Dig that Dirt!

Move that truck!

Here is a preview of summer fun at the library!
Dig Into Summer Reading kicks off with Tip Tip Dig Dig.  This very colorful book by Emma Garcia has me digging in the dirt with some heavy duty trucks.
Just check 'em out!

If you are not familiar with this book...let me introduce you.  The story opens with a two page illustration of a terrible mess - a dump of a mess - what can we do with it?  Tell me!  What do you see?  What do you think?  What shall we do? Truck drama, who knew?

Well just maybe we can get a digger and DIG DIG DIG!  Can you do that with me?  What does digging look like? Should we stand up?  And what do we say?  Let me hear you say it!  LOUDER! DIG DIG DIG!

Do you like trucks?  Well, here comes another one!  A Mixer!  Let's Mix Mix Mix!!  Move your body like a mixer!

Would you like to see the rest of the trucks 

in this book?  

Do you know their names?

Alright, Big Gigantic TRUCKS!  

Get Digging! Get Rollin' and Move on out! 

You've got a job to do!

Okay - there's more...grab a scarf, the same color as your favorite truck in the book and we'll  read it again...and  you get to make the sound of your truck and move your scarf all around!! You get to be a GIGANTIC LOUD TRUCK!  A truck cacophony to drive us a bit crazy!  Can YOU dig it?  Yes you can!

And let's add a video to the mix...the Driving My Tractor video, brought to YouTube by Barefoot Books and Steve's Songs.  (Book by Jan Dobbins and David Sim)  It's a wonderful ride through a color-filled farm.  

Anyway you look at it...color is coming...monster trucks, dancing scarves, adventure play land or a happy farm.  This week is full of color.  And it is the inspiration to roll us right into our (not quite completely planned but still coming at you) Dig Into Summer Reading at the library!!!

P.S. (Piper Script): We are thinking BIG!  

Ladybug Ladybug!

Ladybug Hello
     Ladybug Goodbye!

Recently Piper and I had time to listen to lots of music - in search of something new for story time.  And we found cute songs with ladybug music

The ladybug hello track and the ladybug goodbye are great new songs for a few of our story time groups.  I decided to make the felt ladybug to announce the new songs. (plus she's just so darn cute)  I'll let Piper put her up on the flannel board...fun!  Piper loves ladybugs...there will be barking!!!   I have some little plastic ones...I am thinking a ladybug invasion in the story time room.  Most of you know I will be doing a ladybug craft...a ladybug on a paint-stirrer-stick-puppet,(one of our favs!), for the little ones to take home.  

Fortunately for parents and librarians ladybug music has a website providing song lists, lyrics, and even video tips on how to present many of the songs.  Please click here to join the silliness!  If you are lucky enough to live in CA, you can  attended ladybug music classes with your kids.  Check out the photos on the website. 

Another song I discovered on the CD, an easy one to use for story time...Little Red Wagon.  I instantly  knew I needed to make wagons in different colors. 

The song is great but a bit crazier than I am...my plan is to use only the" bumpin' around in my little red wagon" verse.  Each child will have one rectangle of felt in either red, blue, green or purple...and when I ask "won't you be my baby" those with the red rectangles will bring them up to place on the flannel board.  Then we'll sing " bumpin' around in my little blue wagon..." -  we'll do color matching ! I don't plan on using the CD.  We'll just sing and, of course, we'll have to bump around on our bottoms!! 

You may purchase the CD's through the website I linked above or check out itunes.  The music makes you want to move and laugh.  Totally fun!  

Do you have a favorite ladybug music song?  Piper and Jane would love to know!!

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