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Apps We Shared<\/h2>\n
Using\u00a0Felt Board from Software Smoothie<\/a>\u00a0($2.99; iOS) we made a fun action rhyme come to life. \u00a0The app has all kinds of options for dressing up the felt people, so we sang this song taken from the blog Mel’s Desk<\/a> about an astronaut:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n If You\u2019re Going to the Moon<\/u> Other Verses: Try these fun actions we did during storytime at home\u00a0with your child!<\/p>\n Twinkle Twinkle Little Star<\/u> Rocket I\u2019m a rocket on the ground \u00a0(<\/i>crouch down on ground).<\/i> We took a trip through space with Margaret Mayo’s\u00a0Zoom Rocket Zoom!<\/span> illustrated by Alex Ayliffe<\/a>. \u00a0This book features lots of bright\u00a0pictures and rhymes highlighting what life is like for astronauts.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Want some more fun apps to play with?<\/p>\n Visit the Children\u2019s Room and play with some of these apps, or others, featured on our iPads.<\/p>\n Or, check out our Pinterest pages:<\/p>\n![\"APP](\"https:\/\/jeninthelibrary.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/07\/app-squiggles-logo.png?w=181\"){kind=logo}
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\nWe blasted off into our outer-space themed eStorytime with the Squiggles app from Lazoo<\/a>. \u00a0Everyone in the group got a chance to draw a squiggle that connected to a rocket ship — and then got to watch the app animate and send the rockets into space!<\/p>\n![\"App](\"https:\/\/jeninthelibrary.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/07\/app-monster-socks-logo.png\"){kind=logo}
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\n<\/a>Our first story app was Monster’s Socks<\/a>\u00a0(iOS, Android $1.99). \u00a0Poor Monster wakes up in his box one morning to find out his socks are on the run! \u00a0He sets out on an adventure that takes him across a river, through the sea and into space as he tries to get them back.<\/p>\n![\"Felt](\"https:\/\/jeninthelibrary.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/07\/felt-board-app-logo.png\"){kind=logo}
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\n(to tune of If You\u2019re Happy and You Know It)<\/em>
\nIf you\u2019re going to the moon, wear your spacesuit\u00a0(ziiiiip)<\/em>
\nIf you\u2019re going to the moon, wear your spacesuit\u00a0(ziiiiip)<\/em>
\nIf you\u2019re going to the moon and you want to get there soon
\nIf you\u2019re going to the moon, wear your spacesuit\u00a0(ziiiiip)<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/em>\u2026wear your boots\u00a0(stomp, stomp)
\n<\/em>\u2026wear your helmet\u00a0<\/em>(pat head, pat head)
\n<\/em>\u2026wear your gloves\u00a0(clap, clap)
\n<\/em><\/em>\u2026are you ready and dressed?\u00a0(say, \u201cOh yes!\u201d)
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\n<\/a><\/strong>The last app featured in this storytime was Sweet Dreams Mo from StoryToys<\/a>. \u00a0Mo is a cute little purple monster who can’t fall asleep without his best friends there. \u00a0He journeys into space to bring back his friends, travelling among planets that will look like familiar objects to readers (a bone for the dog planet, for example). \u00a0This book needs a lot of tapping to bring Mo’s friends out from hiding, so everyone got a turn to try. \u00a0This is a great, soothing bedtime choice.<\/p>\n
\nMovements<\/h2>\n
\nTwinkle, 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
\n<\/span>(rhyme taken from SLC Book Boy<\/a>)<\/p>\n
\nWaiting quietly without a sound\u00a0(<\/i>say softly and put finger to lips) <\/i>
\nLight this fuse on my little toe\u00a0\u00a0(<\/i>wiggle little toe, or point finger at toe).
\n<\/i>Ready for blast off, here I go! \u00a0(<\/i>Put hands over head to form rocket point).<\/i>
\n5 \u2013 4 \u2013 3 \u2013 2 \u2013 1\u00a0\u00a0(Jump into air<\/i>)
\n<\/i>Whooosh!
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\nBook<\/h2>\n
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<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0Continue the Fun<\/h2>\n