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Cuéntame un Cuento: Tell Me a Story–Trees

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Books:

Because of an Acorn by Lola M. Schaefer, Adam Schaefer, and Frann Preston-Gannon (Sra. Carolina will be translating this book into Spanish for the story time).

Call Me Tree/ llámame árbol by #OwnVoices May Christina Gonzalez

Greeting Song:

Buenos días, buenos días.
¿Cómo estás? ¿Cómo estás?
Muy bien, gracias, muy bien, gracias.
¿Y tú, cómo estás? ¿Y tú, cómo estás?

We talk about the meaning of the words for our English speakers and then sing the song twice and ask them to sing along at home.

Song to Introduce the first book:

I have a story, what can it be?

I have a story listen and see.

I have a story, what can it be?

Gather around and read with me!

Tengo una historia ¿que puede ser?

Tengo una historia, escucha y ven

Tengo una historia ¿que puede ser?

¡Ven a leer conmigo!

I sing in English and then Carolina sings in Spanish. We sing it twice.

Flannel Song/Rhyme:

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One little, two little, three little leaves,

4 little, 5 little, 6 little leaves,

7 little, 8 little, 9 little leaves,

10 little leaves are falling,

Una hojita, dos hojitas, tres hojitas,

cuatro hojitas, cinco hojitas, seis hojitas,

siete hojitas, ocho hojitas, nueve hojitas,

diez  hojitas van cayendo.

We’ll use the green leaves first, and then sing it again using the autumn colored leaves.

Vocabulary words:

Cuéntame un Cuento: Tell Me A Story: Fish and Animals

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Books:

You be You/Se Siempre Tu by Linda Kranz and translated by Teresa Mlawer

Wild! Bathtime/Que Locura! A la hora del bano by Courtney Dicmas

Greeting Song:

Buenos días, buenos días.
¿Cómo estás? ¿Cómo estás?
Muy bien, gracias, muy bien, gracias.
¿Y tú, cómo estás? ¿Y tú, cómo estás?

We talk about the meaning of the words for our English speakers and then sing the song twice and ask them to sing along at home.

Song to Introduce the first book:

I have a story, what can it be?

I have a story listen and see.

I have a story, what can it be?

Gather around and read with me!

Tengo una historia ¿que puede ser?

Tengo una historia, escucha y ven

Tengo una historia ¿que puede ser?

¡Ven a leer conmigo!

I sing in English and then Carolina sings in Spanish. We sing it twice.

Vocabulary:

I made these flash cards at canva.com. These types of animals show up in the two books we picked out for today.

Song:

Do You Know the Elephant?

Do you know the elephant, the elephant, the elephant

Do you know the elephant, that lives in the Savannah.

Do you know the cheetah, cheetah, cheetah,

Do you know the cheetah, that lives in the savannah.

Do you know the zebra, the zebra, the zebra

Do you know the zebra, that lives in the Savannah.

Do you know the mighty lion, the mighty lion, the mighty lion

Do you know the mighty lion, that lives in the Savannah?

Simon Says:

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This is my friend Simon and his favorite game is Simon Says. When we play this in bilingual story time Sra. Carolina translates what I say into Spanish.

Cuéntame un Cuento: Tell Me a Story (Bilingual Story Time)

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Since the pandemic began we’ve actually added a new program! One of my colleagues on the bookmobile is from El Salvador and has agreed to do a bilingual story time with me–something I’ve been wanting to do for quite a long time!

Books:

When Sra. Carolina and I do story time together, I read one page of a book in English and then she reads the same page in Spanish. That way neither group of children is waiting too long to hear the part they can understand.

Greeting Song:

Buenos días, buenos días.
¿Cómo estás? ¿Cómo estás?
Muy bien, gracias, muy bien, gracias.
¿Y tú, cómo estás? ¿Y tú, cómo estás?

We talk about the meaning of the words for our English speakers and then sing the song twice and ask them to sing along at home.

Song to Introduce the first book:

I have a story, what can it be?

I have a story listen and see.

I have a story, what can it be?

Gather around and read with me!

Tengo una historia ¿que puede ser?

Tengo una historia, escucha y ven

Tengo una historia ¿que puede ser?

¡Ven a leer conmigo!

I sing in English and then Carolina sings in Spanish. We sing it twice

Simon Says:

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This is my friend Simon and his favorite game is Simon Says. When we play this in bilingual story time Sra. Carolina translates what I say into Spanish.

We have another dog friend coming to visit us in story time this morning:

It’s Willie from Whistle for Willie!

Today’s Vocabulary Words:

Buenos días

Buenos tarde

Buenos Noche

We’ll be using these little cards to practice:

Color Song:

Red Is Rojo (to the tune of “Are You Sleeping?”)
Red is rojo,
Green is verde,
Blue, azul,
Purple, morado
Yellow, amarillo,
Orange, anaranjado,
White is blanco,
Pink, rosado