Hi everyone! Thanks for joining me for story time at the Fondulac District Library. My name is Miss Alice and I’m so excited to meet you! This story time includes a couple of my favorite stories and songs so you can get to know me. I hope to see you at the library sometime soon!
Song: Hello, Friends (using American Sign Language)
Hello, friends! Hello, friends!
Hello, friends! It’s time to say hello!
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Song: Open Them, Shut Them
Open them, shut them, open them, shut them.
Give a little clap, clap, clap!
Open them, shut them, open them, shut them.
Put them in your lap, lap, lap!
Creep them, creep them, slowly creep them,
Right up to your chin, chin, chin!
Open wide your little mouth,
But do not let them in!
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Song: Ten Little Fingers
I have ten little fingers, and they all belong to me. (point to self)
I can make them do things. Do you want to see? (point to eyes)
I can squeeze them up tight. I can open them up wide. (squeeze hands shut, then open them)
I can put them together. I can make them all hide. (clap, then hide hands behind back)
I can make them jump high. I can make them jump low. (wiggle fingers above head, then reach down)
I can fold them up quietly and hold them just so. (fold hands and place on lap)
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Song: Bread and Butter
Alternate patting your lap and clapping your hands.
Bread and butter, marmalade and jam,
Let’s say hello as loud as we can! HELLO!
Bread and butter, marmalade and jam,
Let’s say hello as quiet as we can. Hello!
(Continue with fast/slow, high/low)
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Book: The Legend of Rock, Paper, Scissors
Written by Drew Daywalt and published by Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic.
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Movement: Pudding on a Plate (using stuffed animals)
Pudding on a plate, pudding on a plate, (lean animal back and forth)
Wibble wobble wibble wobble, pudding on a plate.
Sausage in a pan, sausage in a pan, (turn animal to face left and right)
Turn the sausage turn the sausage, sausage in a pan.
Rice in a bowl, rice in a bowl, (bounce by alternating tip toes with left and right feet)
Tip toe tip toe, rice in a bowl.
Popcorn in a pot! Popcorn in a pot! (bounce animal up and down)
Pop pop pop pop, popcorn in a pot!
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Felt Board: Dog’s Colorful Day
Based on the book Dog’s Colorful Day by Emma Dodd
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Song: Five Little Ducks
Five little ducks went out one day, over the hills and far away.
Mama Duck said, quack, quack, quack, quack, but only four little ducks came back.
(Continue until there are no little ducks.)
Mama Duck went out one day, over the hills and far away.
Mama Duck said, quack, quack, quack, quack. And all of her five little ducks came back!
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Book: The Princess and the Pony
Written by Kate Beaton and published by HarperCollins Children’s Books.
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Song: One Little Red Fish
One little red fish swimming in the water, (hold up one finger, then put hands together to make fish)
Swimming in the water, swimming in the water.
One little red fish swimming in the water,
Bubble bubble bubble bubble pop! (swirl hands in the air upwards and clap above head)
Two little blue fish…
Three little yellow fish…
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Book: Harriet Gets Carried Away
Written by Jessie Sima and published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.
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Craft: Heart-Shaped Penguins
Craft kits are available to pick up from the atrium and the drive-up window while supplies last. You will need glue for this craft. I recommend liquid glue.
Instructions:
Step 1: Glue the white heart to the middle of the black oval to create the body of your penguin. 
Step 2: Glue two orange hearts to the bottom of the oval to create two feet.
Step 3: Glue one orange heart near the top of the white heart to create a beak for your penguin.
Step 4: Glue two googly eyes near the top of the white heart so your penguin can see.
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Goodbye Song: I am Special
(to the tune of Frere Jacques)
I am special, I am special, (point to self)
You can see, you can see. (point away from self)
Someone very special, someone very special, (hold hands out in questioning motion)
That is me, that is me. (point to self)
– Miss Alice, Youth Services Manager