Song Book Storytime, Wednesday, August 2 @ 10:30


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Books


The Wheels on the Bus Office lift the flap. The words are a bit different than what I usually sing, so brush up on it!

Old MacDonald Had a Farm Office lift the flap. I pulled the animals out as we went. Small crowd so I let the babies hold them.

The Lady with the Alligator Purse Board Westcott.  Love this so much.

The Itsy Bitsy Spider board book Trapani.  Lots of new lines make this favorite fun.

If You're Happy and You Know It by Raffi.  I must say, Raffi's words are a bit odd.  If you're banana and you know it? If you're beautiful and you know it? I kind of like just  happy -- clap, happy -- stomp, happy -- hurray.  It's never wrong to sing out about how happy you are.

Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed Board Book by Christelow.  We did 5 Little Speckled Frogs instead because Genevieve has just given me such a lovely frogs-on-a-log set. But the monkeys would have done just as well.

Row, Row, Row Your Boat by Jane Cabrera.  Pick out a couple pages ahead of time.


Songs

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