{"id":927,"date":"2014-10-02T19:35:03","date_gmt":"2014-10-03T00:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/?p=927"},"modified":"2014-10-02T19:37:26","modified_gmt":"2014-10-03T00:37:26","slug":"october-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/?p=927","title":{"rendered":"October Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve started a new school year with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elginliteracy.org\/\" title=\"Elgin Literacy Connection\" target=\"_blank\">Literacy Connection<\/a> ESL families at Golfview! The families enjoy learning and practicing English by participating in these for-all-ages storytimes.<\/p>\n<p>Opening Song: \u201cHands Are For Clapping\u201d from Jim Gill Sings the Sneezing Song<br \/>\nRead-aloud #1: The Apple Pie Tree by Zoe Hall<br \/>\n*Fingerplay: Apples<br \/>\nRead-aloud #2: Creepy Carrots! by Aaron Reynolds<br \/>\nSong: Little Bunny Foo Foo (with finger puppets)(See a sample of me performing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5gWSHi0i2uc\" title=\"Bunny Foo Foo\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.)<br \/>\n**Fingerplay: Scary Eyes<br \/>\nRead-aloud #3: The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda Williams<br \/>\n***Song: \u201cThe Ghosts Go Gliding\u201d<br \/>\nStorytelling: \u201cChickens!\u201d (I learned this \u201cboo baby\u201d story from storyteller Priscilla Howe\u2019s cd, Chickens! and Other Stories for Young Children)<br \/>\nClosing Song: \u201cSilly Dance Contest\u201d from Jim Gill Sings the Sneezing Song<\/p>\n<p>*<em>Apples<\/em><br \/>\nWay up high in the apple tree,<br \/>\n(Stretch arms in the air.)<br \/>\nTwo little apples smiled at me.<br \/>\n(Hold up two fists.)<br \/>\nI shook the tree as hard as I could.<br \/>\n(Shake fists in the air.)<br \/>\nDown came the apples.<br \/>\n(Drop fists to lap. Mime biting into \u201capples\u201d.)<br \/>\nMmm, were they good!<br \/>\n(Pat tummy.)<\/p>\n<p>**<em>Scary Eyes<\/em><br \/>\nSee my big and scary eyes? (Form circles around eyes with fingers.)<br \/>\nGet ready for a big surprise. (Cover face with hands.)<br \/>\nBoo! (Uncover face peek-a-boo style.)<\/p>\n<p>***<em>\u201cThe Ghosts Go Gliding\u201d<\/em> (to the tune of \u201cAnts Go Marching, from Jane Cobb\u2019s I\u2019m a Little Teapot book)<br \/>\nThe ghosts gliding one by one, Woo! Woo!<br \/>\nThe ghosts gliding one by one, Woo! Woo!<br \/>\nThe ghosts gliding one by one,<br \/>\nThe little one tripped on a skeleton.<br \/>\nAnd they all go gliding down the street to trick or treat.<\/p>\n<p>The ghosts gliding two by two, Woo! Woo!&#8230;<br \/>\nThe little one stopped when he heard a boo!&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The ghosts gliding three by three, Woo! Woo!&#8230;<br \/>\nThe little one stopped when she saw me!&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve started a new school year with Literacy Connection ESL families at Golfview! The families enjoy learning and practicing English by participating in these for-all-ages storytimes. Opening Song: \u201cHands Are For Clapping\u201d from Jim Gill Sings the Sneezing Song Read-aloud #1: The Apple Pie Tree by Zoe Hall *Fingerplay: Apples Read-aloud #2: Creepy Carrots! by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[245,192],"tags":[255,58,81,258,257,146],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927"}],"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=927"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":929,"href":"http:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927\/revisions\/929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}