Book:
Teacher’s Guide to Rainbow Weaver
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:
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.
Flannel Story:
Flannel Story:
Rainbow Stew
Take an apple
Put it in the pot.
Stir, stir it, stir it a lot.
Take it out now. What will it be? The Prettiest red you ever did see!
Take an orange
Put it in the pot.
Stir it, stir it, stir it a lot.
Take it out now. What will it be? The prettiest orange you ever did see!
Stir a banana
Put it in the pot.
Stir it, stir it, stir it a lot.
Take it out now. What will it be? The prettiest yellow you ever did see!
Take a pear
Put it in the pot.
Stir it, stir it, stir it a lot.
Take it out now. What will it be? The prettiest yellow you ever did see!
Take some blueberries
Put it in the pot.
Stir it, stir it, stir it a lot.
Take it out now. What will it be? The prettiest blue you ever did see!
Take some grapes
Put it in the pot.
Stir it, stir it, stir it a lot.
Take it out now. What will it be? The prettiest purple you ever did see!
What did we make with our rainbow stew? A magical rainbow for me and you!
Credit: Library Village
Craft Kit:
Rainbow Weaver is about a little girl who teacher herself to weave using recycled plastic bags. For this craft kit we will be providing strips of plastic bags for the kids to weave together into friendship bracelets. We will demonstrate it at the end of virtual story time and show them how to do it with beads to make it adjustable for the older kids and how to simply tie it for the younger kids. This will give them a small taste of what it is like to weave plastic.
