Fridays Virtual Storytime Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the library for story time, of course! Celebrate "National Chicken Month" with a "chicken storytime!!" Miss Pam reads with permission from Penguin Random House, Chicken Story Time, written by Sandy Asher and illustrated by Mark Fearing. Get ready to flap your wings and shake your tail feathers, and join us in the "Chicken Dance" for this week's music & movement! Keep a watchful eye out for Tick-Tock Mouse as he runs up and down the clock during "Time to Rhyme." And don't forget to let your little light shine with Toady the Frog while singing "This Little Light of Mine." Spend some time "down by the creekbank" with some frolicking friends that like to flip & flop and splish & splash!! Ms. Pam reads with permission from Scholastic Publishers, Down By the Cool of the Pool, written by Tony Mitton and illustrated by Guy Parker-Rees. Watch and count the "Five Green and Speckled Frogs" while sharing this traditional counting rhyme. Then, join the music & movement and get ready to quack while singing along to "Six Little Ducks." Keep a watchful eye out for Tick-Tock Mouse as he runs up and down the clock during "Time to Rhyme." And don't forget to let your little light shine with Toady the Frog while singing "This Little Light of Mine." Grab your magnifying glass and let us be your guide...Come hop, hide, swim, and glide! Let's explore a buggy backyard world!! Miss Pam reads with permission from Simon & Schuster, Some Bugs, written by Angela DiTerlizzi and illustrated by Brendan Wenzel. Make your "Itsy Bitsy Spider" and let him climb up the waterspout while singing along with our friend, Buddy Bunny. Then, learn a bug's anatomy and join in the action song, "Head, Thorax, Abdomen." Spend some time in the jungle with wild animals all around (in trees and on the ground), while enjoying our original puppet musical, "The Jungle Is Our Kind Of Place!" Monkeys, hippos, baseball...Oh my!! Miss Pam reads with permission from HarperCollins Publishers, The Jungle Baseball Game, written by Tom Paxton and illustrated by Karen Lee Schmidt. Keep a watchful eye out for Tick-Tock Mouse as he runs up and down the clock during "Time to Rhyme." And don't forget to let your little light shine with Toady the Frog while singing "This Little Light of Mine." Pack your basket with yummy things to eat because today, we're going on a picnic! Ms. Michelle reads with permission from HarperCollins Publishers, We're Going on a Picnic, written and illustrated by Pat Hutchins. Miss Pam invites you to help make one of her favorites...a peanut butter and jelly sandwich! We'll dig and crunch the peanuts, pick and squish the grapes, spread the slices of bread, and finally eat the sandwich while chanting and singing to "Peanut Butter and Jelly." Picnicking is always fun with friends, but watch out for those ants! Get your marching feet ready and sing along to "The Ants Go Marching." Keep a watchful eye out for Tick-Tock Mouse as he runs up and down the clock during "Time to Rhyme." And don't forget to let your little light shine with Toady the Frog while singing "This Little Light of Mine." What games do you like to play? Find out what game our animal friends are playing as Ms. Michelle reads with permission from HarperCollins Publishers, What Game Shall We Play?, written and illustrated by Pat Hutchins. Join the fun and "shake it all about" with Ms. Michelle and Ms. Tracie in "The Hokey Pokey!" Keep a watchful eye out for Tick-Tock Mouse as he runs up and down the clock during "Time to Rhyme." And don't forget to let your little light shine with Toady the Frog while singing "This Little Light of Mine." |