{"id":9908,"date":"2018-02-27T14:55:32","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T22:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/?p=9908"},"modified":"2018-02-27T14:55:32","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T22:55:32","slug":"gardens-toddler-storytime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/2018\/gardens-toddler-storytime\/","title":{"rendered":"Gardens: Toddler Storytime"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Last week our storytime focused on gardens and the many different kinds of plants we can grow!<\/p>\n

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Books We Shared<\/h4>\n

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Up, Down and Around<\/strong><\/a> by Katherine Ayres and illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott shows us that the food we eat doesn’t just grow up. It grows down into the ground, or around on twisted vines. While we read the book, we raised our hands each time we talked about plants growing up, and lowered our hands when we talked about roots growing down, and waved our hands for the vines twilring around. <\/p>\n

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Plant the Tiny Seed<\/a><\/strong> by Christie Matheson invites kids to press the seed into the dirt, jiggle the book to scatter seeds from flowers, and touch a cloud to make it rain! Children also learn about basic flower life stages.<\/p>\n

Flannel Boards We Shared<\/h4>\n

Letter of the Day: G<\/strong><\/p>\n

We made a big capital “G” in the air, and brought out felt pictures of different objects that begin with G, and guessed what they were.<\/p>\n

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Out in the Garden<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Out in the garden
\ngrowing in the sun
\nWere 5 pretty flowers
\nand my mommy picked one!<\/p>\n

Out in the garden
\ngrowing in the sun
\nWere 4 pretty flowers
\nand my daddy picked one!<\/p>\n

Out in the garden
\ngrowing in the sun
\nWere 3 pretty flowers
\nand my brother picked one!<\/p>\n

Out in the garden
\ngrowing in the sun
\nWere 2 pretty flowers
\nand my sister picked one!<\/p>\n

Out in the garden
\ngrowing in the sun
\nWas 1 pretty flower
\nand I picked that one!<\/p>\n

Nursery Rhyme We Shared<\/h4>\n

Mary, Mary quite contrary
\nHow does your garden grow?
\nWith silver bells
\nand cockle shells
\nand pretty maids all in a row!<\/p>\n

Action Songs & Bounces We Shared<\/h4>\n

We share a lot of songs, bounces\u00a0& rhymes during storytime!
\nYou\u2019ll find lyrics\/words to those songs & rhymes\u00a0we shared without CD accompaniment\u00a0here.<\/p>\n

Here is a Green Leaf<\/strong><\/p>\n

We used scarves, crumpled up in our hands and spread out, to be the flowers:<\/p>\n

Here is a green leaf, and here is a green leaf (show thumbs)
\nand that, you see, makes two
\nHere is the bud that makes the flower (crumple your scarf and press your hands together)
\nNow watch it bloom for you! (open your hands and let the scarf expand)<\/p>\n

(Source: Jbrary<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Way Up High in the Apple Tree<\/strong><\/p>\n

Way up high in the apple tree
\nTwo little apples smiled at me
\nI shook that tree as hard as I could
\nMm Mm Mm those apples were good!<\/p>\n

(See a video of Youth Services Manager Angela Arzu singing this song: http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/fingerplay-ppl\/#appletree<\/a>) <\/p>\n

Five Fat Peas<\/strong><\/p>\n

Five fat peas in a pea pod pressed
\nOne grew, two grew, and so did all the rest
\nThey grew and they grew and they did not stop
\nUntil one day the pod went POP!<\/p>\n

(See a video of how to do this fingerplay: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=enZsxF18Fzs<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Big Round Sun<\/strong><\/p>\n

Big round sun in the summer sky (hold arms in circle over head)
\nWaved to a cloud that was passing by (wave)
\nThe little cloud laughed as it started to rain (wiggle fingers downward)
\nAnd out came the big round sun again (hold arms up in circle again)<\/p>\n

Open Shut Them<\/strong><\/p>\n

Open shut them, open shut them.
\nGive a little clap, clap, clap.
\nOpen shut them, open shut them.
\nPlace them on your lap, lap, lap.
\nCreep them, crawl them
\nCreep them, crawl them
\nRight up to your chin, chin, chin
\nOpen up your little mouth… Buuuuuuuuuuut…
\nDo not let them in!<\/p>\n

Peekaboo<\/strong><\/p>\n

Peekaboo, where are you
\nhiding in your… PLACE! PEEKABOO!
\nPeekaboo, I see you
\nand your smiling… FACE! PEEKABOO!<\/p>\n

One Bright Scarf<\/strong><\/p>\n

One bright scarf waiting for the wind to blow
\nToss it up high and wave it down low
\nWiggle it fast, and wiggle it slow
\nHey! Where did it go?<\/p>\n

(See a video here: Jbrary<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Goodbye Friends<\/strong> (song in sign)<\/p>\n

Click here for video:\u00a0 <\/em>Goodbye Babies (Friends)<\/em>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Goodbye babies, goodbye babies
\nGoodbye babies, it\u2019s time to say goodbye.<\/p>\n

Music from CDs We Shared<\/h4>\n

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

“Clap Everybody and Say Hello” from Sally Go Round the Sun<\/a> by Kathy Reid-Naiman<\/p>\n

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“Popcorn” from Shining Like a Star<\/a> by Laura Doherty<\/p>\n

Video We Shared<\/h4>\n

We watched Planting a Rainbow based on the book<\/a> by Lois Ehlert. It’s on our The Curious Garden and more stories about nature<\/a> DVD.<\/p>\n

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Continue the Fun<\/h2>\n

Here are some more books about gardens to check out at your Pasadena Public Library Branch:<\/p>\n

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