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Our first story was\u00a0Baby Party<\/a><\/span> by Rebecca O’Connell, illustrated by Susie Poole. \u00a0It’s a party! \u00a0Time for babies to get together and have fun with lots of different shapes. \u00a0A fun book to clap with.<\/p>\n Circles by Yusuke Yonezu<\/a>, our second book, is all about that special round shape. \u00a0Fun cutouts show just what different color circles can be.<\/p>\n Orange Triangle Fox<\/span> <\/p>\n We named the different shapes, colors and animals we saw in this flannelboard.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Jack Be Nimble<\/u> Jack be nimble You can also do this nursery rhyme as a bounce with your little one. \u00a0Start with your child on one leg – when Jack jumps lift your little one in the air and land them on your other leg.<\/p>\n We sing a lot of songs during storytime! \u00a0You\u2019ll find lyrics to those songs without music here.<\/p>\n Welcome Song<\/span> Peek-a-Boo<\/span> Ride a Little Pony\u00a0Bounce<\/span> Patty Cake<\/span> Round and Round the Garden\u00a0Tickle<\/span> Storytime\u2019s Over<\/span> Sometimes it\u2019s fun to sing along with music.\u00a0 Here are some of the songs and cds used in storytime.<\/p>\n I take my little hands and go clap, clap, clap I take my little feet and go tap tap tap I my little knees and go bend bend bend The itsy bitsy spider climbed up the water spout. A smooth road to London Town. BUT by and by we come to a dell A smooth road to London Town. BUT by and by we come to the wood Twinkle twinkle little star, Want more stories about shapes?\u00a0 Check out these out\u00a0at your Pasadena Public Library branch: This week in infant storytime our theme was\u00a0shapes. Books We Shared Our first story was\u00a0Baby Party by Rebecca O’Connell, illustrated by Susie Poole. \u00a0It’s a party! \u00a0Time for babies to get together and have fun with lots of different shapes. \u00a0A fun book to clap with. Circles by Yusuke Yonezu, […]<\/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":false,"_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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[16,26],"class_list":["post-7467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-storytimes","tag-early-literacy","tag-infant"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p71KT0-1Wr","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7467","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=7467"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7469,"href":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7467\/revisions\/7469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/p>\n
\nFlannel Board Story<\/h4>\n
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\nAdapted from the book by Sarah Jones<\/a><\/p>\n
\nFlannel Board\u00a0Nursery Rhyme<\/h4>\n
\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2017\/03\/Jack-Be-Nimble-Flannelboard-265x300.jpg\")
\nFlannelboard from Little Folk Visuals<\/a><\/p>\n
\nJack be quick
\nJack jumped over the candlestick.<\/p>\n
\nRhymes & Bounces & Songs We Shared without Music<\/h4>\n
\n(to the tune of: \u201cTwinkle Twinkle Little Star\u201d)<\/em>
\nWelcome, welcome everyone
\nNow 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
\n(to the tune of :\u201dFrere Jacques\u201d)<\/em>
\nPeek-a-boo. Peek-a-boo.\u00a0(cover eyes with hands, then remove)<\/em>
\nI see you, I see you\u00a0(point at child)<\/em>
\nI see your little nose\u00a0(touch nose)<\/em>
\nI see your tiny toes\u00a0(touch toes)<\/em>
\nPeek-a-boo. Peek-a-boo.\u00a0(cover eyes with hands, then remove)<\/em><\/p>\n
\nRide a little pony (bounce baby gently on knees)<\/em>
\ngoing to town.
\nBetter watch out or you might
\nfall down!\u00a0(gentle guide baby through your legs to floor)<\/em><\/p>\n
\nPatty cake, patty cake, baker\u2019s man\u00a0(clap hands together)<\/em>
\nBake me a cake as fast as you can\u00a0(clap hands together)<\/em>
\nRoll it\u00a0(roll one hand over the other)<\/em>
\nAnd pat it\u00a0(pat legs)<\/em>
\nAnd mark it with a \u201cB\u201d\u00a0(make the letter B on baby\u2019s tummy)<\/em>
\nAnd put it in the oven for Baby and me!\u00a0(hands flat, then point to baby, then you.)<\/em><\/p>\n
\nRound and round the garden\u00a0(gently circle round baby\u2019s belly button with finger)<\/em>
\nGoes the teddy bear.
\nA one step (move your fingers and tickle baby up the belly)
\n<\/em>A two step (move your fingers and tickle baby up the belly)<\/em>
\nA tickly under there (tickle baby under chin)<\/em><\/p>\n
\nHands up high! (Put your hands in air)
\n<\/em>Now give a big sigh (sigh and bring hands down)
\n<\/em>Our storytime\u2019s over
\nSo wave bye-bye (wave)<\/em><\/p>\n
\nMusic from CDs We Shared<\/h4>\n
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\n\u201cClap, Tap and Bend\u201d from It\u2019s Toddler Time by Carol Hammett and Elaine Bueffel<\/a><\/p>\n
\nI take my little hands and go clap, clap, clap
\nI take my little hands and go clap, clap, clap
\nClap clap all day long<\/p>\n
\nI take my little feet and go tap tap tap
\nI take my little feet and go tap tap tap
\nTap tap all day long<\/p>\n
\nI my little knees and go bend bend bend
\nI my little knees and go bend bend bend
\nBend, bend all day long<\/p>\n<\/a>
\n\u201cItsy Bitsy Spider\u201d from\u00a0It\u2019s Toddler Time by Carol Hammett and Elaine Bueffel<\/a><\/p>\n
\nDown came the rain and washed the spider out.
\nOut came the sun and dried out all the rain.
\nSo the itsy bitsy spider went up the spout again.<\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2017\/01\/SmoothRoadtoLondonTown-300x300.jpg\")
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\n\u201cSmooth Road to London Town\u201d from A Smooth Road to London Town by Kathy Reid-Naiman<\/a><\/p>\n
\nA smooth road to London Town.
\nThe road goes up
\nAnd the road goes down
\nA smooth road to London Town.<\/p>\n
\nand there the roads are not so swell
\na bumpy road
\na bumpy road
\nA bumpy road to London Town.<\/p>\n
\nA smooth road to London Town.
\nThe road goes up
\nAnd the road goes down
\nA smooth road to London Town.<\/p>\n
\nand there the roads are not so good
\na rough\u00a0road
\na rough road
\nA rough road to London Town.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2017\/01\/ChildrensFavoriteSongsVol1.jpg\")
\n\u201cTwinkle Twinkle Little Star\u201d from\u00a0Walt Disney\u2019s Children\u2019s Favorite Songs Volume 1<\/p>\n
\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
\nContinue the Fun<\/h4>\n
\n<\/a>\u00a0
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