Books:   

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The Problem With Chickens by Bruce McMillan

Chicks and Salsa by Aaron Reynolds 

Bob by Tracy Campbell Pearson

Rosie’s Walk by Pat Hutchins

Rooster’s Off to See The World by Eric Carle

Leon and Albertine by Christine Davenier

This Little Chick by John Lawrence 

The wolf's chicken stew by Keiko Kasza

Minerva Louise by Janet Morgan Stoeke

Dora's eggs by Julie Sykes

 

 

Activities: 

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I Know A Chicken (Laurie Berkner; Whaddaya Think of That? CD)

 

Flannel Story: The Little Red Hen

 

TEN FLUFFY CHICKENS

5 eggs and 5 eggs; that makes ten

Sitting on top is Mother Hen.

Crackle, crackle, crackle; What do I see?

Ten fluffy chicks, as yellow as can be.

 

Hickety, Pickety

Hickety, pickety, my fat hen.    

She lays eggs for gentlemen.

Gentlemen come everyday,    

to see what my fat hen doth lay.    

 

Higgledy, Piggledy (version 2)

Higgledy, piggledy, my fat hen.    

She lays eggs for gentlemen.

Sometimes nine,      

And sometimes ten,      

Higgledy, piggledy, my fat hen.         

 

 

Five Hungry Chickens 

Patterns and instructions can be found in: The flannel board storytelling book by Judy Sierra. Bronx, NY: H.W. Wilson Co., 1987.

Said the first little chicken

With a queer little squirm,

"I wish I could find

A fat little worm"

 

Said the next little chicken

With an odd little shrug,

"I wish I could find

A fat little slug."

 

Said the third little chicken,

With a sharp little squeal

"I wish I could find

Some nice yellow meal."

 

Said the fourth little chicken,

With a small sigh of grief,

"I wish I could find

A little green leaf."

 

Said the fifth little chicken,

With a faint little moan,

I wish I could find

A wee gravel stone."

 

"Now see here," said the mother,

From the green garden patch,

"If you want any breakfast

Just come here and scratch."

 

Hens of a Different Color

(Create a flannel board activity by cutting out the hens and barn in the colors indicated and placing on the board as you say the rhyme)

This little hen is BLACK

She stands in the barnyard by a big hay stack

 

This little hen is RED

She is very tired and won't get out of bed.

 

This little hen is BROWN

She is feeling sad and wearing a frown.

 

This little hen is YELLOW

She's friends with the rooster; he's a handsome fellow.

 

This little hen is WHITE

She dances and plays; oh what a sight!

 

This little hen is PURPLE

She spends her day running around in circles.

 

This little hen is GREEN

She is the silliest hen I've ever seen.

 

This little hen is BLUE

She lays eggs for me and you.

 

This little hen is PINK

She goes down to the pond to get a drink.

 

All of these hens live at the farm

Out in the big RED barn.

 

This Little Chick

(Hold up fingers, one by one, wiggle thumb at the end)

This little chick got into the barn             

This little chick ate all the corn               

This little chick said he wasn't well         

And this little chick said he'd go tell,  

But this little chick said "Peep, peep, peep! 

Please be quiet, I'm trying to sleep!" 

 

 

Crafts: 

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Rooster Weathervane:

Copy and cut out the template from bright colored cardstock (red is nice). Let kids glue feathers and a wiggly eye onto the rooster. Tape the arrow to the bottom of the rooster. Attach the rooster to the skewer with tape and poke through the bottom of a Styrofoam cup. Let kids decorate the cup by gluing small tissue paper squares onto it. When they are done they can hold the skewer inside the cup and make the weathervane twirl.