{"id":14667,"date":"2019-10-22T17:30:29","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T00:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/?p=14667"},"modified":"2019-10-22T17:30:29","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T00:30:29","slug":"transportation-toddler-storytime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/2019\/transportation-toddler-storytime\/","title":{"rendered":"Transportation: Toddler Storytime"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Books We Shared<\/h4>\n

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Charlie Rides<\/a> by Bob Bianchini is about a boy enjoying all kinds of vehicles with his Dad!<\/p>\n

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It’s unclear whether the protagonist of Love is a Truck<\/a> by Amy Novesky and Sara Gillingham is a boy or a girl–but it’s not important. What is clear is that the child in the story LOVES trucks and the text is so exuberant in its appreciation of trucks that the truck becomes a metaphor for love itself…<\/p>\n

But enough of the English-major-rambling. Let’s talk about our Letter of the Day!<\/p>\n

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Letter of the Day<\/h4>\n

Our Letter of the Day was T–T for trains, transportation, trucks, tigers and more! We talk about words that start with T and make a big T in the air.<\/p>\n

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Flannel Boards We Shared<\/h4>\n

Down at the Station<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Tune: Little Bunny Foo Foo)<\/p>\n

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Down at the station early in the morning
\nSee the little puffer trains all in a row
\nSee the engine driver turn the little handle
\nToot toot, choo choo, off we go!<\/p>\n

(remove one train, and count, then sing again until there are no more trains)<\/p>\n

(Source: A popular song written by Lee Ricks and Slim Gaillard in 1948)<\/p>\n

Nine Little Dump Trucks<\/strong><\/p>\n

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One little, two little, three little dump trucks
\nFour little, five little, six little dump trucks
\nSeven little, eight little, nine little drump trucks
\nOn their way to the garbage dump!<\/p>\n

Now they have to empty their load (tilt sideways)<\/p>\n

And now nine little, eight little, seven little dump trucks
\nSix little, five little, four little dump trucks
\nThree little, two little, one little dump truck
\nAll have left the garbage dump!<\/p>\n

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

We learned the sign language for various different vehicles while I told a little story. Before I said the words in bold, I showed the sign language and waited to see if the audience would guess it first.
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I’m going to the grocery store.
\nI’m gonna hop on my… BIKE!<\/strong> (move hands like pedaling a bicycle)<\/p>\n

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But now I need to go somewhere a little bit farther.
\nI know! I’ll take my… MOTORCYLE!<\/strong> (move hands like revving up the motor with the handlebars)<\/p>\n

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Now I have to go far out of town.
\nI’m gonna have to take the… CAR!<\/strong> (move hands like operating a steering wheel)<\/p>\n

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Next week, I have to go out of state to visit my grandma.
\nI’ll take a… TRAIN!<\/strong> (with two fingers on each hand, cross them like an X)<\/p>\n

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And next month, when I go visit my aunt who lives in another country,
\nI’m gonna take a… PLANE!<\/strong> (lower your middle and ring finger and soar your hand through the sky)<\/p>\n

(I made this up but was inspired by an idea I read in Baby Storytime Magic<\/a> by Kathy MacMillan and Christine Kirker)<\/p>\n

Green Says Go<\/strong><\/p>\n

(I used scarves for this activity, holding them up in the air)<\/p>\n

Green says, \u201cGo!\u201d (march quickly)
\nGo! Go! Go!
\nYellow says, \u201cSlow!\u201d (march slowly)
\nSlow\u2026slow\u2026slow
\nAnd red says, \u201cStop!\u201d (stop and freeze)
\nGo! Go! Go! (march fast)
\nSlow\u2026slow\u2026slow (march slowly)
\nand STOP! (stop)<\/p>\n

Credit: Toddler Storytime: http:\/\/storytimethemes.blogspot.com\/2010\/01\/green-says-go.html<\/p>\n

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

Open shut them, open shut them.
\nGive a little clap, clap, clap.
\nOpen shut them, open shut them.
\nPlace them on your lap, lap, lap.
\nCreep them, crawl them
\nCreep them, crawl them
\nRight up to your chin, chin, chin
\nOpen up your little mouth… Buuuuuuuuuuut…
\nDo not let them in!<\/p>\n

Engine, Engine<\/strong><\/p>\n

from
\nSongs & games for toddlers<\/a> featuring Bob McGrath & Katharine Smithrim<\/p>\n

Engine, engine number 9
\nComing down Chicago Line
\nIf the train goes off its track
\nDo you want your money back?
\nYes? (sway to the side)
\nNo? (sway to the other side)
\nMaybe so? (sway back and forth)<\/p>\n

Goodbye Friends<\/strong> (song in sign)<\/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<\/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

“Wheels on the Bus” from Songs for Wiggleworms<\/a> by Old Town School of Folk Music<\/p>\n

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Video We Watched<\/h4>\n

After we sang “Wheels on the Bus” we watched a video about a frustrated pigeon trying to drive a bus. I told the kids that sometimes we have to tell our friends no, for their safety, and we all had fun telling the pigeon NO! This is an animated version of the book Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus<\/a> by Mo Willems.<\/p>\n

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Continue the Fun<\/h2>\n

Here are some more books about cars, trains, trucks and planes to check out at your Pasadena Public Library Branch:<\/p>\n

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