Hi everyone! Gear up and join Miss Alice for some fun books that will get you excited to create! We’ll explore engineering, art, and perseverance in this STEAM-filled story time. Make sure to check out the Peoria Riverfront Museum’s fun activities for Engineering Week!
Song: Hello, Friends
(using ASL, to the tune of Goodnight, Ladies)
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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Book: Boxitects
Written by Kim Smith and published by Clarion Books.
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Song: Tiny Tim
I have a little turtle, his name is Tiny Tim. (hold hands like a turtle)
I put him in the bathtub, to see if he could swim. (make swimming motion with hands)
He drank up all the water. Glug, glug, glug! (act like you’re drinking from a cup)
He ate up all the soap. Mmm, mmm, mmm! (act like you’re shoving food in your mouth)
And now he’s home, sick in bed, with bubbles in his throat. (lay head down on hands)
Bubble, bubble, bubble,
Bubble, bubble, pop!
Bubble, bubble, bubble,
Bubble, bubble, pop!
Book: Jabari Tries
Written by Gaia Cornwall and published by Candlewick Press.
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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: Ned the Knitting Pirate
Written by Diana Murray and published by Roaring Brook Press (Macmillan Publishers).
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Craft: Paper Plate Maze
Pick up a craft kit from the Youth Services Department or the drive-up window while supplies last.
Included:
- Paper plate
- Pipe cleaner pieces
- Pompom
- Bead
Not included:
- Thumbtack, pen, or pencil to poke holes
Instructions:
- Poke holes throughout the paper plate using a thumbtack, pen, or pencil. You might want to ask your grown-up for help with this.
- Poke the ends of your pipe cleaner pieces through different holes so that it lies flat on the paper plate. Try to create a path through the pipe cleaners like a maze. Make it as easy or as hard as you want!
- Put something on the plate and tilt the plate to guide it through the maze. We’ve included a pompom and a bead, but you can try anything you have lying around! Maybe a marble, bottle cap, or eraser.
- Take out the pipe cleaners and rearrange your maze as many times as you’d like! For an extra challenge, put in a pipe cleaner and don’t pull it flat, leaving it in an arch. Try and get your bead or pompom through the arch!
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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