This book is based on a rhyme written by Olive A Wadsworth. It has vocabulary to practice animals found in a meadow and numbers one through ten words that rhyme with these numbers. Teach students the following actions that go along with the words in the book/song. 

Read through the book slowly, teaching students the following movements.

• "Dig!" said the mother. (Use your hands to make a scooping/digging motion, as if you had flippers.)
• "Swim!" said the mother. (Put your hands together in front of you and sway them back and forth to simulate a fish swimming.)
• "Sing!" said the mother. (Place a hand on your chest, and reach the other hand out in to the air, as if you're singing.)
• "Dive!" said the mother. (Put both hands together and point down as you bow your head, as if you're going to plunge into the water.)
• "Buzz!" said the mother. (Put your hands to your sides and quickly flap your fingers to simulate a buzzing bee's wings.)
• "Caw!" said the mother. (Put your arms out to your sides as if you're a crow flapping your wings, and make one "caw" sound.)
• "Chirp!" said the mother. (Rub your hands and arms together.)
• "Bask!" said the mother. (With head upturned, spread your arms out, palms up, to welcome the sun.)
• "Croak!" said the mother. (Croak like a frog and make a little stationary jump as you croak once.)
• "Shine!" said the mother. (Throw your fingers open in front of you, to simulate a flashing light.)

You can celebrate spring by making tulips with this printable which includes instructions to go along with the book.