{"id":2011,"date":"2014-10-06T23:53:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-07T06:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/?p=2011"},"modified":"2016-12-06T18:40:41","modified_gmt":"2016-12-07T02:40:41","slug":"hens-hens-hens-family-storytime-oct-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/2014\/hens-hens-hens-family-storytime-oct-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Hens, Hens, Hens! – Family Storytime – Oct. 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last Saturday’s storytime was all about HENS<\/strong>! \u00a0We even allowed our puppet<\/em> hen, Henrietta, to find a safe place to lay her egg during storytime. \u00a0Just as we started to sing our closing songs, we heard a big CLUCK coming from the back of the room. \u00a0It was Henrietta! \u00a0She was sitting in a wicker basket, looking ever so pleased. \u00a0We \u00a0looked underneath her, making sure to be gentle, \u00a0and we found a perfect egg. \u00a0Some of the children asked if she could lay\u00a0a blue or purple or pink egg next time. \u00a0She’s still trying…<\/p>\n

(Poor Henrietta – she has her work cut out for her!)<\/p>\n

Here are a few of \u00a0the stories & activities we shared:<\/p>\n

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In Mama Hen’s Big Day<\/strong>, Mama Hen is desperate to find the perfect place to lay her VERY FIRST EGG! \u00a0She rushes from place to place, encountering a snake in a cave, a cat in the meadow, a porcupine in the leaves and a red fox in the tall grass. \u00a0Since all of those places are taken, she frets that she’ll never find the best spot for\u00a0her to lay her\u00a0egg! \u00a0Finally she starts going round and round, higher and higher, until she reaches the top of the tallest mountain (actually more like a tall mound) and PLOP…she lays her egg! \u00a0The story ends with Mama Hen hugging her new baby chick as she realizes that the best place to lay her egg is “wherever Mama is!” \u00a0Colorful, eye-catching illustrations and a slow, steady build up to the story’s conclusion make this a winner for preschoolers.<\/p>\n

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Keiko Kasza is a master of suspense for the younger set. \u00a0Wolf’s Chicken Stew<\/strong> \u00a0is an old favorite and I never tire of reading it aloud. \u00a0 It starts with a very hungry wolf trying to decide what to eat next…the wolf is obsessed with planning his meals – as soon as he finishes one meal, he \u00a0begins thinking about what he’ll eat at his next meal. \u00a0This ultimate predator decides upon “chicken stew” and begins to look for his prey; ultimately he spies a lovely hen and starts to follow her. \u00a0Just as he is about to pounce… he gets a marvelous idea. \u00a0He decides his chicken stew will be all the more delicious if he fattens<\/strong> the hen up first. \u00a0The story continues with the wolf in his kitchen making 100 pancakes, 100 donuts and finally, a 100-pound cake! \u00a0On three consecutive nights, he wolf leaves each batch of \u00a0goodies on the chicken’s porch. \u00a0It is on the fourth night that he sneaks over\u00a0to snatch the chicken, but as he peers through the door he is met with a BIG surprise!!! \u00a0Hilarity ensues as we discover that the wolf has a soft spot and is no match for the hen and her sweet, little chicks.<\/p>\n

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Scary Mary<\/strong> is not for the faint of heart! \u00a0Mary is a hen who does NOT like to share anything – not her space, not her time, not her food, NOTHING! \u00a0She practices making scary faces to make sure none of the other barnyard animals get the idea that they are welcome anywhere near her. \u00a0She also puts up signs (KEEP OUT & GO AWAY), builds gates and has horrific squawking tantrums to discourage any contact. \u00a0Finally, she is ALONE\u00a0 – she has the barnyard and everything in it to herself. \u00a0Of course, after some time,\u00a0she feels very, very lonely and timidly approaches the other animals to ask, “Can I play too?” \u00a0They answer with a resounding “Yes!” \u00a0The moral of the story: \u00a0It is “much more fun to do things…together!<\/p>\n

\u00a0Our flannel board:<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0Five Little Chicks<\/strong><\/p>\n

Five little chicks went out to play<\/p>\n

In the barnyard one fine day<\/p>\n

Mother hen went cluck, cluck, cluck<\/p>\n

But only four little chicks came back<\/p>\n

What luck!<\/p>\n

(three, two, one, none…)<\/p>\n

No little chicks went out to play<\/p>\n

In the barnyard one fine day<\/p>\n

Mother hen went BAWK, BAWK, BAWK<\/p>\n

And all five little chicks came back<\/p>\n

WHAT LUCK!<\/p>\n

Action Rhymes:<\/em><\/p>\n

Video:<\/em><\/p>\n

Chicken Little<\/strong><\/p>\n

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More stories about hens & chicks to share at home…<\/em><\/p>\n

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