For over 20 years the children of San Antonio have been calling in to Dial-A-Story to hear a children's story. The children's librarians record new stories every Tuesday and Friday, one in English and one in Spanish.
Just call 210.207.4466 to listen!
Opening Song: Can You Say Hi?
Read aloud: Bedtime Bonnet by Nancy Redd
View the recording together. Remember, you can pause the video to have your own discussion
Song: This is the Way We Go To Bed
Song: Sesame Street: I Love My Hair
Goodbye song: Can You Say Bye?
Activity: Make a special bedtime fort with blankets and flashlights and read our favorite bedtime stories in the fort.
Opening Song: Apples and Bananas
Read Aloud: It’s Tough to Lose Your Balloon by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
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Action/Fingerplay Song: Hands in the Air
Song: The Puppies Go Marching (counting to 10)
Extension Activity: Let’s look for rainbows in what you think it’s tough to do, like when it’s sad to put your toys away what would make it fun? Draw a picture of your rainbow activity!
Opening Song: “Hello Everybody”
Tickle Rhyme: “See the Little Mousie”
Read story: Shake the Tree by Chiara Vignocchi
View the recording together. Remember, you can pause the video to have some book discussion time with your child.
Action Song: “Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes”
Family Activity: Get some white construction paper and some washable markers or crayons. Talk about the animals that fell out of the tree in “Shake the Tree”. Help your grown-up draw a tree on the paper. What animals would fall out of your own tree? Either draw the animals or write the names of the animals next to or near the tree. Or, if you wish, do both!
Opening Song: Well Hello Everybody, Can You Touch Your Nose?
Read Aloud: One-osaurus, Two-osaurus by Kim Norman
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Song: 5 Enormous Dinosaurs
Song: Tiny Tim (Frog version)
Song: Zoom Zoom Zoom
Extension Activity: Children need to play and learn best through play. With temperatures warming up, try cooling off by encouraging kids to play with water. Need ideas? Check out this video all about playing with water
Opening Song: Wave with One Hand
Read Aloud: Pete’s a Pizza by William Steig
Song: Pizza Man
Song: Pizza, Pizza, Pizza!
Closing Song: Tickle the Clouds
Extension Activity: Make pretend pizza! You can use anything to make pretend pizza, but a really fun option is play dough. You can easily make some with ingredients you are likely to have at home. The best recipe we know of is this one (URL: https://youtu.be/veU_cTik7A4) which uses cream of tartar. But, if you don’t have that on hand, you can make this three-ingredient recipe (URL: https://youtu.be/4hpD5f35V3A) using 2 cups flour, 1 cup salt and 1 cup water. Let your child choose what shape their pizza will be and what toppings they want on their pretend creation – anything goes!