Circus Reading and Coupon

Read your way to a FREE circus ticket. Read at least 5 books and come to the library for a bookmark that you can take to the circus to get a free children's ticket with the purchase of an adult ticket.

You don't have to read circus books... read anything!

Clowning Around at JPL

December Calendar

November Calendar

Hi all! We have completed our November calendar! Please join us as we begin new programs, bring back old programs, welcome new staff and welcome back old staff!

Library Budget

You may have heard about the budget cuts facing the library this year. We are losing library hours, funds for materials and staff. The library asked how these cuts would most impact you and below are the results, taken from: http://ilovejpl.com/

Survey says…


Posted on August 28, 2012 by welovejpl

Reply

Thank you for the incredible response to the recent survey about the impact of the budget cuts proposed for the library. Nearly 4,000 people completed the survey and 1240 people included additional comments. We are grateful for your participation and support!

The majority of respondents (more than 80%) ranked the loss of new materials as the proposed cut that would have the biggest negative impact on them and their families. Almost 60% indicated that all libraries being closed on Sunday would affect them the least.

Well over a third of the comments were from customers expressing concern over how the cuts would affect literacy and education in Duval County. And 15% expressed concern about the impact it would have on their ability to do their job well, on job seekers ability to find and apply for work, on the economy, and on their personal finances.

The survey is closed now, but we always appreciate hearing from you regarding your library experience, how we can better serve you and what you value most from your library. Share your thoughts through our online survey at jpl.countingopinions.com.

Do you agree? Are these the ways that you will be most impacted? While the initial survey is now closed, you can always comment through jpl.countingopinions.com.

Link Up to Literacy

It is true that early literacy skills established prior to kindergarten contribute to future success in school.

Parents, you are your child's first teacher.

Visit http://jpl.coj.net/linkuptoliteracy/.

The Link up to Literacy page on Jacksonville Public Library's website provides resources, book recommendations and video clips to help you create a fun literacy experience anywhere.

Dream Big... Read Storytime: Bedtime

All summer we'll be doing storytime programs with our summer reading theme, Dream Big... Read, in mind. This week- Bedtime!

 Sun and Moon

Moon comes out. (Hand forms crescent)

Sun goes in. (Place other hand behind back.)

Here is a blanket to cuddle your chin. (Place hands under chin)

Moon goes in. (Place moon behind back)

And Sun comes out. (hold out hand)

Throw off the blanket and wiggle about.

Five little monkeys

Five little monkeys jumping on the bed

One fell off and bumped his head

So Momma called the doctor and the doctor said

No more monkeys jumping on the bed!

…4…3…2…1

Teddy Bear Teddy Bear

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, turn around

Teddy Bear Teddy Bear, touch the ground

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, show your shoe

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, that will do.

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, wink an eye.

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, reach up high.

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, turn out the lights.

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, say good-night!

There were five in the bed

There were five in the bed and the little one said

Roll over! Roll over!

So they all rolled over and one fell out

…4…3…2…1

Animals Sleeping

We are the animals, sleeping, sleeping

We are the animals, sleeping tight… *Yawn*, stretch!

We are the animals, waking, waking

We are the animals waking up as…

Cheetahs (running)

Sharks (chomping)

Elephants (stomping)

Kangaroos (jumping)

If You’re Sleepy And You Know It

If you’re sleepy and you know it yawn like this (yawn)

If you’re sleepy and you know it yawn like this (yawn)

If you’re sleepy and you know it and you really want to show it

If you’re sleepy and you know it yawn like this (yawn)

… stretch like this… (stretch)

… go to sleep… (pretend sleeping)

Twinkle, twinkle, little star

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,

How I wonder what you are. (hold hands up high and sway them)

Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky. (make diamond shape with fingers)

Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are! (hold hands up and sway)

Fun bed time books to check out:

Brown, M. Goodnight Moon

Hill, S. Can’t Sleep Without Sheep

Markes, J. Shhhhh! Everybody’s Sleeping

Rosenthal, A. Little Hoot

Sobel, H. The Goodnight Train

Stein, E. Interrupting Chicken

Willems, M. Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late

Wood, A. The Napping House

Yolen, J. How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night

Music Club Summer 2012 part 1 and 2. Tony Steve and John Citrone.

We've had two music club presentations so far this Summer, and they've both been amazing! (scroll down for information on the upcoming Music Club's!)


In June we had Tony Steve, a percussion and composition professor at Jacksonville University. He's got quite an impressive history as a musician; being a member of the Jacksonville Symphony for 13 years, touring with “A Chorus Line” in Europe, appearing in Korea as marimba soloist with the Brooklyn Percussion Ensemble, and performed as percussionist at Madison Square Garden for “A Christmas Carol”. He's worked with Henry Mancini, Lou Rawls, Sheri Lewis and The Xaiver Cugat Orchestra. And he's won numerous ASCAP writers awards.

And as expected, he was an amazing guest to our first Music Club for the 2012 Summer. We talked about different drumming styles and different types of drums. He played a number of pieces including some he had written. Some of his performances were set to film and he even introduced the kids to electronic drums. Here's a video!

It was clear he had a lot of great experience to draw from and the kids really appreciated and learned a lot. The performances prompted some great discussion and questions.

Our second Music Club of the Summer featured John Citrone, another professional working musician although this time a little different. Along with his usual lessons and students, John has taught rhythm workshops for STOMP! and Blue Man Group, as well as performing in a number of groups both domestic and internationally. He's been a writer, producer and director for a number of musical theatre performances and documentary films. John has even played with member of Frank Zappa's original band, and wrote and recorded the theme for a Jacksonville Jaguars commercial!

John's session started off with a great body rhythm workshop. He actually didn't even talk for the first 5 minutes of the session, just got different sections of the room to work on different rhythms.

He had the kids on stage (and in the audience) working of different rhythms a lot. Everyone got to talk about rhythms you can make and rhythms in nature. He spent the second half of the session talking about the drum set and the evolution of a lot of beats you hear today. We talked about how different drums make different sounds in related to the size of the head and the depth and radius of the drum shell. The kids had a lot of great questions. I think everyone of them left hoping to get a drum set soon.

Here's some videos from the program.

Music Club is geared towards children ages 8-12, although children ages 6-14 may attend. We’ll explore different types of music, and learn about particular artists / composers, instruments and theory. And as you just read and saw - we have special guest performers and speakers!

I hope you can join us for the upcoming sessions.

July 24th @ 2pm - Tropic of Cancer
(click to see video of their last Music Club performance here and here.)

August 7th @ 2pm - After The Bomb Baby!
(click to see video of their last Music Club performance here.)

Dream Big... Read Storytime: Things that go bump in the night

All summer we'll be doing storytime programs with our summer reading theme, Dream Big... Read, in mind. This week- Things that go bump in the night! Prepare for a spooky storytime!

Dark Scary Night

The ghost in the dark go “Boo! Boo! Boo!

Boo! Boo! Boo! Boo! Boo! Boo!

The ghost in the dark go “Boo! Boo! Boo!”

All night long.

The steps…Creak! Creak! Creak!

The thunder…Boom! Boom! Boom!

The kids..”I’m not scared!”

There’s a spider on the floor

There’s a spider on the floor, on the floor

There’s a spider on the floor, on the floor

Who could ask for anymore?

Than a spider on the floor

There’s a spider on the floor, on the floor

There’s a spider on my knee...Oh Gee

There’s a spider on my thigh…Oh my

There’s a spider on my middle…oh fiddle

There’s a spider on my head…Oh dread!

Then he jumped off…

Two Little Monsters

Two little monsters sitting on a hill

One named Jack and one named Jill

Stomp away, Jack Stomp away, Jill

Come back, Jack Come back, Jill

Two little monsters sitting on a hill

One named Jack and one named Jill

A-haunting we will go

A-haunting we will go

A-haunting we will go

We’ll catch a ghost

And put him on a post

And then we’ll let him go.

A-haunting we will go

A-haunting we will go

We’ll catch a ghoul

And make him duel

And then we’ll let him go.

A-haunting we will go

A-haunting we will go

We’ll catch a cat

And put him in a hat

And then we’ll let him go.

A-haunting we will go

A-haunting we will go

We’ll catch a witch

And make her itch

And then we’ll let her go.

The Spooky Tree

Way up high in the spooky tree

Two grey bats smiled at me

I shook that tree as hard as I could

Down swooped the bats

And I ran away as fast as I could

Monster, Monster

Monster, Monster, turn around

Monster, Monster, touch the ground

Monster, Monster, show your shoe

Monster, Monster, How old are you?

Monster, Monster, reach up high

Monster, Monster, blink your eyes

Monster, Monster, slap your knees

Monster, Monster, sit down please.

Fun spooky books to check out:

Boo who? : a spooky lift-the-flap book by Joan Holub

The spooky tire by Jon Scieszka

The Berenstain bears and the spooky old tree by Stan and Jan Berenstain.

Nathaniel Willy, scared silly by Judith Mathews

Under the bed by Paul Bright

A very hairy scary story by Rick Walton

Can you make a scary face? by Jan Thomas

The scary show of Mo and Jo by Hanoch Piven.

Some things are scary: no matter how old you are by Florence Parry Heide

Seven scary monsters by Mary Beth Lundgren

Scary Fright, are you all right? by Scott Gibala-Broxholm

The little old lady who was not afraid of anything by Linda Williams

Dream Big... Read Storytime: Dreams

All summer we'll be doing storytime programs with our summer reading theme, Dream Big... Read, in mind. This week- Dreams!

Twinkle, twinkle little star

Twinkle, twinkle little star

How I wonder what you are

Up above the world so high

Like a diamond in the sky

Twinkle, twinkle little star

How I wonder what you are

5 little monkeys jumping on the bed

5 little monkeys jumping on the bed

1 fell off and bumped his head

Mama called the doctor, and the doctor said,

“No more monkeys jumping on the bed!”

4 little monkeys jumping on the bed…

Shake my sillies out

Gonna shake, shake, shake my sillies out,

Shake, shake, shake my sillies Out,

Shake, shake, shake my sillies out,

And wiggle my waggles away.

Gonna clap, clap, clap, my crazies out…

Gonna jump, jump, jump my jiggles out…

Gonna yawn, yawn, yawn my sleepies out…

Row your Boat

Row row row your boat,

Gently down the stream,

Merrily merrily merrily merrily,

Life is but a dream.

Teddy Bear Teddy Bear

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, turn around

Teddy Bear Teddy Bear, touch the ground

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, show your shoes

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, how old are you?

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, climb the stairs,

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, say your prayers.

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, turn out the light

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, say good night!

Shake Your Egg

(tune: London Bridge)

Shake your egg and follow me, follow me, follow me

Shake your egg and follow me

Now put your egg on your head.

Counting Sheep

(tune:This Old Man)

Counting sheep, Counting sheep

Helps my mommy Go to sleep.

One sheep, two sheep,

Three sheep, four

Soon my mommy Starts to snore.

Star light, Star Bright

Star light, star bright

First star I see tonight

I wish I may, I wish I might

Have the wish I wish tonight

Fun dream books to check out:

Sweet dreams by Rose A. Lewis

Light up the night by Jean Reidy

Arthur's dream boat by Polly Dunbar

Seaside dream by Janet Costa Bates

It's time to sleep, it's time to dream by David A. Adler

The dream jar by Lindan Lee Johnson

Dream hop by Julia Durango

I dream of trains by Angela Johnson

Maisy's rainbow dream by Lucy Cousins

What do you dream? by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel

Jack and the dream sack by Laurence Anholt

Dream Big... Read Storytime: Camping

All summer we'll be doing storytime programs with our summer reading theme, Dream Big... Read, in mind. This week- Camping!

What better way to spend a summer night than under the moon and stars?

This is the Way

This is the way we hike in the woods,

Hike in the woods, hike in the woods.

This is the way we hike in the woods,

when we go out to camp!

-fish in the stream

-roast our marshmallows

-set up the tent

Sleeping Bag Chant

I was lying in my sleeping bag- I couldn’t get to sleep

When the wind began to howl and the bugs began to creep.

So I rolled to my left and I rolled to the right

But all I could do was hear the noises in the night—

I heard an owl (hoo, hoo)

… Bat (flap, flap)

… Cat (meow, meow)

…Frog (ribbit, ribbit)

… Bear! (roar, roar)

Under the Blanket

Under the dark there is a star

Under the star there is a tree

Under the tree there is a blanket

Under the blanket there is me!

Campfire Pokey

You put your marshmallow in,

You take your marshmallow out,

You put your marshmallow in,

And you shake it all about.

You do the campfire pokey

and you turn yourself around,

That’s what it’s all about! HEY!

… hotdog, fish, whole dinner

2 Little Campers

2 little campers sitting on a hill,

One named Jack and one named Jill

Run away Jack, run away Jill

Come back Jack and come back Jill

Silly Song

1, 2 tie my shoe. 3, 4 eat s’mores.

5, 6 pick up (fire) sticks.

7, 8 lay them straight.

9, 10 a big bear’s den, GRRRR!

Twinkling Stars

(tune: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star)

Twinkle, twinkle, little stars

Stand and twinkle where you are.

Twinkle high and twinkle low.

Twinkle fast and twinkle slow.

Twinkle, twinkle little stars.

Sit and twinkle where you are.

10 Little Campers

1 little, 2 little, 3 little campers

4 little, 5 little, 6 little campers

7 little, 8 little, 9 little campers

10 little campers, asleep in their tents!

Five Little Hot Dogs

5 little hot dogs roasting in the pan

One got hot and it went BAM!

4, 3, 2, 1

0 hot dogs in the pan, it got hot and then went BAM!

 Books:

Fun camping books to check out:

Berry, L. Duck Tents

Birdseye, T. Oh Yeah?

Cousins, L. Maisy Goes Camping

Lakin, P. Camping Day

Parr, T. Otto Goes to Camp

Pringle, L. Bear Hug

Singer, M. Quiet Night

Wargin, K. Scare a Bear

Summer Reading

Summer Reading has begun! This year's theme is Dream Big Read!

Children birth- 11 years old can register online by clicking here.

Read at least 10 books this summer and earn a FREE book!

We also have AWESOME programs and events throughout the summer.

Join us for a fun summer full of reading, programs and library fun!

Beach Storytime

What better way to celebrate the beginning of summer and our beautiful Florida beaches than with a BEACH storytime?

My Big Blue Boat

I love to sail in my big blue boat

My big blue boat, my big blue boat

I love to sail in my big blue boat

Out on the deep blue sea.

My big blue boat has two red sails,

Two red sails, two red sails,

My big blue boat has two red sails,

Out on the deep blue sea. Blue Fish

A blue fish went swimming by

He swam down low, he swam up high

He wriggled his fins and shook his scales

and swished his graceful blue tail.

Row your Boat

Row row row your boat,

Gently down the stream,

Merrily merrily merrily merrily,

Life is but a dream.

At the beach

I dig a hole in the sand with my fingers

I dig a hole in the sand with my toes

Then I pour some water in the hole,

And I wonder where it goes?

What did I see at the beach?

I went to the beach. What did I see?

A bird on the sand looking at me!

I went to the beach. What did I see?

A fish in the water splashing at me!

I went to the beach. What did I see?

A shell in the sand sparkling at me!

I went to the beach. What did I see?

A crab in its shell waving at me!

Hear the ocean roar

(tune: I’ve been working on the railroad)

I went swimming in the ocean

On a summer day.

I went swimming in the ocean

And kicked, and splashed and played.

After lunch we looked for seashells

I found three or four

You can hold one up to your ear.

And hear the ocean roar.

Hear the ocean roar Hear the ocean roar.

You can hear the ocean roar, roar, roar.

Hear the ocean roar Hear the ocean roar

Hear the ocean roar, roar, roar.

The Waves at the Beach

The waves at the beach go up and down,

up and down, up and down,

The waves at the beach go up and down,

all day long.

The crabs at the beach crawl back and forth…

The lobsters at the beach go, snap, snap, snap…

The clams at the beach go open and shut…

10 little children splash in the sea!

1 little, 2 little, 3 little children 4 little, 5 little,

6 little children 7 little, 8 little 9 little children

10 little children in the sea!

Books:
Fun beach books to check out:

Bats at the Beach by Brian Lies
A beach tail by Karen Lynn Williams
Who's hiding? at the beach : a lift-the-flap book by Christiane Gunzi
To the beach by Thomas Docherty
Miranda's beach day by Holly Keller
Where is baby's beach ball? : a lift-the-flap book by Karen Katz.
Scaredy Squirrel at the beach by Mélanie Watt
Bebé goes to the beach by Susan Middleton Elya
Beach babies wear shades by Michelle Sinclair Colman
A day at the beach by Ed Briant
Beach by Elisha Cooper
To the beach! by Linda Ashman

July Calendar

June Calendar

May Calendar

Max Spaniel: Funny Lunch

Awesome new reader series from one of our favorite illustrators, David Catrow! 

After you've finished reading this series, check out some of the other books illustrated by Catrow:

1000 Times No Book Trailer

Facing the terrible twos? Seems like this author was!

Check out 1,000 Times No  by Tom Warburton for a hilarious take on this wonderful phase!

Bunny Storytime

Silly bunnies

5 silly bunnies,

hopping all around,

Jump so high,

then touch the ground.

1 silly bunny says, "I just can't stay,"

So he turns around

and hops away.

4 silly bunnies…

Here is the bunny

Here is the bunny

With ears so funny

And here is his hole in the ground

When a noise he ears

He pricks up his ears

And jumps back in his hole in the ground

Little Bunny

There was a little bunny

who lived in the wood
He wiggles his ears

as a good bunny should

He hopped by a squirrel

He hopped by a tree

He hopped by a duck

And he hopped by me

He stared at the squirrel

He stared at the tree

He stared at the duck

And he made faces at me!

Funny Bunny Funny Bunny

Funny Bunny, Funny Bunny, turn around

Funny Bunny, Funny Bunny, touch the ground

Funny Bunny, Funny Bunny, show your shoes

Funny Bunny, Funny Bunny, how old are you?

Funny Bunny, Funny Bunny, reach up high,

Funny Bunny, Funny Bunny, wink one eye.

Funny Bunny, Funny Bunny, slap your knees,

Funny Bunny, Funny Bunny, sit down please.

Little Bunny Foo Foo

Little Bunny Foo Foo

hopping through the forest

Scooping up the field mice

And bopping them on the head

Down came the Goody Fairy

And she said, “Little Bunny Foo Foo,

I don’t want to see you

scooping up the field mice,

and bopping them on the head.

I’ll give you 3 chances and then,

I’ll turn you into a goon!”

Repeat…

10 little bunnies hop all around

1 little, 2 little, 3 little bunnies

4 little, 5 little, 6 little bunnies

7 little, 8 little, 9 little bunnies

10 little bunnies hop all around

Books:

Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

The velveteen rabbit, or, how toys became real by Margery Williams

Little white rabbit by Kevin Henkes

My friend rabbit by Eric Rohmann

How do you read to a rabbit? by Andrea Wayne von Koniglow

Brown rabbit in the city by Natalie Russell

Little Rabbit and the meanest mother on Earth by Kate Klise

Hey, rabbit! by Sergio Ruzzier

Moon rabbit by Natalie Russell

Little rabbit gets messy by Kathleen Amant

The runaway bunny by Margaret Wise Brown

A boy and his bunny by Sean Bryan

Fish Storytime

Did you miss storytime this week? Well, don't worry- you can do it at home!

Open Shut Them

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 let them in!

Critters in the Sea

(tune: The Wheels on the Bus)

The fish in the sea swim back and forth, back and forth, back and forth

The fish in the sea swim back and forth

All day long.

…shark, chomp

…lobsters, pinch

…octopus, wiggle

…clam, open and shut

Three Little Fish

(tune: Three Blind Mice)

Three little fish, three little fish

See how they swim, see how they swim

Back and forth, how fast they go

Now they are going very slow

Three little fish, three little fish

Swimming in the Water

All the fish are swimming in the water

Swimming in the water,

Swimming in the water

All the fish are swimming in the water

Bubble, bubble, bubble, bubble…. SPLASH!

(repeat with a little fish that has a tiny, little voice and then a big fish who has a BIG, HUGE voice)

Teasing Mr. Shark

Five little fish swimming in the sea

Teasing Mr. Shark, “You can’t catch me”

Along comes Mr. Shark,

Quiet as can be and…SNAPS that fish right out of the sea

…4,3,2,1

Five Little Fishies

One little fish swimming in the ocean blue, here comes another one

Then there were two

…two, sea

…three, near the shore

…four, swim around and dive

Here comes another one and now there are five

Here comes a shark, looking for some fun

Look out little fishies!... and away they run

Blue Fish

A blue fish went swimming by

He swam down low, he swam up high

He wriggled his fins and shook his scales

and swishes his graceful fishy tail.

(red, green, pink)

Fishy Pokey

(version of Hokey Pokey!)

Put your left fin in

Put your left fin out

Put your left fin in

You shake it all about

You do the fishy pokey

And you turn yourself around

That's what its all about

…head, tail, whole body

Two Little Blue Fish

Two little blue fish swimming in a lake

One named Jack and one named Jake

Swim away, Jack, Swim away, Jake

Come back, Jack, Come back, Jake

Two little blue fish swimming in a lake

One named Jack and one named Jake

Row your Boat

(sing)

Row row row your boat,

Gently down the stream,

Merrily merrily merrily merrily,

Life is but a dream.

(say)

Cast out your fishing line

Wait for a fish

We're waiting, we're waiting, we're waiting

This spot is NO GOOD! Let's keep going....

repeat song and conversation until you catch a fish and have to row back to shore really fast because you're so hungry!

Books:

Barner, B. Fish Wish

Berkes, M. Over in the Ocean

Clements, A. Big Al

Dahl, M. One Giant Splash

Diesen, D. The Pout-pout Fish

Ehlert, L. Fish Eyes

Jonas, A. Splash!

Kalan, R. Blue Sea

Wood, A. Ten Little Fish

April Calendar

Spring Storytime

Spring has sprung at the library!

The Gardener Plants the Seeds

The gardener plants the seeds,

The gardener plants the seeds,

Hi ho the derry oh

The gardener plants the seeds.

The rain begins to fall...

The sun comes out to shine...

The seeds begin to grow...

The flowers open wide...

Three green and speckled frogs

Three 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,

Now there are 2 green, speckled frogs

2,1.

Shake my sillies out

Gonna shake, shake, shake my sillies out,

Shake, shake, shake my sillies out,

Shake, shake, shake my sillies out,

And wiggle my waggles away.

Clap my crazies out

Jump my jiggles out

Yawn my sleepies out

The Ants Go Marching

The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah

The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah

The ants go marching one by one,

The little one stops to suck his thumb

And they all go marching down to the ground

To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Two Little Blackbirds

Two little blackbirds sitting on the hill

One named Jack and one named Jill

Fly away, Jack! Fly away, Jill

Come back, Jack! Come back, Jill

Two little blackbirds sitting on the hill

One named Jack and one named Jill

Creatures in the Garden

Slowly, slowly, very slowly,

Goes the garden snail.

Slowly, slowly, very slowly,

Up the garden rail.

Quickly, quickly, very quickly

Quickly runs the little mouse

Quickly, quickly, very quickly

All around the house.

Slowly, slowly, very slowly

Creeps the garden turtle

Slowly, slowly, very slowly

Through the garden myrtle.

Quickly, quickly, very quickly

Quickly runs the little rabbit

Quickly, quickly, very quickly

That's his everyday habit.

The UmbrellaThe first umbrella is red, it keeps rain off my head

The second umbrella is yellow for a very lucky fellow

The third umbrella is blue, it is the one I drew

The fourth umbrella is brown, I will carry it to town

The fifth umbrella is green, fit for a king or a queen.

Books:In like a lion out like a lamb by Marion Dane Bauer

Spring is here by Will Hillenbrand

Snow rabbit, spring rabbit : a book of changing seasons by Il Sung Na

Hooray for spring! by Kazuo Iwamura

Fletcher and the springtime blossoms by Julia Rawlinson

Ready for spring by Marthe Jocelyn

Spring things by Bob Raczka

Skunk's spring surprise by Leslẻa Newman

Spring is here by Lois Lenski

Mouse's first spring by Lauren Thompson

Grandma Baba's sunny spring by Wakiko Satō

River Storytime

Our beautiful St. John's River was the theme of our storytime today. We had lots of fun books and songs. We even looked at pictures of all SEVEN of Jacksonville's bridges.

If you missed it, don't worry- we've listed the songs and books we used and you can sing them/ read them at home!

 

Open Shut Them

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 let them in!

Jacksonville Bridges

(tune: The Wheels on the Bus)

The Main Street Bridge goes up and down,

Up and down, up and down.

The Main Street Bridge goes up and down,

All day long.

... railroad bridge goes open and shut

… Acosta Bridge is really tall

… Dames Point Bridge is EXTRA tall

Over the Bridge

(tune: The Bear Went Over the Mountain)

The bridge goes over the water,

The bridge goes over the water,

The bridge goes over the water,

And I go over the bridge! And I go over the bridge, and I go over the bridge.

The bridge goes over the water, and I go over the bridge.

Alligator, Alligator

Alligator, alligator sitting on a log.

Down in the river, he spied a frog.

SPLASH!

Goes the water, away swims the frog.

Teasing Mr. Osprey

Five little fish in the river blue

Teasing Mr Osprey

“How slow are you?!?”

Down swoops Mr. Osprey

Quiet as can be and…SNAP!

…4,3,2,1

Here Is the River

(suit actions to words)

Here is the river, the rolling river

Here is my boat,

And here is me

All of the fishes

Down below

Wiggle their tails

And way they go.

Little Duck

I saw a little duck go hop, hop, hop

I told the little duck to stop, stop, stop

I went to the riverbank to say, ‘How do you do?’

He wagged his little tail and away he flew!

Little Turtle

There was a little turtle,

He lived in a box,

He swam in the river

And climbed on the rocks.

He snapped at a mosquito.

He snapped at a flea.

He snapped at a minnow.

He snapped at me.

He caught the mosquito.

He caught the flea.

He caught the minnow.

But he didn't catch me.

Six Little Ducks

Six little ducks that I once knew

Fat ones, skinny ones, fair ones too

But the one little duck with a feather on his back

He led the others with his quack, quack, quack, Quack, quack, quack, Quack, quack quack,

He led the others with his quack, quack, quack

Down to the river they would go

Wibble-wobble, wibble-wobble to and fro…

Books
Bell, B. The Bridge is Up
Coker, F. We Love our River

Hills, T. Duck, Duck, Quack

 Pollard, N. The River

Thompson, L. Little Quack (we changed the word "pond" to "river")

Can you name all of the bridges?

Buckman Bridge

Fuller Warren Bridge



Acosta Bridge



Main Street Bridge

Dames Point Bridge



Mathews Bridge



Hart Bridge