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Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!

by Mo Willems

The Seals on the Bus

by Lenny Hort

City Lullaby

by Marilyn Singer

Preschool

Welcome Song: Hi, Hello and How Are You?

Hi, hello and how are you? How are you, How are you? Hi, hello and how are you? How are you today?

Oral Story:

Pigeon and Turtle Go to New York City

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Action Song: A Hippopotamus Got On A City Bus

A hip, a hip, a hippopotamus Got on, got on, got on a city bus And all, and all, and all the people said, "You're squishing us!" (hug baby) A sheep, a sheep, a sheep got on a city busand all, and all, and all the people said, "Baaaack up!" A cow, a cow, a cow got on a bus And all, and all, and all the people said, "Mooooove over!"

How Do You Wokka

by Elizabeth Bluemle

Book and Song: Seals on the Bus The seals on the bus go arp, arp, arparp, arp, arp, arp, arp, arpThe seals on the bus go arp, arp, arpAll around the town. The rabbits on the bus go up and down...The snakes on the bus go hiss, hiss, hissThe monkeys on the bus go eeh, eeh, eeh,The tigers on the bus go roar, roar, roarThe geese on the bus go honk, honk, honkThe people on the bus go help, help, help!

Oral Story and Fingerpl

This is the key to the city.The city is on a hill. And on the hill is a street.And on that street there is a house.And in that house there is a room.And in that room there is a bed.And on that bed there is a basket.And in that basket there is a blanket.And under that blanket there is a baby.The baby in the basket The basket on the bed The bed in the room The room in the house The house on the street The street on the hill The hill in the city And this is the key to the city.

Action Song: Construction Worker Song

This is the way we pound the nails, pound the nails, pounds the nails, This is the way we pound the nails so early in the morning. This is the way we saw the wood, saw the wood, saw the wood. This is the way we saw the wood so early in the morning.

Other Verses: Stack the bricks, Stir the paint, Paint the

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Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!

Preschool Storytime: City Kids

Hi, Hello and How Are You?

Pigeon and Turtle Go to New York City

A Hippopotamus Got On A City Bus

A sheep, a sheep, a sheep got on a city bus

How Do You Wokka-Wokka?

by Elizabeth Bluemle

Seals on the Bus

The seals on the bus go arp, arp, arp arp, arp, arp, arp, arp, arp The seals on the bus go arp, arp, arp

e bus go up and down... The snakes on the bus go hiss, hiss, hiss The monkeys on the bus go eeh, eeh, eeh, The tigers on the bus go roar, roar, roar The geese on the bus go honk, honk, honk The people on the bus go help, help, help!

Oral Story and Fingerplay: The Key to the City

This is the key to the city.

And on the hill is a street. And on that street there is a house. And in that house there is a room. And in that room there is a bed. And on that bed there is a basket. And in that basket there is a blanket. And under that blanket there is a baby.

And this is the key to the city.

Construction Worker Song

This is the way we pound the nails, pound the nails,

This is the way we pound the nails so early in the

This is the way we saw the wood, saw the wood, saw the

This is the way we saw the wood so early in the morning.

r Verses: Stack the bricks, Stir the paint, Paint the

City Kids

By Dana Horrocks

Stretching Rhyme: Cranes Reach High

Cranes reach up cranes reach down cranes reach out and all around.

Counting Rhyme: Five Little Houses

One little house all alone it stood Then another was built There grows the neighborhood. Two little houses... Three little houses... Four little houses... Five little houses All together they stood On a beautiful street in a happy neighborhood.

Song and Tickle: Put Your Shoes on Lucy

Put your shoes on Lucy Don't you know you're in the city Put your shoes on Lucy It really is a pity that Lucy can't barefoot wherever she goes Because she loves the feel the wiggle of her toes.

Action Song: Elevator Song

Oh the city is great and the city is grand There's a whole lot of people on a little piece of land And we live way up on the 57th floor and this is what we do when we go out the door. We take the elevator up and the elevator down, take the elevator up, take the elevator down Take the elevator up and the elevator down and we turn around.

Action Song: Zoom Down the Highway

Zoom down the highway Zoom down the highway Zoom down the highway, Fast! Up goes the drawbridge Up goes the drawbridge Up goes the drawbridge The ship is going past. Down goes the drawbridge Down goes the drawbridge Down goes the drawbridge The ship has past at last.