{"id":1514,"date":"2014-07-06T20:02:34","date_gmt":"2014-07-06T20:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/?p=1514"},"modified":"2014-07-18T17:02:47","modified_gmt":"2014-07-18T17:02:47","slug":"infant-toddler-storytimes-opposites-june-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/2014\/infant-toddler-storytimes-opposites-june-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Infant Toddler Storytimes – Opposites – June 24"},"content":{"rendered":"

Short\/Tall…High\/Low…Big\/Small…Fast\/Slow!\u00a0 We had fun with the concept of opposites today – pairs of words that have different meanings!\u00a0 Understanding this basic concept will help\u00a0prepare your\u00a0child\u00a0to \u00a0“follow directions, engage in classroom routines, and provide descriptions…” (http:\/\/www.superduperinc.com\/handouts\/pdf\/325%20Ways%20to%20teach%20opposites.pdf<\/a>).\u00a0 Children learn best through engagement, play, music and stories…here’s what we shared during our Opposites Storytime:<\/p>\n

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Flannel Board Story (sung to tune of Five Green & Speckled Frogs)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Five pigs so squeaky clean<\/p>\n

Cleanest you’ve ever seen<\/p>\n

Wanted to go and play outside<\/p>\n

Oink! Oink!<\/p>\n

One jumped into the mud<\/p>\n

Landed with a big THUD<\/p>\n

Now there are four pigs so squeaky clean<\/p>\n

Oink Oink!<\/p>\n

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(countdown to 3…..2…1…0)<\/p>\n

Action Rhymes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is Big…<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

This is big big big (spread arms wide)<\/p>\n

This is small small small (put hands close together)<\/p>\n

This is short short short (put hands close together vertically)<\/p>\n

This is tall tall tall (spread hands up and down)<\/p>\n

This is fast fast fast (roll hands together quickly)<\/p>\n

This is slow slow slow (roll hands together slowly)<\/p>\n

This is yes yes yes (nod head up and down)<\/p>\n

This is no no no (turn head from side to side and wave finger “no”)<\/p>\n

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

Open shut them (open and shut hands)<\/p>\n

Open shut them<\/p>\n

Give a little clap clap clap (clap hands)<\/p>\n

Open shut them (open and shut hands)<\/p>\n

Open shut them<\/p>\n

Place them in your lap lap lap (place hands in lap)<\/p>\n

Creep them crawl them, creep them crawl them (crawl fingers up each arm)<\/p>\n

Right up to your chin chin chin (touch chin)<\/p>\n

Open up your little mouth (mouths open…ahhhhhh…)<\/p>\n

But do not let them in (crawl fingers into your mouth quickly)<\/p>\n

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Two Little Blackbirds <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Two little blackbirds sitting on a hill<\/p>\n

One was short and the other was tall<\/p>\n

Fly away short…fly away tall<\/p>\n

Come back short, come back tall<\/p>\n

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[One flies low & the other flies high; One was quiet and the other was LOUD, etc.)<\/p>\n

My Head My Shoulders My Knees My Toes\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

My head my shoulders my knees my toes (touch each body part as you sing)<\/p>\n

My head my shoulders my knees my toes<\/p>\n

My head my shoulders my knees my toes<\/p>\n

Let’s all join hands together (REPEAT 3X getting progressively faster)<\/em><\/p>\n

Opening songs:<\/strong> \u00a0Hello babies (in sign); Clap Your Hands (Wiggleworms CD) (see previous post for lyrics – Saying Hello<\/em> storytime)<\/p>\n

Closing songs:<\/strong> \u00a0Twinkle Twinkle Little Star; Itsy Bitsy Spider; Baby ABC (Baby Loves Jazz CD<\/em>) & Goodbye babies (in sign)(see previous post for lyrics – Saying Hello<\/em> storytime)<\/p>\n

Video: \u00a0Spot’s Party\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Short\/Tall…High\/Low…Big\/Small…Fast\/Slow!\u00a0 We had fun with the concept of opposites today – pairs of words that have different meanings!\u00a0 Understanding this basic concept will help\u00a0prepare your\u00a0child\u00a0to \u00a0“follow directions, engage in classroom routines, and provide descriptions…” (http:\/\/www.superduperinc.com\/handouts\/pdf\/325%20Ways%20to%20teach%20opposites.pdf).\u00a0 Children learn best through engagement, play, music and stories…here’s what we shared during our Opposites […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","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":[],"class_list":["post-1514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-storytimes"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p71KT0-oq","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514","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\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1514"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1604,"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514\/revisions\/1604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}