{"id":15247,"date":"2019-12-07T15:23:52","date_gmt":"2019-12-07T23:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/?p=15247"},"modified":"2019-12-07T15:31:53","modified_gmt":"2019-12-07T23:31:53","slug":"magical-trees-preschool-storytime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/2019\/magical-trees-preschool-storytime\/","title":{"rendered":"Magical Trees ~ Preschool Storytime"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was all about trees and the seasons in today’s preschool storytime.\u00a0 We read about a very selfish tree and we played along with a magical tree.\u00a0 There was also a draw and tell story we shared called The Sheltering Tree <\/em>and a flannel board with a green palm tree on a red rock in the middle of the ocean! Here are the books, songs, flannel board, draw and tell story, action rhymes and video we shared.<\/p>\n

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Books We Read<\/h1>\n

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Tap the Magic Tree<\/em><\/strong><\/a> by Christie Matheson is an interactive story that requires a little magic from the audience.\u00a0 A few taps here, a little jiggling and shaking there, some clapping, some whooshing and we see a tree sprout leaves, bud blossoms, bear fruit, change colors, lose its leaves, lay bare in the snow and begin to sprout leaves again.\u00a0 Our mutual magic making brings our tree through all four seasons and back again.\u00a0 A beautiful story about the cycles of nature and the magic of trees!<\/p>\n

Nicoletta Costa’s The Little Tree That Would Not Share<\/em><\/strong><\/a> is a book about a selfish young tree who does not want to lose its beautiful green leaves.\u00a0 During spring and summer the tree grows a beautiful canopy of leaves but is not willing to have any creatures sit on its branches or lounge beneath its shade.\u00a0 Of course the change in seasons\u00a0 brings a rude awakening for the tree as it loses all of its leaves in the fall and is completely bare during winter.\u00a0 Bereft and worried that its sick, the tree gets some sage advice from a crow.\u00a0 The crow teaches the tree a valuable lesson about sharing and being a part of the cycle of nature.<\/p>\n

The Sheltering Tree – A draw and tell story.<\/b><\/p>\n

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The Sheltering Tree: A Draw and Tell Story<\/strong><\/p>\n

Credit:\u00a0 Linda Meuse<\/em> – Notes from the Story Room<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

As you tell this story, you are drawing the tree branches, the stump and the snow on the tree’s branches.\u00a0 When your tree is finished you talk about the fir tree’s important work – that of protecting the forest animals from the snowy winter night.\u00a0 After that heartfelt discussion,\u00a0you slowly open the flaps to reveal the animals hiding for cover within the tree’s inner branches.<\/p>\n

Below is the sequence for the story:<\/p>\n

A little fir tree stood in the forest.<\/p>\n

(1) Although it was not very big it stood out\u00a0because the trees around it had lost their leaves and their branches were bare.
\n(2) The little tree\u2019s needles were still green and thick.<\/p>\n

(3) The little fir knew it had\u00a0to stand firm in the wind because it had an important job to do.<\/p>\n

(4) Darkness had\u00a0come and it began to snow.<\/p>\n

(5) The snow started to cover the little tree\u2019s\u00a0branches.<\/p>\n

(6) But the tree did not let them bend.<\/p>\n

(7) The tree stood tall in the\u00a0snow.<\/p>\n

(8) Draw snow on the bottom part of the tree.<\/p>\n

For the winter version open the flaps to reveal the animals in the tree \u2013<\/em>
\nBeneath its sheltering branches slept several forest animals protected by the little
\nfir tree on this snowy winter night.<\/p>\n

(1) Draw top of tree
\n(2) Draw middle of tree
\n(3) Draw bottom of tree
\n(4) Draw trunk at bottom
\n(5) Draw snow falling
\n(6) Draw snow on the top part of tree
\n(7) Draw snow on the middle part of tree
\n(8) Draw snow on the bottom part of tree<\/p>\n

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Flannel Board<\/h1>\n

The Deep Blue Sea (and a green tree)<\/i><\/h3>\n

Based on the book The Deep Blue Sea<\/strong><\/a> by Audrey Wood<\/em><\/p>\n

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There’s the sea.<\/p>\n

The deep blue sea.<\/p>\n

There’s a rock.<\/p>\n

A red rock in the middle of the deep blue sea.<\/p>\n

There’s a parrot.<\/p>\n

A purple parrot on a green tree on a red rock in the middle of the deep blue sea.<\/p>\n

There’s an orange butterfly.<\/p>\n

There’s an orange butterfly on a parrot on a green tree on a red rock in the middle of the deep blue sea.<\/p>\n

And over them all shine the big yellow sun…until a white cloud turns dark and gray…which makes the fishes come up to play.<\/p>\n

Then all the fishes sing fiddle-dee-dee!\u00a0 It’s raining on the rock…<\/p>\n

In the middle of the sea!<\/p>\n

Action Songs\u00a0& Fingerplays<\/h1>\n

We share a lot of songs, bounces\u00a0& rhymes during storytime!\u00a0 You\u2019ll find lyrics\/words to those songs & rhymes\u00a0we shared without CD accompaniment\u00a0here.<\/p>\n

Welcome, Welcome Everyone<\/em>
\n(to the tune of Twinkle Twinkle)<\/p>\n

Welcome, welcome everyone,
\n<\/strong>Now we\u2019re here let\u2019s have some fun!
\nFirst we clap our hands just so,
\nThen we bend and touch our toes.
\nWelcome, welcome everyone,
\nNow we\u2019re here let\u2019s have some fun<\/p>\n

Open Shut Them<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Video:\u00a0\u00a0Open Shut Them<\/a><\/p>\n

Open, shut them, open, shut them, (open and close hands)
\nGive a little clap, clap, clap.\u00a0 (clap three times)
\nOpen shut them, open shut them (open and close hands)
\nPut them in your lap, lap, lap. (place hands in lap and bounce them 3X)<\/p>\n

Creep them, crawl them,\u00a0creep them crawl them, (crawl fingers up arms)
\nRight up to your chinny\u00a0\u00a0chin chin. (place\u00a0fingers on chin)
\nOpen up your\u00a0little mouth\u00a0(open mouth and say ahhhhhh)
\nBut do not put them in!! (put hands behind your back)<\/p>\n

Credit:\u00a0\u00a0Mel\u2019s Desk<\/a><\/p>\n

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Video:\u00a0\u00a0Twinkle Twinkle<\/a><\/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

Itsy Bitsy Spider<\/p>\n

The itsy bitsy spider
\nWent up the water spout
\nDown came the rain and
\nWashed the spider out
\nOut came the sun
\nAnd dried up all the rain
\nNow the itsy bitsy spider
\nWent up the spout again<\/p>\n

You are my Sunshine<\/em><\/p>\n

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
\nYou make me happy when skies are gray
\nYou\u2019ll never know dear, how much I love you
\nAnd I love you more every day.<\/p>\n

Goodbye Friends<\/em>\u00a0(in sign) \u2013 Video:\u00a0\u00a0Goodbye Friends<\/a><\/p>\n

Goodbye babies, goodbye friends,
\nGoodbye friends, it\u2019s time to say goodbye.<\/p>\n

Music from CDs We Shared<\/h1>\n

Children love to sing and dance to music.\u00a0 Here are some of the\u00a0action songs & rhymes\u00a0on CD that we\u00a0used in storytime.\u00a0 Click onto the CD titles to find these items in our library catalog.<\/p>\n

\u201cClap Everybody and Say Hello\u201d from\u00a0Sally Go Round the Sun<\/a>\u00a0by Carol Hammett and Elaine Bueffel<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re Going to the Market\u201d from\u00a0I Love to Hear the Sounds<\/a>\u00a0by Kathy Reid-Naiman\u00a0[With Shaker Eggs]<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cOh Children Ring Your Bells\u201d from\u00a0I Love to Hear the Sounds<\/a>\u00a0by Kathy Reid-Naiman!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cJazzy ABCs\u201d from\u00a0\u00a0Go\u00a0Baby\u00a0Go!\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0by Baby Loves Jazz<\/p>\n

Video We Shared<\/h1>\n

The video we watched:\u00a0 Fletcher and the Falling Leaves<\/i><\/p>\n

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Continue the Fun at Home<\/h1>\n

If you\u2019d like to read more books about trees, check out these books from your local Pasadena Public Library!<\/p>\n

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