see specific animal

                    http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/desert.html

(sing to Clementine)

I'm a cactus, I'm a cactus,

In the desert, oh, so dry.

I am prickly,

So don't touch me,

As you come a-walking by.

          --Liz Ryerson

I wish that I could rattle and shake,               (Use shakers to accompany this rhyme)

Just like Mister Rattlesnake.

Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle,

And shake, shake, shake

Just like Mister Rattlesnake!

          --YSO Storytime Wiki

One little coyote howling at the moon, along came a friend and joined in his tune

5 Wild Coyotes watch an owl soar, one ran after it and then there were 4.

4 Wild coyotes sniffing at a tree, one chased a mouse and then there were 3.

3 Wild coyotes where the clover grew, one chased a mouse and then there were 2.

2 Wild coyotes sitting in the sun, one went for a drink and then there was 1.

1 Wild coyote howling at the moon, he went to sleep ’cause the sun would be up soon.

          --Flannel Friday 11-25-2011

Flannel Board:

Rattlesnake, Mouse and Coyote

Books: 

Welcome to the Sea of Sand, Jane Yolen, c.1996

Coyote Dreams, Susan Nunes, c.1988

More offerings--DESERTS

More offerings--LIZARDS AND GECKOS