{"id":9839,"date":"2018-02-15T11:27:07","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T19:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/?p=9839"},"modified":"2018-02-15T11:33:04","modified_gmt":"2018-02-15T19:33:04","slug":"elephants-toddler-storytime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/2018\/elephants-toddler-storytime\/","title":{"rendered":"Elephants: Toddler Storytime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/IMG_20180213_104416.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/IMG_20180213_104416-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9840\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/IMG_20180213_104416-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/IMG_20180213_104416-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/IMG_20180213_104416-175x131.jpg 175w, http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/IMG_20180213_104416-667x500.jpg 667w, http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/IMG_20180213_104416.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This week we had an &#8220;elefun&#8221; time learning about elephants! We also did lots of counting practice in both English and Spanish, and played with bubbles using a new bubble song I found.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 class=\"font-headlines\">Books We Shared<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pasadena.iii.com\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1605784\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/imagesb.btol.com\/ContentCafe\/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780399166846\" width=\"400\" height=\"443\" class=\"aligncenter size-large\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pasadena.iii.com\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1605784\"><strong>This is Our Baby, Born Today<\/strong><\/a> by Varsha Bajaj and illustrated by Eliza Wheeler is a beautifully illustrated and poetic book about the birth of a baby Asian elephant, surrounded by its loving family. Want to know something cool too? One of our parents shared a fun fact with me, that elephants do indeed trumpet and celebrate the arrival of a baby, as the book describes. Here is a video taken by someone on safari, recording an elephant giving birth in the wild and the herd coming around and celebrating:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MSxw6D6Wl4U\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MSxw6D6Wl4U<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MSxw6D6Wl4U?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pasadena.iii.com\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1594532\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/imagesc.btol.com\/ContentCafe\/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9781776570089\" width=\"400\" height=\"487\" class=\"aligncenter size-large\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pasadena.iii.com\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1594532\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Have You Seen Elephant?<\/a><\/strong> by David Barrow is a cute story about a boy playing hide and seek with his elephant, who claims to be &#8220;very good&#8221; at hiding. Since it&#8217;s slightly long for this kind of group I cut it short, so you&#8217;ll have to check it out and see what happens when they meet a turtle who wants to play tag!<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"font-headlines\">Flannel Boards We Shared<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Letter of the Day: E<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We made a big capital &#8220;E&#8221; in the air, and brought out felt pictures of different objects that begin with E, and guessed what they were.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/E-felt-board.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/E-felt-board-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9841\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/E-felt-board-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/E-felt-board-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/E-felt-board-175x131.jpg 175w, http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/E-felt-board-667x500.jpg 667w, http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/E-felt-board.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>One Elephant in the Tub<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/IMG_20180206_105005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/IMG_20180206_105005-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9749\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/IMG_20180206_105005-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/IMG_20180206_105005-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/IMG_20180206_105005-175x131.jpg 175w, http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/IMG_20180206_105005-667x500.jpg 667w, http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/IMG_20180206_105005.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One elephant in the tub,<br \/>\nGoing for a swim,<br \/>\nKnock-knock (clap twice), splash-splash (slap knees twice),<br \/>\nCome on in!<\/p>\n<p>Two elephants in the tub,<br \/>\nGoing for a swim,<br \/>\nKnock-knock (clap twice), splash-splash (slap knees twice),<br \/>\nCome on in!<\/p>\n<p>Three elephants in the tub,<br \/>\nGoing for a swim,<br \/>\nKnock-knock (clap twice), splash-splash (slap knees twice),<br \/>\nCome on in!<\/p>\n<p>Four elephants in the tub,<br \/>\nGoing for a swim,<br \/>\nKnock-knock (clap twice), splash-splash (slap knees twice),<br \/>\nCome on in!<\/p>\n<p>Five elephants in the tub,<br \/>\nGoing for a swim,<br \/>\nKnock-knock (clap twice), splash-splash (slap knees twice),<br \/>\nAnd they all FELL IN!<\/p>\n<p>(Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/kcls.org\/content\/one-elephant-in-the-bathtub\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">King County Library System<\/a>)<\/p>\n<h4>Nursery Rhyme We Shared<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/IMG_20180213_104140.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/IMG_20180213_104140-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9843\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/IMG_20180213_104140-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/IMG_20180213_104140-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/IMG_20180213_104140-175x131.jpg 175w, http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/IMG_20180213_104140-667x500.jpg 667w, http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/IMG_20180213_104140.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Five Elephants on a Spider&#8217;s Web<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is based on a Spanish nursery rhyme:<\/p>\n<p>One elephant went out to play<br \/>\nUpon a spider\u2019s web one day.<br \/>\nHe had such enormous fun,<br \/>\nHe called for another elephant to come\u2026 \u201cOh, ELEPHANT!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Two elephants\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Three elephants\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Four elephants\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Five elephants went out to play<br \/>\nUpon a spider\u2019s web one day.<br \/>\nThe web went creak, the web went crack.<br \/>\nAnd all of the elephants went KERSPLAT!<\/p>\n<p>(Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themeasuredmom.com\/rhymes-for-kids-one-elephant-went-out-to-play\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Measured Mom<\/a>)<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"font-headlines\">Action Songs &amp; Bounces We Shared<\/h4>\n<p>We share a lot of songs, bounces\u00a0&amp; rhymes during storytime!<br \/>\nYou\u2019ll find lyrics\/words to those songs &amp; rhymes\u00a0we shared without CD accompaniment\u00a0here.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Willabee Wallabee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Willabee, wallabee, wee<br \/>\nAn elephant sat on me!<br \/>\nWillabee, wallabee, woo<br \/>\nAn elephant sat on you!<\/p>\n<p>We sang this song and then substituted the kids&#8217; names like this:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Willabee, wallabee, wackery,<br \/>\nAn elephant sat on Zachary!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/gardenpreschool.org\/docs\/Sam%20compilation%20Songs%20&amp;%20Fingerplays2.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sam Pesin, Open House Nursery School<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>An Elephant Has<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An elephant has a great big trunk (swing arm)<br \/>\nThat goes swinging to and fro.<br \/>\nAnd he has tiny, tiny eyes, (make binoculars with hands)<br \/>\nThat show him where to go.<br \/>\nHis great big ears go flopping, (put hands by ears to be elephant ears)<br \/>\nFlopping all around<br \/>\nWhile his great big feet go stomping, (stamp feet)<br \/>\nSTOMPING on the ground! <\/p>\n<p>(adapted from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidsparkz.com\/preschool-sings-zoo.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.kidsparkz.com\/preschool-sings-zoo.html<\/a>) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Miss Mary Mack<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Miss Mary Mack Mack Mack<br \/>\nAll dressed in black, black, black<br \/>\nWith silver buttons, buttons, buttons<br \/>\nAll down her back, back, back.<\/p>\n<p>She asked her mother, mother, mother<br \/>\nFor 50 cents, cents, cents<br \/>\nTo see the elephants, elephants, elephants<br \/>\nJump over the fence, fence, fence.<\/p>\n<p>They jumped so high, high, high<br \/>\nThey reached the sky, sky, sky<br \/>\nAnd they didn&#8217;t come down, down, down<br \/>\n&#8216;Til the 4th of July, ly, ly!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do Your Ears Hang Low?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Do your ears hang low?<br \/>\nDo they wobble to and fro?<br \/>\nCan you tie &#8217;em in a knot?<br \/>\nCan you tie &#8217;em in a bow?<br \/>\nCan you throw &#8217;em over your shoulder<br \/>\nLike a continental (regimental) soldier<br \/>\nDo your ears hang low?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Open Shut Them<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Open shut them, open shut them.<br \/>\nGive a little clap, clap, clap.<br \/>\nOpen shut them, open shut them.<br \/>\nPlace them on your lap, lap, lap.<br \/>\nCreep them, crawl them<br \/>\nCreep them, crawl them<br \/>\nRight up to your chin, chin, chin<br \/>\nOpen up your little mouth&#8230; Buuuuuuuuuuut&#8230;<br \/>\nDo not let them in!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Goodbye Friends<\/strong> (song in sign)<\/p>\n<p><em>Click here for video:\u00a0 <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bLxJMHY7p3I\"><em>Goodbye Babies (Friends)<\/em>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Goodbye babies, goodbye babies<br \/>\nGoodbye babies, it\u2019s time to say goodbye.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"font-headlines\">Music from CDs We Shared<\/h4>\n<p>Children love to sing and dance to music.\u00a0 Here are some of the songs\/bounces on CD that we\u00a0used in storytime.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Clap Everybody and Say Hello&#8221; from <a href=\"https:\/\/pasadena.iii.com\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1459515\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sally Go Round the Sun<\/a> by Kathy Reid-Naiman<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pasadena.iii.com\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1601603\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/imagesb.btol.com\/ContentCafe\/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=888295266956\" width=\"400\" height=\"354\" class=\"aligncenter size-large\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bubbles&#8221; from <a href=\"https:\/\/pasadena.iii.com\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1601603\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bon Voyage<\/a> by Jazzy Ash<\/p>\n<h4>Video We Shared<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pasadena.iii.com\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1551669\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51eiDjgRKUL.jpg\" width=\"343\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-large\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We watched &#8220;Emily Elephant&#8221; from the <a href=\"https:\/\/pasadena.iii.com\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1551669\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Peppa Pig Bubbles<\/a> DVD, in which a new girl at school, an elephant, shares with everyone what she can do.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"font-headlines\">Continue the Fun<\/h2>\n<p>Here are some more books about elephants to check out at your Pasadena Public Library Branch:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pasadena.iii.com\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1551710\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/imagesa.btol.com\/ContentCafe\/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780553497212\" width=\"400\" height=\"399\" class=\"aligncenter size-large\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pasadena.iii.com\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1570203\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/imagesc.btol.com\/ContentCafe\/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=0763680060\" width=\"400\" height=\"461\" class=\"aligncenter size-large\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pasadena.iii.com\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1095773\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51p4erpkBvL.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"414\" class=\"aligncenter size-large\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pasadena.iii.com\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1624163\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/imagesa.btol.com\/ContentCafe\/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=0996995919\" width=\"400\" height=\"284\" class=\"aligncenter size-large\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week we had an &#8220;elefun&#8221; time learning about elephants! We also did lots of counting practice in both English and Spanish, and played with bubbles using a new bubble song I found. Books We Shared This is Our Baby, Born Today by Varsha Bajaj and illustrated by Eliza Wheeler [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","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":[263,27],"class_list":["post-9839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-storytimes","tag-elephants","tag-toddler"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p71KT0-2yH","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9839","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\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9839"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16609,"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9839\/revisions\/16609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}