Poems & Fingerplays

Bunnies Bunnies are brown Bunnies are white Bunnies are always An Easter delight. Bunnies are cuddly The large and the small. But I like chocolate ones The best of them all.

Secret Information Would you like to know a secret? Well, I'll tell you one I know: The Easter's Bunny's coming, My mama told me so. He'll bring a basket filled with eggs And leave it in my yard, And I will find it Easter morn, If I look very hard. I shouldn't tell my secret, But I think it should be shared. You ought to know that Bunny's coming, So you can be prepared!

Your Topic Goes Here Easter Fingerplay Your Subtopics Go Here Five little Easter eggs, lovely colors wore Mother ate the blue one, then there were four Four little Easter eggs, two and two you see Daddy ate the red one, then there were three Three little Easter eggs, before I knew Sister ate the yellow one, then there were two Two little Easter egg, Oh what fun Brother ate the purple one, then there was one One little Easter egg, see me run I ate the last one, and then there were none

Sung to: “I’m a Little Teapot” I'm a Little Bunny Sung to: “I’m a Little Teapot” I'm a little bunny, with a cotton tail; See me hopping down the trail, When I see a carrot --- My ears - they shake! And then, of course, A Bite I take!!! CRUNCH!!!!! TRANSITIONAL PAGE

Easter Bunny Easter bunny soft and white Hopping quickly out of sight. Thank you for the eggs you bring At Easter time to welcome spring. Yellow eggs and blue and red In the grass and flower bed We will hunt them everywhere Is it really you who put them there?

Bunny Fingerplay Here is a bunny (make a bunny with hand) With ears so funny (wiggle ears) And this is his hole in the ground (make a hole with other hand) When a noise she hears (listen intently) She pricks up her ears (straighten ears) And jumps in her hole in the ground (make bunny jump into hole)

White Bunny Bunny, white bunny With ears so tall (Place pointer fingers beside head) And your two pink eyes And your mouth so small. (Make 0 with mouth) Wiggle goes one ear. (Wiggle one finger) Wiggle goes the other. (Wiggle other finger) Hop, hop, hop, hop Home to your mother! (Hop away in four hops)

Jelly Bean Countdown 5 little jelly beans I wish I had more! I'll eat the Red one Now there are four! 4 little jelly beans Tasty as can be I'll eat the Blue one Now there are 3! 3 little jelly beans Only a few. I'll eat the (color) one Now there are 2. 2 little jelly beans Eating them is fun I'll eat the (color) one Now there is one. 1 little jelly bean The last one for me I'll eat the (color) one I'm as happy as can be!

Robbie the Rabbit Robbie the rabbit is fat, fat, fat. (Pat your belly) His soft little paws go pat, pat, pat. (Tap one hand with the other) His soft little ears go flop, flop, flop. (Arms over head, bend hands over and wave up & down) And when Robbie runs he goes hop, hop, hop!

Hopping Herbie Down the trail old Herbie hops. At every house he makes a stop Looking for a ready basket Into which the candy drops. Easter morning, faces pop Out the door of every stop, Smiling children see with pleasure All the treats that Herbie drops. At the end, his tired ears flop. Herbie heads back to his shop, Eggs and paint are all around him. But his Easter work was tops!

Five Little Bunnies Nibble, Nibble, Crunch One little bunny was feeling blue, So he went to a friend’s house and then there were two. Two little bunnies hopped to a tree, A bunny lived there and then there were three. Three little bunnies jumped out the door, They meet another and then there were four. Four little bunnies were soon to arrive, At another friends house and that makes five! Five little bunnies are going to have some lunch. So they ate a bunch of carrots: Nibble, Nibble, Crunch

Little Bunny There was a little bunny who lived in the wood.(wiggle hands) He wiggled his ears as a good bunny should. .(wiggle hands) He hopped by a squirrel. (fingers hop on other arm) He wiggled by a tree.(raise hands and wiggle) He hopped by a duck.(fingers hop on other arm) And he wiggled by me. (point to yourself) He stared at the squirrel.(make glasses) He peeked round the tree.(peek-a-boo) He stared at the duck.(make glasses) But he winked at me! ( wink)