Panera AND Randall Oaks Storytimes today! I’m continuing to entertain over at the Panera in Elgin the first and third Mondays of each month at 9:30 am. I also started another 6 week session of FUN over at our Randall Oaks Branch Library today at 10:30 am. Today, we had extra FUN with a PETS storytime \ud83d\ude42 Bark! Meow!<\/p>\n
OPENING:
\nOpening Song: If You Want to Hear a Story<\/p>\n
PROGRAM: CLOSING: *Silly Dog<\/em> flannel (Source unknown) Panera AND Randall Oaks Storytimes today! I’m continuing to entertain over at the Panera in Elgin the first and third Mondays of each month at 9:30 am. I also started another 6 week session of FUN over at our Randall Oaks Branch Library today at 10:30 am. Today, we had extra FUN with a PETS […]<\/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":[33,50,114,146],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786"}],"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=786"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":787,"href":"https:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786\/revisions\/787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nRead-aloud #1: Bark, George by Jules Feiffer (Also: use swallowing \u201cdog\u201d puppet with various animal finger puppets inside)
\nSong (with finger puppets): Barnyard Gate [version available on Ed McCurdy: Children’s Songs: the Greatest Hits (I Had a Little Rooster)]
\n(Flannel: Where\u2019s Spot?<\/a> by Eric Hill)
\nRead-aloud #2: What Will Fat Cat Sit On? By Jan Thomas OR The Best Pet of All by David LaRochelle
\nFingerplay: Open, Shut Them
\nRead-aloud #3: I See Kitty by Yasmine Surovec
\nFlannel: The Three Little Kittens
\nRead-aloud #4: Pete the Cat by Eric Litwin
\n*Flannel: Silly Dog
\nSong: Do Your Ears Hang Low? (Lyrics and Melody can be found here<\/a>. Miss Jennifer made the song extra silly by wearing pantyhose on her head and pretending the \u201clegs\u201d were her ears! We only sang the first verse.)
\n(Read-aloud #5: Children Make Terrible Pets by Peter Brown)
\n(\u201cDancing\u201d Song: \u201cAnimal Action\u201d from Greg and Steve\u2019s Kids in Motion)<\/p>\n
\nClosing Song: We Wave Good-bye Like This<\/p>\n
\nThe dog is red,
\nHis tail is yellow,
\nHis nose is blue.
\nHe’s a handsome fellow!
\nHis ears are pink,
\nHis feet are green.
\nHe’s the silliest dog
\nI’ve ever seen!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"