Books We Shared
Baby Cakes by Theo Heras and illustrated by Renné Benoit is a cute new book about baking, with a recipe for cupcakes included!
Yummy, Yucky is one of my favorite books by Leslie Patricelli, contrasting things that sound or look alike, but taste very different!
Puppet Story
I did a puppet show telling the narration of the classic book The Little Mouse, The Red, Ripe Strawberry and the Big, Hungry Bear by Don and Audrey Wood. I used a mouse/rat puppet to be the mouse and the parents helped to be the sound of the big, hungry bear.
Flannelboards
One little, two little, three little apples
Four little, five little, six little apples
Seven little, eight little, nine little apples
Ten little apples on the tree!
Ten little, nine little, eight little apples
Seven little, six little, five little apples
Four little, three little, two little apples
One little apple left for me!
CHOMP!
Rhymes & Bounces & Songs We Shared without Music
We sing a lot of songs during storytime! You’ll find lyrics to those songs without music here.
Stir, Stir, Stir the Soup
(To tune of “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”)
Stir, stir, stir the soup
Stir it all day long.
Add some (add a play food item and insert its name here),
Take a taste (slurrrp!)
Soup will make us strong. (flex arm)
Bananas Unite!
Form bananas, form, form bananas
Form bananas, form, form bananas
Bananas…unite!
Peel bananas, peel, peel bananas
Peel bananas, peel, peel bananas
Chop bananas, chop chop bananas
Chop bananas, chop chop bananas
Mash bananas, mash mash bananas
Mash bananas, mash mash bananas
Eat bananas, eat, eat bananas
Eat bananas, eat, eat bananas
Go Bananas! Go! Go! Bananas!
Go Bananas! Go! Go! Bananas!
Go…. Bananas!
Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABTRe5Docww
Storytime’s Over
Hands up high! (Put your hands in air)
Now give a big sigh (sigh and bring hands down)
Our storytime’s over
So wave bye-bye (wave)
Goodbye Friends
Click here for video: Goodbye Friends
Goodbye friends, goodbye friends
Goodbye friends, it’s time to say goodbye.
Music from CDs We Shared
Children love to sing and dance to music. Here are some of the songs on CD that we used in storytime.
“Clap Everybody and Say Hello” from Sally Go Round the Sun by Kathy Reid-Naiman
“Popcorn” from Shining Like a Star by Laura Doherty –we sang this one with scarves popping in the air.
Video We Watched
“Grandma’s Berry Patch” from Max & Ruby Berry Bunny Adventures DVD
Continue the Fun
Want more stories about food? Check these out at your Pasadena Public Library branch: