{"id":2124,"date":"2014-11-01T19:25:44","date_gmt":"2014-11-01T19:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/?p=2124"},"modified":"2014-11-15T19:28:35","modified_gmt":"2014-11-15T19:28:35","slug":"family-storytime-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/2014\/family-storytime-halloween\/","title":{"rendered":"Family Storytime: Halloween!"},"content":{"rendered":"

We started our Halloween-themed storytime by talking about what costumes we wore for Halloween, then we sang a song using the book If You’re a Monster and You Know It<\/a> by Rebecca and Ed Emberley. \u00a0I love the action and movement prompts in this colorful book.<\/p>\n

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\"If<\/p>\n

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Then we read Ghost in the House<\/a> by Ammi-Joan Paquette. \u00a0It’s got a nice rhyme and lots of repetition.<\/p>\n

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\"Ghost<\/p>\n

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The kids helped me tell the story of Go Away, Big Green Monster<\/a> (by Ed Emberley) with my puppet friend Goon. \u00a0They delighted in pulling off bits of his face but they were nice enough to put his face back together when we were done!
\n\"Go<\/p>\n

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After that we read a funny parody of the classic Goodnight Moon<\/a> by Margaret Wise Brown called Goodnight Goon <\/a>by Michael Rex. I love his parodies. The illustrations are a bit creepy for very little ones, but the original is so familiar to little ones that I thought they would still be a good audience for it. If you liked it, definitely check out his parody of The Runaway Bunny<\/a> called The Runaway Mummy<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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\"goodnight<\/p>\n

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We did a felt board about\u00a0five little bats:<\/p>\n

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Five Little Bats<\/p>\n

Five little bats hanging upside down,
\nThe first little one didn’t make a sound.
\nThe second one said, “I’ll fly far tonight.”
\nThe third one said, “I don’t like sunlight.”
\nThe fourth one said, “I want to eat some bugs.”
\nThe fifth one said, “Let me give you a hug.”
\nFive little bats hanging upside down.
\nShhh! It’s daytime, don’t make a sound!<\/em><\/p>\n

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And we finished by dancing to the music video “Monster Mash” from the Disney Sing Along Songs Happy Haunting<\/a> DVD. Usually film time is a time for sitting and watching, but this time everybody had to get up and dance! It’s too fun not to do it.<\/p>\n

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