{"id":9857,"date":"2018-02-17T14:39:33","date_gmt":"2018-02-17T22:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/?p=9857"},"modified":"2018-02-17T14:51:47","modified_gmt":"2018-02-17T22:51:47","slug":"elephants-preschool-storytime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/2018\/elephants-preschool-storytime\/","title":{"rendered":"Elephants: Preschool Storytime"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today we had an “elefun” time reading about elephants! We also did lots of counting practice in both English and Spanish, and played with scarves.<\/p>\n

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Books We Shared<\/h4>\n

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In When Your Elephant Comes To Play<\/strong><\/a> by Ale Barba, a child shares why his elephant friend can sometimes be a dangerous and troublesome, though fun, playmate. He dispenses advice on how to handle your playdates with elephants.<\/p>\n

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Super Jumbo<\/a><\/strong> by Fred Koehler is about an elephant eager to be a superhero. But not everyone appreciates his crimefighting techniques!<\/p>\n

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Little Elliot Big City<\/strong><\/a> by Mike Curato explores a theme that small children are familiar with: feeling too small and unnoticed and feeling unable to get what they want. Little Elliot can’t get the attention of the baker owner to buy a cupcake. But Little Elliot finds someone even smaller than he, and learns that helping someone–and making a friend–is even better than cupcakes!<\/p>\n

When I asked the kids if they have ever felt unnoticed or ignored by grownups, a little baby in the way back of the room shouted, “YES!” He couldn’t have been more than a year and a half old. He was so darling. I repeated my question and he repeated his answer, loudly and unmistakably! I thought to myself, “Well, he certainly has no lack of ability to make himself heard! Good for him!”<\/p>\n

Flannel Boards We Shared<\/h4>\n

One Elephant in the Tub<\/strong><\/p>\n

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One elephant in the tub,
\nGoing for a swim,
\nKnock-knock (clap twice), splash-splash (slap knees twice),
\nCome on in!<\/p>\n

Two elephants in the tub,
\nGoing for a swim,
\nKnock-knock (clap twice), splash-splash (slap knees twice),
\nCome on in!<\/p>\n

Three elephants in the tub,
\nGoing for a swim,
\nKnock-knock (clap twice), splash-splash (slap knees twice),
\nCome on in!<\/p>\n

Four elephants in the tub,
\nGoing for a swim,
\nKnock-knock (clap twice), splash-splash (slap knees twice),
\nCome on in!<\/p>\n

Five elephants in the tub,
\nGoing for a swim,
\nKnock-knock (clap twice), splash-splash (slap knees twice),
\nAnd they all FELL IN!<\/p>\n

(Source: King County Library System<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Nursery Rhyme We Shared<\/h4>\n

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Five Elephants on a Spider’s Web<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is based on a Spanish nursery rhyme:<\/p>\n

One elephant went out to play
\nUpon a spider\u2019s web one day.
\nHe had such enormous fun,
\nHe called for another elephant to come\u2026 \u201cOh, ELEPHANT!\u201d<\/p>\n

Two elephants\u2026<\/p>\n

Three elephants\u2026<\/p>\n

Four elephants\u2026<\/p>\n

Five elephants went out to play
\nUpon a spider\u2019s web one day.
\nThe web went creak, the web went crack.
\nAnd all of the elephants went KERSPLAT!<\/p>\n

(Source: The Measured Mom<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Puppet Story<\/h4>\n

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I acted this out with puppets, and one of the older kids in our storytime helped me by wearing the elephant mask and playing the well-behaved but BIG elephant. I brought out different animal puppets one by one, describing how they each caused chaos whenever I brought them to the library. (My frog scared the librarian, my giraffe kept reading over people’s shoulders, my hen laid an egg in the book drop…) Then my volunteer elephant demonstrated how a well-behaved animal sits during storytime, despite being large enough to wreck the library!<\/p>\n

Action Songs & Bounces We Shared<\/h4>\n

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

An Elephant Has<\/strong><\/p>\n

An elephant has a great big trunk (swing arm)
\nThat goes swinging to and fro.
\nAnd he has tiny, tiny eyes, (make binoculars with hands)
\nThat show him where to go.
\nHis great big ears go flopping, (put hands by ears to be elephant ears)
\nFlopping all around
\nWhile his great big feet go stomping, (stamp feet)
\nSTOMPING on the ground! <\/p>\n

(adapted from https:\/\/www.kidsparkz.com\/preschool-sings-zoo.html<\/a>) <\/p>\n

Do Your Ears Hang Low?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Do your ears hang low?
\nDo they wobble to and fro?
\nCan you tie ’em in a knot?
\nCan you tie ’em in a bow?
\nCan you throw ’em over your shoulder
\nLike a continental (regimental) soldier
\nDo your ears hang low?<\/p>\n

Goodbye Friends<\/strong> (song in sign)<\/p>\n

Click here for video:\u00a0 <\/em>Goodbye Babies (Friends)<\/em>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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

Music from CDs We Shared<\/h4>\n

Children love to sing and dance to music.\u00a0 Here are some of the songs\/bounces on CD that we\u00a0used in storytime.<\/p>\n

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“Song In My Tummy” from The Best of the Laurie Berkner Band<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201c[If] I Was a Bird\u201d by Old Town School of Folk Music on their Wiggleworms Love You<\/a> CD.<\/p>\n

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“Dancing Scarf Blues” from Dancing Feet<\/a> by Carole Peterson<\/p>\n

Video We Shared<\/h4>\n

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We watched “Seven Blind Mice” from the Boy Who Cried Wolf<\/a> DVD, in which blind mice struggle to identify the new visitor at their watering hole, each one thinking it is a pillar, or a spear, or a rope, etc. What do you think the visitor could be?<\/p>\n

Continue the Fun<\/h2>\n

Here are some more books about elephants to check out at your Pasadena Public Library Branch:<\/p>\n

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