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. 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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Felt Board Activity: Five Green and Speckled Frogs
English Song Lyrics:
Five green and speckled frogs
Sat on a speckled log
Eating the most delicious bugs
Yum, yum!
One jumped into the pool
Where it was nice and cool
Then there were four green speckled frogs
Glub, glub
(Count down from 5 to 1)
Credit: Jbrary
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Book: The Whale in My Swimming Pool
Written and illustrated by Joyce Wan and read with the permission of Macmillan Publishers.
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Book: And Then Comes Summer & Entonces llega el verano
Written by Tom Brenner, illustrated by Jaime Kim, and read with the permission of Candlewick Press.
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Song: The Waves on the Beach
English Lyrics:
The waves on the beach go up and down,
up and down, up and down,
The waves on the beach go up and down
All day long
The crabs on the beach go snap, snap, snap.
The sand on the beach goes swish, swish, swish.
Credit: Jbrary
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Song: Vamos a la mar / Let’s Go to the Sea
English Lyrics:
Let’s go to the sea, tun, tun,
To eat a lot of fish, tun tun,
Fried and barbequed, tun, tun,
In a wooden dish, tun, tun.
Let’s go to the sea, tun, tun,
To eat a lot of fish, tun tun,
A shiny red-mouthed, tun, tun,
In a wooden dish, tun, tun.
Spanish Lyrics:
Vamos a la mar, tun, tun,
A comer pescado, tun tun,
Fritito y asado, tun, tun,
En sartén de palo, tun tun.
Vamos a la mar, tun, tun,
A comer pescado, tun tun,
Boca colorada, tun, tun,
En sartén de palo, tun tun.
Credit: Alina Celeste
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Book: Paletero Man
Written by Lucky Diaz, illustrated by Micah Player, and read with the permission of Harper Collins Publishing.
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Craft: Make Your Own Paletas (Popsicles)!
Pick up a craft kit at the library while supplies last.
Included in kit:
- One piece of cardboard
- Two popsicle sticks
- Four paper paleta shapes
- One bag of pom poms
- One bag of sequins
Supplies needed at home:
- Glue
- Coloring utensils
- Scissors
Instructions:
- (Adult supervision/assistance recommended) CUT out all four paleta
- TRACE two of the paleta shapes onto the cardboard. We’ll be making two paletas
- (Adult assistance recommended) CUT the paleta shapes out of the cardboard.
- COLOR the four paper paleta I chose two designs so I could have the same paleta design on each side, but you can do four designs if you want!
- GLUE one popsicle stick to any side of each cardboard paleta
- GLUE the paper paleta shapes onto the cardboard paleta
- (Optional) GLUE pompoms and sequins to one or both sides of your paletas. You may need to let one side dry before you apply glue and decorations to the back side.
- PLAY! You can set up a popsicle stand and hand out delicious, cold treats just like the Paletero
Credit: Creating Creatives
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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
More Children’s Books About Summertime and Cold Treats:
Bilingual Books:
- Summer = Verano written by Ailie Busby and illustrated by Teresa Mlawer
- What Can You Do With a Paleta? = ¿Qué puedes hacer con una paleta? written by Carmen Tafolla and illustrated by Magaly Morales
- Veo el Verano = I See Summer written by Charles Chigna and illustrated by Ag Jatkowska
- Señorita Mariposa written by Ben Gundersheimer (Mister G) and illustrated by Marcos Almada Rivero
- In Summer = En Verano written by Susana Madinabeitia Manso and illustrated by Emily Hanako Momohara
- Agua, Agüita / Water, Little Water written by Jorge Tetl Argueta, illustrated by Felipe Ugalde Alcántara, and translated by Gabriela Baeza (Also includes a Nahuat language translation!)
English Books with Spanish Versions:
- If You Want to See a Whale & Si quieres ver una ballena written by Julie Fogliano and illustrated by Erin E. Stead
- Sun & Sol written and illustrated by Carol Thompson
- Lola Plants a Garden & Lola planta un jardin written by Anna McQuinn, illustrated by Rosalind Bearshaw, and translated by Carlos E. Calvo
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Mango Languages App:
Did you know that we have an app available on our 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 number. Check it out by clicking here!
– Miss Haley, Youth Services Assistant