's no one else I'd rather be.

 

If you’re happy and you know it,

Clap your hands.

If you’re happy and you know it,

Clap your hands.

If you’re happy and you know it,

And you’re not afraid to show it,

If you’re happy and you know it,

Clap your hands.

*Sad—rub eyes

*Mad—stomp feet

*Scared—shiver and shake

*Surprised—say, “oh, my!”

*Sleepy—rub eyes

 

Today, I’m feeling_____.

 How do you feel?

 

Isn't it strange some people make

You feel so tired inside,

Your thoughts begin to shrivel up

Like leaves all brown and dried!

But when you're with some other ones,

It's stranger still to find

Your thoughts as thick as fireflies

All shiny in your mind!

          --Rachel Field 

THE 20TH CENTURY CHILDREN'S

POETRY TREASURY

 

I will not take these words inside.

I will not let you hurt my pride.

I may not be a perfect kid.

But your words don't match what I did.

          --Tickle Tune Typhoon

 

(sing to : Frere Jacques)

When I'm mad,

Very sad,

Take a breath.

Walk away.

I will feel better,

I will feel better,

If I sit...by myself.

If I sit...by myself.

 

When you get so mad and you want to roar,

Take a deep breath....and count to four!

1,2,3,4!"

 

(sing to: I'm a Little Teapot)

Some little faces I have seen,

Some were sad, and some were mean.

But the one little face, with a smile was the best.

That was the happiest of all the rest.

 

I look like this when I'm happy.

I look like this when I sigh.

I look like this when I'm sleepy, 

I look like this when I cry.

I look like this when I'm angry,

I look like this when I'm sad.

 I look like this when I'm curious,

And I look like this when I'm glad.     

 

May your neighbors respect you,

Trouble neglect you.

The angels protect you,

And heaven accept you.

 

Ghandi's Prayer

I give you my peace,         (palms opened upward)

I give you my love,            (hands over heart)

I give you my friendship,  (hands cupped, clasped)

I hear your needs,            (hand cupped around ear)

I see your beauty,            (hands moving outward from eyes)

I feel your feelings,         (hands in fists, shaking, showing emotion)

My wisdom comes from a higher source (hands sweeping over back of head, forming a handprayer)

I salute that source within you (hands in prayer, bend forward)

May we work together.    (hands clasped, fingers threaded, lower from chest to lap)

          --Brian Gym workshop, Allsongs Fingerplays

 

I can show I care by

Reaching out my hand,

By giving you a gentle touch

To say I understand.

I can show I care by

Giving you a smile,

To make you feel like smiling too,

For just a little while.

I can show I care by

Giving you a hug,

Wrap my arms around you 'til

You feel so very snug.

I can show I care by

Giving you a kiss,

For showing someone that you care

A kiss can never miss.

 

Songs:

Kindergarten Wall

Make New Friends But Keep the Old

Oh, What a Beautiful Morning

Raindrops on Roses

This Little Light of Mine

You Are My Sunshine

 

Flannel Board:

Chicken Licken

City Mouse/Country Mouse

Dog and His Bone

FF-Emotions

The Fox and the Grapes

Great Tug of War                         Multicultural Folktales: Stories to Tell Young Children, Judy Sierra

Monkey and the Crocodile

Mouse and Thunder

Myrtle, the Turtle, Meets Leprechaun

Rattlesnake, Mouse & Coyote

The Turnip

Why Bear Has a Short Tail

Wide Mouth Frog

 

Extras:  paper plate smile/frown; BEE thumbprint (see BEES for adjectives)

 

Books:

Sometimes I'm a Bombaloo, Rachel Vail, c.2001

Regina's Big Mistake, Marissa Moss, c.1990

The Feelings Book, Todd Parr, c2000

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