{"id":9128,"date":"2017-10-27T10:11:41","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T17:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/?p=9128"},"modified":"2017-10-31T17:20:43","modified_gmt":"2017-11-01T00:20:43","slug":"ducks-toddler-storytime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/2017\/ducks-toddler-storytime\/","title":{"rendered":"Ducks – Toddler Storytime"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our third Toddler Storytime for this Fall session was a quack up — all about ducks!<\/p>\n

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Books We Shared<\/h4>\n

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\nCome Along, Daisy! by Jane Simmons<\/a>
\nMama Duck warns little Daisy to stay close to her, but Daisy is distracted by the dragonflies, a frog, and all the fun around the pond.\u00a0 When she looks up finally, Daisy notices her Mama is nowhere to be seen.\u00a0 Then she hears a rustling in the bushes – find out who it is in this tense (but not TOO tense) tale.<\/p>\n

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\nDuckie’s Rainbow<\/span> by Frances Barry
\nDuckie is in a hurry to reach her home before the rain starts.\u00a0 During her journey, she walks by many colorful things, and when she gets back to her nest, there’s a surprise in the sky for her!<\/p>\n

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American Sign Language: DUCK<\/h4>\n

We learned the ASL sign for duck this week. It sort of resembles a duck beak!\u00a0 See how to do the sign at\u00a0Lifeprint<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Flannel Board Letter<\/h4>\n

D is for Duck<\/span>
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\nDuck starts with the letter D! \u00a0We identified the letter, drew it in the air, made the sound that D makes, and talked about some other things that start with D: dinosaur, dog, dragon and duck!<\/p>\n

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Flannel Board Counting<\/h4>\n

8 Ducks<\/span>
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\nWe counted eight ducks during our counting flannelboard!<\/p>\n

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Flannel Board Story<\/h4>\n

Four Little Ducks<\/span>
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Four little ducks\u00a0Went out one day
\nOver the hills and far away
\nMother duck cried
\n“Quack, quack, quack, quack.”
\nBut only three little ducks came back.<\/p>\n

Three little ducks\u00a0Went out one day
\nOver the hills and far away
\nMother duck cried
\n“Quack, quack, quack, quack.”
\nBut only two little ducks came back.<\/p>\n

Two little ducks\u00a0Went out one day
\nOver the hills and far away
\nMother duck cried
\n“Quack, quack, quack, quack.”
\nBut only one little ducks came back.One little duck
\nWent out one day
\nOver the hills and far away
\nMother duck cried,
\n“Quack, quack, quack, quack.”
\nBut no little ducks came back.No little ducks went out one day
\nOver the hills and far away
\nMother duck cried, “Quack! Quack! Quack!”
\nAnd all her little ducks came waddling back!<\/div>\n
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Video We Watched<\/h4>\n

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\u201cLucky Ducklings\u201d from I Want My Hat Back…and more Happy Stories.\u00a0 Based on the book by Eva Moore with pictures by Nancy Carpenter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mother Duck and her ducklings go out for a walk one day.\u00a0 But when they walk along the street, the little ducklings fall into a storm drain.\u00a0 Luckily the whole town turns out to help Mother and babies reunite!\u00a0 Lucky Ducklings is based on a true story.<\/p>\n

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Rhymes & Bounces & Songs We Shared without Music<\/h4>\n

We sing a lot of songs during storytime! \u00a0You\u2019ll find lyrics to those songs without music here.<\/p>\n

Welcome Song<\/span>
\n(to the tune of: \u201cTwinkle Twinkle Little Star\u201d)<\/em>
\nWelcome, welcome everyone
\nNow 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<\/span>
\nOpen, shut them.\u00a0(Spread fingers wide, then close into fists)
\n<\/em>Open, shut them.\u00a0(Spread fingers wide, then close into fists)
\n<\/em>Give a little clap, clap, clap.\u00a0(Clap hands on \u201cclap\u201d)
\n<\/em>Open, shut them.\u00a0(Spread fingers wide, then close into fists)
\n<\/em>Open, shut them.\u00a0(Spread fingers wide, then close into fists)
\n<\/em>Place them in your lap, lap, lap\u00a0(Pat lap with hands on \u201clap\u201d)
\n<\/em>Creep them, crawl them\u00a0(creep\u00a0fingers up stomach to chin)
\n<\/em>Creep them, crawl them\u00a0(creep\u00a0fingers up stomach to chin)
\n<\/em>Right up to your chin, chin, chin\u00a0(tap chin with hands on \u201cchin\u201d)<\/em>
\nOpen up your little mouth\u00a0(open mouth wide and pretend to put fingers in)
\n<\/em>But do not let them in!\u00a0(Hide hands behind your back quickly)<\/em><\/p>\n

For a video of me (Jennifer) doing this rhyme,\u00a0watch the video below:
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