Hi, everyone! My name is Miss Haley, and I’m so happy you’re joining me today for bilingual story time at Fondulac District Library. Bilingual is a word that means more than one language, so that means we’ll be singing songs and reading books in English and Spanish today as we learn about rainforests. Are you ready? Let’s go! ¡Vamos!
Song: Good Morning / Buenos dias
(Tune: Frère Jacques)
English Lyrics:
Good morning
Good morning
How are you?
How are you?
Very well, thank you
Very well thank you
And you?
And you?
Spanish Lyrics:
Buenos dias
Buenos dias
¿Como estas?
¿Como estas?
Muy bien, gracias
Muy bien, gracias
¿Y usted?
¿Y usted?
Credit: Jack Hartmann Kids Music Channel
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Song: Open, Shut Them / Abre, cierra
English Lyrics:
Open, shut them
Open, shut them
Give a little clap, clap, clap
Open, shut them
Open, shut them
Put them in your lap, lap, lap
Creep them, crawl them,
creep them, crawl them
right up to your chin, chin, chin
Open wide your little mouth, but…
Do not put them in!
Credit: Jbrary YouTube Channel
Spanish Lyrics:
Abre, cierra
Abre, cierra
Da una palmadita, -ta
Abre, cierra
Abre, cierra
Mantenlas juntitas, -tas
Sube, sube, sube, sube
Hasta la barbilla, -lla
Abre la boquita pero…
¡No metas los dedos!
Credit: NCO Bilingual Storytime
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Book: We’re Roaming in the Rainforest: An Amazon Adventure / Un recorrido por la selva: Una aventura Amazónica
Written by Laurie Krebs, illustrated by Anne Wilson, and read with the permission of Barefoot Books.
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Song: If You’re a Lion and You Know It
(Tune: If You’re Happy and You Know It)
If you’re an elephant and you know it, STOMP your feet
If you’re an elephant and you know it, STOMP your feet
If you’re an elephant and you know it, then your face will surely show it
If you’re an elephant and you know it, STOMP your feet
If you’re a monkey and you know it, JUMP around
If you’re a monkey and you know it, JUMP around
If you’re a monkey and you know it, then your face will surely show it
If you’re a monkey and you know it, JUMP around
If you’re a crocodile and you know it, SNAP your jaws (motion with arms)
If you’re a crocodile and you know it, SNAP your jaws (motion with arms)
If you’re a crocodile and you know it, then your face will surely show it
If you’re a crocodile and you know it, SNAP your jaws (motion with arms)
If you’re a lion and you know it, give a ROAR!
If you’re a lion and you know it, give a ROAR!
If you’re a lion and you know it, then your face will surely show it
If you’re a lion and you know it, give a ROAR!
Credit: Sunflower Storytime
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Song: La Iguana Y El Perezoso
Spanish Lyrics:
Había una vez una iguana
con una ruana de lana
peinándose la melena
junto al río magdalena
Y la iguana tomaba café
tomaba café a la hora del té
y la iguana tomaba café
tomaba café a la hora del té
Llegó un perezoso caminando
en pijama y bostezando
le dio un empujón a doña iguana
y la lanzó de cabeza al agua
Y el perezoso se toma el café
se toma el café a la hora del té
y el perezoso se toma el café
se toma el café a la hora del té
La iguana volvió toda mojada
furibunda y enojada
le espicha la oreja al perezoso
y lo encerró en el calabozo
Y la iguana termina el café
termina el café a la hora del té
y la iguana termina el café
termina el café a la hora del té
English Translation:
Once upon a time there was an iguana
in a woollen poncho,
brushing her mane
next to the river Magdalena
and the iguana was drinking coffee,
drinking coffee at tea time
and the iguana was drinking coffee,
drinking coffee at tea time
A sloth came by,
in pajamas and yawning
and he pushed down the iguana,
throwing her in the water head-on
then the sloth drank the coffee,
drank the coffee at tea time
then the sloth drank the coffee,
drank the coffee at tea time
The iguana came back,
all wet, furious and angry
she pinched the sloth in his ear
and put him in a dungeon
and the iguana finished drinking her coffee,
finished drinking her coffee at tea time
and the iguana finished drinking her coffee,
finished drinking her coffee at tea time
Credit: Mundo Canticuentos and Allthelyrics.com
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Book: Zonia’s Rainforest / La selva de Zonia
Written and illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal and read with the permission of Candlewick Press.
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Craft: Hanging Sloth
Pick up a craft kit at the library while supplies last from the Youth Services Department or the drive-up window.
Supplies needed at home:
- Scissors
- Coloring utensils (crayons, markers, or colored pencils)
- Glue (liquid or stick)
Included in supply kit:
- Two pages of sloth template
- Two paper fasteners
- One piece of yarn
Instructions:
- Color your sloth.
- Cut the sloth out from the template.
- Glue the sloth face onto the head of the body piece.
- Use the paper fasteners to attach the sloth arms to the body. The paper is thick cardstock, so pierce the arms with the fasteners first and then pierce through the body. Then flatten out the backs of the fasteners.
- Place the yarn under the arms of the sloth so it looks like he’s hanging on a vine. Then bring the ends of the yarn up above the sloth’s head and tie a knot. Now your sloth is ready to hang out and relax!
Credit: tinyurl.com/4ccpkahw
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More Children’s Books About Rainforests:
English Books:
- Over and Under the Rainforest by Kate Messner
- The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest by Lynne Cherry
- Rainforest by Julia Groves
- Secrets of the Rainforest by Carron Brown and Alysa Nassner
Bilingual Books:
- The Parrot Tico Tango / El loro tico tango by Anna Witte
- A Boy and a Jaguar / Il ragazzo e il giaguaro by Alan Rabinowitz
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Mango Language App:
Did you know that we have a free app available on the Fondulac Library website that can help you and your child learn a new language? It’s called Mango, and you can sign up for free using your library card. Check it out by clicking here!
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Song: The Goodbye Song
English Lyrics:
Goodbye
So long
To you
My friend
Stay well
And fine
Til we meet
Again
Spanish Lyrics:
Adios
Adios
A ti
Mi amigo
Cuídate
Muy bien
Nos vemos
Otra vez
Credit: Burlington Specials
– Miss Haley, Youth Services Assistant