One day I will probably sew the eggs into two five egg clutches for now they are loose. Each egg has a blank side and a side with a chick.
Five eggs and five eggs start with eggs face down
And that makes the
Sitting on top is mother hen.
Cackle, cackle, cackle clap hands as you say cackle
What do I see?
Ten fluffy chickens flip over the eggs
As yellow as can be.
Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate
The first one said, “Oh my it’s getting late.
The second one said, “There are witches in the air.”
The third on said, “But we don’t care!”
The fourth one said, “Let’s run and run and run.”
The fifth one said, “We are ready for some fun!”
The oooohhhh oooohhhhh went the wind,
And out went the lights
And the five little pumpkins rolled out of sight.
I have two different rhymes that can be used with this set of bats. They rhymes came from Felt Board Magic. I don’t remember where I got the pattern for the bats from. I love how the expressions turned out on their faces. Different color eyes and mouth designs make the bats visually interesting. The eyes are wooden beads that I sewed onto each bat.
1.0
Five black bats
Ready to soar;
One stayed behind
Now there are four.
Four black bats
Hiding in a tree;
One flew away
and that left three.
Three black bats
Wondering what to do;
One flew away,
Now there are two.
Two black bats
Hiding from the sun;
One flew away
and that left one
One black bat
hanging all alone;
It flew away
and then there were none.
2.0
Five little bats on a dark, dark night.
Five little bats are quite a sight.
Five little bats are you keeping score?
One flew away and then there were four.
Four little bats as happy as can be.
One flew away and there were three.
Three little bats are swooping towards you.
One flew away and that leaves two.
Two little bats having lots of fun.
One flew away and that leaves one.
One little bat and we’re almost done!
He flew away and then there none.
Storytime Shenanigans 