Cat Storytime

“Hello Everybody” song

Literacy Tip: Sometimes it is good to run your fingers under the words as you read. This helps children learn that words on a page go from left to right and from top to bottom. This skill is part of Print Awareness. It’s an important pre-reading skill.

I Love Cats by Sue Stainton

Head & Shoulders
Head & Shoulders, Knees & Paws, Knees & Paws,
Head & Shoulders, Knees & Paws, Knees & Paws,
Eyes & Ears & Mouth & Whiskers
Head & Shoulders, Knees & Paws, Knees & Paws.

Cleo and Caspar by Caroline Mockford

Cat Talk
Cats can meow.
Cats can growl.
Cats can purr.
Cats can yowl.
Cats can arch their backs and hiss,
Just like this…! (Bend over, arching back, hold hands up like paws and hiss.)

Black Cat White Cat: A Book of Opposites by Chuck Murphy

“Bought Me a Cat” from More Songs for Learning music CD by Kim Thompson, dance and use maracas

Kittens! Kittens! Kittens! by Susan Meyers

The Old Gray Cat” from Bullfrog Jumped music CD, use flannel pictures

The Old Gray Cat is sleeping, sleeping, sleeping,
The old gray cat is sleeping in the house.
The little mouse comes creeping, creeping, creeping,
The little mouse comes creeping through the house.

Posy by Linda Newbery

“We Are Leaving” song

Cat Coloring Page from: http://www.coloring.ws/t.asp?b=m&t=http://www.coloring.ws/animals/cats/cat25.gif