Rabbit Theme

Books
Tom Rabbit by Martin Waddell
We're Rabbits! by Lisa Westberg Peters
Home For A Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
Bunny Fun by Sarah Weeks
Rabbit's Good News by Ruth Lercher Bornstein
Bunny's Noisy Book by Margaret Wise Brown
Tatty Ratty by Helen Cooper
A surprise For Rosie by Julia Rawlinson

Songs and Finger plays
Hop Hop Hoppy
Sung to: Peter Rabbit
Hop, hop, hoppy cannot wait,
Jumping near my garden gate, Hippity Hoppity,
Carrots on his mind.

Floppy ears are flipping high,
Big feet jumping, my oh my!
Hipitty hoppity,
No carrots left behind.

BUNNY
Sung to: "Bingo"
I know a rabbit with long pink ears
and BUNNY is his name - o
B-U-N-N-Y B-U-N-N-Y B-U-N-N-Y
and BUNNY is his name - o

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!!!!!

Funny Bunny Hop
Funny, little bunny goes hop, hop, hop!
(children hop, or make bunny ears with fingers and bounce hand)
Funny little bunny, please stop,stop,stop!
(become still)
Wiggle your ears and crinkle your nose.
)hands above head for ears, wiggle them. Crinkle your nose)
Then wiggle, wiggle, wiggle right down to your toes.
(wiggle whole body)

Little Bunny Foo Foo
http://www.kididdles.com/lyrics/l007.html

Craft
Bunny Cup Puppet
Idea from "Storytimes for Two-Year-Olds" Second Edition by Judy Nichols
Supplies: White foam cups (preferably smooth so the children may draw a scene on it), straws, crayons, tape and a bunny shape cutout.

Directions: I provided the bunny pre-cut to make the project easier for the little ones. I also had the cups ready with holes in the bottom. Have the children decorate their bunny and cup. Once they are ready, tape the bunny to the straw and put the straw through the hole in the cup. You now have a bunny hole and a puppet ready for a show!