{"id":1065,"date":"2013-12-08T01:13:37","date_gmt":"2013-12-08T01:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/?p=1065"},"modified":"2016-12-06T19:22:40","modified_gmt":"2016-12-07T03:22:40","slug":"preschool-storytime-elephants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/2013\/preschool-storytime-elephants\/","title":{"rendered":"Preschool Storytime: Elephants"},"content":{"rendered":"

Storytime with elephants means BIG fun.\u00a0 Today we shared some new stories about these favorite gray fellows.<\/p>\n

To find any of the items used in today\u2019s storytime, just click on the photo of the book.<\/p>\n

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Books We Shared<\/span><\/h2>\n

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What do you get when you cross an elephant with a helicopter?\u00a0 An Elecopter, of course!\u00a0 In this imaginative tale from Michael Slack this helpful hero saves the savannah from fire.\u00a0 Wouldn’t a pet elephant be great?\u00a0 That’s what the kids in Hiding Phil think — but, oh no, how are they going to get Mom and Dad to agree?\u00a0 Find out in this fun new release from Eric Barclay.<\/p>\n

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Flannelboard Story<\/span><\/h2>\n

Elephants love to play in the tub!\u00a0 But be careful and don’t put too many in there.\u00a0 Here’s a fun rhyme we did as a flannelboard story:<\/p>\n

5 Elephants in the Bathtub
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Five<\/a>
\n1 elephant in the bathtub
\ngoing for a swim.
\nKnock, knock (clap hands for each knock)<\/em>
\nSplash, splash (pat lap for each splash)<\/em><\/em>
\nCome on in! (Wave hand invitingly)<\/em><\/p>\n

2 elephants in the bathtub
\ngoing for a swim.
\nKnock, knock (clap hands for each knock)<\/em>
\nSplash, splash (pat lap for each splash)<\/em><\/em>
\nCome on in! (Wave hand invitingly)<\/em><\/p>\n

3 elephants in the bathtub
\ngoing for a swim.
\nKnock, knock (clap hands for each knock)<\/em>
\nSplash, splash (pat lap for each splash)<\/em><\/em>
\nCome on in! (Wave hand invitingly)<\/em><\/p>\n

4 elephants in the bathtub
\ngoing for a swim.
\nKnock, knock (clap hands for each knock)<\/em>
\nSplash, splash (pat lap for each splash)<\/em><\/em>
\nCome on in! (Wave hand invitingly)<\/em><\/p>\n

5 elephants in the bathtub
\ngoing for a swim.
\nKnock, knock (clap hands for each knock)<\/em>
\nSplash, splash (pat lap for each<\/em> splash)
\nAnd they all fell in! (Knock all the elephants off the flannelboard!)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Film We Watched<\/span><\/h2>\n

\"Peppa<\/a><\/p>\n

“Emily Elephant” from Peppa Pig: Bubbles<\/span><\/p>\n

Emily Elephant is new in play group.\u00a0 And she is shy.\u00a0 Will she find a way to fit in?\u00a0 With Peppa Pig around, the answer is “Of Course!”<\/p>\n

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Continue the Fun<\/span><\/h2>\n

There are so many wonderful books about elephants!\u00a0 Try checking some of these out today:<\/p>\n

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Storytime with elephants means BIG fun.\u00a0 Today we shared some new stories about these favorite gray fellows. To find any of the items used in today\u2019s storytime, just click on the photo of the book. Books We Shared What do you get when you cross an elephant with a helicopter?\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"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":true,"_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":[6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-parenting","category-storytimes"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p71KT0-hb","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1065"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1070,"href":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1065\/revisions\/1070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}