Storytime Programs - Summer 2016, Week Four

Welcome to the fourth week of of our summer storytimes.  In addition to our weekly storytimes, there are numerous special events happening so be sure to check our Events Calendar http://gailbweb.gailborden.info/evanced/lib/eventcalendar.asp, give us a call, or stop by the desk in the Early Learning Center if you would like more information.  We hope that you'll be joining us and continue to make a visit to the library part of  your summer routine.   Don't forget to pick up your summer reading log if you haven't done so already!  Below you will find some of the books, rhymes, and fingerplays we are presenting this week.

Tiny Tales  (For babies 0-23 months and an adult caregiver)

Books
I Love Planes by Sturges
Click here to link to the book at the library.
Hello Airplane! by Cotter
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Action Rhyme: I'm A Big Airplane

I’m a big airplane

Now watch me fly!

Here are my instruments

From down low to high (reach from down low to above heads)

First I get all revved up (make engine noises)

Then I can fly

Lift off the runaway 

Up into the sky!

This week we enjoyed parachute play in Tiny Tales.  We talked about the colors of the parachute, felt the wind as we waved it up and down, played peekaboo under it, and more!  Enjoy this activity at home using a tablecloth or other piece of light fabric.  Use words like "up" and "down", wave it "fast" and "slow".  Can you play peekaboo with it too?

Starry Time Stories (For children 2 years -Kindergarten with adult caregiver)

Books
Up, Down, and Around by Ayres 
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Puppet Story
Mr. Floop's Lunch (based on the book by Novak)

Movie
Picnic (based on the book by McCully)
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Have a picnic with your child!  It doesn't have to be outside.  What things will you need for your picnic?  Make a list.    

Tasty Tales: Vegetables are Very Delicious

It's Time for some yummy Tasty Tales!  Join Lolly and her friends each Monday and Tuesday as they cook up good stories this summer!  Each week we will add a new food to our "Today is Monday" activity song.  The first food on our list is string beans and we want to share with you some delicious vegetable themed rhymes and books. 

Pumpkins on the Ground (sung to the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star) (From our friends at King County Library System)
Pumpkin, pumpkin on the ground (bend down)
How'd you get so big and round? (stretch arms and then make a circle)
Once you were a seed so small, (pretend to hold a seed)
Now you are a great big ball! (make big circle with hands)
Pumpkin, pumpkin on the ground (bend down)
How'd you get so big and round? (stretch arms and then make a circle)

Out In the Garden, Early in the Morning (From our friends at King County Library System)

Out in the garden, early in the morning
See the red tomatoes all in a row.
See the happy farmer
Coming out to pick them.
Pick, pick, pick, pick, off she goes.

Out in the garden, early in the morning
See the orange carrots all in a row.
See the happy farmer
Coming out to pick them.
Pick, pick, pick, pick, off she goes.

Out in the garden, early in the morning
See the green pea pods all in a row.
See the happy farmer
Coming out to pick them.
Pick, pick, pick, pick, off she goes.

Out in the garden, early in the morning
See the yellow ears of corn all in a row.
See the happy farmer
Coming out to pick them.
Pick, pick, pick, pick, off she goes.

5 Lollipops Rhyme
Down around the corner at the grocery store
There were 5 lollipops with swirls galore
Along came father all alone
He bought one and ran on home

Down around the corner at the grocery store
There were 4 lollipops with swirls galore
Along came mother all alone
She bought one and ran on home

Down around the corner at the grocery store
There were 3 lollipops with swirls galore
Along came brother all alone
He bought one and ran on home

Down around the corner at the grocery store
There were 2 lollipops with swirls galore
Along came sister all alone
She bought one and ran on home

Down around the corner at the grocery store
There was 1 lollipop with swirls galore
Along came baby all alone
Baby bought one and ran on home

Try these Tasty Tales we read at class:
Today Is Monday by Eric Carle
Each day of the week brings a new food, until on Sunday all the world's children can come and eat it up. 
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Vegetable Garden by Douglas Florian
A family plants a vegetable garden and helps it grow to a rich harvest. 
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The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss
Everyone tells a small boy that the carrot seed he has planted will never grow, but his patience is rewarded. 
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Ten Summer Activities You Can Do Together: Reading is SO Delicious Part 2

Reading is SO Delicious!  Have you signed up for the Summer Reading Program at the library?  Children from birth through 35 months are encouraged to sign up to become a "Little Listener."  This is a great program for parents and caregivers to incorporate the 5 essential early literacy skills into your everyday routine!

We have even more food-based ideas in this part two of our Reading is SO Delicious Summer Activities to Do Together. Check out a book to read together and then share some delicious fun with these food games.  Don't forget to color in the shapes of your reading log when you complete the activity. You can do these at the library, at home, at the park, at the pool, or wherever you find time together!
 

1. V is for vegetable – list your favorites
2. Make DIRT with pudding, Oreo cookies and gummy worms
3. Draw a flower for Mom or Grandma
4. Sing the "Ten Red Apples" song (From our friends at King County Library System)
5. Visit a farmstand
6. Take a taste test and determine which is better:  cooked or raw carrots
7. Make ants on a log using celery, peanut butter and raisins
8. Count the seeds in a slice of watermelon
9. Read a book that describes how a plant grows then talk about what you learn
10. Help weed or dig up a new garden OR plant a seed in a paper cup