How Many Ducks Get Stuck In the Muck?
Materials Needed:
Brown bulletin board paper
Scissors
Rhyme

What to Do:
Cut out a big mud puddle from bulletin board paper.
Have one child pretend to be stuck in the muck.
Recite this rhyme:
“One little duck is stuck in the muck, when along comes a friend. What luck! What luck!”
Have a friend come and also get stuck in the muck. Recite the rhyme again changing it to “Two little ducks are stuck in the muck” Continue adding friends and counting up until the whole class is stuck in the muck.
After all the children are stuck in the muck, recite the rhyme again using the final count number and add “…when along comes the teacher. What luck! What luck! She pulls all the ducks right out of the muck!”

*Related Book: One Duck Stuck by Phyllis Root