{"id":13471,"date":"2019-04-04T13:45:38","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T20:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/?p=13471"},"modified":"2019-04-04T13:47:47","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T20:47:47","slug":"toddler-storytime-birds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/2019\/toddler-storytime-birds\/","title":{"rendered":"Birds: Toddler Storytime"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Books We Shared<\/h2>\n

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I was surprised, but not super surprised, a lot of people have Martin Waddell and Patrick Benson’s Owl Babies<\/a> at home! It’s a great one for addressing separation anxiety. We read it with a flannelboard.<\/p>\n

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Lucy Cousins’s bright and colorful illustrations in Hooray for Birds<\/a>, combined with lots of action and movement prompts, make this one a great choice for group reading!<\/p>\n

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Flannelboard Song<\/h2>\n

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We sang “Six Little Ducks” from Raffi’s Singable Songs Collection<\/a>. The felt pieces double as finger puppets, so everyone could see me wiggle the one with the back tail feathers!<\/p>\n

Six little ducks that I once knew
\nFat ones, skinny ones, fair ones too
\nBut the one little duck
\nWith the feather on his back
\nHe led the others with a quack, quack, quack
\nQuack, quack, quack
\nQuack, quack, quack
\nHe led the others with a quack, quack, quack<\/p>\n

Down to the river they would go,
\nWibble-wobble, wibble-wobble
\nTo and fro
\nBut the one little duck
\nWith the feather on his back
\nHe led the others with a quack, quack, quack
\nQuack, quack, quack
\nQuack, quack, quack
\nHe led the others with a quack, quack, quack<\/p>\n

Back from the river they would come,
\nWibble-wobble, wibble-wobble
\nHo hum hum
\nBut the one little duck
\nWith the feather on his back
\nHe led the others with a quack, quack, quack
\nQuack, quack, quack
\nQuack, quack, quack
\nHe led the others with a quack, quack, quack<\/p>\n

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Rhymes & Bounces & Songs We Shared without Music<\/h2>\n

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

Pete the Penguin<\/span><\/p>\n

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(adapted from a rhyme about a parrot)<\/p>\n

“Good morning,” says Pete.
\nIsn’t he sweet?
\nHe kisses me lightly,
\nEver so slightly,
\nRight on the cheek
\nWith his small yellow beak.<\/p>\n

Way up in the sky the little birds fly<\/span><\/p>\n

Way up in the sky (jump high)
\nThe little birds fly (flap arms)
\nWhile down in the nest (form nest with arms)
\nThe little birds rest (hands next to head like napping)<\/p>\n

With a wing on the left (fold left arm under)
\nAnd a wing on the right (fold right arm under)
\nThe little birds sleep (hands next to head like napping)
\nAll through the night.
\nShhh! THEY’RE SLEEPING!<\/p>\n

The bright sun comes out (with arms above head)
\nThe dew goes away (hands like banging on a keyboard)
\nGood morning, good morning, the little birds say (raise arms up and down)<\/p>\n

Two Little Blackbirds<\/span><\/p>\n

Tune: I’m a Little Teapot<\/em><\/p>\n

Two little blackbirds sitting on a hill.
\nOne named Jack and one named Jill.
\nFly away Jack, flay away Jill.
\nCome back Jack, come back Jill.<\/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><\/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<\/h2>\n

Children love to sing and dance to music.\u00a0 I often give them shaker eggs to play, and did yesterday. 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

“I Know a Chicken” from The Best of the Laurie Berkner Band<\/a><\/p>\n

“A Smooth Road to London Town” from A Smooth Road to London Town: Songs from the Parent-Child Mother Goose Program by Kathy Reid-Naiman<\/a><\/p>\n

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Video We Watched<\/h2>\n

We had more Lucy Cousins fun with a short film called “Nest,” which is one of the chapters in the episode “Maisy’s Springtime” on the “Good Night Maisy<\/a>” DVD. In it, Maisy finds a bird building a nest, helps her finish and then looks after her hatchlings while she hunts for food.<\/p>\n

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Continue the Fun<\/h2>\n

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Want more stories about birds? Check these out\u00a0at your Pasadena Public Library branch:<\/p>\n

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