Begin by singing El Baille de las Manos from the CD A Bailar.
Book: Clifford’s First Autumn/El Primer Otoño de Clifford by Norman Bridwell
Song: The Leaves on the Trees (to the tune of The Wheels on the Bus)
The Leaves on the trees come tumbling down,
Tumbling down, tumbling down,
The Leaves on the trees come tumbling down,
All over town.
The Leaves on the trees are verde verde verde...
The Leaves on the trees are amarillo, amarillo, amarillo...
The Leaves on the trees are anaranjado, anaranjado, anaranjado...
The Leaves on the trees are rojo rojo rojo...
The Leaves on the trees are café, café, café…
Book: Veamos El Otoño by Sarah Schuette
Song: Scarecrow Song (to the tune of I'm a Little Teapot.)
I'm a little scarecrow
Stuffed with hay,
Here I stand in the field all day
When I see the crows,
I like to shout,
"Hey you crows you better get out!"
We used a crow puppet and boy puppet made to look like a scarecrow while sang the song.
Book: A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni.
by Patrick H. and Patrick K.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Fall/Otoño, September 20th, 2010
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Labels: Bilingual Storytime, Fall, Story Time
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Christmas, December 21, 2009
Book: When Santa Lost His Ho-Ho-Ho/Cuando Santa Perdio su Ho! Ho! Ho! by Laura Rader.
Poem: Dear Santa based on a poem from It's Christmas by Jack Prelutsky. The poem a letter written to Santa listing what a child would like for christmas. We displayed a dozen pictures of possible to the children and taught them their names in Spanish. We then asked the children to pick 9 pictures which we substituted for the gifts in the poem, it worked out to be a little bit like a mad lib. Very funny!
Book: That’s Good! That’s Bad! On Santa’s Journey / Eso Es
Book: Have You Been Naughty or Nice?/¿Ha sido malo o bueno? by Ethan Long
Song: Feliz Navidad by Jose Feliciano. We handed out jingle bells and maracas and had the children do a Christmas Parade around the room.
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Labels: Bilingual Storytime, christmas, Story Time
Monday, September 21, 2009
ABC, 123
Begin by singing the Hello Song.
Book: Bad Kitty by Nick Bruel
Song: La Mar Estaba Serena
La mar estaba serena
Serena estaba la mar
La mar estaba serena
Serena estaba la mar...
Con a!
La mar astaba sarana
Sarana astaba la mar
La mar astaba sarana
Sarana astaba la mar...
Then repeat with each of the other vowel sounds.
Book: 41 Uses for A Grandma
Song: Mi Barba Tiene Tres Pelos
Mi barba tiene tres pelos
tres pelos tiene mi barba
si no tuviera tres pelos
pues no seria una barba!
Then we repeated the song removing the words: barba, tres and pelos one at a time. We replaced, the word with a clap, snapping our fingers and stomping our feet. The kids had a lot of fun with this song!
Book: Goodnight Moon 1, 2, 3
Song: Mexican Hat Dance
We danced around a couple big sombreros and sang:
Uno, dos y tres
y cuatro, cinco, seis
siete, ocho, y nueve
y uno mas sont diez
then repeat!
by Carol and Patrick
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Labels: 123, ABC, Bilingual Storytime, Story Time
Monday, August 17, 2009
Animals / Animales August 17th, 2009
Book: I'd Really Like to Eat a Child by Sylviane Donnio.
Song: Los Elefantes from the Wiggleworms Love You CD.
Book: Duck at the Door by Jackie Urbanovic.
Poem: I Bought My Dog a Cell Phone from Dog Poems by Tamara Petrosino.
Book: What Will Fat Cat Sit on? by Jan Thomas.
Song: Los Pollitos
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Labels: Animals, Bilingual Storytime, Story Time
Monday, June 15, 2009
Cats / Gatos, June 8th, 2009

Book: Grumpy Cat by Britta Teckentrup
Rhyme: Scat the Cat
I'm scat the cat,
I'm sassy and I'm fat
and I change my colors just like that (clap)
We also used a manilla envelope which we cut out so that it had a "window" on one side. Over the window we placed a cat transparency and then we filled the envelope with colored paper. Each time the kids clapped we removed a piece of paper and the cat magically changed colors. So cool!
Book: Bad Kitty by Nick Bruel. Bad Kitty is an alphabet book, so we read the story in English, but all the letters in Spanish. It's a great story and so funny!
Song: La Gatita Carlota
Book: How Many Cats by Lauren Thompson
Song: When Cats Get up in the Morning from Wiggleworms Love You.
Book: What Will Fat Cat Sit by Jan Thomas.
by Patrick and Sylvia.
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Easter, April 6, 2009

Book: Max's Chocolate Chicken by Rosemary Wells
Rhyme: Conejito Conejito (Little Rabbit) Have the children follow along with the rhyme's actions.
Conejito, Conejito
Turn around.
Conejito, Conejito
Touch the ground.
Conejito, Conejito
Shine your shoes.
Conejito, Conejito
Do your homework too!
Conejito, Conejito
Go upstairs

Conejito, Conejito
Say you prayers
Conejito, Conejito
Turn out the light.
Conejito, Conejito
Say good night.
Book: There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Chick We used an old lady puppet who "ate" each of the things mentioned in the story. To make this one bilingual we just translated the last word in each sentence into Spanish.
Song: Bunny Hop. Do the Bunny Hop dance!
Book: Minerva Louise and the Colorful Eggs by Janet Stoeke.
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009
The Earth, April 20, 2009
Begin by singing the Hello Song.
Book: I Love Our Earth by Bill Martin Jr.
Song: Sabes Flores Cultivar from the CD Cada Niño by Tish Hinojosa. We had the kids follow along with actions for this one, planting flowers with their hands, feet, elbows and foreheads.
¿Sabes coles cultivar?
A la moda, a la moda,
¿sabes coles cultivar
a la moda del lugar?
Las cultivan con el pie,
a la moda, a la moda,
la cultivo con el pie,
a la moda del lugar.
(Se repite varias veces cambiando la
palabra pie por ojo, mano, dedo, etc.)
Book: All in a Day by Cynthia Rylant.
Book: We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen. We asked all the kids to stand up and go on a bear hunt with us for this one. The kids joined us in swish swishing through the grass,

Grass = Pasto
River = Rio
Mud = Barro
Forest = Bosque
Snowstorm = Tormenta de nieve
Cave = Cueva
Nose = Nariz
Ears = Orejas
Eyes = Ojos
Door = Puerta
Book: Ten Things I Can Do to Help My Earth by Melanie Walsh.
Activity: He's Got the Whole World in His Hands. We played Raffi's version of the song from Raffi in Concert while we bounced a globe ball on a parachute. It was a ton of fun!
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Songs, March 16, 2009
Rhyme: We sang the Itsy Bitsy Spider in English
The itsy bitsy spider,
went up the water spout.
Out came the sun,
and dried up all the rain
And the itsy bitsy spider
went up the spout again.
then in Spanish.
La araña pequeñita
subió, subió, subió.
Vino la lluvia
y... Plaf! Se cayó.
Pero salio el sol,
y que paso?
La araña pequeñita
subió, subió, subió.
Song: Chocolaté
Uno, dos, tres, CHO!
Uno, dos, tres, CO!
Uno, dos, tres, LA!
Uno, dos, tres, TE!
Baté, baté chocolaté.

Book: If You're Happy and You Know It! by Jane Cabrera. For this one we alternated languages from verse to verse.
Song / Rhyme: It's Raining, It's Pouring / Que Llueva
Both of these songs are sang to the sang to the same tune, but they have different words. We talked about how even though the languages are different sometimes the music is still the same.
It's raining, it's pouring;
The old man is snoring.
Bumped his head
And he went to bed
And he couldn't get up in the morning.
Que llueva, que llueva,
La vieja esta en la cueva
Los pajaritos cantan
La luna se levanta.
Que si, que no,
Que caiga un chaparrón,
Debajo del colchón
Con agua y jabón.

Book: Barnyard Banter We sang this book to the tune of Skip to Ma Lou. Unfortunately it only worked in English.
Song: Cucú. This song is only in Spanish. We taught the kids the refrain (cucú) and had them sing along.
Cucú, cucú,
cantaba la rana,
Cucú, cucú,
debajo del agua.
Cucú, cucú,
pasó un marinero
Cucú, cucú,
llevando romero.
Cucú, cucú,
pasó una criada
Cucú, cucú,
llevando ensalada.
Cucú, cucú,
pasó un caballero,
Cucú, cucú,
con capa y sombrero,
Cucú, cucú,
pasó una señora,
Cucú, cucú,
llevando uvas moras.
Cucú, cucú,
le pedí un poquito,
Cucú, cucú,
no me quiso dar,
Cucú, cucú,
me puse a llorar.
Song: Silly Pizza Song from Signing Time! : Songs. Volumes 1-3 we signed the silly foods and put a picture of the food on a magnet board pizza as we sang.
Book: Like Me and You by Raffi. This book is also a song from Raffi's A Child's Celebration of the World. We played the CD while we "sang" the book. We also pointed out each country mentioned on a large wall map of the world.
Craft: Los Pollitos, we handed out little paper chickens for the kids to color. They attached the chicks to popsicle sticks and had their own little puppets to take home. So fun!
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