Inclusive Story Time – Service Dogs

Books:

Hello Goodbye Dog by Maria Gianferrari and Patrice Barton – Very similar to Mary Had a Little Lamb Zara’s dog Moose is constantly following her to school. In the end they train him to be a therapy dog and he can accompany her without getting in trouble

Rescue & Jessica: A Life-Changing Friendship by Jessica Kensky, Patrick Downes, and Scott Magoon — Based on the story of Jessica Kensky who was injured in the Boston City Marathon bombing and her service dog, Rescue.

We are super excited to have a service dog on the schedule for both of our story times on this day! We’ll be teaching the kids etiquette for interacting with service and therapy dogs.

Flannel Game:

In this game I’ll pass out the bones and the kids will match them to the right puppy based on color.

Flannel Board:

Brown Dog What Do You See? (Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star)
Brown dog, brown dog
What do you see?
I see a red dog
Looking at me.

Red dog, red dog
What do you see?
I see a purple dog
Looking at me.

Purple dog, purple dog,
What do you see?
I see a green dog
Looking at me.

Green dog, green dog
What do you see?
I see a Blue dog
Looking at me.

Blue dog, blue dog
What do you see?
See a crazy dog
Looking at me!

Of course, the kids favorite part is the “crazy dog” at the end!

Credit: Brownsburg Public Library

January Songs:

If You Have Some Rhythm Sticks

If you have some rhythm sticks, rhythm sticks, rhythm sticks

If you have some rhythms sticks you can tap them now.

If you have some rhythm sticks, rhythm sticks, rhythm sticks

If you have some rhythms sticks you can scrape them now.

If you have some rhythm sticks, rhythm sticks, rhythm sticks

If you have some rhythms sticks you can hammer them now.

If you have some rhythm sticks, rhythm sticks, rhythm sticks

If you have some rhythms sticks you can drum them now.

Credit: Jbrary

Bread and Butter, Marmalade and Jam

Bread and butter, marmalade and jam

Let’s tap our sticks as nice as we can.

Bread and butter, marmalade and jam

Let’s tap our sticks as quick as we can.

Bread and butter, marmalade and jam

Let’s tap our sticks as slow as we can.

Bread and butter, marmalade and jam

Let’s tap our sticks as quiet as we can.

Bread and butter, marmalade and jam

Let’s tap our sticks as loud as we can.

Bread and butter, marmalade and jam

Let’s tap our sticks as nice as we can.

Credit: Jbrary

Craft: Paper Plate Dog