“Noisy Songs and Stories”



Families Sing Music Kit: Noisy Songs and Stories

Library storytimes are designed to enhance a child’s language development by giving them a variety of experiences. Take this Families Sing Music Kit home and create your own family storytime at home with our books, felt board stories, fingerplays, songs, music and action rhymes.

Although we have included a plan to use all the materials in one 45-minute sitting, each item can be used independently or with just one or two other items.

We hope you have fun exploring each theme in your home and at your own pace!

KIT CONTENTS:

White Program Notebook

1 Traveling Felt Board with felt board story “The Elegant Rooster” (10 pieces)

BOOKS

Barner, Bob Dem Bones with CD

Gershator, Phillis Rata Pata Scata Fata: A Caribbean Story

Gerstein, Mordicai What Charlie Heard with CD

Pinkney, Brian Max Found Two Sticks

Zane, Alexander The Wheels on the Race Car

CDs

Berkner, Laurie Victor Vito

Ewing, Skip Indian Elephant Tea

Families Sing, a collaborative project of the Mohawk Valley Library System and member libraries, is supported by Federal Library Services and Technology Act funds, awarded to the New York State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Prepared by Joyce R. Laiosa for the Mohawk Valley Library System, (2006

Families Sing Music Kit: Noisy Songs and Stories

Suggested Program

1) Sing/chant: Head, Shoulders Knees and Toes

Head, shoulders, knees and toes,

Head, shoulders, knees and toes,

Eyes and ears and nose and mouth,

Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes.

Stand up and touch body part as it is sung. The first time through it should be at a medium tempo/medium beat. The second time make it a little faster. The third and/or fourth time it should be very very fast!

2) Read and listen to Dem Bones by Bob Barner.

Everyone will want to get up and dance with the rhythmic singing and clapping of this song. Turn the page with the CD. On the second listening, have the children clap, dance and sing with the CD. Help them point out their bones and name them.

3) Action Rhyme Chant: Clap! Stamp! Shake!

You can clap your hands. (clap, clap, clap)

You can clap your hands. (clap, clap, clap)

When the day is done and you want some fun,

You can clap your hands. (clap, clap, clap)

You can stamp your feet. (stamp, stamp, stamp)

You can stamp your feet. (stamp, stamp, stamp)

When the day is done and you want some fun,

You can stamp your feet, (stamp, stamp, stamp)

And you can clap your hands. (clap, clap, clap)

You can shake your head. (shake, shake, shake)

You can shake your head. (shake, shake, shake)

When the day is done and you want some fun,

You can shake your head, (shake, shake, shake)

And you can stamp your feet, (stamp, stamp, stamp)

And you can clap your hands. (clap, clap, clap)

You can make a noise. (waah, waah, waah)

You can make a noise. (waah, waah, waah)

When the day is done and you want some fun,

You can make a noise, (waah, waah, waah)

And you can shake your head, (shake, shake, shake)

And you can stamp your feet, (stamp, stamp, stamp)

And you can clap your hands. (clap, clap, clap)

You can do all four. (everything together 3 times)

You can do all four. (everything together 3 times)

When the day is done and you want some fun,

You can do all four. (everything together 3 times)

4) Read: Rata Pata Scata Fata: A Caribbean Story by Phillis Gershator

Read the book through the first time. On the second time, have the children chime in on the rhyme. What magic can the child make with this rhyme? Have the child talk about what they wishes they want to come true with a magic phrase?

5) Sing/chant: “Mr. Sun”

Oh, Mister Sun, Sun, Mister Golden Sun,

Please shine down on me.

Oh Mister, Sun, Sun, Mister Golden Sun,

Hiding behind a tree.

These little children are asking you

To please come out so we can play with you.

Oh, Mister Sun, Sun, Mister Golden Sun,

Please shine down on me.

Repeat.

6) Read: Max Found Two Sticks by Brian Pinkney

Give child two wooden spoons, or anything that the child can pound – on the floor, a can, a drum – while you read the story.

Read through. Second time you read, go with the rhythm together, and give a command as to how loud or how soft you want them to make noise.

7) Felt Board Story: “The Elegant Rooster”

As you tell the story, have the children put up each figure.

Once upon a time there was a very elegant rooster. He was going to the wedding of his friend, Tio Perico, and was all clean and neat. He knew he had to stay clean, but he saw a beautiful kernel of corn, his favorite food. Unfortunately, it was sitting on a heap of garbage. The rooster ate that kernel of corn and he did get dirty. Now he looked around to see if there was any help to clean him, and he saw a daisy. “Oh daisy, please clean my beak. I must be neat and clean for the wedding of my friend, Tio Perico.”

But the daisy said, “No quiero! I don’t want to!”

So, the rooster looked around and saw a sheep. “Sheep, eat this daisy. The daisy won’t clean my beak, and I won’t be able to go to the wedding of my friend, Tio Perico.”

“No quiero. No quiero,” said the sheep. “I don’t want to.”

The rooster looked around and he saw a dog.

“Dog, nip the sheep on the leg. The sheep won’t eat the daisy, the daisy won’t clean my beak, and I won’t be able to go to the wedding of Tio Perico.”

“No quiero. No quiero,” said the dog. “I don’t want to.”

The rooster looked around and he saw a stick.

“Stick, hit the dog. The dog won’t nip the sheep, the sheep won’t eat the daisy, and the daisy won’t clean my beak, and I won’t be able to go to the wedding of Tio Perico.”

“No quiero. No quiero,” said the stick. “I don’t want to.”

The rooster looked around and he saw a fire.

“Fire, burn this stick. The stick won’t hit the dog, the dog won’t nip the sheep, the sheep won’t eat the daisy, the daisy won’t clean my beak, and I won’t be able to go to the wedding of Tio Perico.”

“No quiero. No quiero,” said the fire. “I don’t want to.”

The rooster looked around and he saw some water.

“Water, put out this fire. The fire won’t burn……”

“No quiero. No quiero,” said the water. “I don’t want to.”

The rooster looked around and he saw the sun.

“Sun, dry up this water. The water won’t put out the fire, the fire won’t burn…….”

“I’ll do what you ask,” said the sun, “if you promise to crow three times every morning and wake me up.”

“I promise,” said the rooster.

And so……The sun began to dry up the water. The water began to put out the fire. The fire began to burn the stick. The stick began to hit the dog. The dog began to nip the sheep. The sheep began to eat the daisy. The daisy cleaned the rooster’s beak.

The rooster once again looked very, very clean and very, very elegant. And so he went off to the wedding of Tio Perico. He ate and he danced and he had a wonderful time. He didn’t get home until very late that evening. Still, he did not forget his promise to the sun.

And since then, every morning, the rooster crows,

Ask the children what the rooster says. They will probably say “Cock-a-doodle-doo.” Remind them that this rooster comes from Spain, and he says:

Quiquiriqui

Quiquiriqui

Quiquiriqui

And the sun wakes up!

8) Read/listen to What Charlie Heard by Mordecai Gerstein

This book is a perfect match with the CD. It explains how a composer is influenced by the sounds all around him to compose his music. After listening to the CD, talk about the sounds we all hear around us. There are noises in our house, from beeps and rings, to the heat turning on, water running. Then turn to noises outside: nature to traffic. What are our favorite sounds? What noises scare us?

9) Listen to “Old MacDonald’s Farm” on Indian Elephant Tea CD.

Play with the animals and their sounds.

10.) Read The Wheels on the Race Car by Alexander Zane

This book can be sung. You can read it first, then do it as a song, as you turn the pages. Let the children “reve” their engines!

11) Play: “Red Light, Green Light” (make red, yellow, and green circles)

Red says STOP

And Green says GO

Yellow says WAIT

You’d better go slow.

Have the children stand at the end of a room or outdoors. Using the color circles, have them come forward with green and yellow and then stop on red. If you have enough room, you may have the children come forward quickly with the green and slowly with the yellow.

12) Art Activity

It is always fun to extend your reading and music time with other activities.

1. Make a simple skeleton with black paper, q-tips and a white paper skull. (This isn’t supposed to be “authentic.” It is arm bones, leg bones and ribs plus a backbone.) Listen to the CD Dem Bones as everyone works on their skeleton.

2. Make little books of things that make noises. Cut out pictures from magazines, use stamps and stencils of favorite animals and the sounds they make. You could make a weather book of thunder, rain, and the sounds of nature.

3. Make a picture of a racetrack. Cut out pictures of sports cars and place them on a road.

4. Listen to the CDs and color pictures of what the music sounds like in color and lines.

5. Have child find “instruments” from the kitchen, and keep the beat with their hands or spoons on the different songs from the CDs. They should use pots, bowls, and aluminum pans, anything that YOU agree to – not just what they can reach!

6. Go to a parade! Let children view a parade, or march in one if you have a chance. Or make a parade outside, around the house. Make hats and make noise!

Felt Board Story: “The Elegant Rooster”

Story includes rooster, kernel of corn, garbage heap, daisy, sheep, dog, stick, fire, water, sun,

As you tell the story, have the children put up each figure.

Once upon a time there was a very elegant rooster. He was going to the wedding of his friend, Tio Perico, and was all clean and neat. He knew he had to stay clean, but he saw a beautiful kernel of corn, his favorite food. Unfortunately, it was sitting on a heap of garbage. The rooster ate that kernel of corn and he did get dirty. Now he looked around to see if there was any help to clean him, and he saw a daisy. “Oh daisy, please clean my beak. I must be neat and clean for the wedding of my friend, Tio Perico.”

But the daisy said, “No quiero! I don’t want to!”

So, the rooster looked around and saw a sheep. “Sheep, eat this daisy. The daisy won’t clean my beak, and I won’t be able to go to the wedding of my friend, Tio Perico.”

“No quiero. No quiero,” said the sheep. “I don’t want to.”

The rooster looked around and he saw a dog.

“Dog, nip the sheep on the leg. The sheep won’t eat the daisy, the daisy won’t clean my beak, and I won’t be able to go to the wedding of Tio Perico.”

“No quiero. No quiero,” said the dog. “I don’t want to.”

The rooster looked around and he saw a stick.

“Stick, hit the dog. The dog won’t nip the sheep, the sheep won’t eat the daisy, and the daisy won’t clean my beak, and I won’t be able to go to the wedding of Tio Perico.”

“No quiero. No quiero,” said the stick. “I don’t want to.”

The rooster looked around and he saw a fire.

“Fire, burn this stick. The stick won’t hit the dog, the dog won’t nip the sheep, the sheep won’t eat the daisy, the daisy won’t clean my beak, and I won’t be able to go to the wedding of Tio Perico.”

“No quiero. No quiero,” said the fire. “I don’t want to.”

The rooster looked around and he saw some water.

“Water, put out this fire. The fire won’t burn……”

“No quiero. No quiero,” said the water. “I don’t want to.”

The rooster looked around and he saw the sun.

“Sun, dry up this water. The water won’t put out the fire, the fire won’t burn…….”

“I’ll do what you ask,” said the sun, “if you promise to crow three times every morning and wake me up.”

“I promise,” said the rooster.

And so……The sun began to dry up the water. The water began to put out the fire. The fire began to burn the stick. The stick began to hit the dog. The dog began to nip the sheep. The sheep began to eat the daisy. The daisy cleaned the rooster’s beak.

The rooster once again looked very, very clean and very, very elegant. And so he went off to the wedding of Tio Perico. He ate and he danced and he had a wonderful time. He didn’t get home until very late that evening. Still, he did not forget his promise to the sun.

And since then, every morning, the rooster crows,

Ask the children what the rooster says. They will probably say “Cock-a-doodle-doo.” Remind them that this rooster comes from Spain, and he says:

Quiquiriqui

Quiquiriqui

Quiquiriqui

And the sun wakes up!

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