With lots of hop­ping and good books to choose from, rab­bit sto­ry­times are great fun!

Gath­er­ing music: Fast and Slow (The rab­bit and the Tur­tle) by Lau­rie Berkner and Mr. Rab­bit by Ralph Covert

Opener: Fin­gers like to wig­gle waggle

A Boy and His Bunny by Sean Bryan — any­thing is pos­si­ble with a bunny on your head!

Fin­ger­play: Here is a Bunny
Here is a bunny with ears so funny (hold up index and mid­dle fin­gers for ears)
And here is his hole in the ground (make a cir­cle with the other hand)
At the first sound he hears, he pricks up his ears (extend two fin­gers)
And hops in the hole in the ground (fin­gers jump into the hole)
Source: Early Lit­er­a­ture

Mun­cha, mun­cha, mun­cha! by Can­dace Flem­ing. These enter­pris­ing rab­bits bring spring gar­den­ing dreams crash­ing down to earth. The frus­trated Mr. McGree­ley cer­tainly keeps the kids attention!

Action Song: Did You Ever See a Rab­bit?
(Tune of “Did You Ever See a Lassie?”)
Did you ever see a rab­bit?
A rab­bit, a rab­bit
Did you ever see a rab­bit that hops so fast?
Hops this way and that way
And this way and that way
Did you ever see a rab­bit that hops so fast?

… that hops so slow?
… that hops on one foot?
… that hops backward?

Lit­tle White Rab­bit by Kevin Henkes. Time for a qui­eter story after those mis­chie­vous rab­bits and all that hop­ping. Henkes is per­fect for set­tling the crowd.

Fin­ger­pup­pet rhyme: Five Lit­tle Rab­bits (my very first Flan­nel Fri­day post!)
Five lit­tle rab­bits sit­ting by the door.
One hopped away, and then there were four.

Four lit­tle rab­bits moved under a tree.
One hopped away, and then there were three.

Three lit­tle rab­bits drink­ing morn­ing dew.
One hopped away, and then there were two.

Two lit­tle rab­bits rest­ing in the sun.
One hopped away, and then there was one.

One lit­tle rab­bit isn’t any fun.
He hopped away to find the oth­ers,
and then there were none.

Din­ner­time by Sue Williams. Go Team Rab­bit! Clever rab­bits out­wit a hun­gry fox.

Action Rhyme: Lit­tle Rab­bit
I saw a lit­tle rab­bit go hop, hop, hop
I told that lit­tle rab­bit to stop, stop, stop
He wig­gled his ears and crin­kled his nose
And wig­gled, wig­gled, wig­gled right down to his toes.
Source: Stoy­time Katie who mod­i­fied from Preschool Edu­ca­tion Music & Songs

Duck! Rab­bit! by Amy Krause Rosen­thal. This book is so engag­ing. Kids are always divided about which it is and eager to share their opinions.