{"id":1059,"date":"2017-07-03T13:57:06","date_gmt":"2017-07-03T18:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/?p=1059"},"modified":"2018-07-09T16:17:12","modified_gmt":"2018-07-09T21:17:12","slug":"story-sparklers-iv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/?p=1059","title":{"rendered":"Story Sparklers IV"},"content":{"rendered":"

I always look forward to performing at the Crystal Lake Lakeside Fest<\/a> every year. Last Friday, I had fun sharing these stories, rhymes, and songs with families. It was also my nephew Carter’s first storytime! (And he loved it! It was so great seeing his giant grin in the audience.) I’m already excited about next year.<\/p>\n

OPENING:<\/p>\n

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

PROGRAM:<\/p>\n

Read-aloud #1 (Big Book):\u00a0The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear by Don Wood
\nAction Song:\u00a0Peanut Butter and Jelly<\/a>
\nFlannel:\u00a0It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles Shaw (flannel pieces here<\/a>)
\n**Fingerplay:\u00a0Open, Shut Them
\nStorytelling: Bear Hunt (based on Michael Rosen\u2019s version)
\nFlannel:\u00a0Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr. (Templates available here<\/a>.)
\nPuppet Story: Go Away, Big Green Monster by Ed Emberley (Puppet available here<\/a>.)
\nAction Song: Hands Up High<\/a>
\n***Action Song: Tommy Thumb
\nStorytelling: \u201cAt\u00a0Midnight\u201d<\/a> (I learned this \u201cboo baby\u201d story from storyteller Priscilla Howe)<\/p>\n

CLOSING:<\/p>\n

****Closing Song: We Wave Good-bye Like This<\/p>\n

*If You Want to Hear a Story<\/em> (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!<\/p>\n

Other verses:<\/em>
\n\u201cnod your head,\u201d
\n\u201crub your tummy,\u201d
\n\u201csit real still,\u201d etc.<\/p>\n

**Open, Shut Them<\/em>
\nOpen, shut them,
\n(Open and close hands in front of you)<\/em>
\nOpen, shut them,
\n(Open and close hands in front of you)<\/em>
\nGive a little clap.
\n(Clap hands as you say \u201cclap\u201d)<\/em>
\nOpen, shut them,
\n(Open and close hands in front of you)<\/em>
\nOpen, shut them,
\n(Open and close hands in front of you)<\/em>
\nPlace them in your lap.
\n(Fold hands in lap)<\/em>
\nCreep them, creep them,
\nCreep them, creep them,
\nRight up to your chin.
\n(Fingers crawl up chest to chin)<\/em>
\nOpen wide your little mouth,
\n(Open mouth)<\/em>
\nBut do not let them in!
\n(Quickly put hands behind back)<\/em><\/p>\n

***Tommy Thumb<\/em>
\n(Suit actions to words.)<\/em>
\nTommy Thumb is up and
\nTommy Thumb is down
\nTommy Thumb is dancing
\nAll around the town.
\nDance him on your shoulders,
\nDance him on your head,
\nDance him on your knees,
\nThen tuck him into bed.<\/p>\n

****We Wave Goodbye Like This<\/em> (Tune: \u201cThe Farmer in the Dell\u201d)<\/em>
\nWe wave goodbye like this.
\nWe wave goodbye like this.
\nWe clap our hands for all our friends. We wave goodbye like this.
\n(Repeat once.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I always look forward to performing at the Crystal Lake Lakeside Fest every year. Last Friday, I had fun sharing these stories, rhymes, and songs with families. It was also my nephew Carter’s first storytime! (And he loved it! It was so great seeing his giant grin in the audience.) I’m already excited about next […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[192,291],"tags":[269,271,145,146],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1059"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1059"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1262,"href":"https:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1059\/revisions\/1262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}