{"id":673,"date":"2012-11-15T20:49:13","date_gmt":"2012-11-16T02:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/?p=673"},"modified":"2012-11-15T20:50:55","modified_gmt":"2012-11-16T02:50:55","slug":"tell-me-a-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/?p=673","title":{"rendered":"Tell Me a Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All over Illinois, people gathered for Family Reading Night tonight&#8230; including at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frvpld.info\/dundee\/\">Dundee Public Library<\/a> \ud83d\ude42 We dressed up in our pjs and shared some favorite traditional tales. <\/p>\n<p>OPENING:<br \/>\nOpening Song: Let Everyone Clap Hands With Me (from Pete Seeger: American folk, game &#038; activity songs for children)<\/p>\n<p>PROGRAM:<\/p>\n<p>Storytelling: \u201cBook! Book! Book!\u201d (This is a well-loved librarian anecdote about a chicken that comes into the library. One version, \u201cThe Well-Read Frog\u201d can be found in Margaret Read MacDonald\u2019s Three Minute Tales. There is also a picture book, Book! Book! Book! by Deborah Bruss that expands this tale.)<\/p>\n<p>Storytelling Activity: \u201cThe Little Red Hen\u201d (This is a traditional folktale, possibly of Russian-origin. Children dressed up and acted out the parts. I used a singing refrain from storyteller Heather Forest\u2019s sound recording Sing Me a Story. See this <a href=\"http:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/?p=574\">previous post<\/a> for a little more information on how I present this tale.)<\/p>\n<p>Action Song: &#8220;Five Little Ducks&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tandem Poem: \u201cRed Riding Hood\u201d from You Read to Me, I\u2019ll Read to You: Very Short Fairy Tales to Read Together by Mary Ann Hoberman<\/p>\n<p>[Readers Theater: &#8220;Little Red Riding Hood&#8221; by Moira Butterfield]<\/p>\n<p>Flannel Song: &#8220;Ten in the Bed&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tandem Poem: \u201cThe Three Little Pigs\u201d from You Read to Me, I\u2019ll Read to You: Very Short Fairy Tales to Read Together by Mary Ann Hoberman<\/p>\n<p>Flannel Story: &#8220;The Three Little Pigs&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Story Cards: &#8220;A Sleepy Story&#8221; by Elisabeth Burrowes (a childhood favorite, now sadly out-of print)<\/p>\n<p>CLOSING:<br \/>\nClosing Song: &#8216;Hands Are For Clapping&#8221; (from Jim Gill Sings the Sneezing Song)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All over Illinois, people gathered for Family Reading Night tonight&#8230; including at Dundee Public Library \ud83d\ude42 We dressed up in our pjs and shared some favorite traditional tales. OPENING: Opening Song: Let Everyone Clap Hands With Me (from Pete Seeger: American folk, game &#038; activity songs for children) PROGRAM: Storytelling: \u201cBook! Book! Book!\u201d (This is [&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":[192],"tags":[17,217,146],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673"}],"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=673"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":677,"href":"https:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673\/revisions\/677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}