Rabbits -- Preschool & Kindergarten
Rabbits
Preschool and Kindergarten rabbits unit ideas. Add some of the activities below to your rabbits theme.
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Fingerplays/Rhymes
Joe The Bunny
Tune: "I'm a Little Teapot"
I'm a little bunny, my name is Joe.
(hold up two fingers)
I hop fast and I hop slow.
(hop fingers around fast and slow)
Whenever I get sleepy, my ears droop low,
(bend fingers down)
But after my nap, up they go!
(hold fingers straight up)
Hippety Hop
(do as a fingerplay, a flannel board, or act out with 5 children. )
Hippety hop and hippety hay,
Five little bunnies went out to play.
Hippety hop and hippety hay,
One little bunny hopped away.
Four little bunnies...
Three little bunnies...
Two little bunnies...
One little bunny...
Hippety hop and hippety hay,
No more bunnies are playing today.
Hippety hop and hippety hay,
I hope they come back another day.
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Funny Bunny
Here is a bunny (Raise two fingers keeping fingers slightly bent at first knuckle.)
With ears so funny
And here is a hole in the ground. (Make hole with fingers of other hand.)
At the first sound she hears,
She pricks up her ears (Straighten fingers.)
And pops right into the ground. (Put fingers in hole.)
Bunny Mask
Print, color, and wear.
Sensory Table
Add cotton balls to the sensory table, include scoops and measuring cups.
Group Time
Bunny Listening Easter Game
A fun twist on the game Simon Says.
Sleeping Bunnies
(do as a motion song)
See the bunnies sleeping till it's nearly noon
Shall we wake them
with a merry tune?
They're so still, are they ill
Wake up, little bunnies!
Hop little bunnies, hop, hop, hop
Hop little bunnies, hop, hop, hop
Hop little bunnies, hop, hop, hop
Hop little bunnies, hop, hop, hop.
hop, hop, hop
Skip little bunnies, skip, skip, skip.
Jump little bunnies, jump, jump, jump.
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Science
Rabbit Food Mobile (pdf)
Create a mobile showing the different types of vegetables and fruits a rabbit eats.
Learning Center
Set up a vegetable and fruit stand. Use play foods not cans of food. Place the play food in toy bin/tub organizers. Add play money, paper bags, cash register or box for money.
Bunny Money (pdf)
Things to Do
Story
Peter Rabbit Book and Toy
by Beatrix Potter
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