{"id":1405,"date":"2019-07-09T13:35:40","date_gmt":"2019-07-09T18:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/?p=1405"},"modified":"2019-07-11T15:06:29","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T20:06:29","slug":"story-sparklers-vi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/?p=1405","title":{"rendered":"Story Sparklers VI"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I hope that everyone had a fantastic 4th of July!<\/p>\n

Once again, I had the honor of presenting at Crystal Lake\u2019s annual\u00a0Lakeside Festival<\/a>. This was my SIXTH year bringing storytime to the fest. I had a great turnout and a really fun audience–including “kids” I used to babysit for… and THEIR KIDS! Wow, I’m getting old \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

OPENING:<\/strong>
\n*Opening Song: If You Want to Hear a Story<\/p>\n

PROGRAM:<\/strong>
\nRead-aloud (Big Book): King Bidgood\u2019s in the Bathtub by Audrey Wood
\nFlannel:\u00a0Five Elephants in the Bathtub<\/a>
\nAction Song:\u00a0We Wiggle and Wiggle and Stop<\/a>
\nFlannel Story:\u00a0Mrs. Wishy Washy by Joy Cowley<\/a>
\nAction Song: Tommy Thumb
\nPuppet Story: The Napping House from the book by Audrey Wood (See librarian Steven Englefried\u2019s\u00a0YouTube demonstration<\/a>.)
\nRhyme (with finger puppets): Ten in the Bed
\n**Fingerplay: Rain Is Falling Down
\nStorytelling:\u00a0Now I\u2019ve Gotcha<\/a>\u00a0(I\u00a0learned this \u201cboo baby\u201d story from storyteller Priscilla Howe)
\nAction Song:\u00a0Let Everyone Clap Hands With Me\u00a0(from Pete Seeger: American Folk, Game & Activity Songs for Children)<\/p>\n

CLOSING:<\/strong>
\n***Closing Rhyme: Thank You<\/p>\n

*If You Want to Hear a Story<\/strong>\u00a0(Tune: \u201cIf You\u2019re Happy and You Know It\u201d)<\/em>
\nIf you want to hear a story, clap your hands!
\nIf you want to hear a story, clap your hands!
\nIf you want to hear a story,
\nif you want to hear a story,
\nif you want to hear a story, clap your hands!
\nOther verses:<\/em>
\n\u201cnod your head,\u201d<\/em>
\n\u201crub your tummy,\u201d<\/em>
\n\u201csit real still,\u201d etc.<\/em><\/p>\n

**Rain Is Falling Down<\/strong>
\nRain is falling down,
\n(Raise hands up high and flutter fingers down)
\nSplash!
\n(Slap floor with gusto)
\nRain is falling down,
\n(Raise hands up high and flutter fingers down)
\nSplash!
\n(Slap the floor)
\nPitter patter, pitter patter,
\n(Quietly. Flutter fingers delicately.)
\nRain is falling down,
\n(Flutter fingers down.)
\nSplash!
\n(Slap floor with gusto)<\/p>\n

***Thank You<\/strong>
\nMy hands say thank you
\nWith a clap, clap, clap
\nClap hands<\/em>
\nMy feet say thank you with a tap, tap, tap
\nTap feet<\/em>
\nClap, clap, clap.
\nTap, tap, tap.
\nClap hands, then tap feet<\/em>
\nTurn myself around and bow,
\nThank you!
\nTurn around, bow, then smile<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I hope that everyone had a fantastic 4th of July! Once again, I had the honor of presenting at Crystal Lake\u2019s annual\u00a0Lakeside Festival. This was my SIXTH year bringing storytime to the fest. I had a great turnout and a really fun audience–including “kids” I used to babysit for… and THEIR KIDS! Wow, I’m getting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[291],"tags":[269],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1405"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1405"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1409,"href":"http:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1405\/revisions\/1409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}