Storytime for Growin' Beans!

Storytime with Growin' Beans with Ms. Allison is going digital! Join us online each Friday at 10 AM for a story & early literacy activity. We'll post resources for each storytime session below.

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Ms. Allison likes to begin Storytime for Growin' Beans with "Open, Shut Them" by Hap Palmer.
Please watch the video for the song (& be spared from Ms. Allison's singing)!

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Friday, April 3rd, 2020: Ping Pong Pig by Caroline Jayne Church

Today's story was Ping Pong Pig by Caroline Jayne Church. The story was read with permission from Happy House Inc./Penguin Random House Publishing. No copyright infringement is intended.
Our flannel board activity was Dirty/Clean Pigs, adapted from Mel's Desk.

Craft Ideas
Pig Paper Bag Puppet
Toilet Paper Roll Pig Craft

Songs & Rhymes
 “The Tail of a Pig” (Tune: “The Wheels on the Bus”)
The tail of a pig curls round and round… (circle finger round and round)
All through the mud.
The mouth of a pig goes oink, oink, oink… (put hand in front of mouth like a snout)
All through the mud.
The snout of a pig goes root, root, root…(act with snout and hands like you are rooting through the mud)
All through the mud.
The hooves of a pig go run, run, run… All through the mud.
The ears of a pig go twitch, twitch, twitch… All through the mud.
(Credit: Recipes for Reading blog)

“I’m a Little Piggy” (Tune: “I’m a Little Teapot”)
I’m a little piggy
Short and stout
Here are my ears (point to ears)
And here is my snout (point to nose)
When I see the yummy food in my pail (put hand up over eyes like you are looking)
I oink, oink oink (oink!)
and wiggle my tail (wiggle your piggy tails!)
(Credit: Recipes for Reading blog)