Books             

Tacky the Penguin by Helen Lester

Little Penguin's Tale by Audrey Woods

Tacky in Trouble by Helen Lester

Tackylocks and the Three Bears by Helen Lester

Little Polar Bear by Hans de Beer

Ahoy There, Little Polar Bear by Hans de Beer

Penguin Pete by Marcus Pfister

Penguin Pete's New Friends by Marcus Pfister

Tacky and the Emperor by Helen Lester

Penguin Pete, Ahoy! by Marcus Pfister

Penguin Pete and Pat by Marcus Pfister

Penguin Pete and Little Tim by Marcus Pfister

Cinderella Penguin by Janet Perlman

The Emperor's Egg by Martin Jenkins

Little Polar Bear and the Big Balloon by Hans de Beer

Plenty of Penguins by Sonia Black

Penguins! by Gail Gibbons

Three Cheers for Tacky by Helen Lester

The Emperor Lays an Egg

Penguin's ABC by Kevin Schafer

  Poems, Fingerplays & Songs 

I'm a Little Penguin

I'm a little penguin

Black and white,

Short and wobbly

An adorable site.

I can't fly at all

But I love to swim,

So I'll waddle to the water

And dive right in!

A Penguin

(Children are standing)

A penguin when he goes somewhere

(waddle from side to side)

Will walk or swim; here's why:

(waddle first, then "swim")

Although he has two bird-like wings,

(hold up two fingers)

He simply cannot fly!

(tuck hands into armpits and "flap" wings)

Penguin

Meish Goldish

I know a bird

That cannot fly:

Penguin is its name

It cannot fly,

But it can swim

With speed that wins it fame!

I know a bird

That lives on ice

And waddles by the sea.

It looks so cute

In its black and white suit,

As handsome as can be!

The Penguin

Roxanne Williams

I am a bird you know quite well,

All dressed in black and white.

And even though I do have wings

They're not designed for flight.

I waddle, waddle, waddle,

On my funny little feet. 

Across the icy snow I go

To find a fishy treat!

I Met a Penguin

I met a penguin yesterday

So9 jolly, fat and fine.

I pinned a red heart on his chest,

And named him "Valentine".

Ten Little Penguins

(tune: Ten Little Indians)

One little, two little, three little penguins,

Four little, five little, six little penguins,

Seven little, eight little, nine little penguins, 

Ten little penguin chicks.

      Art Activities   

Hand and Footprint Penguins

These penguins were made from each child's foot and hand traced on black construction paper. The foot is turned heel side up, and the hand is cut in between the pointer and tall man fingers all the way through the palm. The thumb and pointer finger become the feet and the other three fingers become the wing. Students use a white crayon to color in the tummy and make an eye. Then they trace around their thumb on an orange piece of construction paper and use for the beak.

Macaroni Penguin

I found this idea at http://kinderteacher.com/PenguinActivities.htm.

The following sizes of construction paper are needed to make this cute little penguin.

Black body: 9 x 12 inches

White center body; 8 x 9 inches

Pink feet: 3 x 4 inches

Black wings: 3 x 4 inches

Yellow feathers: 2 x 4 inches

Black feathers on top of head: 2 x 4 inches

Orange Beak: 2 1/2 inch square

White eyes: 1 1/2 inch square

Orange eye: 1 inch square

Orange bow: 1 1/2 x 3 inches

I cut out the bows for each of my kinders, because they had a difficult time figuring it out.