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<\/p>\nHappy Halloween!\u00a0 We had some infants come to our storytime in their costumes today. It was adorable.<\/p>\n
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It’s Halloween Night! written by Jennifer O’Connell and illustrated by Jennifer Morris<\/a> is a fun guessing game of a book.\u00a0 On one page, a child getting ready to go trick-or-treating describes their costume, and then on the next page it reveals what they are.\u00a0 This is a fun-not-scary Halloween book.<\/p>\n Our next story was also a non-scary one.\u00a0 In Duck & Goose Find a Pumpkin by Tad Hills<\/a>, Duck & Goose see their friend Thistle with a pumpkin, and now they want one.\u00a0 But wherever shall they find one?\u00a0 Join these two fowl as they search high and low.<\/p>\n Five Little Pumpkins<\/span> This is a fun rhyme that you can do on your little one’s fingers or toes, like you would do for This Little Piggy.\u00a0 Or, you can try the larger motions described below.<\/p>\n Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate. Jack and Jill Flannelboard from\u00a0Little Folk Visuals<\/a><\/p>\n We learned the ASL sign for Halloween this week. See how to do the sign at Handspeak.<\/a><\/p>\n We sing a lot of songs during storytime! \u00a0You\u2019ll find lyrics to those songs without music here.<\/p>\n Welcome Song<\/span> Peek-a-Boo<\/span> Icky Bicky Soda Cracker Bounce<\/span> Icky Bicky Soda Cracker\u00a0(bounce baby gently on knees)<\/em> Patty Cake<\/span> Slowly, Slowly Very Slowly Tickle<\/span> Quickly, quickly, very quickly\u00a0(say quickly and tickle baby all over) Storytime\u2019s Over<\/span> Sometimes it\u2019s fun to sing along with music.\u00a0 Here are some of the songs and cds used in storytime.<\/p>\n I take my little hands and go clap, clap, clap I take my little feet and go tap tap tap I take my little knees and go bend bend bend The itsy bitsy spider climbed up the water spout. This is the way the ladies ride This is the way the gentlemen ride This is the way the farmer rides This is the way the cowgirl\/cowboy rides Twinkle twinkle little star, Want more stories about Halloween?\u00a0 Check out these stories at your Pasadena Public Library branch:<\/p>\n Happy Halloween!\u00a0 We had some infants come to our storytime in their costumes today. It was adorable. Books We Shared It’s Halloween Night! written by Jennifer O’Connell and illustrated by Jennifer Morris is a fun guessing game of a book.\u00a0 On one page, a child getting ready to go trick-or-treating […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":9206,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[16,26],"class_list":["post-9202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-storytimes","tag-early-literacy","tag-infant"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/IMG_7748_infant_2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p71KT0-2oq","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9202"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9226,"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9202\/revisions\/9226"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2016\/10\/halloween-night.png\")
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\nFlannel Board Story<\/h4>\n
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\nFelt Pieces from ArtFelt<\/a><\/p>\n
\nThe first one said, “Oh, my, it’s getting late!”\u00a0(Hands beside face in surprised look)<\/em>
\nThe second one said, “There are witches in the air!”\u00a0(hand flies overhead)<\/em>
\nThe third one said, “Well, I don’t care!”\u00a0(shake pointer finger)<\/em>
\nThe fourth one said, “Let’s run, and run, and run!”\u00a0(run with feet)<\/em>
\nThe fifth one said, “I’m ready for some fun!” (point to self)<\/em>
\nThen WHOOOOOOSH went the wind\u00a0(make sound and whoosh hands back and forth.)<\/em>
\nand OUT\u00a0(clap)<\/em> went the lights.
\nAnd the five little pumpkins rolled out of sight.\u00a0 (Roll hand over hand.)<\/em><\/p>\n
\nFlannel Board Nursery Rhyme<\/h4>\n
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<\/p>\nPeter, Peter, pumpkin-eater
\nHad a wife and couldn’t keep her;
\nHe put her in a pumpkin shell,
\nAnd there he kept her very well.<\/div>\n
\nAmerican Sign Language: DUCK<\/h4>\n
\nRhymes & Bounces & Songs We Shared without Music<\/h4>\n
\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
\n(to the tune of : \u201dFrere Jacques\u201d)<\/em>
\nPeek-a-boo. Peek-a-boo.\u00a0(cover eyes with hands, then remove)<\/em>
\nI see you, I see you\u00a0(point at child)<\/em>
\nI see your little nose\u00a0(touch nose)<\/em>
\nI see your tiny toes\u00a0(touch toes)<\/em>
\nPeek-a-boo. Peek-a-boo.\u00a0(cover eyes with hands, then remove)<\/em><\/p>\n
\nIcky Bicky Soda Cracker\u00a0(bounce baby gently on knees)<\/em>
\nIcky Bicky Boo
\nIcky Bicky Soda Cracker
\nUp Goes You!\u00a0(lift baby into air)<\/em><\/p>\n
\nIcky Bicky Boo
\nIcky Bicky Soda Cracker
\nI love you!\u00a0(bring baby in for a cuddle)<\/em><\/p>\n
\nPatty cake, patty cake, baker\u2019s man\u00a0(clap hands together)<\/em>
\nBake me a cake as fast as you can\u00a0(clap hands together)<\/em>
\nRoll it\u00a0(roll one hand over the other)<\/em>
\nAnd pat it\u00a0(pat legs)<\/em>
\nAnd mark it with a \u201cB\u201d\u00a0(make the letter B on baby\u2019s tummy)<\/em>
\nAnd put it in the oven for Baby and me!\u00a0(hands flat, then point to baby, then you.)<\/em><\/p>\n
\nSlowly, slowly, very slowly\u00a0(say slowly, and trace finger up baby\u2019s arm)
\n<\/em>goes the garden snail.
\nSlowly, slowly, very slowly
\nup the garden rail.<\/p>\n
\n<\/em>goes the little mouse.
\nQuickly, quickly, very quickly
\nall around the house.<\/p>\n
\nHands up high!\u00a0(Put your hands in air)
\n<\/em>Now give a big sigh\u00a0(sigh and bring hands down)
\n<\/em>Our storytime\u2019s over
\nSo wave bye-bye\u00a0(wave)<\/em><\/p>\n
\nMusic from CDs We Shared<\/h4>\n
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\n\u201cClap, Tap and Bend\u201d from\u00a0It\u2019s Toddler Time\u00a0by Carol Hammett and Elaine Bueffel<\/a><\/p>\n
\nI take my little hands and go clap, clap, clap
\nI take my little hands and go clap, clap, clap
\nClap clap all day long<\/p>\n
\nI take my little feet and go tap tap tap
\nI take my little feet and go tap tap tap
\nTap tap all day long<\/p>\n
\nI take my little knees and go bend bend bend
\nI take my little knees and go bend bend bend
\nBend, bend all day long<\/p>\n<\/a>
\n\u201cItsy Bitsy Spider\u201d from\u00a0It\u2019s Toddler Time\u00a0by Carol Hammett and Elaine Bueffel<\/a><\/p>\n
\nDown came the rain and washed the spider out.
\nOut came the sun and dried out all the rain.
\nSo the itsy bitsy spider went up the spout again.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2016\/04\/WiggleWormsLoveYou.jpg?resize=280%2C280\")
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\n\u201cLadies Ride\u201d from\u00a0Wiggleworms Love You\u00a0by Old Town School of Folk Music<\/a><\/p>\n
\ntrit trot trit trot
\nThis is the way the ladies ride
\nEarly in the morning<\/p>\n
\nclip clop clip clop
\nThis is the way the gentlemen ride
\nEarly in the morning<\/p>\n
\nclippity cloppity clippity cloppity
\nThis is the way the farmer rides
\nEarly in the morning<\/p>\n
\nGiddy-up! Giddy-up!
\nThis is the way the\u00a0cowgirl\/cowboy rides
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\n\u201cTwinkle Twinkle Little Star\u201d from\u00a0Walt Disney\u2019s Children\u2019s Favorite Songs Volume 1<\/p>\n
\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
\nContinue the Fun<\/h4>\n
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