Storytime Shorts with BPL - Ep. 50 (Unearth a Story: More Stories)
Welcome to Storytime Shorts from the Brownsburg Public Library, in Brownsburg, Indiana. Watch for quick tips for caregivers of kids ages 0-5, with ideas for songs, books, and activities to share with your little one. We hope these will give you ways to solve common challenges as well as tools to promote early learning and development. Contents: 00:14 Intro to the series 00:27 Intro to theme 01:21 Big, Big, Big rhyme 03:26 Make a Mud Pie rhyme 04:52 Grandma's Glasses rhyme 06:13 Tiny Dino booktalk 08:44 Roy Digs Dirt booktalk 10:22 Alma and How She Got Her Name booktalk 12:13 Your Name Collage Art 13:37 Early Development Tip You can check out our suggested books at the library to extend the fun at home. Today we suggest: Tiny Dino – Deborah Freedman Roy Digs Dirt – David Shannon Alma and How She Got Her Name – Juana Martinez-Neal To view information about these titles and others from our Storytime Shorts series, visit our BPL Storytime Shorts Showcase! https://bit.ly/bplssbooklist Rhyme & Song Lyrics: Action Rhyme: This is Big, Big, Big (extended version) This is big, big, big (hold arms out to side) This is small, small, small (cup hands together) This is short, short, short (flat hand lowers) This is tall, tall, tall (flat hand reaches up) This is fast, fast, fast (circle fists quickly) This is slow, slow, slow (circle fists slowly) This is yes, yes, yes (nod head) This is no, no, no (shake head) This is up, up, up (reach up) This is down, down, down (reach down) This is square, square, square (trace a square in the air) This is round, round, round (trace a circle) This is left, left, left (shake left hand) This is right, right, right (shake right hand) This is great big hug and hold on tight (hug self or grownup) Source: Mel’s Desk, 2nd half adapted from IG happybabbler Action Chant: Make a Mud Pie Make a mud pie in the mud, mud, mud (pat lap) Digging… (digging motion downward) Scooping… (scoop hands upward) Patting (pat hands in air) It’s so much fun! (hands out, emphasizing) [Where else should we make a mud pie? How about our head!? Scoop together some mud…] Make a mud pie on your head, head, head… (pat head) Digging… Scooping… Patting… It’s so much fun! (repeat: arms, tum) Source: Tacoma Public Library Action Rhyme: Grandma’s Glasses These are grandma’s glasses (make circles around eyes) And this is Grandma’s hat, (fold hands on top of head) This is the way she folds her hands (fold hands) And puts them on her lap. (place hands in lap) These are Grandpa’s glasses, (make circles around eyes) And this is Grandpa’s hat, (make a triangle on top of head) This is the way he folds his arms (fold arms) And takes a little nap. (pretend to sleep/snore) Source: Storytime Secrets

Storytime Shorts with BPL - Ep. 49 (Unearth a Story)

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