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BEFORE FIVE IN A ROW CHART by Melanie Kulig |
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Go-alongs or Books/Videos to |
Field Trip Ideas |
Cut-out from magazines or |
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or Gather |
Borrow from Library |
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print art for Animal Classification Game |
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Jessie Bear |
American flag |
"My Good Morning Book" |
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N. W. Carlstrom |
Hamper or laundry bag for kids room |
by Eloise Wilken |
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Blue-striped pajamas |
We sing Children's Songs & Fingerplays |
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Different colors of cloth swatches |
Books with shells, butterflies, insects or rocks |
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5 or 6" square |
(photos or paintings) |
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Cardboard "bear body" with |
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clothes for it that match story |
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Yellow Ball |
Yellow ball |
Books on fish |
Picnic |
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Molly Bang |
Construction paper |
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Beach, lake or ocean |
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Pastel chalk |
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Aquarium |
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Blue, yellow, blue-green paint |
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My Blue Boat |
Material to make a toy boat |
Reprint or book containing |
Swimming pool |
whales, dolphin |
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Chris L. Demarest |
(paper or wood) |
"Starry Night" by Van Gogh |
Whale or dolphin exhibit |
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Watercolors |
Books on whales and dolphins |
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String |
"Sailor Dog" by Margaret Wise |
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Paperplate |
Brown |
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Tub dolphin/whale toys |
"Scuffy the Tugboat" Little Golden Book |
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"Yellow Ball" by Molly Bang |
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Little Rabbit |
Box of 48 or 72 Crayons |
"Tale of Peter Rabbit" by Beatrix Potter |
Pet store or petting zoo |
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Judy Dunn |
Stuffed toy rabbit |
"Runaway Bunny" by Margaret Wise Brown |
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Real rabbit for pet |
"The Best of Friends: Classic Illustrations of |
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Children & Animals" by Pamela Prince |
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"The Little Duck" |
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"The Little Lamb" |
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"The Little Goat" |
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"Rabbits and Raindrops" by Jim Arnosky |
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Prelude to "Andy and the Circus" |
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Ask Mr. Bear |
Frosted cupcakes/muffins |
"Goodnight Moon" by Margaret Wise Brown |
Wooded area |
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Marjorie Flack |
Puppets & various backdrops |
Alice in Wonderland Disney video |
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(can use poster board to make) |
Books showing woodland life |
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Pale pastel crayons |
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Blueberries for Sal |
Small tin pail |
Video about bears |
Nature walk to explore trees in |
Bear |
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Robert McCloskey |
Blueberries or other counting item |
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neighborhood |
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Collection of toy cars and trucks |
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Goodnight Moon |
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"Goldilocks and the Three Bears" |
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Cows, bears, mice, elephant, |
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Margaret Wise Brown |
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"My Goodnight Book" by Margaret Wise Brown |
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giraffe, cat |
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"Runaway Bunny" by Margaret Wise Brown |
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Nursery Rhyme "Hey Diddle Diddle . . ." |
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Big Green Pocketbook |
Markers or colored pencils |
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Run errands (to cleaners, bank, |
Koala, dog |
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Candice Ransom |
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postoffice) |
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Take a bus ride |
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Visit a mall to visit a jewelry store |
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Runaway Bunny |
Color chart |
"Tale of Peter Rabbit" by Beatrix Potter |
Point out a scarecrow |
Fish, monkey |
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Margaret Wise Brown |
Items to demonstrate sphere vs. disk |
"Goodnight Moon" by Margaret Wise Brown |
Examine an old dead tree |
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(plate, cd, ball) |
Books on plant life (apples, flowers, seed, etc.) |
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Alphabet books |
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ABC Bunny |
Make paper leaves with the letters |
Reprint or book with "Starry Night" by Van Gogh |
Bluejay, lizard, squirrel, frog, |
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Wanda Gag |
of the alphabet (both upper & lower) |
"One is One" by Tasha Tudor |
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owl, porcupine, quail |
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"Bunny Cakes" by Rosemary Wells |
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If Jesus Came to My House |
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"I have a Little Shadow" by Robert Louise |
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Joan Gale Thomas |
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Stevenson |
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(found in "A Child's Garden of Verses") |
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Caps for Sale |
Different kinds of hats |
"The Wonderful Feast" by Esphyr Slobokina |
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Esphyr Slobdikina |
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Carrot Seed |
Bean seeds |
"Linnea's Windowsill Garden" by Christina |
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Ruth Krauss |
Carrot |
Bjork |
Plant garden |
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Kids garden tools |
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Roll of wide white paper (about 5 feet) |
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Orange and green paint |
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Easy to grow plant seeds |
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Snowy Day |
Watercolors |
"Peter's Chair" |
Creek or water bank |
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Ezra Jack Keats |
Multi-colored tissue wrapping paper |
"Pet Store" |
Books or magazines showing |
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Paper plate |
"Apartment 3" |
relationships |
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all by Jack Ezra Keats |
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Refer to "Big Green Pocketbook" |
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by Candice Ransom |
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Quiet Way Home |
Red, blue and yellow watercolor |
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Field with dandelions |
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Bonny Becker |
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Play with Me |
Bird feeder |
"My Big Book of Outdoors" by Eloise Wilkin |
Meadow or field |
Snake, fawn, turtle, fish, waterbirds, insects, |
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Marie Hall Ets |
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"Benjamin in the Woods" by Eleanor Clymer |
Pond |
bluejay, chipmunk, rabbit |
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Petstore or zoo |
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Prayer for a Child |
Shoestring and buttons |
"Prayers for Children" Eloise Wilken |
Mall (or mags) to look at different |
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Rachel Field |
Map or globe |
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children from other countries |
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dress, also to look at figurines/ |
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sculptures |
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I am an Artist |
Sand dollar shell |
Simple books on forests/deserts/mountains |
Watch a sunrise/sunset |
Caterpillar, salamander |
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Pat Collins |
Horseshoe crab shell |
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Petstore (salamander) |
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Rough stone |
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Look for tracks |
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Polished stone |
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Shells/stones for counting |
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Paint, pencils or crayons & paper |
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Various items to show texture |
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Angus Lost |
3-4 large boxes or materials for |
Video of milking process |
Trip to visit a cave |
Goat, owl, ducks, cat |
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Marjorie Flack |
making a play cave |
Book on caves |
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Rubber salamander |
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Furry toy bat |
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Plastic icicles from Christmas décor |
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or clay made into icicles |
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Small snack |
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Bottled water |
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Backpack or belt pack |
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Flashlight |
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Katy No Pocket |
Material to make an apron with |
"Anybody at Home?" |
Library to pick books on a favorite |
Crocodile, deer, oppossum, |
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Emmy Payne |
many pockets to hold stuffed |
"Feed the Animals" |
animal |
skunk, raccoon, snail, ostritch, |
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animal toys |
or collection of Four Fold-Out Books-in-A-Bag |
Zoo |
lizard, worm, spider, Joey, |
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by H.A. Ray |
Trip to city (or country) |
dragonfly, squirrel, owl, cow, birds, dog, |
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depending on where you live |
horse, cat, bear, snake, turtle, monkey, |
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squirrel, raccoon, rabbit, spider |
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We're Going on a Bear Hunt |
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Bear |
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Michael Rosen |
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Red Carpet |
Items to make a "You Are Special" |
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Rex Parkin |
occasion (red material for carpet) |
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Corduroy |
Piggy bank |
"Little Brown Bear's Surprise" found in |
Place that has an escalator |
Giraffe, horse, turtle, lion |
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Don Freeman |
Stuffed bear wearing green overalls |
"The Merry Advent of Little Brown Bear" |
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and a missing button |
by Elizabeth Upham |
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Button |
"Oh What a Busy Day!" by Gyo Fujikawa |
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Jenny's Surprise Summer |
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"The Little Rabbit" by Judy Dunn |
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Gull, crab, fish, starfish |
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Eugenie |
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