{"id":4690,"date":"2015-11-28T19:28:44","date_gmt":"2015-11-28T19:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/?p=4690"},"modified":"2015-11-28T19:50:04","modified_gmt":"2015-11-28T19:50:04","slug":"family-storytime-turkeys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/2015\/family-storytime-turkeys\/","title":{"rendered":"Family Storytime: Turkeys"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Thanksgiving may be over, but you’re probably still working on all the leftovers… So today our preschool\/family storytime was all about turkeys!<\/p>\n

Everybody got a feather, and we sang a simple song about the colors:<\/p>\n

Turkey wore his red feather, red feather, red feather<\/p>\n

Turkey wore his red feather all day long<\/p>\n

Turkey wore his orange feather… (etc)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We read Over the River<\/a> by Derek Anderson, an adaptation of the old Thanksgiving song about going to Grandma’s house for dinner.\u00a0 In this illustrated version, we see a family of turkeys facing great dangers to make it to their grandparents’ house!<\/p>\n

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We did a flannelboard activity about identifying which things don’t belong, kind of like the old Sesame Street song:<\/p>\n

Three of these things belong together<\/p>\n

Three of these things are kind of the same<\/p>\n

But one of these things just doesn’t belong here<\/p>\n

Now it’s time to play our game.\u00a0 It’s time to play our game!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Then we segued into singing Old MacDonald with felt piece cues.\u00a0 After that, we read another book called I’m a Turkey<\/a> by Jim Arnosky.\u00a0 It’s a book about the lives of turkeys in the wild, with a fun bluegrass kind of rhythm to the words.<\/p>\n

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We sang Gobble Pokey:<\/p>\n

Put your right wing in, put your right wing out<\/p>\n

Put your right wing in, and you shake it all about<\/p>\n

You do the Gobble Pokey and you turn yourself around<\/p>\n

That’s what it’s all about!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We read Five Silly Turkeys<\/a> by Salina Yoon and used the felt board to illustrate the counting:<\/p>\n

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We sang the song “Baa Baa Black Sheep”:<\/p>\n

Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool?<\/p>\n

Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full<\/p>\n

One for the master and one for the dame<\/p>\n

One for the little boy who lives down the lane<\/p>\n

Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool?<\/p>\n

Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Then we listened to Raffi’s version which includes the many contributions of other animals for our food and clothing!<\/p>\n

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Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool?<\/p>\n

Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full<\/p>\n

One for your sweater and one for your rug<\/p>\n

One for your blanket to keep you warm and snug<\/p>\n

Cluck cluck red hen, have you any eggs?<\/p>\n

Yes sir, yes sir as many as your legs!<\/p>\n

One for your breakfast and one for your lunch<\/p>\n

Come back tomorrow, I’ll have another bunch<\/p>\n

Moo moo brown cow, have you milk for me?<\/p>\n

Yes sir, yes sir, as tasty as can be<\/p>\n

Churn it into butter and make it into cheese<\/p>\n

Freeze it into ice cream or drink it if you please<\/p>\n

Buzz buzz, busy bee, is your honey sweet?<\/p>\n

Yes sir, yes sir, sweet enough to eat<\/p>\n

Honey on your muffin and honey on your cake<\/p>\n

Honey by the spoonful as much as I can make<\/p>\n

Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool?<\/p>\n

Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We sang “Row Row Row Your Boat” and danced and wiggled to the song. \u00a0Then we did a fingerplay called Mr. Turkey and Mr. Duck, to the tune of “Yankee Doodle”:<\/p>\n

Mr. Turkey went out one day in bright sunshiney weather<\/p>\n

Met Mr. Duck along the way and they stopped to talk together<\/p>\n

They said:<\/p>\n

Gobble gobble gobble, quack quack quack<\/p>\n

Gobble gobble gobble, quack quack quack<\/p>\n

Gobble gobble gobble, quack quack quack<\/p>\n

And then they went away<\/p>\n

(But Mr. Duck came back and said Quaaaaaaaaaack!)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We watched a video that is an\u00a0animated version of the award-winning book Joseph Had a Little Overcoat<\/a> by Simms Taback.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The video is well done and includes traditional Yiddish songs and funny Yiddish jokes, as well as an additional animated song which we didn’t show. \u00a0You can view it on the DVD Strega Nona and More Caldecott-Award-Winning Folk Tales<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I picked this story because it actually features a turkey prominently, as well as many other farm animals… But primarily I picked this video because it is about being thankful for what we have, which is truly the meaning of Thanksgiving! \u00a0Hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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