The Spring Storytime Session has sprung! (Even if nice spring weather has not…) Ms. Susan started off the session at Randall Oaks Branch Library on March 3 while I was on vacation in Los Angeles (a nice break from cold Chicago!). I was here for the March 10 storytime, though, and we started off a “Colors” series with “Black and White.” The session runs through April 7.<\/p>\n
OPENING:
\nOpening Song: If You Want to Hear a Story<\/p>\n
PROGRAM: CLOSING: *Five Little Kittens<\/em> **Rain Is Falling Down<\/em> ***Five Little Penguins<\/em> (Source unknown.) The Spring Storytime Session has sprung! (Even if nice spring weather has not…) Ms. Susan started off the session at Randall Oaks Branch Library on March 3 while I was on vacation in Los Angeles (a nice break from cold Chicago!). I was here for the March 10 storytime, though, and we started off a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[192,5],"tags":[242,41,146,243],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838"}],"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=838"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":841,"href":"http:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838\/revisions\/841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nRead-aloud #1: Black Meets White by Justine Fontes
\n*Fingerplay: Five Little Kittens
\nFlannel: It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles Shaw (Flannel pieces here<\/a>.)
\n**Fingerplay: Rain is Falling Down
\nRead-aloud #2: A Pet for Petunia by Paul Schmid
\nFlannel Song: Little White Duck
\nSong\/Fingerplay: Hands Up High<\/a>
\nSong\/Fingerplay: Blackbirds
\nRead Aloud #3: Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr
\n***Flannel: 5 Little Penguins
\nAction Song: If You\u2019re Wearing Red Today
\nRead Aloud #4: Chu’s Day by Neil Gaiman
\nSong: “The Sneezing Song” from Jim Gill Sings the Sneezing Song
\nDancing Song: \u201cSilly Dance Contest\u201d from Jim Gill Sings the Sneezing Song<\/p>\n
\nClosing Song: We Wave Good-bye Like This<\/p>\n
\nFive little kittens standing in a row (hold up 5 fingers)
\nThey nod their heads to the children so (bend fingers)
\nThey run to the left, they run to the right (run fingers to the left and then to the right)
\nThey stand up and stretch in the bright sunlight (stretch fingers out tall)
\nAlong comes a dog who’s in for some fun (hold up one finger from opposite hand)
\nMEOW! See those little kittens run (let fingers run) <\/p>\n
\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
\nFive little penguins walking by the shore,
\nOne fell in and then there were four.
\nFour little penguins sliding fast as can be,
\nOne slid away and then there were three.
\nThree little penguins with nothing to do,
\nOne went home and then there were two.
\nTwo little penguins looking for some fun,
\nOne stopped to catch a fish and then there was one.
\nOne little penguin playing all alone,
\nHe fell asleep and then there were none.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"