{"id":12498,"date":"2018-11-27T16:23:04","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T00:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/?p=12498"},"modified":"2018-11-27T16:34:41","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T00:34:41","slug":"toddler-storytime-the-moon-and-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/2018\/toddler-storytime-the-moon-and-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Toddler Storytime: The Moon and Space"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Books We Shared<\/h4>\n

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Flannel Board Counting<\/h4>\n

Eight Little Planets<\/span><\/p>\n

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(Credit: http:\/\/missmegsstorytime.com\/space\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n

One little two little three little planets
\nFour little five little six little planets
\nSeven little planets and here\u2019s the eight planet
\nOrbiting the sun.<\/p>\n

Mercury Venus and the earth
\nMars Jupiter and Saturn
\nUranus and here is Neptune
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The Moon Might Be Milk<\/span><\/p>\n

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For my flannelboard I adapted a book by Lisa Shulman and illustrated by Will Hillenbrand called The Moon Might Be Milk<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Letter of the Day<\/h4>\n

To emphasize writing skills I have the toddlers practice drawing the letter of the day in the air. Our letter of the day was “M.” We talked about things that start with M.<\/p>\n

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Video We Shared<\/h4>\n

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Today we watched “Papa Please Get the Moon for Me” based on the book<\/a> by Eric Carle, on the Very Hungry Caterpillar DVD<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Rhymes & Bounces & Songs We Shared without Music<\/h4>\n

We sing a lot of songs during storytime! \u00a0You\u2019ll find lyrics to those songs without music here.<\/p>\n

Open Shut Them<\/span><\/p>\n

Open, shut them (open and close fingers)<\/em>
\nOpen, shut them
\nGive a little clap, clap, clap (clap hands)<\/em>
\nOpen, shut them (open and close fingers)<\/em>
\nOpen, shut them
\nPlace them on your lap, lap, lap (pat knees)<\/em>
\nCreep them, crawl them, creep them, crawl them (“crawl” your fingers very slowly from your knees up to your face)<\/em>
\nRight up to your chin, chin, chin (touch chin)<\/em>
\nOpen up your little mouth BUT…(open wide!)<\/em>
\nDo not let them in! (quickly and abruptly move hands behind your back and smack lips shut)<\/em><\/p>\n

Little Space Shuttle<\/span><\/p>\n

Tune: Bumping Up and Down in My Little Red Wagon<\/em><\/p>\n

Bumpin\u2019 up and down in my little space shuttle
\nBumpin\u2019 up and down in my little space shuttle
\nBumpin\u2019 up and down in my little space shuttle
\nWon\u2019t you go to the moon with me?<\/p>\n

My space suit\u2019s on and my boots are ready
\nMy space suit\u2019s on and my boots are ready
\nMy space suit\u2019s on and my boots are ready
\nWon\u2019t you go to the moon with me?<\/p>\n

We step on the moon and we bounce up high
\nWe step on the moon and we bounce up high
\nWe step on the moon and we bounce up high
\n\u2018Cause it has really low gravity!<\/p>\n

Zoom Zoom Zoom<\/span><\/p>\n

Zoom zoom zoom, we’re going to the moon
\nZoom zoom zoom, we’re going to the moon
\nIf you want to take a trip, climb aboard my rocketship
\nZoom zoom zoom, we’re going to the moon
\nZoom zoom zoom, we’re going to the moon<\/p>\n

(couldn’t find the original version I learned, but here’s a very similar one: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tMJ9pZ9W7jc<\/a>) <\/p>\n

Twinkle Twinkle<\/span><\/p>\n

Twinkle twinkle little star,
\nHow I wonder what you are.
\nUp above the world so high,
\nLike a diamond in the sky.
\nTwinkle, twinkle little star,
\nHow I wonder what you are.<\/p>\n

If You\u2019re Going to the Moon, Wear Your Boots<\/span><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re going to the moon, wear your boots
\nIf you\u2019re going to the moon, wear your boots
\nIf you\u2019re going to the moon, this is what you have to do,
\nIf you\u2019re going to the moon, wear your boots.<\/p>\n

\u2026wear your gloves
\n\u2026wear your helmet<\/p>\n

(Credit: http:\/\/melissa.depperfamily.net\/blog\/?p=1967<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Storytime\u2019s Over<\/span><\/p>\n

Hands up high! (Put your hands in air)
\n<\/em>Now give a big sigh (sigh and bring hands down)
\n<\/em>Our storytime\u2019s over
\nSo wave bye-bye (wave)<\/em><\/p>\n

Goodbye Friends<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Goodbye friends, goodbye friends
\nGoodbye friends, it\u2019s time to say goodbye.<\/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

“The Shaker Hop,” from Dancing Feet<\/a> by Carole Peterson<\/p>\n

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Continue the Fun<\/h4>\n

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Want more stories about space or the moon?\u00a0 Check these out\u00a0at your Pasadena Public Library branch:<\/p>\n

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Books We Shared Flannel Board Counting Eight Little Planets (Credit: http:\/\/missmegsstorytime.com\/space\/) One little two little three little planets Four little five little six little planets Seven little planets and here\u2019s the eight planet Orbiting the sun. Mercury Venus and the earth Mars Jupiter and Saturn Uranus and here is Neptune […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":12505,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[252,274,296,271,27],"class_list":["post-12498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-storytimes","tag-moon","tag-science","tag-space","tag-steam","tag-toddler"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/IMG_20181127_092017.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p71KT0-3fA","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12498"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12513,"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12498\/revisions\/12513"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}