Pandas

Books:

"Panda Kindergarten" by Joanne Ryder, photographs by Katherine Feng.

"Pi-Shu the Little Panda" by John Butler 

While reading about Pi-Shu, I held a panda puppet and let the children pass it around and pet it.  This helped to bring the theme to life. 

"Giant Pandas" by Gail Gibbons

Click here to order these books on the Heights Library Catalog

Rhyme:

Five Little Panda Bears

Five little panda bears and no more

One waddled off and then there were four.

Four little panda bears sleeping in a tree

One fell out and then there were three.

Three little panda bears said “What can we do?”

One ate some bamboo leaves and then there were two.

Two little panda bears playing in the sun.

One heard his mother growl and then there was one.

One little panda bear leaft all alone.

He got up and ran right home.

Song:

I am a Panda

(tune of You Are My Sunshine)

I am a panda

A furry panda

I live in China

And eat bamboo

It is a thick grass

That grows in my land

And it’s not that easy to chew

Art Project: Children made some wonderful panda puppets out of white paper bags, construction paper, google eyes and crayons to mimic our own Pi-Shu puppet.  Construction paper was cut into specific shapes before hand and labeled them on the table.

Then, the kids were able to glue on the pieces as they wanted them, and then add colors, buttons or bows to their puppets as desired.  They turned out wonderful!