{"id":10951,"date":"2018-07-03T16:52:21","date_gmt":"2018-07-03T23:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/?p=10951"},"modified":"2018-07-03T17:05:39","modified_gmt":"2018-07-04T00:05:39","slug":"zoo-toddler-storytime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/2018\/zoo-toddler-storytime\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoo: Toddler Storytime"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today we took our Toddler Storytime to the zoo!<\/p>\n

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Books We Shared<\/h4>\n

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In Still a Gorilla<\/a> by Kim Norman and Chad Geran, a gorilla named Willy imagines that he could be another kind of animal. If he roars like a lion, will Willy be a lion? Will he? We did lots of animal noises and gestures with this one.<\/p>\n

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Anita Bijsterbosch’s Everyone Is Yawning<\/a> also sports adorable flaps to lift, that show animals yawning and show their teeth.<\/p>\n

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Flannel Boards We Shared<\/h4>\n

Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Based on the book<\/a> by Bill Martin, Jr. and Eric Carle.<\/p>\n

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One Elephant on a Spiderweb<\/strong><\/p>\n

(a translation of “Un elefante,” a Spanish nursery rhyme)<\/p>\n

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One elephant went out one day
\non a spider’s web to play
\nOh so big, up so high
\nHe called for another elephant to try
\n(drumroll on laps) Eeeeelephant! (make elephant trumpeting sound)<\/p>\n

Two elephants…
\nThree elephants…
\nFour elephants…<\/p>\n

Five elephants went out one day
\non a spider’s web to play
\nThe web went creak, the web went crack
\nAnd down came the elephants…. (drumroll)… smack smack smack!<\/p>\n

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Puppets<\/h4>\n

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I hid some puppets in a large clean trash bin and brought them out one by one, reciting this rhyme:<\/p>\n

I went to the visit the zoo one day
\nSaw a lion along the way!
\nAnd what do you think I heard him say?
\n[roar]<\/p>\n

(Source: http:\/\/www.abbythelibrarian.com\/2011\/03\/this-storytimes-zoo.html<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Action Songs & Rhymes We Shared<\/h4>\n

We share a lot of songs, bounces\u00a0& rhymes during storytime!
\nYou\u2019ll find lyrics\/words to those songs & rhymes\u00a0we shared without CD accompaniment\u00a0here.<\/p>\n

Welcome Welcome<\/strong><\/p>\n

Welcome, welcome everyone
\nNow we’re here, let’s have some fun!
\nFirst you clap your hands just so,
\nThen you bend and touch your toe.
\nWelcome, welcome everyone
\nNow we’re here, let’s have some fun!<\/p>\n

You Can Hear<\/strong><\/p>\n

(to the tune of “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)<\/p>\n

You can hear the lions roaring at the zoo, ROAR! ROAR!
\nYou can hear the lions roaring at the zoo, ROAR! ROAR!
\nYou can hear the lions roaring, you can hear the lions roaring
\nYou can hear the lions roaring at the zoo! ROAR! ROAR!<\/p>\n

(Elephants trumpeting, zebra braying, monkey eeking)<\/p>\n

(Source: Perpetual Preschool<\/a>)<\/p>\n

The Elephant Hokey Pokey<\/strong><\/p>\n

You put your elephant ears in.
\nYou put your elephant ears out.
\nYou put your elephant ears in,
\nAnd you shake them all about.
\nYou do the elephant pokey,
\nand you stomp yourself around.
\nThat\u2019s what it\u2019s all about!
\n\u2026elephant trunk\u2026
\n\u2026elephant foot\u2026
\n\u2026elephant tail
\nSource: https:\/\/fallingflannelboards.wordpress.com\/2012\/08\/08\/storytime-zoo-animals\/<\/a>) <\/p>\n

Goodbye Babies<\/strong> (song in sign)<\/p>\n

Click here for video:\u00a0 <\/em>Goodbye Babies (Friends)<\/em>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Goodbye babies, goodbye babies
\nGoodbye babies, it\u2019s time to say goodbye.<\/p>\n

Open, Shut Them<\/strong><\/p>\n

Open, shut them
\nOpen, shut them
\nGive a little clap, clap, clap<\/p>\n

Open, shut them
\nOpen, shut them
\nPlace them on your lap, lap, lap<\/p>\n

Creep them, crawl them
\nCreep them, crawl them
\nright up to your chin, chin, chin<\/p>\n

Open up your little mouth but….
\nDO NOT LET THEM IN!<\/p>\n

Eyes, Nose, Cheeky Cheeky Chin<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Tune: Goodnight Ladies)<\/p>\n

Eyes, nose, cheeky cheeky chin
\nEyes, nose, cheeky cheeky chin
\nEyes, nose, cheeky cheeky chin,
\nCheeky, cheeky, cheeky, cheeky chin!<\/p>\n

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Music from CDs We Shared<\/h4>\n

Children love to sing and dance to music.\u00a0 Here are some of the songs\/bounces on CD that we\u00a0used in storytime.<\/p>\n

“Clap Everybody and Say Hello” from Sally Go Round the Sun<\/a> by Kathy Reid-Naiman<\/p>\n

“If I Was a Bird” from Wiggleworms Love You<\/a> by Old Town School of Folk Music<\/p>\n

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Video We Shared<\/h4>\n

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Based on the book<\/a> by Peggy Rathmann.<\/p>\n

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Continue the Fun<\/h2>\n

Here are some more books about the zoo to check out at your Pasadena Public Library Branch:<\/p>\n

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