Big Book of Seasons, Holidays, and Weather : Rhymes, Fingerplays, and Songs for Children

This one-stop source for children's programs offers thematic rhymes, fingerplays, and songs about seasons, weather, and holidays. There are many books designed to help librarians and teachers come up with programming ideas, but here is one that compiles, organizes, and indexes texts and tunes thoroughly. This unparalleled collection, a follow up to the author's popular Big Book of Animal Rhymes, Fingerplays, and Songs , is organized around the four seasons, focusing on children's rhymes, fingerplays, songs, and poems relating to weather, time, and holidays. Designed as a one-stop resource to help librarians and educators find material for their programs quickly and easily, the book features approximately 300 songs, rhymes, and fingerplays, including some Spanish-language versions. Material is topically arranged and presented in a format that can easily be reproduced. There is a thematic index and generous cross-referencing, as well as age/grade levels that will help readers determine which material is best suited to a particular audience. Music for accompaniments is included, as are directions for performing the fingerplays. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 Acknowledgments......Page 8 Introduction......Page 10 Part 1: The Four Seasons......Page 12 The Four Seasons......Page 14 The Four Seasons: Weather......Page 18 Spring......Page 22 Spring: Gardens and Flowers......Page 30 Spring Holidays: April Fool’s Day......Page 42 Spring Holidays: Easter......Page 43 Spring Holidays: May Day (First of May)......Page 44 Spring Weather: Rain/Dew......Page 45 Spring Weather: Rainbows......Page 52 Spring Weather: Wind......Page 53 Summer......Page 64 Summer Weather: Sunshine......Page 71 Autumn......Page 78 Autumn: Foliage......Page 80 Autumn: Harvest......Page 83 Autumn Holidays: Halloween......Page 90 Autumn Holidays: Thanksgiving......Page 92 Autumn: Moon......Page 94 Autumn Weather: Clouds/Fog......Page 99 Winter......Page 102 Winter Holidays: Christmas......Page 110 Winter Holidays: Hanukkah......Page 125 Winter Holidays: New Year’s Day......Page 126 Winter Holidays: Valentine’s Day......Page 128 Winter Weather: Snow/Ice......Page 130 Winter: Stars......Page 136 Part 2: Time......Page 140 Days of the Week......Page 142 Hours of the Day......Page 146 Websites......Page 150 Books......Page 151 Supplemental Works......Page 153 Author Index......Page 154 F......Page 156 M......Page 157 T......Page 158 Y......Page 159 G......Page 160 O......Page 161 T......Page 162 Y......Page 163 Specific Kinds of Rhymes......Page 164 "This one-stop source for children's programs offers thematic rhymes, fingerplays, and songs about seasons, weather, and holidays"-- Provided by publisher