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HAPPY DAY –

Mulberry Bush

When I wake up the sun is

shining

The sun is shining

The sun is shining

When I wake up the sun is

shining

OH! It’s a happy day.

When I go to school

I play with my friends

Play with my friends

Play with my friends

When I go to school

I play with my friends

OH! It’s a happy day.

When I say I love you

I love you, I love you

When I say I love you

OH! It’s a happy day.

When you say

You love me too

Love me too

Love me too

When you say you love me

too

OH! It’s a happy day.

EXTENSION ACTIVITY

1. Talk about what makes you happy.

2. Talk about other emotions.

3. Ask the children what makes them

happy.

4. Chart what makes them happy. Make

smile faces for each child to use when

singing this song.

BOOK CONNECTIONS Glad Monster, Sad Monster – 1997

Happy, Sad, & Everything in Be-

tween – 2013

I’m Not Happy – 2014

IT Little Bear’s Happy Face/Sad -

1999

VOCABULARY BOOST happy, sad, love, friends

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OH Look over there, OH Look over there

It’s a swamp, It’s a swamp

A marshy swamp, A marshy swamp

Can’t go over it, can’t go over it

Can’t go under it, can’t go under it

Can’t go around it, can’t go around it

We’ll have to walk through it

We’ll have to walk through it

Squish, Squash, Squish, Squash

SquiGoing on a gator hunt

Going on a gator hunt

Going to find a gator

Going to find a gator

A long green gator

A long green gator

With big yellow eyes

With big yellow eyes

And a swishing tail

And a swishing tail

OH Look over there, OH look over there

Looks kind of strange, Looks kind of

strange

It feels rough and crackly, I feels rough

and crackly

What could it be? What could it be?

It’s too dark to tell, It’s too dark to tell

Take off your backpack

Get out a flashlights

When I count to 3

Turn on your flashlight

SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

One, two, three………….click YIIIIIIIIIIKES

It’s a gator……R – U – N – N – N – N

Squish Squash, Squish, Squash, squish

squash

R – U – N – N – N – N

Swing Step, Swing step, Swing step

R – U – N – N – N – N

Jump in the boat, row – row – row the

boat

Quickly thru the swamp

Hurry, hurry, hurry

So we don’t get chomped

DOCK THE BOAT, climb out and

R – U – N – N – N – N for home

Shut the door, lock the door

OH NO! We forgot something

Our backpacks

Do you want to go back and get your back-

pack? NOT ME

I DON’T WANT TO MESS WITH A

GATOR.

EXTENSION ACTIVITY

1. Talk about where gators live.

2. Explain the dangers.

3. Introduce a gator

puppet and go on the gator hunt.

4. Hide a gator in your room and invite the

children to find the gator.

BOOK CONNECTIONS If You Ever Want to Bring an Alliga-

tor to School, Don’t – 2015

Warning Do Not Open This Book –

2013

Open Very Carefully: A Book with a

Bite – 2013

IT Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a

Tree - 2012

VOCABULARY BOOST gator, river bank, backpack,

rhythm