Egg-citing!

With Easter just around the corner and birds building nests, I thought that eggs would be a good topic for storytime this week.  We are exploring the different kinds of eggs. 

Some good books are:

Grambling, Lois.  Can I have a stegosaurus, Mom? Can I? Please?

Gravett, The odd egg
Heller, Ruth.  Chickens aren't the only ones

Flannel board story:
"Three eggs in a basket" found in Sierra, Judy.  Mother Goose's Playhouse
 "Mother Hen" : clip art pictures for traditional rhyme
            Five eggs and five eggs
            That makes ten
            Sitting on top is Mother Hen
            Cackle, cackle, cackle
            What do I see?
            Ten fluffy chicks
            As yellow as can be!

Activity:
 Prepare plastic easter eggs with a small photo of something that hatches from an egg.  I found clip art photos of various birds, reptiles, amphibians, and insects.  Make enough for one for each child.  Place in a basket.  Let children open their egg in turn and talk about what is inside.

Music: "The chicken walk" found on the Wiggles Go Bananas CD  with shaker eggs, of course!