I was doing a desert theme for preschool storytime and one of the books that I read was MANANA, IGUANA by Ann Whitford Paul. Since we had the iguana die from Ellison, I cut 10 iguanas and used them with a rhyme I came up with. Since it works best to cut felt layered with paper, I ended up with both a paper set that I laminated & a felt set. You can use an image from print shop or draw your own iguanas if you want to use the rhyme. I used green so it would show up on my board, but you could go with any color with this rhyme.
TEN IGUANAS
Ten fat iguanas basking in a line,
One scurried off and then there were _____
Nine fat iguanas under the bright heaven,
Two scurried off and then there were _____
Seven fat iguanas continued to thrive,
Two scurried off and then there were ____.
Five fat iguanas on the desert floor,
One scurried off and then there were ____.
Four fat iguanas under the mesquite tree,
One scurried off and then there were ____.
Three fat iguanas sat while the wind blew,
One scurried off and then there were ____.
Two fat iguanas baked under the sun,
One scurried off and then there was ____,
One fat iguana knew day was almost done,
He scurried off and then there were none.
Sandy Wallick 5-24-11
