H is for Horse

Mommy & Me Book Club
Gathering Activity	Color a horse picture.
Welcome Announcements:	Welcome Song (tune: London Bridges) Come along and clap with me, Clap with me, clap with me. Come along and clap with me, It’s time for us to start.
Circle Time	The More We Get Together Sing ABC song. Count from 1-10 forward and backward.
Book Time	All the Pretty Little Horses—Saport Clarence Goes Out West and Meets a Purple Horse—Adams Horse—Malachy Doyle   Do some horse rhymes: Rickety, rickety rocking horse Rickety, rickety rocking horse, Over the hills we go. (Ride child on knee). Rickety, rickety rocking horse, Giddy-up, giddy-up, whoa! (Gently rock child back in lap and hug child). Trot, trot to Boston Trot, trot to Boston, Trot, trot to Lynne. Look out (child’s name) Don’t fall in! 10 Wild Horses Ten wild horses came galloping through town. Five were white, five were brown. They galloped up, and they galloped down. They galloped away and out of town. Horsie, Horsie Horsie, horsie, don’t you stop. (Clip-clop hands on legs). Just let your feet go clippety-clop; Your tail goes swish, (swish back and forth) And the wheels go round—(roll hands) Giddy-up, you’re homeward bound. (clap 3 times)
Art Activity (Fine motor skills activity)	Letter H Horse Craft from: http://www.allkidsnetwork.com/crafts/alphabet/letter-h-horse.asp
Snack	Haystacks and apples Haystack recipe: http://shewearsmanyhats.com/2011/10/haystacks-recipe/
Game  (Gross motor skills activity)	Horse relay race or barrel racing
Closing	Good-bye Song (tune: Here We Are Together) Now we wave good-bye, Good-bye, good-bye. Now we wave good-bye, I’ll see you next time.
Other	Resources: More horse books: Robert the Rose Horse—Heilbroner The Horse in Harry’s Room—Hoff Teeny Tiny Ernest Clip-clop—Smee Fritz and the Beautiful Horses—Brett Leonardo’s Horse—Fritz Cowardly Clyde—Peet Giddy yup! Let’s Ride—McDonnell Little Red Cowboy Hat—Lowell Cowboy Small—Lenski Horses!—Gibbons Mrs. Mack—Polacco Appaloosa Zebra—Haas Magnus at the Fire—Armstrong Ride like the Wind—Fuchs (about the Pony Express) My Pony—Jeffers More horse crafts and ideas: http://mrskarensclass.blogspot.com/2012/03/old-mrs-karen-had-farm.html http://familythemedays.ca/Themes/Horses.htm http://www.freekidscrafts.com/paper-plate-horse/  http://www.kidactivities.net/category/Theme-Farm-Harvest.aspx http://funhandprintartblog.com/2009/08/footprint-horse-craft.html