Alligator or Crocodile Storytime
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Songs and Fingerplays:
Words and Actions to "Teasing Mr. Crocodile"
Five little monkeys
Sitting in a Tree
teasing Mr. Crocodile
You can't catch me
You can't catch me!
Along comes Mr. Crocodile
Slow as can be.... SNAP!!
Alternative: (after "Along comes Mr. Crocodile, quiet as can be and... SNAP!" shout "Run, Monkey, run! and slap your legs to make running sounds. For last verse, "One little monkey, sitting in a tree, and one Mr. Crocodile, hungry as can be" (and rub your tummies)
-Marisa E. Glaviano
Song:
Row, row row your boat
Gently down the stream
If you see a crocodile
Don't forget to scream!
Song:
Words and Sheet Music to "The Crocodile"
Words to "Alligator Pie" (and other rhymes)
Alligator pie, alligator pie
If I don't get some
I think I'm gonna cry.
Take away the green grass
Take away the sky
But don't take away
My alligator pie.
Fingerplay:
Here's a Little Crocodile
He'll give you smiles for free
But if he gets too close to you
He'll gobble up your knee!
Here's a Little Crocodile
He's moving through the sand
But if he gets too close to you
He'll gobble up your hand!
(first verse by Janice Dawe)
Rhyme:
Alligator Alligator (Make your arms into big jaws that open and close and do a clapping rhyme with your hands)
Long and Green
Alligator Alligator
Teeth so mean
Snapping at a fly (pretend to snap your jaws)
Snapping at a bee (pretend to snap)
Snapping at a frog (Pretend to snap)
but you can't catch me! (jump back)
Poem:
Said a very l-o-n-g crocodile,
"My length is a terrible trial!
I know I should diet,
But each time I try it,
I'm hungry for more than a mile!"
-Lilian Moore
Rhyme:
Here is his mirror, here is his drill,
Here is his briefcase, here is his bill.
Here are his boots on the riverbanks,
So, where di the crocodile's dentist go?
-Richard Edwards, Moon Frog
Flannelboard:
(Use with five felt crocodiles on the flannelboard)
One little alligator swimming in a pool;
Another comes along and now there are two.
Two little alligators swimming by a tree;
Another comes along and now there are three.
Three little alligators swimming near the shore;
Another comes along and now there are four
Four little alligators swim, splash, and dive.
Another comes along and now there are five
Five little alligators having lots of fun;
Mama calls, "It's time for bed!" and now there are none!
-Chris Lemieux
Puppet skit:
Here is the crocodile lying on the log. (arms crossed in front of your chest -- crocodile puppet lying on top)
Down in the water, he sees a frog. (frog puppet on bottom hand -- let him go "swimming" underneath)
In goes the crocodile. (Crocodile dives in) Round goes the log. (arms roll) And splash goes the water! (arms move out like splash) Away swims the frog. (frog swims away)
-Lynne Holloway
Mr. Alligator
Here's Mr. Alligator
sittin' on a log
down by the pool
he sees a little frog
in jumps the alligator,
around goes the log
Splash goes the water!
and away goes the log
Hand motions:
put one arm, bent at elbow, across the front of your body. Lay your second arm, with fingers out straight, on top. (Mr. Alligator lying on a log). Make a circle in front of your body, fingers touching (a pool); with arms still bent into a circle, pop your thumb up and wiggle it (little frog) Keep one arm in a circle while the other arm (hand first) goes up and then into the pond (in jumps the alligator). With arms bent at elbow again, rotate them around each other (around goes the log) Throw your hands up and out to the side (splash goes the water) Hope your thumb away from you (away goes frog).
Books:
Pill & Peter by Tomie De Paola
The Enormous Crocodile by Roald Dahl (this is a Chapter Book)
The Lyle books by Richard Waber
The Lady with the Alligator Purse Nadine Bernard Westcott (chubby book-boardbook) (1998)
Counting Crocodiles by Judy Sierra (1997)
What time is it Mr. Crocodile? by Judy Sierra (2004)
Ten little Crocodiles by Colin West (1997)
I'd really like to each a child by Sylviane Donnio (2007)
Clarabella's Teeth by Vrombaut
The Enormous Egg by Leo Lionni
Snip Snap! What's that? by Mara Bergman
Frog in the Bog by Karma Wilson
Recommended:
The Flannel Board Storytelling Book by Judy Sierra (includes "A bridge of Crocodiles" and "Monkey and the Crocodile")
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