SNAKES

Books:   

Help! A Story of Friendship by Holly Keller

The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash by Trina Hakes Noble 

Can I Play Too? by Mo Willems

Snake by James Marshall

Lizard's Home by George Shannon

Opposnakes by Salina Yoon

Snake Alley Band by Elizabeth Nygaard

Small Green Snake by Libba Moore Gray

Mouse Count by Ellen Stoll Walsh

Hide and Snake by Keith Baker

The Greedy Python by Richard Buckley (illus. by Eric Carle)

The Snake's Tales by Marguerite Davol

Danny Diamondback by Barry Jackson

Snakes by David Greenberg 

Activities: 

Read Shel Silverstein's poem "Boa Constrictor" from  

A Snake!

Here's a box 
(Make a fist)

And here's a lid. 
(Cover with palm of other hand)

I wonder whatever inside is hid?
(Pause and peek)

Why, it's a SNAKE!
Quickly throw up hands)

Five Little Snakes

(Create a flannel board by using the snake bracelet template below and coloring the snakes different colors)

Five little snakes
Hid under Mom's chair
My brother grabbed the red one,
Leaving four there.

Four little snakes
Swinging in a tree.
The blue one slipped and fell,
Leaving only three.

Three little snakes
Wondered what to do.
The yellow one took a nap,
Leaving only two.

Two little snakes
Basking in the sun.
The brown one slithered off,
Leaving only one.

One little green snake
Lonely as could be;
Went looking for some fun,
And came and played with me.

Crafts: 

Snake Bracelet

See this craft and other snake projects at Danielle's Place. Copy the template onto heavy paper and let kids decorate their snake. Tape it together around their wrists.

Snake Template for this craft.

Twisty Snake

Use the Spiral accucut from NCLS. Let the kids glue wiggly eyes onto the inside end and decorate it to look like a snake. 

Colorful Paper Snake

A project from thebestkidsbooksite.com using colorful scraps of paper to decorate the snake. Link to snake picture and template.