Welcome to our Pride Month celebration with Miss Alice! This story time will be all about our different families, having fun, and being yourself. We’ll have great books, songs, and a rainbow craft afterwards!
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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!
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: A Tale of Two Mommies
Written by Vanita Oelschlager and published by Vanita 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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Song: The More We Get Together
The more we get together, together, together, (rock side to side)
The more we get together the happier we’ll be.
When your friends are my friends, and my friends are your friends, (point away from you and then back at yourself)
The more we get together the happier we’ll be.
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Book: Rainbow: A First Book of Pride
Written by Michael Genhart and published by Magination Press.
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Song: Skinamarink
Skinamarink-y dink-y dink, (touch one elbow and wave your hand)
Skinamarink-y doo, (switch arms so you’re waving the other hand)
I love you! (point to your eyes, cross your arms over your chest, point to someone else)
I love you in the morning and in the afternoon. (cup hands together and rock your arms back and forth)
I love you in the evening and underneath the moon.
Oh, skinamarink-y dink-y dink, (touch one elbow and wave your hand)
Skinamarink-y doo, (switch arms so you’re waving the other hand)
I love you! (point to your eyes, cross your arms over your chest, point to someone else)
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Book: Prince & Knight
Written by Daniel Haack and published by little bee books.
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Craft: Rainbow Heart Suncatcher
Craft kits are available from the Youth Services department or the drive-up window while supplies last.
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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