{"id":13502,"date":"2019-04-19T11:32:54","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T18:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/?p=13502"},"modified":"2019-04-19T11:40:37","modified_gmt":"2019-04-19T18:40:37","slug":"home-sweet-home-toddler-storytime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/2019\/home-sweet-home-toddler-storytime\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Sweet Home: Toddler Storytime"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Books We Shared<\/h2>\n

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Do Lions Live on Lily Pads?<\/a> by Melanie Walsh is a fun exploration of animal houses, while suggesting all kinds of ridiculous habitats like a burrow for a giraffe or a shell for a crocodile! Kids and parents say “No” to each question and then we turn the page and we see who really lives there.<\/p>\n

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Mary Murphy’s beautifully-illustrated bedtime book Good Night Like This<\/a> also depicts a variety of animals in their homes, going to sleep in nests, caves, and other dwellings.<\/p>\n

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Puppets<\/h2>\n

I started out the storytime with a tortoise puppet and we talked about how he carries his house with him everywhere. <\/p>\n

We told the story of the Three Little Pigs using pig hand puppets. Children were given scarves to blow. As I blow each piggie’s house down, the pig puppets run into the arms of the children.<\/p>\n

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Flannel Boards<\/h2>\n

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I used the flannelboard and recited a few stanzas from the verse book A House is a House for Me<\/a> by Mary Ann Hoberman, illustrated by Betty Fraser. The illustration style of the book is older and doesn’t hold up as well with a large group. But it’s a great book for sharing at home. For our group, I made felt pieces for visuals.<\/p>\n

A hill is a house for an ant. (flip over hill to reveal ant)
\nA hive is a house for a bee. (flip over hive to reveal bee)
\nA hole is a house for a mole or a mouse (flip over hole to reveal mouse)
\nAnd a house is a house for me!<\/p>\n

A web is a house for a spider. (flip over web to reveal spider)
\nA bird builds its nest in a tree. (hide bird, prompting audience to say “tree”)
\nThere is nothing so snug as a bug in a rug (hide bug, prompting audience to say “rug”)
\nAnd a house is a house for me!<\/p>\n

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First, I performed the whole verse for them. Then we started it again, and I prompted the kids and parents on what the next word was by flipping over the felt pictures to reveal the animal hiding there, or hide the animal to get everyone to say the type of home it was. <\/p>\n

Then we added some other homes to the flannelboard, and tried to guess who lives there:<\/p>\n

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(Credit: Sunflower Storytime<\/a>. Text by Mary Ann Hoberman.)<\/p>\n

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Songs and Rhymes We Shared Without Music<\/h2>\n

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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

Fleas<\/strong><\/p>\n

On my toe there is a flea
\nNow he\u2019s climbing on my knee
\nPast my tummy, past my nose
\nOn my head where my hair grows
\nOn my head there is a flea
\nNow he\u2019s climbing down on me
\nPast my tummy, past my knee
\nOn my toe\u2026 Take that, you flea!<\/p>\n

(Source: https:\/\/kcls.org\/content\/on-my-toe-there-is-a-flea\/)<\/p>\n

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Peekaboo<\/strong><\/p>\n

Peekaboo, where are you
\nhiding in your… PLACE! PEEKABOO!
\nPeekaboo, I see you
\nand your smiling… FACE! PEEKABOO!<\/p>\n

One Bright Scarf<\/strong><\/p>\n

One bright scarf waiting for the wind to blow
\nToss it up high, and wave it down low
\nWiggle it fast, and wiggle it slow
\n(put scarf over your face) Hey! Where did you go?
\n(uncover and say:) There you are!<\/p>\n

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star<\/strong><\/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

More Fingerplays<\/strong><\/p>\n

Where is Thumbkin?<\/a><\/p>\n

Itsy-Bitsy Spider<\/a><\/p>\n

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Music from CDs We Shared<\/h2>\n

\u201cClap Everybody and Say Hello\u201d from Sally Go Round the Sun by Kathy Reid-Naiman<\/a><\/p>\n

“Dancing Scarf Blues” from Dancing Feet<\/a> by Carole Peterson<\/p>\n

“Goodbye in the Bayou” from Bon Voyage<\/a> by Jazzy Ash<\/p>\n

“Goodbye Song” from Shining Like a Star<\/a> by Laura Doherty<\/p>\n

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Video We Shared<\/h2>\n

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We watched “The Tree House” from our “Around the World” Peppa Pig DVD<\/a>. In this story, Peppa’s Grandma and Grandpa have made a tree house for her and George, and Peppa delights in telling everyone they have to remove their boots before entering, and they have to say “the secret words.” This got a lot of laughs, as the Peppa Pig videos usually do!<\/p>\n

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Continue the Fun<\/h2>\n

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

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