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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!

Read Alouds by SAPL Librarians

Bibliotecaria lean libros en voz alta

Story Time at Home

Opening song: Hello Friends!    

Read aloud: Watch the recording together. Remember, you can pause the video to have your own discussion. A Stack of Alpacas by Matt Cosgrove 

Song: Alpaca Song   

Video: Baby Alpacas   

Action song: Moose Alpaca Song   

Opening Song:  "Hello, Everybody" Presented by Jbrary

Read Aloud:  View the recording together.  Remember, you can pause the video to have your own discussion.         Llama Llama Mad at Mama by Anna Dewdney.  Read by the author - presented by Penguin Books USA

Song:  "Ten Little Fingers" Presented by Jbrary

Extension Activity:  

Sing this song and encourage your child to do the actions indicated by the song's words.  Talk about emotions - sad, happy, angry, and surprised.  Ask your child to make faces showing these emotions.

If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands.

If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands.

If you're happy and you know it, then your face will surely show it, 

If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands.

 

If you're angry and you know it, stomp your feet  . . .

If you're sad and you know it, cry boo hoo . . .

If you're surprised and you know it, say "oh my!"

 

                                                                                                                                                           

 

 

 

 

 

Opening Song:  "Way Up High in an Apple Tree" Presented by the Learning Station

Read Aloud:  Apple Trouble by Ragnhild Scamell.  View the recording together.  Remember, you can pause the video to have your own discussion. Presented by Ms. Kelly Online

Action/Fingerplay/Song:  "Jump Up, Bend Down" Presented by the Learning Station

Song:  "I Like to Eat Apples and Bananas" from The Learning Station

Extension Activity:  Let's build a nest for a hedgehog.  If you are able to, head outside and gather some leaves and sticks and anything else you think would make a good nest.  If you are not able to go outside, gather some items from inside your home that you think could work.  Don't forget to keep hedgehog safe from falling apples and other items that could get stuck.

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

Opening Song: Hello Song

Read Aloud: Watch the recording together. Remember, you can pause the video to have your own discussion. Kate, Who Tamed the Wind by Liz Garton Scanlon

Song: What's the Weather Like Today?

Song: The Farmer Plants the Seeds 

Closing Song: Bye Bye Song

Activity: Catch the wind! Use a blow dryer to make pieces of tissue paper fly through the air. Children can try to catch the tissue before the pieces fall to the ground!  

Opening Song: "Now It's Time to Say Hello" from ELF Kids Videos

Read Aloud:  Watch the recording together.  Remember to pause the video to have your own discussion about the story whenever you want.  Duck Duck Goose by Dave Horowitz (read by Mr. Jason from Middletown Free Library in Delaware County)

Fingerplay:  "Mix a Pancake"  (Moose would love this one!)  (Jbrary)

Song:  "Hibernate, Migrate" (PBS Kids)

Extension Activity:  Have your child move like a variety  of creatures and incorporate hibernation and migration into the mix.  Say to her, "Let's pretend you're a frog.  Can you hop like a frog?" or "Let's pretend you are a horse.  Can you gallop like a horse?" or "Let's pretend you're a duck in a cold place in the wintertime.  What do you do?" or "Let's pretend you are a bear in winter and you're having a hard time finding food.  What do you do? (From The Fitness Fun Busy Book by Trish Kuffner)   

                                                                                                                                    

 

Opening Song:  "Up, Down, Turn Around"  Presented by Jbrary

Read Aloud:  View the recording together.  Remember, you can pause the video to have your own discussion.  Senorita Mariposa by Mister G

Fingerplay:  "Two Little Butterflies"

Movement Song:  "We Wiggle and Wiggle and Stop"

Craft Activity:  Cupcake Liner Butterflies

                                                                                                                                                        

 

 

Opening Song: Painting and Drawing Song

Read Aloud: Watch the recording together. Remember, you can pause the video to have your own discussion. Edward Gets Messy by Rita Meade

Song: Bath Song

Song: Bubbles 

Opening Song: HELLO

Read Aloud: Watch the story together. Remember, you can pause the video and have your own discussion. Kitchen Disco by Clare Foges & Al Murphy.  

Dance: Banana Boogie   

Action Rhyme: Go Bananas!   

Extension Activity: This activity lets your child experience movement as it relates to music and rhythm. Play different styles of music and have your child move in a way that matches the music. For example, she can run to fast music, tiptoe to soft music, hop and bounce for happy music and so on. (From The Fitness Fun Busy Book by Trish Kuffner)

Opening Song:  "Hello to YOU!"  - Presented by ELF Learning

Read Aloud:  The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats.  Presented by Brightly Storytime

Song:  "What's the Weather?" from Kiboomer Preschool Learning

Song:  "Snowman Finger Family" Presented by Farmees YouTube Channel

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                         

Opening Song: Clap Everybody and Say Hello 

Read Aloud: Watch the recording together. Remember, you can pause the video to have your own discussion. Is that Wise, Pig? By Jan Thomas 

Nursery Rhyme: This Little Piggy   

Action Song: Let’s Do the Piggy Dance  

Hora de Cuentos en Casa

Cancion:  "Tengo Una Historia" presentado por Heather Jones

Cuento:  No dejes que la Paloma conduzca el autobus! por Mo Willems. Presentado por Fair Lawn Library

Cancion:  "Paloma de la Paz" presentado por Miss Abby

Manualidad:  Como hacer una paloma presentado por Una Mama con Clase

Recuerde que en cualquier momento puede dejar de leer o ver los videos para hablar sobre lo que esta leyendo o mirando.  Es importante hacerle preguntas a los ninos para tener una conversacion relacionada con la actividad.  Tambien es importante como adulto estar disponible para contestar cualquier pregunta que los ninos tengan.

Cancion"Pin Pon" - Gallina Pintadita 2

Cuento:  No Es Una Caja por Antoinette Portis - Presentado por el canal de YouTube "A Jugar". 

Manualidad:  Television de caja de carton. Presentado por el canel de YouTube "Craftalogia"

Actividad de extension:  Si tuvieras tu(s) propia(s) caja(s), que crearias?  Consiga una caja o dos e imagine lo que podrian ser las cajas.  Puede usar diferentes tamanos de caja y crear muchas cosas diferentes.  Consiga papel y dibuje sus ideas en el papel.

Cancion:  "Tengo una historia"

Cuento:  La Sombrilla Grande por Amy June Bates presentado por La Biblioteca Publica de San Antonio

Cancion:  "La Lluvia" presentado por El Reino Infantil

Manualidad:  Manualidad Infantil - Sombrilla de papel facil presentado por Comfama

Recuerde que en cualquier momento puede dejar de leer o ver los videos para hablar sobre lo que esta leyendo o mirando.  Es importante hacerle preguntas a los ninos para tener una conversacion relacionada con la actividad.  Tambie es importante como adulto estar disponible para contestar cualquier pregunta que los ninos tengan.

Cancion: "El Elefante Bailarin"  Presentado por Mundo Canticuentos

Cuento: Estas lista para jugar afuera? por Mo Willems. Presentado por AB Lingua

Cancion:  "J - Vamos a Jugar", Presentado por Mundo Canticuentos

Manualidad:  Elefante - Presentado por Manualidades Infantiles

                   

                                                                                                                           

Cancion:  "Buenos Dias" presentado por Baila Baila

Cuento:  Dragones y Tacos por Adam Rubin y ilustrado por Daniel Salmieri. Presentado por AB Lingua

Cancion:  "Dragon de Cartagena" presentado por Mundo Canticuentos

Manualidad:  Dragon presentado por Cuquie Luqui

Cancion:  "Ramon El Dragon" presentado por orientacionandujar

 

Cancion: "Hola" presentado por Super Simple Espanol

Cuento:  El Perro Con Sombrero por Derek Taylor Kent; illustrado por Jed Henry.  Presentado por La Biblioteca de Cincinnati y Hamilton County.

Cancion:  "Mi Perrito, Guau Guau" presentado por TuTuTras TV

Manualidad:  Como hacer un Perrito de Papel presentado por Uma Manualidades.

Esta manualidad no tiene que ser perfecta. Se trata de que los niños tengan la oportunidad de usar las tijeras, el pegamento, y el lápiz o crayola. El uso de estos materiales harán que los músculos de sus manitas se pongan más fuertes. Esta es una buena oportunidad para hablar con los niños sobre los colores y números. Mas que nada, el proceso de la manualidad es más importante que el resultado.

Cancion:  Si tu cerdo engorda presentado por Luis Peschetti

Cuento:  Puedo Jugar yo tambien?

Cancion:  Cochinito diga Cui Cui Cui presentado por Musica para Ninos

Manualidad:  Cerdito de Carton  presented by EnCAJAlo

Canción: Benos Dias por Jose Luis Orozco

Cuento: Froggy Se Viste

Canción: El Baile Del Sapito

Manualidad: Como hacer un rana de papel 

Esta manualidad no tiene que ser perfecta. Se trata de que los niños tengan la oportunidad de usar las tijeras, el pegamento, y el lápiz o crayola. El uso de estos materiales harán que los músculos de sus manitas se pongan más fuertes. Esta es una buena oportunidad para hablar con los niños sobre los colores y números. Mas que nada, el proceso de la manualidad es más importante que el resultado.

Primera Cancion:  "Buenos Dias" from the Baila Baila YouTube Channel

Libro, leer in voz alta:  El Pequeno Elliot en la gran ciudad.  Pause el video para discutirlo.  From the El Libro Feliz y Yo YouTube Channel.

Cancion:  "Little Elephants =Elefantitos" from the Canticos YouTube Channel.

Actividad de extension:  Hacer un elefante from the Papelisimo YouTube Channel.

Primera Cancion:  "Hola!" from Super Simple Espanol

EnVoz Alta:  How are you? Como Estas? Ver el video para discutirlo juntos:

Cancion: "La arana chiquitita - Itsy Bitsy Spider" from Nick, Jr. Canticos

Actividad de extension:  Los ninos utilizaran su imaginacion y creatividad mientras aprenden vocabulario espanol en esta busqueda de tesoros.  La lista de busqueda de carroneros contiene las palabras en espanol e ingles, lo que hace de esta una actividad bilingual.                                                       

Children will use their imagination and creativity while learning Spanish vocabulary in this picture scavenger hunt.  The scavenger hunt list contains the words in Spanish and English, making this a bilingual activity.

                                                Spanish Scavenger Hunt from the "De Su Mama" website

Opening Song:  "Tengo Una Historia" presented by Heather Jones' YouTube Channel

Read Aloud:  De Donde Eres? por Yamile Saied Mendez; illustrado por Jaime Kim. presentado por MaestraPatino

Song:  "Barco Chiquito" presentado por Cepillin TV

Manualidad:  Como hacer un barco de carton presentado por T.A.P. Zone MX

Hable con sus hijos sobre el libro.  Pregunten a sus hijos que paso en el libro.  Hablando con sus hijos sobre lo que leyeron es una forma de ensenarles como poner atencion a lo que esta leyendo.  Cante con sus hijos para que ellos oigan las canciones en vivo.

Opening Song:  "Tengo Una Historia" presented by Heather Jones

Read Aloud: La Paloma encuentra un perro caliente por Mo Willems

Activity:  Como hacer un pajaro de papel presented by Rocio Carrillo    

Song:  "Al Tambor" Presented by Jose-Luis Orozco on the El Maestro Innes YouTube Channel

 Hable con sus hijos sobre el libro.  Pregunten a sus hijos que paso en el libro.  Hablando con sus hijos sobre lo que leyeron es una forma de ensenarles como poner atencion a lo que esta leyendo.  Cante con sus hijos para que ellos oigan las canciones en vivo.

                                                                          

Opening Song:  "Tengo Una Historia"

Read Aloud:  Un Buen Chocolate por Elsa Devernois

Action/Fingerplay/Song:  "Chocolate" - Dinamica ritmica para ninos

Song:  "Chocolate"

Extension Activity:  "La historia del chocolate"

Vean el video y hablen con sus hijos sobre el chocolate.  De donde es el chocolate originalmente y como se procesa la planta para obtener un resultado tan dulce y delicioso?  Hablen con sus hijos de como se usa el chocolate - en bebidas, postres, y hasta en comida salada.  Tambien hagan les preguntas a sus hijos sobre el libro "Un Buen Chocolate".  Que era el conflicto?  Como se resolvio el conflicto en el libro?

                                                                                                                                              

Discover Something New

Opening Song:  "The Clap It Kids Yoga Song" presented by Bari Koral:  Kids Yoga, Music, and Mindfulness

Read Aloud:  How Tall Was a T. Rex? by Alison Limentani.  Read by the author - presented by Boxer Books

Action Song:  "The Dinosaur Dance!" presented by Danny Go!

Song:  "Baby T-Rex" presented by Pinkfong Baby Shark

Goodbye Song:  "Can You Say Bye?" presented by the Kiboomers

Extension Activity:  Try out some dinosaur yoga poses.  Presented by Kids Yoga Stories

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

   

Opening Song:  "Wintertime is Here" Presented by the Kiboomers

Read Aloud:  How Do You Know It's Winter? by Ruth Owen.  View the recording together.  Remember, you can pause the video to have your own discussion.  Presented by Shon's Stories

Action/Fingerplay/Song:  "If You're Wearing Colored Mittens" by the Kiboomers

Song:  "Hot Chocolate" Presented by Miss Nina's YouTube Channel

Extension Activity:  How do you know it's winter?  What signs do you see outside?  How does your family get ready for winter?  Draw a snowperson and, in each of its circles, write or draw the answers to the questions.

                                                                                                                                                                     

 

Opening Song:  "Appreciation and Thankfulness" Presented by Jack Hartmann

Read Aloud:  We Are Grateful by Traci Sorrell.  View the recording together.  Remember, you can pause the video to have your discussion.

Action/Fingerplay/Song:  "Powwow"

Song:  "Thank You Song" Presented by Bari Koral:  Kids Yoga, Music, and Mindfulness YouTube Channel

Extension Activity:  Let's learn to Powwow Dance.  Watch this video and have fun learning!

                                                                                                    

                                                                                                                                                              

Opening Song:  "If You're Thankful and You Know It" Presented by "Sing with Bella" YouTube Channel

Read Aloud:  A Short History of Thanksgiving by Sally Lee.  View the recording together.  Remember, you can pause the video to have your own discussion.  From the "Happy Cultivated" website.

Action/Fingerplay/Song:  "Turkey Hokey Pokey Dance" Presented by the Kiboomers

Song:  "Five Little Turkeys" Presented by the "Sing with Bella" YouTube Channel

Extension Activity:  Let's make a thankful tree!  Using materials you have, such as paper and markers or crayons, draw a tree and create leaves using your hands.  Write what you are thankful for on the leaves. Or you can make feathers.  On the feathers, write what you are thankful for.

                                                

                                                                                                                                              

Opening Song:  "Halloween Stomp" Presented by the Singing Walrus

Read Aloud:  Halloween by Laura Marsch.  View the recording together.  Remember, you can pause the video to have your own discussion. Presented by Mrs. Christmas's YouTube Channel

Action/Fingerplay/Song:  "Chumbala, Cachumbala Dance" Presented by Pinkfong

Song:  "Knock, Knock, Trick or Treat" from Super Simple Learning

Extension Activity:  What do you like to do on Halloween night?  Draw or paint a picture of you, all dressed up and eating your favorite candy!

                                                                                                                                                                       

Opening Song:  "Boom Chicka Boom AutumnPresented by the Learning Station

Read Aloud:  How Do You Know It's Fall? by Lisa M. Herrington.  View the recording together.  Remember, you can pause the video to have your own discussion.  Presented by VerackaReads

Song:  "Autumn Leaves are Falling Down" Presented by The Kiboomers

Action/Fingerplay Song:  "Fall Freeze Dance" from the Kiboomers

Extension Activity:  Fall Wreath:  To make a fall wreath, you will need to explore outside and pick a good amount of different colored and sized leaves.  Use whatever you have on hand, either a paper plate or construction paper, cut a circle with a hole in the middle and glue your leaves all around it.  Make a small hole on top to attach a ribbon.                                                                      

                                                                                                                                              

 

 

Opening Song:  "I'm a Little Acorn" presented by Dance 'n Beats Lab

Read Aloud:  Squirrels Leap, Squirrels Sleep by April Pulley Sayre. Presented by Wissahickon Environmental Center

Action Song:  "Grey Squirrel" .  Presented by the Learning Station

Action Song:  "The Leaves on the Tree"From the Kiboomers

Closing:  "Fly Like a Butterfly"  Presented by Bari Koral:  Kids' Yoga, Music & Mindfulness

Extension Activity:  Go for a nature walk.  See if you can find a squirrel, a nut, different colored leaves, and trees.

                                                                                                                              

                                                                                                                                                                

 

Read Aloud:  Move! by Steve Jenkins - Presented by Kim's Kindergarten Storytime

Action Song:  "Move Like the Animals Do!" - Presented by Jack Hartmann

Action Song:  "Hop and Stop" - Presented by PlayKids

Goodbye Song:  "See You Later, Alligator!" presented by the Kiboomers

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                        

 

 

 

Opening Song:  "Polly Put the Kettle On" from Rock 'N Learn

Read Aloud:  Teatime Around the World by Denyse Waissbluth.  View the recording together.  Remember, you can pause the video to have your own discussion.  Presented by the StoryTime Family

Action/Fingerplay/Song:  "London Bridge is Falling Down" presented by Intellidance Method

Song:  "Animal Tea Party" by London Rhymes

Extension Activity:  Let's have a tea party!  Invite family or friends, and even your stuffed animal friends over for tea.  With a grown-up to help, make the tea and, maybe, a fun treat!  Set up your table and enjoy!

 

                                                                                                                                                                        

 

Opening Song:  "Tooty-ta Song"  Presented by Pinkfong

Read Aloud:  The Story of Bruce Lee by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vergara.  View the recording together.  Remember, you can pause the video to have your own discussion.  Presented by KidTimeStoryTime

Action/Fingerplay/Song:  "Kung Fu Fighting" Presented by Pinkfong

Song:  "Karate Song"  Presented by the Little Angel YouTube Channel

Extension Activity:  Fear and Dream Tree -  To make this tree, you just need a form of white paper and something to draw or write with.  Decide what kind of tree you're making - whether a flower tree or a fruit tree. Write your dreams inside of the flowers or fruit.  Use leaves or, maybe bugs, as your fears that have fallen from the tree.

                                                                                                                                                  

                                                                                                                                                                   

Opening Song:  "Hello, Good Morning?Buenos Dias"  Presented by Canticos

Read Aloud:  Marco's Cinco de Mayo by Lisa Bullard.  View the recording together.  Remember, you can pause the video to have your own discussion.  Presented by YouTube Kids

Action/Fingerplay/Song:  "It's Cinco de Mayo Today" Presented by the Kiboomers

Song:  "Cinco de Mayo" Presented by Cantata Learning

Extension Activity:  Let's make maracas!

                                                                                                                                                        

 

Opening Song:  "I'll Fight" (RBG Tribute - Compton Kidz Club)

Read Aloud: Who Was Ruth Bader Ginsburg? by Lisbeth Kaiser.  Read by the Author on Brightly Storytime.  View the recording together.  Remember, you can pause the video to have your own discussion.

Action/Fingerplay/Song:  "So Many Colors, So Many Shapes"  Presented by                                                                                       The Singing Walrus

                                                                    Song:  "I Did It"  Presented by Perky is A-Ok

                                                                    Extension Activity:  What is something that you feel strongly about?  Talk to                                                                                         the adults in  your life about what you can do to be brave like Ruth - change it.   

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                 

 

 

 

Opening Song:  "My Happy Song" from Super Simple Songs

Read Aloud:  She Spoke:  14 Women Who Raised Their Voices and Changed the World by Kathy MacMillan. From the KidTimeStoryTime YouTube Channel. View the recording together.  Remember, you can pause the video to have your own discussion.

Action/Fingerplay/Song:  "If You're Happy and You Know It"  (ASL - American Sign Language) presented by Sesame Street.

Song:  "The Name Song" presented by Sesame Street

Extension Activity:  Let's draw a picture of all the women in your life that have inspired you!  They can be family, friends, teachers and even ones you just learned about.  Create a picture of all these women and write how they inspired you!

                                                                                                                                                  

Opening Song:  "The Color Song" from songdrops

Read Aloud:  The Crayon Man:  The True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons by Natascha Biebow. Read by the author on KidLit TV View the recording together.  Remember, you can pause the video to have your own discussion.

Action/Fingerplay/Song:  "Rock Your Body to the Colors" presented by Jack Hartmann Kids Music Channel

Song:  "What's Your Favorite Color?" from Super Simple Songs

Extension Activity:  Take an art walk, if you can.  If not, take a look around your home.  Using crayons or any colors that you have, draw what you see in the same colors.

                                                                                                                                                          

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