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Texas Reading Club Manual 107
Bulletin Board
Catch a Good Book
Cover your bulletin board with blue paper. Cut out clouds from white paper and attach them to
the bulletin board. Use clip art and a projector to enlarge the clip art to make a large sailboat.
Add children sitting in it and reading. Add a phrase such as “Reel in a Good Read” or “Catch a
Good Book.”
Nametag
Fish
Copy and cut out the fish pattern provided at the end of this chapter. As the children enter the
storytime program, write each child’s name on a fish and add a piece of scotch tape so they may
wear it during the program.
Refreshments
Invite the storytime parents to bring homemade aqua fresca or fruit punch and cookies to share.
Alternatively, purchase these items or paletas, Mexican popsicles, in advance or make them
yourself.
Fingerplays
Los elefantes
The Elephants
(Traditional. Translated by Alexandra Corona. Begin with all fingers folded down. Unfold one
with each verse, beginning with the index finger on the first verse and ending with the thumb on
the last verse.)
Un elefante se balaceaba
Sobre la tela de una araña,
Como veía que resistía
Fue a llamar a otro elefante.
Dos elefantes se balanceaban
Sobre la tela de una araña,
Como veía que resistía
Fueron a llamar a otro elefante.
Tres elefantes...
Cuatro elefantes...
Cinco elefantes...
One elephant who played
On a spider’s web,
He had so much fun
He went and called another elephant.
Two elephants who played
On a spider’s web,
They had so much fun
They went to call another elephant.
Three elephants...
Four elephants...
Five elephants…