{"id":9306,"date":"2017-11-20T18:12:04","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T02:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/?p=9306"},"modified":"2017-11-20T18:12:04","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T02:12:04","slug":"monkeys-toddler-storytime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/2017\/monkeys-toddler-storytime\/","title":{"rendered":"Monkeys – Toddler Storytime"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Last week’s toddler storytime was as fun as a barrel of monkeys, because it was all about them!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/header>\n
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Books We Shared<\/h4>\n

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\nSpunky Little Monkey by Bill Martin Jr. and Michael Sampson, illustrated by Brian Won<\/a>
\nLittle Monkey is tired and doesn’t want to get out of bed. Mama calls the doctor and the doctor says — Exercise!\u00a0 The listeners get to have fun moving along with Little Monkey in this dancing and grooving story.<\/p>\n

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\nLittle Monkey Calms Down written by Michael Dahl, illustrated by Oriol Vidal<\/a>
\nWe all have bad days.\u00a0 Little Monkey is having a very bad one.\u00a0 This short little board book<\/span>\u00a0has some great techniques that can be used to turn a bad breakdown moment into a good day.\u00a0 It\u2019s a small book on mindfulness that all parents and little ones can relate to.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

We learned the ASL sign for monkey!\u00a0 See how to do the sign at Signing Savvy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Flannel Board Letter<\/h4>\n

M is for Monkey
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\nMonkey starts with the letter M! We identified the letter, drew it in the air, made the sound that H makes, and talked about some other things that start with M: magnifying glass, mouse, moon and monkey.<\/p>\n

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Flannel Board Counting<\/h4>\n

7 Monkeys
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\nWe counted seven monkeys during our counting flannelboard!<\/p>\n

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Flannel Board Stories<\/h4>\n

Five Yellow Bananas<\/span>
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Idea taken from\u00a0one little librarian<\/a><\/p>\n

4 yellow bananas, so yummy to see.
\nThe monkey ate one, & then there were 3
\n3 yellow bananas, & he knew what to do.
\nThe monkey ate one, & then there were 2
\n2 yellow bananas, hanging in the sun.
\nThe monkey ate one, & then there as 1
\n1 yellow banana, well for goodness sake.
\nThe monkey ate that one, & he got a tummy ache
\nNow there are no little bananas hanging on the tree
\nMonkey, your tummy wouldn\u2019t hurt if you shared them with me!<\/p>\n

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Video We Watched<\/h4>\n

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\n“Mitzi’s Mess” from Little Bear: Rainy Day Tales<\/a><\/p>\n

It\u2019s raining, so Little Bear, Owl and Mitzi have to play inside.\u00a0 But Mitzi wants to do things like fly Little Bear\u2019s plane \u2014 inside the house.\u00a0 Of course this makes a mess!\u00a0 Will the friends have time to fix things before Mother Bear comes home?<\/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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