Family Storytime: Friends

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Happy Saturday friends!  This is my weekend to be a #WeekendLibrarian and it was my week to assemble the family storytime basket.  This week's family storytime basket focused on social justice and diversity.  The theme for this week was friendship!  The biggest crowd pleasers today were Crunch the Shy Dinosaur and the "Let's Be Friends" song.

If you are interested in seeing how I put together a family storytime basket you can see the information here: Family Storytime Basket - Friendship

Books

Flannels

Ten Friends Today
Credit: Fun With Friends at Storytime, Kathryn Roach

One friend, two friends, three friends, four
In they come right through the door.
Five friends, six friends, seven friends, eight
Nine friends, ten friends make it great!
Ready to listen, ready to play,
Ten little friends are here today!

Hooray!!

Big Hugs, Little Hugs
Credit: Felicia Bond (based off the the book)
Adapted by Nicole Lawton

Everyone hugs all over the world. 
Cats hug.
Dogs hug.
Bears hug.
Hogs hug.
Hamsters hug.
Hippos hug.
Everyone hugs all over the world.

Action Rhymes

Making New Friends
Credit:  Madison Public Library
 
Good day, everybody. (Nod to others.)
Good day, everybody
Good day, good day, good day
Smile, everybody, (smile at others)
Smile, everybody,
Let’s chase the blues away.
Shake hands, everybody,
(shake hands with others)
Shake hands, everybody,
Let’s make new friends today.
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Clap, Slap, Tap
Credit:  Fingerplays & Action Rhymes

Clap, clap, clap, clap   (clap hands)
Slap, slap, slap, slap  (slap legs)
Tap, tap, tap, tap (tap hands on head)

Fingerplays

1,2,3 Good Friends/Uno, Dos, Tres Amigos
Credit: Madison Public Library

1, 2, 3 good friends,
4, 5, 6 good friends,
7, 8, 9 good friends,
10 good friends are we!
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Uno, dos, tres amigos,
Cuatro, cinco, seis amigos
Siete, ocho, nueve amigos
Diez amigos son!
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Two Little Friends
Credit: Storytime Katie

Two little friends are better than one,
And three are better than two
And four are much better still
Just think! What four little friends can do!

Songs

We Wave Hello/Goodbye Like This
Credit: Jbrary
To the tune of "The Farmer in the Dell"

Friends Go Marching
Credit:  Madison Public Library
To the tune of “The Ants Go Marching”
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My friends are marching ‘round and round,
hurrah, hurrah.
My friends are marching ‘round and ‘round,
hurrah, hurrah.
My friends are marching ‘round and ‘round,
It’s time for a story, so let’s sit down.
And we all will sit on down
on the ground to get our next story
Book, book, book, book,
Book, book, book, book.

Let’s Be Friends
Credit:  Storytime Katie
To the tune of “London Bridge is Falling Down”

Let’s be friends with one another
One another, one another
Let’s be friends with one another
Let’s be friends today.

You can sing with a friend,
With a friend, with a friend
You can sing with a friend
Sing with friends today.

You can clap with a friend,
With a friend, with a friend
You can clap with a friend
Clap with friends today.

You can hop with a friend,
With a friend, with a friend
You can hop with a friend.
Hop with friends today.
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Let’s be friends with one another
One another, one another
Let’s be friends with one another
Let’s be friends today.

If You're Happy and You Know It
The Storybots

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