{"id":10739,"date":"2018-06-07T20:11:26","date_gmt":"2018-06-08T03:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/?p=10739"},"modified":"2018-06-07T20:11:26","modified_gmt":"2018-06-08T03:11:26","slug":"food-toddler-storytime-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/2018\/food-toddler-storytime-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Food! ~ Toddler Storytime"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our theme for the\u00a0EIGHTH\u00a0and final\u00a0storytime of the spring session was\u00a0FOOD!\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>We<\/span>\u00a0read\u00a0a\u00a0story about a mouse who was hungry for lunch and we\u00a0played a guessing game with different kinds of fruit\u00a0that took on some really weird shapes.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0We also discovered that some cows like turnips more than birthday cake!\u00a0 Wow, we even had time to make some STEW!\u00a0 <\/span>What follows are the\u00a0books, fingerplays, actions songs, flannel boards and video\u00a0we shared.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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BOOKS WE SHARED<\/h1>\n

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Guess What? \u2013 Fruit<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>by Yusuke Yonezu offers colorful drawings of different fruits which transform into\u00a0animals with\u00a0the lift of a flap!\u00a0\u00a0An\u00a0interactive book that engages babies in a guessing game\u00a0and\u00a0helps them identify the names of different fruits and animals.\u00a0 Simple, bold illustrations and the\u00a0element of surprise is always a big hit with the wee ones.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

In Birthday\u00a0for Cow<\/strong> <\/a>by Jan Thomas,\u00a0Pig and Mouse are baking a delicious birthday cake for their friend, Cow.\u00a0 Duck keeps interrupting and asking for an EXTRA ingredient to be added to that cake batter – a turnip!\u00a0 Little do Pig and Mouse know, but that turnip turns out to be Cow’s favorite food!\u00a0 The cake?\u00a0 Not so much!\u00a0 A funny book about the vicissitudes of taste!<\/span><\/p>\n

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FLANNEL BOARDS WE SHARED<\/h1>\n

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In Denise Fleming\u2019s picture book,\u00a0<\/span>Lunch<\/strong><\/a>, we meet a very hungry mouse.\u00a0 Mouse is sooooo hungry that he has to have a nibble of every piece of brightly-coloured food on the table.\u00a0 At the end of his lunch feast he gets very sleep but he happens to wake up just in time for diner.\u00a0\u00a0I used accompanying flannel pieces to make the story come ALIVE!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Rainbow Stew<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Take a red tomatoe
\nPut it in the pot.
\nStir it, stir it, stir it a lot.
\nTake it out now. What will it be? The prettiest red you ever did see!<\/p>\n

Take an orange carrot
\nPut it in the pot.
\nStir it, stir it, stir it a lot.
\nTake it out now. What will it be? The prettiest red you ever did see!<\/p>\n

Take a yellow squash
\nPut it in the pot.
\nStir it, stir it, stir it a lot.
\nTake it out now. What will it be? The prettiest red you ever did see!<\/p>\n

Take\u00a0some green broccoli
\nPut it in the pot.
\nStir it, stir it, stir it a lot.
\nTake it out now. What will it be? The prettiest red you ever did see!<\/p>\n

Take\u00a0a blue potato
\nPut it in the pot.
\nStir it, stir it, stir it a lot.
\nTake it out now. What will it be? The prettiest red you ever did see!<\/p>\n

Take\u00a0a purple onion
\nPut it in the pot.
\nStir it, stir it, stir it a lot.
\nTake it out now. What will it be? The prettiest red you ever did see!<\/p>\n

Put it all together and what do we get?<\/p>\n

The prettiest rainbow you ever did see!<\/p>\n

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Action Songs\u00a0& Fingerplays We Shared<\/h1>\n

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

Welcome, Welcome Everyone<\/em>
\n(to the tune of Twinkle Twinkle)<\/p>\n

Welcome, welcome everyone,
\n<\/strong>Now 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<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Video:\u00a0\u00a0Open Shut Them<\/a><\/p>\n

Open, shut them, open, shut them, (open and close hands)
\nGive a little clap, clap, clap.\u00a0 (clap three times)
\nOpen shut them, open shut them (open and close hands)
\nPut them in your lap, lap, lap. (place hands in lap and bounce them 3X)<\/p>\n

Creep them, crawl them,\u00a0creep them crawl them, (crawl fingers up arms)
\nRight up to your chinny\u00a0\u00a0chin chin. (place\u00a0fingers on chin)
\nOpen up your\u00a0little mouth\u00a0(open mouth and say ahhhhhh)
\nBut do not put them in!! (put hands behind your back)<\/p>\n

This is Big, Big Big \u2013\u00a0<\/em>Video:\u00a0\u00a0This is Big<\/a><\/p>\n

This is big big big
\nHold arms out to side<\/em><\/p>\n

This is small small small
\nCup hands together<\/em><\/p>\n

This is short short short
\nHold hands with palms facing each other<\/em><\/p>\n

This is tall tall tall
\nReach one hand above head<\/em><\/p>\n

This is fast fast fast
\nCircle fists quickly<\/em><\/p>\n

This is slow slow slow
\nCircle fists slowly<\/em><\/p>\n

This is yes yes yes
\nNod<\/em><\/p>\n

This is no no no
\nShake head<\/em><\/p>\n

Credit:\u00a0\u00a0Mel\u2019s Desk<\/a><\/p>\n

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Video:\u00a0\u00a0Twinkle Twinkle<\/a><\/p>\n

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
\nHow I wonder what you are
\nUp above the world so high
\nLike a diamond in the sky
\nTwinkle Twinkle little star
\nHow I wonder what you are.<\/p>\n

Goodbye Friends<\/em>\u00a0(in sign) \u2013 Video:\u00a0\u00a0Goodbye Friends<\/a><\/p>\n

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

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Music from CDs We Shared<\/h1>\n

Children love to sing and dance to music.\u00a0 Here are some of the\u00a0action songs & rhymes\u00a0on CD that we\u00a0used in storytime.\u00a0 Click onto the CD titles to find these items in our library catalog.<\/p>\n

\u201cClap Everybody and Say Hello\u201d from\u00a0Sally Go Round the Sun<\/a>\u00a0by Carol Hammett and Elaine Bueffel<\/p>\n

\u201cRoll Your Hands\u201d from\u00a0Toddlers on Parade<\/a>\u00a0by Kathy Reid-Naiman<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a Little Teapot\u201d from\u00a0Toddler Favorites<\/a>\u00a0by Music for Little People<\/p>\n

\u201cItsy Bitsy Spider\u201d from\u00a0Its Toddler Time<\/a>\u00a0by Carol Hammett and Elaine Bueffel<\/p>\n

\u201cABC\u201d \u00a0from\u00a0Go Baby Go!<\/a>\u00a0Baby Loves Jazz by Baby Loves Jazz Band<\/p>\n

Two\u00a0Little Blackbirds\u201d\u00a0from\u00a0\u00a0Circle Time:\u00a0songs and rhymes for the very young<\/a>\u00a0by Lisa Monet<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re Going to the Market\u201d from\u00a0I Love to Hear the Sounds<\/a>\u00a0by Kathy Reid-Naiman<\/p>\n

\u201cHead, Shoulders, Knees, Toes\u201d from\u00a0Its Toddler Time<\/a>\u00a0by Carol Hammett and Elaine Bueffel<\/p>\n

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We used our shaker eggs and bells for this song!\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re Going to the Market\u201d<\/p>\n