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

Music Club- Tropic of Cancer

On March 20th, come meet and hear the six musicians that are Tropic of Cancer. They have a sound and style derived from a variety of musical influences, combining odd time signature, angular rhythms with Jazz, Reggae, Samba and African rhythms. They are called Tropic of Cancer since much of their inspiration came from the warm latitudes of Jamaica, West Africa, India, the Middle East and Latin America. Come learn about the band’s "New World Lounge” sound of drums, percussion, vibraphone, saxophone, guitar, and fretless bass. They’ll also be bringing instruments for the kids to use to play along!

Music Club is a program series geared towards ages 8-12, although ages 6-14 are more than welcome to come. Call 630-2417 for more information.

Check out a video from when their last Music Club appearance.

http://jplmainchildrens.blogspot.com/2011/07/music-club.html

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