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Okay…why this story when we’re talking about bugs?\u00a0 Well what do frogs eat?\u00a0 Bugs!\u00a0 And what about this frog who wanted to be a cat, a pig…an owl???\u00a0 Turns out when there’s a hungry wolf around, it pays to be a wet, slimy, bug-eating frog!\u00a0 Great illustrations, a touch of humor and good dialogue make this a good read aloud for preschoolers.<\/p>\n
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What happens when a tiny little fly buzzes in your ear?\u00a0 You try to swat it away right?\u00a0 So did the hippo, tiger and elephant in this story…but that pesky fly gets away EVERY TIME.\u00a0\u00a0 Amazing illustrations and rhyming text made this a great read – the kids even tried to swat imaginary flies away from their ears…<\/p>\n
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This interactive story by Jan Thomas has all of the ingredients necessary to build listening and gross motor skills, plus, it’s\u00a0funny!\u00a0\u00a0A bug plays his version of Simon Says<\/em> as he demands that\u00a0his readers\u00a0stand up, sit down, no…stand up again…and\u00a0 SO ON.\u00a0 <\/em>Then,\u00a0<\/em>of course a bug flies around and gets into our mouths and our\u00a0shirts and we have to blow and wiggle our bodies to get rid of it!\u00a0\u00a0Then there’s that BIG FROG at the end…that’s where the\u00a0scary face comes in handy.\u00a0 A lot of laughter and movement with this story!<\/p>\n FLANNEL BOARD STORY RHYME:<\/strong><\/p>\n There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n There was an old lady who swallowed a fly. There was an old lady who swallowed a spider. There was an old lady who swallowed a bird. There was an old lady who swallowed a cat. There was an old lady who swallowed a dog. There was an old lady who swallowed a goat. There was an old lady who swallowed a cow. There was an old lady who swallowed a horse MUSIC & MOVEMENT ACTIVITIES:<\/strong><\/p>\n Shake Your Shakers Slowly & We’re Going to the Market <\/em><\/p>\n Egg Shakers –<\/p>\n Tracks 16 & 17 on Kathy Reid-Naiman’s CD “I Love to Hear the Sounds<\/em>”<\/p>\n Rhyming Movement:<\/strong><\/p>\n This is Big, Big, Big…<\/em><\/p>\n This is big, big, big (arms wide)<\/p>\n This is small, small, small (arms narrow)<\/p>\n This is short, short, short (hands vertical mimicking\u00a0a small space)<\/p>\n This is tall, tall, tall (hands vertical mimicking\u00a0a tall space)<\/p>\n This is fast, fast, fast (roll hands quickly round)<\/p>\n This is slow, slow, slow (roll hands slowly round)<\/p>\n This is yes, yes, yes (nod head yes)<\/p>\n This is no, no no (swing head from side to side for no)<\/p>\n VIDEO:<\/strong><\/p>\n “Bugs, Bugs, Bugs”<\/strong><\/p>\n Found on The Wheels on the Bus DVD<\/p>\n <\/p>\n More books to share at home:<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We had fun during our family storytime today!\u00a0 We\u00a0explored stories about spiders, flies & other creepy crawly creatures.\u00a0 There was even a little bug eating going on…(well we didn’t really eat any bugs, but we did pretend).\u00a0 Below are\u00a0some of the books, songs & fun activities we shared. BOOKS: Okay…why […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":6105,"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":[5],"tags":[16,26,38,27],"class_list":["post-6104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-storytimes","tag-early-literacy","tag-infant","tag-preschool","tag-toddler"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2016\/09\/i-dont-want-to-be-a-frog.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p71KT0-1As","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6104","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\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6104"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6552,"href":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6104\/revisions\/6552"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nI don’t know why she swallowed that fly,
\nPerhaps she’ll cry.<\/p>\n
\nThat wriggled and jiggled and wiggled inside her.
\nShe swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
\nBut I don’t know why she swallowed that fly
\nPerhaps she’ll cry.<\/p>\n
\nHow absurd, to swallow a bird!
\nShe swallowed the bird to catch the spider
\nThat wriggled and jiggled and wiggled inside her.
\nShe swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
\nBut I don’t know why she swallowed that fly
\nPerhaps she’ll cry.<\/p>\n
\nImagine that, she swallowed a cat.
\nShe swallowed the cat to catch the bird
\nShe swallowed the bird to catch the spider
\nThat wriggled and jiggled and wiggled inside her.
\nShe swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
\nBut I don’t know why she swallowed that fly
\nPerhaps she’ll cry.<\/p>\n
\nWhat a hog! To swallow a dog!
\nShe swallowed the dog to catch the cat
\nShe swallowed the cat to catch the bird
\nShe swallowed the bird to catch the spider
\nThat wriggled and jiggled and wiggled inside her.
\nShe swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
\nBut I don’t know why she swallowed that fly
\nPerhaps she’ll cry.<\/p>\n
\nJust opened her throat and swallowed a goat!
\nShe swallowed the goat to catch the dog
\nShe swallowed the dog to catch the cat
\nShe swallowed the cat to catch the bird
\nShe swallowed the bird to catch the spider
\nThat wriggled and jiggled and wiggled inside her.
\nShe swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
\nBut I don’t know why she swallowed that fly
\nPerhaps she’ll cry.<\/p>\n
\nI don’t know how she swallowed a cow!
\nShe swallowed the cow to catch the goat
\nShe swallowed the goat to catch the dog
\nShe swallowed the dog to catch the cat
\nShe swallowed the cat to catch the bird
\nShe swallowed the bird to catch the spider
\nThat wriggled and jiggled and wiggled inside her.
\nShe swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
\nBut I don’t know why she swallowed that fly
\nPerhaps she’ll cry.<\/p>\n
\nShe’s FULL, of course.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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