Here’s what we did for Fun Friday on February 17th.

The Stories

Bear Feels Sick by Karma Wilson

If Beaver Had A Fever by Helen Ketteman

The Songs and Fingerplays

Ten Fingers

I have ten fingers hold up both hands, fingers spread 

And they all belong to me,  point to self

I can make them do things- 

Would you like to see?

I can shut them up tight   make fists

I can open them wide    open hands

I can put them together   place palms together 

I can make them all hide   put hands behind back
I can make them jump high   hands over head

I can make them jump low   touch floor

I can fold them up quietly   fold hands in lap 

And hold them just so.

Two Little Feet
Two little feet go stamp, stamp, stamp 
Two little hands go clap, clap, clap
One little body stands up straight 
One little body goes round and round 
One little body sits quietly down. 

Crafts: Band aid butterfly

What you’ll need:

• Paper
• Band aids
• Gauze pads or rolls
• Crayons

Instructions:
Pinch the gauze piece in the middle making two butterfly wings. Put the band aid over the gauze pad to form the body. Use the crayons to finish your picture.

About Fun Friday

Fun Friday is a weekly event at KangarooBoo in Valley Junction. Join us for interactive storytelling, singing, and crafts. A fun way to foster a love for reading and develop your child’s imagination. This event is free — no registration required.

Here’s what we did for Fun Friday on February 10th.

The Stories

What Is Valentine’s Day? By Harriet Ziefert

The Biggest Valentine Ever by Steven Kroll

Mouse’s First Valentine by Lauren Thompson

The Songs and Fingerplays

Valentine Rhyme
I put my hands together, this is how I start; I curve my fingers right around and I can make a heart!

Will You Be My Valentine? (London Bridge)
Will you be my valentine, valentine, valentine?
Will you be my valentine? Be a friend of mine

Valentine for you (Farmer in the Dell)
A valentine for you.
A valentine for you
A valentine, a valentine
A valentine for you.

Crafts: Valentine Mouse

What you’ll need:

• Construction Paper
• Wiggle Eyes
• Yarn
• Pom-pom
• Crayons, markers, glue stick, and scissors

Instructions:
Start out by cutting out the hearts you will need to make the mouse. You will need one large heart for the body, a smaller heart for the head, and two even smaller hearts for the mouse’s arms. You will also need to cut two small circles out of a color of construction paper for the ears. I used dot stickers.

To make the mouse’s body, set the largest heart, pointed side up, on your work surface. Put some glue near the point. Grab the heart you cut out for the head and place it on the glue. Now quickly, before the glue on the head dries, put some glue on the back of the two arm hearts. Slip these into place on the mouse’s body by lifting up the edges of the mouse’s head. Smooth the head back down where it belongs, adding more glue if necessary.

To finish the mouse glue the two small circles onto the head heart (for the ears) and the wiggle eyes. Cut a small piece embroidery floss or yarn and separate the fibers a little bit. Put a dab of glue at the point of the head heart and lay the center of the embroidery floss or yarn onto the glue to look like the mouse’s whiskers. Glue a small pom-pom on top of the whiskers. To make a tail, glue a 6-inches long piece of yarn to the back of the mouse’s body.

About Fun Friday

Fun Friday is a weekly event at KangarooBoo in Valley Junction. Join us for interactive storytelling, singing, and crafts. A fun way to foster a love for reading and develop your child’s imagination. This event is free — no registration required.

Here’s what we did for Fun Friday on February 3rd.

The Stories

PENQUIN’S BIG HILL BY Dana Regan

PENGUINS by Liz Pichon

The Songs and Fingerplays

SNOW
Snow on my forehead, snow on my knee.
Snow on my glasses, getting hard to see.
Snow on my winter boots.
Snow on my hair, snow on my ears.
Snow everywhere!

ITSY BITSY SNOWFLAKE
The itsy bitsy snowflake
Fell down from the sky.
It landed on my nose
And it bounced upon my eye.
It slid down my cheek,
And it landed on my tongue.
Then it melted all away.
My snowflake song is done!

Snowey Pokey
Sing to the tune of “Hokey Pokey”

You put your right mitten in, You take your right mitten out,
You put your right mitten in and you shake it all about.
You do the Snowey pokey and you turn yourself around.
That’s what it’s all about.

Additional verses: left mitten, scarf, right boot, left boot, hat

Crafts: Penguin

What you’ll need:

• Black, white and orange paper
• Glue stick
• Googly eyes
• Scissors

How to make your Oval Penguin Craft

Cut out a large egg shape from a sheet of black construction paper. This will be the penguin’s body.

Cut out a smaller circle from white construction paper for the penguin’s tummy. Glue the white circle to the black egg shape.

Cut out a smaller egg shape from black construction paper. Fold the egg shape in half lengthwise. Cut the egg shape in half to make the penguin’s wings.

Glue the wings to the back of the large black egg shape so that they stick out from behind the body.

Glue a pair of googly eyes to the top of the penguin’s body.

Cut out a small diamond shape from a sheet of orange construction paper. Fold the diamond in half to make two triangles. Glue the bottom triangle below the penguin’s eyes. The top half of the diamond will stick out. This will be the penguin’s beak.

Fold a sheet of orange construction paper in half. Cut out a food shape with three toes from the orange construction paper. Open the fold, and you will have two identically shaped feet. Glue the feet to the bottom of the penguin’s body.

This craft idea via Elmer’s glue website.

About Fun Friday

Fun Friday is a weekly event at KangarooBoo in Valley Junction. Join us for interactive storytelling, singing, and crafts. A fun way to foster a love for reading and develop your child’s imagination. This event is free — no registration required.

Here’s what we did for Fun Friday on January 27th.

The Stories

ALL YOU NEED FOR A SNOWMAN BY Alice Schertle

THE SNOWY DAY BY Ezra Jack Keats

A HAT FOR MINERVA LOUISE by Janet Morgan Stoeke

The Songs and Fingerplays

SNOW
Snow on my forehead, snow on my knee.
Snow on my glasses, getting hard to see.
Snow on my winter boots.
Snow on my hair, snow on my ears.
Snow everywhere!

ITSY BITSY SNOWFLAKE
The itsy bitsy snowflake
Fell down from the sky.
It landed on my nose
And it bounced upon my eye.
It slid down my cheek,
And it landed on my tongue.
Then it melted all away.
My snowflake song is done!

Snowey Pokey
Sing to the tune of “Hokey Pokey”
You put your right mitten in, You take your right mitten out,
You put your right mitten in and you shake it all about.
You do the Snowey pokey and you turn yourself around.
That’s what it’s all about.

Additional verses: left mitten, scarf, right boot, left boot, hat

Crafts

We made snowmen!

About Fun Friday

Fun Friday is a weekly event at KangarooBoo in Valley Junction. Join us for interactive storytelling, singing, and crafts. A fun way to foster a love for reading and develop your child’s imagination. This event is free — no registration required.

Here’s what we did for Fun Friday on January 20th.

The Stories

Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow

Hippo Goes Bananas by Marjorie Dennis Murray

Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina

The Songs and Fingerplays

Monkey Stomp
The monkey stomp, stomps, stomps his feet

the monkey stomp, stomps, stomps his feet

Monkey see; monkey do 

the monkey does the same as you!

Additional verses;
The monkey claps, claps, claps his hands 

the monkey covers, covers, covers his eyes

the monkey jumps, jumps, jumps up and down


Itsy Bitsy Monkey (Itsy Bitsy Spider) 

The itsy bitsy monkey climbed up the coconut tree

down came a coconut and hit him on his knee – OWWWWW

Out came a lion with his mighty mane – ANNNNND -

The itsy bitsy monkey climbed up the tree again.

Ten Silly Monkeys
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Silly monkeys with their friends

Monkey one and monkey two
Monkeys do the hula hoop
Ee ee ah ah oo oo oo

Monkey three and monkey four
Monkeys skateboard to the store
Ee ee ah ah oo oo oo

Monkey five and monkey six
Monkeys jump a pogo stick
Ee ee ah ah oo oo oo

Monkey seven and monkey eight
Monkeys make a silly face
Ee ee ah ah oo oo oo

Monkey nine and monkey ten
Monkeys hug a monkey friend
Ee ee ah ah oo oo oo

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Silly monkeys with their friends
Ee ee ah ah oo oo oo

Underneath The Monkey Tree (the muffin man)

Come and play a while with me, underneath the monkey tree.
Monkey see and monkey do, just like monkeys in the zoo.

Swing your tail, one, two, three, underneath the monkey tree.
Monkey see and monkey do, just like monkeys in the zoo.

Jump around and smile like me, underneath the monkey tree.
Monkey see and monkey do, just like monkeys in the zoo.

Crafts

We did not do any crafts today.

About Fun Friday

Fun Friday is a weekly event at KangarooBoo in Valley Junction. Join us for interactive storytelling, singing, and crafts. A fun way to foster a love for reading and develop your child’s imagination. This event is free — no registration required.

Here’s what we did for Fun Friday on January 13th.

The Stories

Millions of Snowflakes by Mary McKenna Siddals

Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown

The Mitten by Jan Brett

The Songs and Fingerplays

Ten Fingers

I have ten fingers hold up both hands, fingers spread

And they all belong to me,  point to self

I can make them do things-

Would you like to see?

I can shut them up tight   make fists

I can open them wide   open hands

I can put them together   place palms together

I can make them all hide   put hands behind back

I can make them jump high   hands over head

I can make them jump low   touch floor

I can fold them up quietly   fold hands in lap

And hold them just so.

Two Little Feet
Two little feet go stamp, stamp, stamp 
Two little hands go clap, clap, clap
One little body stands up straight 
One little body goes round and round 
One little body sits quietly down. 

The Mitten
Sing to the tune of “The Farmer in the Dell”

The mitten on the ground.

The mitten on the ground.

Heigh-ho! It’s cold outside.

The mitten on the ground.

The (mole) snuggles in.

The (mole) snuggles in.

Heigh-ho! It’s cold outside.

The (mole) snuggles in.

Repeat: Rabbit, Hedgehog, Owl, Badger, Fox, Bear, and Mouse. (After the mouse, pretend to sneeze and fall out of the mitten.)

Snowey Pokey
Sing to the tune of “Hokey Pokey”

You put your right mitten in, You take your right mitten out,

You put your right mitten in and you shake it all about.

You do the Snowey pokey and you turn yourself around.

That’s what it’s all about.

Additional verses: left mitten, scarf, right boot, left boot, hat

The Craft: Mitten

What you’ll need:

• Construction paper
• Hole punch
• Scissors
• crayons, makers, stickers, whatever you desire to decorate your mitten
• Ribbon, yarn, or shoe string
• Mitten pattern and color sheet with all the animals

How to make it:
Cut 2 large mitten shapes out of cardstock or a vinyl placemat. Punch holes around the outside of the mittens. Color or decorate the mittens. Use yarn or a shoe string to lace the mittens together.

Color and cut out the animal pictures. Use the mitten and animal pictures to retail the story.

Note: You can find mitten pattern and color sheet with all the animals at www.janbrett.com. This is a free website with lots of great games, coloring sheets and more. If you love Jan Brett books check it out!

About Fun Friday

Fun Friday is a weekly event at KangarooBoo in Valley Junction. Join us for interactive storytelling, singing, and crafts. A fun way to foster a love for reading and develop your child’s imagination. This event is free — no registration required.

Here’s what we did for Fun Friday on January 6th.

The Stories

Where Is The Green Sheep by Mem Fox

Little Lamb by Piers Harper

Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw

The Songs and Fingerplays

Mary had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb.
Mary had a little lamb, its fleece was white as snow.
And everywhere that Mary went, Mary went, Mary went,
And everywhere that Mary went, the lamb was sure to go.
It followed her to school one day, school one day, school one day.
It followed her to school one day which was against the rules.

Baa Baa Black sheep have you any wool?
Yes sir yes sir three bags full.
One for my master and one for my Dane, and one for the little boy who lives down the lane.
Baa Baa black sheep have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir three bags full.

The Craft: Lamb puppet

Supplies needed:

• White paper sack
• Lamb pattern. Can be found here: http://www.easy-child-crafts.com/paper-bag-puppets-sheep.html. We used one from Mailbox magazine.
• Glue Stick
• Crayons
• Scissors

To Make:
Color the lamb pattern. Cut out the pattern. Glue head on the bottom flap of the sack. Then glue the body on the middle of the sack and the feet at the bottom.

Option: glue cotton balls on the lamb.

About Fun Friday

Fun Friday is a weekly event at KangarooBoo in Valley Junction. Join us for interactive storytelling, singing, and crafts. A fun way to foster a love for reading and develop your child’s imagination. This event is free — no registration required.

Here’s what we did for Fun Friday on December 16th.

The Stories

If You Take A Mouse To The Movies By Laura Numeroff

Christmas Mice! By Bethany Roberts

Bear Stays Up For Christmas by Karma Wilson

The Songs and Fingerplays

We Wish You A Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas

We wish you a Merry Christmas

We wish you a Merry Christmas

And a Happy New Year. 



Now let’s all do a little clapping (clap), 

Now let’s all do a little clapping(clap), 

Now let’s all do a little clapping (clap),

And spread Christmas cheer (raise arms above head)



Now let’s all do a little jumping (jump), 

Now let’s all do a little jumping(jump),

Now let’s all do a little jumping (jump)

And spread Christmas cheer (raise arms above head)



Now let’s all do a little waving (wave),

Now let’s all do a little waving(wave),

Now let’s all do a little waving(wave), 

And spread Christmas cheer (raise arms above head)



We wish you a Merry Christmas

We wish you a Merry Christmas

We wish you a Merry Christmas 

And a Happy New Year.

Ring Those Bells (Sung To: Jimmy Crack Corn)
Ring those bells and stomp your feet (stomp feet),

Ring those bells and stomp your feet (stomp feet),

Ring those bells and stomp your feet (stomp feet),

Christmas time is here!



Ring those bells and turn around (turn around),

Ring those bells and turn around (turn around),

Ring those bells and turn around (turn around),

Christmas time is here!



Ring those bells and jump up high (Jump),

Ring those bells and jump up high (Jump),

Ring those bells and jump up high (Jump),

Christmas time is here!

Santa Claus Ho, Ho, Ho (Sung To: Where is Thumpkin?)
Santa Claus, Santa Claus 

Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, 

Santa Claus, Santa Claus 

Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho,

The Craft: Candy Cane Felt Mouse

What you’ll need:

• Felt; green and red
• Wiggle eyes
• Small red pom pom

How to make it:

Cut a 6″ by 3.5″ wide-tear drop shape. 

 Measure two inches from the tip of the nose towards the middle of the tear drop shape. Mark with a pencil on the under-side. From that point, place a ruler and measure in from each side one inch. On each side, make a one inch slit with your scissors.



Next, we will be making the ears. Cut a 5″ by 2″ strip of felt in a complimentary color. Round the edges and fold in half to make easy to insert. Take the folded piece and insert into one of the slits we previously made. Pull from the other slit until even on both sides. At this point, it should begin looking like a mouse. 



Glue the wiggle eyes below the ears. After the eyes are placed, take your nose (pom-pom ) and glue onto the tip of the mouse.



Take a candy cane, with the straight end first, and slide into the pocket made on the under-side of the mouse. Turn back over and your mouse is now complete with a tasty, candy cane tail!

Craft idea via Spangler Candy

About Fun Friday

Fun Friday is a weekly event at KangarooBoo in Valley Junction. Join us for interactive storytelling, singing, and crafts. A fun way to foster a love for reading and develop your child’s imagination. This event is free — no registration required.

Here’s what we did for Fun Friday on December 9th.

The Stories

There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bell! By Lucille Colandro

When Santa Lost His Ho! Ho! Ho! By Laura Rader

The Songs and Fingerplays

The Rudolph Prance
Give each child a red sticky dot to wear on her nose as she imitates Rudolph in this song.
(sung to the tune of “The Hokey-Pokey”)
You put your [hooves] in; you put your [hooves] out.
You put your [hooves] in and you shake ’em all about!
You do the Rudolph Prance and you shake it all around—
That’s what the reindeer do…woooo!
Repeat the verse, substituting antlers, red nose, and white tail for the underlined word.

We Wish You A Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas

We wish you a Merry Christmas

We wish you a Merry Christmas 

And a Happy New Year. 



Now let’s all do a little clapping (clap), 

Now let’s all do a little clapping(clap),

Now let’s all do a little clapping (clap), 

And spread Christmas cheer (raise arms above head)



Now let’s all do a little jumping (jump), 

Now let’s all do a little jumping(jump),

Now let’s all do a little jumping (jump)

And spread Christmas cheer (raise arms above head)



Now let’s all do a little waving (wave),

Now let’s all do a little waving(wave),

Now let’s all do a little waving(wave),

And spread Christmas cheer (raise arms above head)



We wish you a Merry Christmas

We wish you a Merry Christmas

We wish you a Merry Christmas

And a Happy New Year.

Santa Claus Ho, Ho, Ho (Sung To: Where is Thumpkin?)
Santa Claus, Santa Claus

Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho,

Santa Claus, Santa Claus 

Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho,

Ring Those Bells (Sung To: Jimmy Crack Corn)
Ring those bells and stomp your feet (stomp feet),

Ring those bells and stomp your feet (stomp feet),

Ring those bells and stomp your feet (stomp feet),

Christmas time is here!



Ring those bells and turn around (turn around),

Ring those bells and turn around (turn around),

Ring those bells and turn around (turn around),

Christmas time is here!



Ring those bells and jump up high (Jump),

Ring those bells and jump up high (Jump),

Ring those bells and jump up high (Jump),

Christmas time is here!

The Craft: Paper Bag Reindeer Puppet

What you’ll need:

• Brown paper lunch bag
• Construction paper; white, black, brown and red
• White craft glue or glue stick
• Scissors
• Star stickers

How to make it:
Trace both hands on the brown construction paper. Cut out hands. Set aside.

Cut two circles from the white construction paper. Cut two smaller black construction paper circles. Glue the black circles on the white circles to make the eyes. Glue eyes on the bottom flap of the sack.

Cut a strip of black paper with width of the paper bag, about one inch wide. Attach star stickers to the black strip of paper (collar). Glue collar to the sack just below the bottom flap.

Use glue stick to attach the hands to the back of the bag as the antlers.

About Fun Friday

Fun Friday is a weekly event at KangarooBoo in Valley Junction. Join us for interactive storytelling, singing, and crafts. A fun way to foster a love for reading and develop your child’s imagination. This event is free — no registration required.

Here’s what we did for Fun Friday on December 2nd.

The Stories

One Mitten by Kristine o’Connell

The Missin Mitten Mystery by Steven Kellogg

The Songs and Fingerplays

You put your right mitten in,
You take your right mitten out.
You put your right mitten in,
And you shake it all about.
You do the winter pokey, [shiver]
And you turn yourself around.
That’s what it’s all about!
Others Include:
You put your left mitten in….
You put your right boot….
You put your left boot….
You put your winter hat in….
You put your snowsuit (whole body) in….

The Craft: Snowflakes

What you’ll need:

• White pipe cleaners
• Pony beads (silver & blue or assorted colors)
• Scissors
• Ribbon or yarn

How to make it:
Cut two pipe cleaners in half. Twist the four pieces together in the middle to form a snowflake. Slide the beads on the pipe cleaners. Fold the end of the pipe cleaner over to keep the beads from falling off. Tie a ribbon around one of the pipe cleaners if you want to hang the snowflake.

About Fun Friday

Fun Friday is a weekly event at KangarooBoo in Valley Junction. Join us for interactive storytelling, singing, and crafts. A fun way to foster a love for reading and develop your child’s imagination. This event is free — no registration required.