Bunny Tales

We spent the week listening to bunny tales and pretending to be bunny rabbits! One, Two, Three, Oops! by Michael Coleman was a definite hit.

Little Rabbit Foo Foo by Michael Rosen was a really, silly book but we loved listening to it and singing along.

A “hole in the ground” was a fun place in which to

hide...some of us even tried on bunny ears!

This is the song we sang:

Here is a bunny with ears so funny
(hold up two fingers)
And here is a hole in the ground.
(use fingers on other hand to make a “hole”)
When a noise he/she hears,
He/She perks up his/her ears
(straighten fingers)
And he/she jumps in the hole
in the ground!
(place two fingers into “hole” on other hand)

At our sensory table, we had lots of different colors and designs of eggs to sort and count. We practiced being the favorite bunny of all times- the Easter Bunny! An egg spinner added to the sensory fun.

Our favorite bunny tale was the story of “Peter Rabbit” by Beatrix Potter. We read several books with different illustrators.

To the tune of "Battle Hymn of the Republic", we sang a song about Peter Rabbit that goes like this:
Little Peter Rabbit had a fly upon his nose
Little Peter Rabbit had a fly upon his nose

Little Peter Rabbit had a fly upon his nose
And he flipped it and he flopped it and it flew away!
We sang it over and over again, changing "nose" to different body parts like, toe,  ear, elbow, etc.

We planted a garden for Peter Rabbit. We planted radish seeds, carrots seeds and lettuce seeds. They've started growing. We can't wait until we can place them outside to continue growing.

Bunny footprints provided us with a trail for hopping.

As we hopped we sang:

Here comes Peter Cottontail

Hoppin’ down the bunny trail,
Hippity hoppin’, Easter’s on its way
Bringin’ ev’ry girl and boy
A basketful of Easter joy
Things to make your Easter bright and gay!

A must for every bunny is a trampoline for a lot of expert jumping practice.

We used our bunny expertise to dance to the "Bunny Pokey".

You put your bunny ears in
(hands above head like ears)
You put your bunny ears out
Your put your bunny ears in
And you shake them all about
You do the bunny pokey
As you turn yourself around,
That's what it's all about!
You put your bunny paws in...
You put your bunny nose in...
You put your bunny tail in...
You put your bunny self in...
That's what it's all about!

Dipping hard boiled eggs in paint , we rolled them back and forth in a pan. We had two masterpieces- an egg and a painting! We ate the egg for lunch.

It was fun to decorate headbands and add bunny ears.

We love the way they turned out!

Our Egg Hunt was loads of fun. 

We each had to look for special colors. 

There were lots of fun prizes tucked inside.