BOUNCY BEDTIME STORIES
Books:
One, Two, Three O’Leary by Malachy Doyle
The Kiss That Missed by David Melling
No Jumping on the Bed by Tedd Arnold
Tumble Bumble by Felicia Bond
The Napping House by Audrey Wood
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow
Baby Danced the Polka by Karen Beaumont
While you are sleeping by Alexis Deacon
Good Night Pillow Fight by Sally Cook
Farmyard Beat by Lindsey Craig
Mitchell's License by Hallie Durand
Activities:
beanbags (or monkey puppets or toys) in the middle for "5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed."
Repeat the rhyme, letting kids take a monkey out of the ‘bed’ at the appropriate times.
Crafts:
Monkey on a Bed
http://www.dltk-kids.com/t.asp?b=m&t=http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/image/bpapermonkey.gif
Cut out individual pieces from above monkey template. Enlarge the bed clipart to take up a whole sheet of paper and make one copy for each child. Have children color the monkey pieces and then glue the monkey together. Then glue the monkey onto the bed!
Bed picture: Bed.bmp